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C. R. Swart

1894–1982 · 20th century · Also known as Charles Robberts Swart

C. R. Swart was a South African National Party politician who served as minister of justice from 1948 to 1959, governor-general from 1960 and, when South Africa became a republic on 31 May 1961, its first state president until 1967. As justice minister he introduced key security laws of early apartheid, including the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950.

C. R. Swart
Image: Ons eerste halfeeu 1910-1960 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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