Ruler · 1893 – 1958

J. G. Strijdom

Lived 1893 – 1958; politician. Prime Minister of South Africa of Union of South Africa, 1954 – 1958.

Wikidata's English label: Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom.

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Lived: 1893 – 1958; 65 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Union of South Africa
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of South Africa

Union of South Africa · the 9th of 11 dated reigns · 1919 – 1978

5 before

Jan Smuts1939 – 1948

D. F. Malan1948 – 1954

Elizabeth II1952 – 1961

J. G. Strijdom1954 – 1958

Hendrik Verwoerd1958 – 1966

John Vorster1966 – 1978

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 1954 – 1958 · 4 years · came to it aged 61

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1958, the year they died

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