Charles Robberts Swart

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Charles Robberts Swart was a South African politician and lawyer who became the country’s first state president during the early apartheid era.

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instanceOf head of state
human
lawyer
politician
appliesToJurisdiction South Africa
surface form: Republic of South Africa
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
countryOfDeath South Africa
dateOfBirth 1894-12-05
dateOfDeath 1982-07-16
educatedAt Grey College, Bloemfontein
Grey University College
University of the Orange Free State
endTime 1967-06-01
ethnicGroup Afrikaners
surface form: Afrikaner
familyName Swart
givenName Charles
Robberts
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm B. J. Vorster
Hendrik Verwoerd
languageSpoken Afrikaans
English
legalEducation law degree
memberOfPoliticalParty National Party (South Africa)
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
nativeLanguage Afrikaans
notableFor being the first State President of South Africa
role in early apartheid-era governance
occupation farmer
lawyer
politician
officeContested State President of South Africa
participatedIn implementation of apartheid policies
placeOfBirth Orange Free State
Winburg
placeOfDeath Bloemfontein
positionHeld Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Minister of Justice of South Africa
Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa
State President of South Africa
precededBy Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
religion Dutch Reformed Church
residence Bloemfontein
Pretoria, South Africa
surface form: Pretoria
sexOrGender male
startTime 1961-05-31
succeededBy Jim Fouché
Jozua François Naudé
workLocation Bloemfontein
Pretoria, South Africa
surface form: Pretoria

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