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Status in legislature
  
Majority

Cabinet of Nelson Mandela

Date formed
  
10 May 1994 (1994-05-10)

Date dissolved
  
14 June 1999 (1999-06-14)

Head of government
  
President Nelson Mandela

Opposition party
  
National Party (1996 - 97) New National Party (from 1997)

Opposition leader
  
F. W. de Klerk (1996 - 97) Marthinus van Schalkwyk (from 1997)

Nelson Mandela took oath as President of South Africa on 10 May 1994 and announced his cabinet on 11 May 1994. The cabinet included members of Mandela's African National Congress, National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party, as it was required by law that all parties winning more than 20 seats in the parliament be given representation in the cabinet.

Shuffle

Cabinet changes and reshuffles:

  • Minister of Finance, Derek Keys, resigned in mid-1994 and was replaced by Chris Liebenberg
  • Cabinet reshuffle in March / April 1996, following resignation of Chris Liebenberg
  • Cabinet reshuffle in May 1996, taking effect 1 July 1996, upon the withdrawal of the National Party (NP) from the Cabinet
  • Replacement of Bantu Holomisa as Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism by Peter Mokaba in August 1996.

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