Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is a politician and anti-apartheid activist who has held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017, as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 until 2015, and as Minister of Public Enterprises since February 2018.

The minister of Finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury. The minister of Finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy. The minister of Finance is also responsible for the South African Revenue Service.