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Marais Viljoen

1915 - 2007

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Marais Viljoen, (2 December 1915 – 4 January 2007) was the last ceremonial State President of South Africa from 4 June 1979 until 3 September 1984. Viljoen became the last of the ceremonial presidents of South Africa when he was succeeded in 1984 by Prime Minister P. W. Botha, who combined the offices into an executive state presidency. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marais Viljoen is the 8,936th most popular politician (up from 9,388th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 44th in 2019) and the 25th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marais Viljoen ranks 8,936 out of 19,576. Before him are Floris II, Count of Holland, Ban Biao, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Alessandro Nannini, and Charles, Duke of Calabria. After him are John I, Duke of Brittany, Driss Jettou, Alcetas I of Epirus, Kokhir Rasulzoda, Achille Starace, and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Marais Viljoen ranks 96. Before him are Thomas Merton, William Masters, Arsenio Erico, Kon Ichikawa, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and Wilhelm Gliese. After him are Evgeny Lifshitz, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Georgy Sviridov, André Frossard, Alicia Rhett, and C. W. Ceram. Among people deceased in 2007, Marais Viljoen ranks 129. Before him are Ivica Račan, Henri Debehogne, Andranik Margaryan, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, George Tabori, and Joe Rantz. After him are Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Dashrath Manjhi, Sa'dun Hammadi, Delbert Mann, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, and Andrej Kvašňák.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Marais Viljoen ranks 58 out of 454. Before him are Rudolph Lewis (1887), Sid Atkinson (1901), Chris Hani (1942), Kevin Carter (1960), Rory Byrne (1944), and Jan de Klerk (1903). After him are Louis Botha (1862), Esther Brand (1922), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Piet Cronjé (1836), and Manfred Mann (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Marais Viljoen ranks 25. Before him are Abba Eban (1915), Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Tom Naudé (1889), Chris Hani (1942), and Jan de Klerk (1903). After him are Louis Botha (1862), Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Zindzi Mandela (1960), and Christiaan de Wet (1854).

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