J. G. Strijdom

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Prime Minister of South Africa human politician

J. G. Strijdom was a hardline Afrikaner nationalist who served as Prime Minister of South Africa in the 1950s and was a key architect of early apartheid policies.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prime Minister of South Africa → human → politician →
alsoKnownAs	Hans Strijdom → J. G. Strydom →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
countryOfCitizenship	Union of South Africa →
dateOfBirth	1893-07-14 →
dateOfDeath	1958-08-24 →
educatedAt	Stellenbosch University → Victoria College, Stellenbosch →
ethnicGroup	Afrikaner →
familyName	Strijdom →
fieldOfWork	politics →
fullName	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom →
givenName	Johannes →
hasMonument	J. G. Strijdom Tower → J. G. Strijdom Tunnel →
ideology	Afrikaner nationalism → apartheid → white supremacy →
languageSpoken	Afrikaans → English →
legalBackground	trained as a lawyer →
memberOfPoliticalParty	National Party (South Africa) →
notableFor	expansion of racial segregation laws → hardline Afrikaner nationalist stance → implementation of early apartheid policies → removal of Coloured voters from the common voters’ roll →
occupation	politician →
officeEnd	1958 →
officeStart	1954 →
parliamentaryBody	House of Assembly of South Africa →
placeOfBirth	Cape Colony → Willowmore →
placeOfDeath	Cape Town →
positionHeld	Minister of Lands → Prime Minister of South Africa →
precededBy	D. F. Malan →
regionOfActivity	South Africa →
religion	Dutch Reformed Church →
representedConstituency	Waterberg →
residence	Pretoria →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	signature of J. G. Strijdom →
spouse	Susan Strijdom →
succeededBy	Hendrik Verwoerd →
workLocation	Cape Town → Pretoria →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
J. G. Strijdom ("Hans Strijdom") →	alsoKnownAs
J. G. Strijdom ("Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom") →	fullName
National Party →	notableLeader
Hendrik Verwoerd →	precededBy
National Party (South Africa) →	primeMinisterFrom
J. G. Strijdom ("Susan Strijdom") →	spouse
National Party (South Africa) →	statePresidentFrom
D. F. Malan →	succeededBy