Ruler · 1874 – 1959

D. F. Malan

Lived 1874 – 1959; politician. Prime Minister of South Africa of Union of South Africa, 1948 – 1954.

Wikidata's English label: Daniel François Malan.

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Lived: 1874 – 1959; 85 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Union of South Africa
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

Prime Minister of South Africa

Union of South Africa · the 7th of 11 dated reigns · 1919 – 1978

3 before

Edward VIII1936

George VI1936 – 1952

Jan Smuts1939 – 1948

D. F. Malan1948 – 1954

Elizabeth II1952 – 1961

J. G. Strijdom1954 – 1958

Hendrik Verwoerd1958 – 1966

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1948 – 1954 · 6 years · came to it aged 74

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Malan resigned in 1954 at the age of 80 with the hopes of Nicolaas Havenga being appointed as the prime minister.

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