Jim Fouché

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Jim Fouché was a South African National Party politician who served as the country’s ceremonial State President from 1968 to 1975.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South African politician
head of state
human
countryOfBirth Orange Free State NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
dateOfBirth 1898-09-06
dateOfDeath 1980-09-23
ethnicGroup Afrikaner NERFINISHED
familyName Fouché NERFINISHED
fullName Jacobus Johannes Fouché NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Jacobus NERFINISHED
Johannes NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm B. J. Vorster NERFINISHED
honorificTitle The Honourable NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty National Party (South Africa) NERFINISHED
militaryRelatedOffice Minister of Defence of South Africa
nativeLanguage Afrikaans
nickname Jim NERFINISHED
notableFor being the second State President of the Republic of South Africa
serving as South Africa’s ceremonial State President from 1968 to 1975
occupation politician
officeEndTime 1975-04-09
officeStartTime 1968-04-10
parliamentaryBodyServedIn Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Wepener, Orange Free State NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bloemfontein, South Africa NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology Afrikaner nationalism
positionHeld Governor-General of the Orange Free State Province NERFINISHED
Minister of Defence of South Africa NERFINISHED
State President of South Africa NERFINISHED
precededBy Jozua François Naudé NERFINISHED
religion Dutch Reformed Church NERFINISHED
representedRegion Orange Free State NERFINISHED
residenceWhileInOffice Groote Schuur, Cape Town NERFINISHED
Pretoria, South Africa NERFINISHED
servedInGovernmentOf Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED
Union of South Africa NERFINISHED
servedUnderConstitution Republic of South Africa Constitution of 1961 NERFINISHED
spouse Susan de Klerk NERFINISHED
succeededBy Nicolaas Diederichs NERFINISHED
termLengthAsStatePresident 7 years
wasCeremonialHeadOfState true

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