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Jan de Klerk

1903 - 1979

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Johannes "Jan" de Klerk, (22 July 1903 – 24 January 1979) was a South African politician. He was the father of F. W. de Klerk, the last apartheid State President of South Africa. As a member of the National Party, de Klerk served as interim State President for nine days following the retirement of Jacobus Johannes Fouché in 1975. Prior to this, he served as a Senator (1955–1975), Minister of Work and Public Works (1954–1958), Work and Mines (1958–1961), Home Affairs, Work and Immigration (1961), Home Affairs, Education and Arts and Sciences (1961–1966), Education, Arts and Sciences and Information (1966–1967) and National Education (1968–1969), and President of the Senate from 1969 to 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan de Klerk is the 8,803rd most popular politician (up from 13,937th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 97th in 2019) and the 24th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan de Klerk ranks 8,803 out of 19,576. Before her are Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Adel Shah, France-Albert René, Amadeo Bordiga, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Princess Mary of Great Britain. After her are Spurius Lartius, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, 8th Dalai Lama, Prince Morikuni, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Andriscus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Jan de Klerk ranks 119. Before her are Steven Runciman, Rudolf Serkin, Amy Johnson, Alf Sjöberg, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, and Nikolai Voznesensky. After her are Maud Lewis, Cornell Woolrich, Richard Thomalla, Howard P. Robertson, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, and W. Ross Ashby. Among people deceased in 1979, Jan de Klerk ranks 80. Before her are Victoria Ocampo, Henrich Focke, Carlo Abarth, Joseph Kessel, Dirk Stikker, and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda. After her are Santos Urdinarán, Jacques Mesrine, Larisa Shepitko, Helmut Hasse, Ahmad Zahir, and Philippe Halsman.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jan de Klerk ranks 57 out of 454. Before her are Arnold Vosloo (1962), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Sid Atkinson (1901), Chris Hani (1942), Kevin Carter (1960), and Rory Byrne (1944). After her are Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), Esther Brand (1922), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), and Piet Cronjé (1836).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Jan de Klerk ranks 24. Before her are Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Abba Eban (1915), Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Tom Naudé (1889), and Chris Hani (1942). After her are Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), and Zindzi Mandela (1960).

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