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D. F. Malan
D. F. Malan was a South African Dutch Reformed minister, newspaper editor and politician who served as prime minister from 1948 to 1954. Leading the Reunited National Party, he won the 1948 election on the platform of apartheid and began building it into law with the Population Registration Act, the Group Areas Act and other measures. He retired in 1954 and was succeeded by J. G. Strijdom.
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