Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom ( born July 15, 1893 in Willowmore, † August 24, 1958 in Cape Town) was Prime Minister of South Africa from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958.

Strijdom was born on the farm of his parents, studied and later became a lawyer. In 1929 he was Member of Parliament for Waterberg. His vehement advocacy of an independent from the Commonwealth of Nations, South Africa earned him the nickname The Lion of the Waterberg ( German: The Lion of the Waterberg ) a.

On 30 November 1954 he was leader of the National Party ( NP) and at the same time Prime Minister of South Africa. The extreme political views Strijdoms expressed by the fact that he did emphasize non-whites from the voter lists and in the Treason Trial charges against 156 activists prevailed, who had participated in the adoption of the Freedom Charter.

His reign ended in 1956, consular relations with the former Soviet Union. Add a touch of the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Consul General in Pretoria, the decision of the government to end the consular relations between the two countries with effect was sent on March 1, 1956. The diplomatic contacts, trade relations and other matters were conducted in the future at the level of the High Commission about the Soviet charge d'affaires in London.

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom died during his reign.

Honors

  • There are monuments in South Africa who remember him, for example in Modimolle.
  • His house in Nylstroom ( Modimolle today ) became a museum.
  • The airport in Windhoek in 1964 as J. G. Strijdom International Airport ( since 1998 Hosea Kutako International Airport ) named after him.
Waterberg National Park 1956 Treason Trial High Commissioner (Commonwealth) South African Institute of Race Relations Louis Botha J. B. M. Hertzog Hendrik Verwoerd Charles Robberts Swart Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs Marais Viljoen Kgalema Motlanthe Integrated Authority File
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