Jim Fouché

Jim Fouché
Fouché in 1968
2nd State President of South Africa
In office
10 April 1968 – 9 April 1975
Prime MinisterJohannes Vorster
Preceded byCharles Robberts Swart
Tom Naudé (acting)
Succeeded byJan de Klerk (acting)
Nicolaas Diederichs
Minister of Agricultural Technical Services and Water Affairs
In office
1966–1968
Prime MinisterHendrik Verwoerd
Preceded byPieter Kruger Le Roux
Succeeded byDirk Cornelius Uys
Minister of Defence
In office
14 December 1959 – 1 April 1966
Prime MinisterHendrik Verwoerd
Johannes Vorster
Preceded byFrans Erasmus
Succeeded byPieter Willem Botha
Personal details
BornJacobus Johannes Fouché
(1898-06-06)6 June 1898
Died23 September 1980(1980-09-23) (aged 82)
Cape Town, South Africa
PartyNational
Spouse
Letta McDonald
(m. 1920)
Children2
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Jacobus Johannes Fouché DMS (6 June 1898 – 23 September 1980), also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.