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Chris Heunis

1927 - 2006

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Jan Christiaan "Chris" Heunis (locally ), DMS (20 April 1927 – 27 January 2006) was a South African Afrikaner lawyer, politician, member of the National Party and cabinet minister in the governments of John Vorster and P. W. Botha. He was born in 1927 in Uniondale in the Cape Province (now the Western Cape). After studying in George, he continued his studies in law and became a lawyer in 1951. At the same time, he pursued a political career and became head of the National Party in George District and a member of the municipal council. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Heunis is the 13,054th most popular politician (up from 18,415th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chris Heunis ranks 13,054 out of 19,576. Before him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Pierre Dupong, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, King Qing of Zhou, Teodor Teodorov, and Kim Boo-kyum. After him are Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Saifuddin Azizi, Faroald I of Spoleto, Andris Bērziņš, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, and Louise Lake-Tack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Chris Heunis ranks 247. Before him are Pierre Granier-Deferre, Thomas S. Monson, Micheline Bernardini, Mathé Altéry, Freddie Jones, and Nguyễn Thị Bình. After him are Hamed Karoui, Stuart Rosenberg, Dezső Gyarmati, Vasyl Makukh, Simin Behbahani, and Elisabeth Söderström. Among people deceased in 2006, Chris Heunis ranks 206. Before him are Karl Hugo Strunz, John Profumo, Fritz Klein, Elena Mukhina, Gordon George Avery, and Anita O'Day. After him are Robert Lockwood Jr., Al Lewis, Shigeru Kayano, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Betty Curtis, and Desmond Dekker.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Chris Heunis ranks 90 out of 454. Before him are Walter Sisulu (1912), Alice Krige (1954), Laurens van der Post (1906), Joan Harrison (1935), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Athol Fugard (1932). After him are Trevor Jones (1949), Janet Suzman (1939), Frances Ames (1920), Evelyn Mase (1922), Lawrence Stevens (1913), and John Cranko (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Chris Heunis ranks 37. Before him are Christiaan de Wet (1854), Oliver Tambo (1917), Piet Joubert (1834), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Walter Sisulu (1912), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866). After him are Julius Malema (1981), Helen Suzman (1917), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Ruth First (1925), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), and Pik Botha (1932).

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