J. B. M. Hertzog

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J. B. M. Hertzog was a prominent early 20th-century South African prime minister and nationalist politician who championed Afrikaner interests and greater autonomy from the British Empire.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afrikaner nationalist
human
judge
lawyer
politician
prime minister
citizenship South Africa
countryLed Union of South Africa
countryOfBirth Cape Colony
countryOfDeath South Africa
dateOfBirth 1866-04-03
dateOfDeath 1942-11-21
educatedAt University of Amsterdam
Victoria College, Stellenbosch
endTime 1939
ethnicGroup Afrikaner
familyName Hertzog
fieldOfStudy law
fullName James Barry Munnik Hertzog
givenName Barry
James
Munnik
hasSignature signature of J. B. M. Hertzog
honouredIn town of Hertzogville, South Africa
knownFor advocating greater autonomy from the British Empire
co-founding the United Party in 1934
forming the Pact Government of 1924
promoting Afrikaner interests
languageSpoken Afrikaans
Dutch
English
memberOf National Party (South Africa)
United Party (South Africa)
militaryRank general
notableWork Hertzog Bills
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
participatedIn Second Boer War
placeOfBirth near Wellington, Cape Colony
placeOfDeath Pretoria, South Africa
politicalIdeology Afrikaner nationalism
republicanism
positionHeld Minister of Justice of the Union of South Africa
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
religion Dutch Reformed Church
spouse Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling
startTime 1924
termInOffice fifth Prime Minister of South Africa


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