Eugene "Gene" Louw, (15 July 1931 – 12 October 2015), was a South African politician, member of the National Party, MP for Durbanville and Paarl, who was administrator for Cape Province (1979–1989), Minister of Home Affairs (1989–1992), National Education (1989–1990), Public Works (1992–1993) and Defence (1992–1993) in the F.W. de Klerk government. Louw retired from political life in 1994 to return to his work as a lawyer in Durbanville.