Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Traditional Affairs.

The office was called the Minister of Provincial and Local Government from June 1999 until May 2009, when the minister assumed responsibility for traditional leadership institutions. Before June 1999, the office was the Minister of Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs. In his first cabinet, President Thabo Mbeki transferred responsibility for the portfolio of constitutional development to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, where it remained thereafter.