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    Third Smuts Cabinet 10th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa (since the 1909 South Africa Act) 1943–1948 Jan Smuts (c. 1934) Date formed 17 July 1943 (1943-07-17)...
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  • 1933–1938 Fourth Cabinet of J.B.M Hertzog, 1938–1943 Third Cabinet of Jan Smuts, 1943–1948 First Cabinet of D.F. Malan, 1948–1953 Second Cabinet of D.F. Malan...
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    Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, OM, CH, DTD, ED, PC, KC, FRS (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African...
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    (Web Archive). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007. Media related to First Cabinet of Jan Smuts at Wikimedia Commons...
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    The Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, also referred to as the Government of National Unity (GNU), was formed following the election of Ramaphosa to a second...
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    politician influenced by Onze Jan Hofmeyr was General Jan Smuts. Smuts would become a strong influence on Gysbert Reitz Hofmeyr. Smuts was one year older than...
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    J. B. M. Hertzog (category Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa))
    the government of General Smuts. In the general election of 1924, Hertzog's National Party defeated the South African Party of Jan Smuts and formed a coalition...
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    Minister Jan Smuts were former Second Boer War generals who had fought against the British, but then became active and respected members of the Imperial...
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    member of the War Cabinet." Jan Smuts arrived on 12 March 1917, to large crowds. Robert Borden secretly departed and arrived in February 1917, and all of the...
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    became Prime Minister of the Transvaal and Agriculture minister with Jan Smuts as its colonial secretary.: 270  Other new cabinet ministers included J...
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    Jan Christian Smuts (aka Jan Christiaan Smuts), OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (24 May 1870–11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman...
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    airport was founded in 1952 as Jan Smuts International Airport, two years after Smuts's death. Situated near the town of Kempton Park on the East Rand...
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    Hertzog's stance of neutrality in World War II and deposed him in favour of Smuts. Upon becoming Prime Minister, on 6 September Smuts declared South Africa...
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    Africa on 7 July 1943 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly. The United Party of Jan Smuts won an absolute majority. Due to a racially segregated...
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  • War Cabinet. (See Jan Smuts during World War I.) The Union Defence Force was part of significant military operations against Germany. In spite of Boer...
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  • alongside a separate Minister of Correctional Services. Three prime ministers have been Minister of Justice, including two – Jan Smuts and B. J. Vorster – who...
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    constant promotion of Jan Smuts to be similar to the British. Leading the United Party, Smuts proposed rather liberal policies, more out of necessity than...
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  • Greater South Africa (category Political history of South Africa)
    objective of Smuts' expansion plan was the Zambesi, he took great geopolitical interest in the East Africa Protectorate and Tanganyika. Smuts was impressed...
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    merger of the majority of Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog's National Party with the rival South African Party of Jan Smuts, along with remnants of the Unionist...
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    The 7th Cabinet of the Union of South Africa, the 3rd formed by General Barry Hertzog, was in power from 17 May 1933 to 18 May 1938. "Geocities – South...
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    members of the House of Assembly. Considered a realigning election, rising discontent with the government of Jan Smuts led to the defeat of his government...
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    Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss (category Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa))
    Strauss had earlier been minister of agriculture in the cabinet of Jan Smuts from 1943 until the defeat of the Smuts government in 1948. In the 1953 election...
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    the Boer generals Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet and Koos de la Rey and they would discuss the progress of the war and whether negotiations...
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    support in Parliament. This was the third successive term of SAP government, but only the second period with General Jan Smuts as Prime Minister. The first SAP...
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    History of the Cabinet of South Africa Pre-apartheid (1910–48) L. Botha I L. Botha II Smuts I Smuts II Hertzog I Hertzog II Hertzog III Hertzog IV Smuts III...
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    Bloemfontein Conference (category Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa)
    proposal from Jan Smuts, the Transvaal State Attorney General. However, its terms were later changed, and hardened, by President Kruger. Despite Smuts' statement...
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  • J. B. M. Hertzog government (category Cabinets of South Africa)
    Minister of South Africa on 30 June 1924, replacing Jan Smuts. Hertzog led four cabinets, serving until 5 September 1939. The general election of 1924 led...
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    majority of the white electorate would be retained until the 1989 elections. The United Party under J. G. N. Strauss, who had become leader after Jan Smuts' death...
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    D. F. Malan (category Ministers of home affairs of South Africa)
    the United Party was formed out of the fusion of Hertzog's National Party and the rival South African Party of Jan Smuts. Malan strongly opposed this merger...
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  • Jan Smuts, Jan Hofmeyr. Botha and Smuts were the first and second prime ministers of South Africa respectively United Party: Harry Schwarz, Jan Smuts...
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