Minister of Electricity and Energy | |
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since 3 July 2024 | |
Department of Electricity and Energy | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | President of South Africa |
Inaugural holder | Kgosientso Ramokgopa |
Formation | 3 July 2024 |
Deputy | Samantha Graham |
The Minister of Electricity and Energy is the energy minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The office in its current form was established in June 2024 in a merger between the Minister in the Presidency for Electricity and the energy functions of the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. The energy portfolio was formerly the provenance of the Minister of Energy between 2009 and 2019.
During other periods, the energy portfolio was conjoined with other portfolios, including under the Minister of Minerals and Energy, until 1994, and under the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from 2019 to 2024. The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity was appointed for the first time in March 2023 and had a mandate to oversee the government's response to the ongoing electricity crisis.
The incumbent Minister of Electricity and Energy is Kgosientso Ramokgopa of the African National Congress, who was also the first and only Minister in the Presidency for Electricity.