biography
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Hertzog, J(ames) B(arry) M(unnik)
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pronunciation:
[hertzokh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1866–1942)
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| biography:
| South African statesman and prime minister (1924–39), born in Wellington, Cape Colony, SW South Africa. He studied law at Stellenbosch and Amsterdam, became a Boer general (1899–1902), and was minister of justice (1910) in the first Union government. He founded the Nationalist Party in 1914, advocating complete South African independence, and in World War 1 opposed co-operation with Britain. As premier, in coalition with Labour (1924–9), and with Smuts in a United Party (1933–9), he renounced his earlier secessionism, but on the outbreak of World War 2 declared for neutrality, was defeated, lost office, and in 1940 retired. |
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