Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa

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head of government office

The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa was the head of government of the Union from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961, overseeing executive authority and national administration.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Prime Minister of South Africa	11
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa canonical	5
Eerste Minister van die Unie van Suid-Afrika	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government office ⓘ
abolished	1961 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
appointedBy	Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
category	Political office in South Africa ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
country	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
endTime	1961-05-31 ⓘ
firstHolder	Louis Botha ⓘ
firstHolderStartTime	1910-05-31 ⓘ
followedBy	Prime Minister of South Africa ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	executive branch of the Union of South Africa ⓘ national administration of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
hasRole	chair of the cabinet ⓘ head of government ⓘ
historicalEra	Union of South Africa era ⓘ
inception	1910 ⓘ
jurisdictionForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
lastHolder	Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
lastHolderEndTime	1961-05-31 ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	20th century ⓘ
meetsWith	Cabinet of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
nativeLabel	Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eerste Minister van die Unie van Suid-Afrika
officeCreatedBy	South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	D. F. Malan ⓘ Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ J. G. Strijdom ⓘ Jan Smuts ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInEnglish	Prime Minister ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the Union of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Government of the Union of South Africa
politicalSystemContext	Westminster system ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Parliamentary system ⓘ
precededBy	Prime Minister of the Cape Colony ⓘ Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal ⓘ Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony ⓘ Administrator of the Transvaal ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the Transvaal Colony
reasonForAbolition	establishment of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 ⓘ
replaced	separate colonial prime ministers in South Africa ⓘ
replacedBy	State President of South Africa ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa
residence	Groote Schuur ⓘ
seat	Cape Town ⓘ
startTime	1910-05-31 ⓘ
styleOfAddress	The Right Honourable ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → elects → Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ

B. J. Vorster → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ