J. G. Strijdom
J. G. Strijdom | |
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Strijdom in the 1950s | |
| 5th Prime Minister of South Africa | |
| In office 30 November 1954 – 24 August 1958 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General | Ernest George Jansen |
| Preceded by | Daniël Malan |
| Succeeded by | Hendrik Verwoerd |
| Minister of Lands and Irrigation | |
| In office 5 June 1948 – 30 November 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Daniël Malan |
| Preceded by | Andrew Conroy |
| Succeeded by | Paul Sauer |
| Member of the House of Assembly for Waterberg | |
| In office 14 June 1929 – 24 August 1958 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom 14 July 1893 Willowmore, Cape Colony |
| Died | 24 August 1958 (aged 65) Cape Town, Union of South Africa |
| Resting place | Heroes' Acre, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Party | National (1918–1935) (1948–58) Purified National (1935–1939) Herenigde Nasionale (1940–1948) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Victoria College University of Pretoria |
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Johannes Gerhardus "Hans" Strijdom (14 July 1893 – 24 August 1958), nicknamed the Lion of the North and the Lion of Waterberg, was a South African politician who served as the fifth prime minister of South Africa from 1954 until his death in 1958. He was an uncompromising Afrikaner nationalist and a member of the white supremacist baasskap faction of the National Party (NP) who further accentuated the NP's apartheid policies and break with the Union of South Africa in favour of a republic during his rule.