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Johannes de Klerk (22 July 1903 - 24 January 1979) was a South African politician, a member of the National Party, Senator (1955-1975), Minister of Work and Public Works (1954-1958), Work and Mines (1958-1961), Home Affairs, Work and Immigration (1961), Home Affairs, Education and Arts and Sciences (1961-1966), Education, Arts and Sciences and Information (1966-1967) and National Education (1968-1969). He was also President of the Senate from 1969 to 1976. Subsequent to this, he served as interim State President for nine days following the retirement of Jacobus Johannes Fouché in 1975. Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 See also 4 External links // Biography Son of Reverend Willem de Klerk and his wife Aletta Johannes van Rooy, Jan de Klerk was born 22 July 1903 in Burgersdorp. He spent his childhood in Potchefstroom, in South-West Transvaal. Graduating from Potchefstroom University (1926) where he was the President of the Student Union, he married Hendrina Cornelia Coutzer on 27 April 1927, and had two sons, Willem Johannes and Frederick Willem de Klerk, future president of South Africa. From 1927 to 1945, Jan de Klerk worked in Nylstroom and Witwatersrand. He was headteacher of a school, and secretary of a white workers' trade union. In January 1947, he became administrative secretary of the National Party for the Rand region and in 1948, chief secretary of the NP of Transvaal. From 1949 to 1955, he was a member of the provincial council of Transvaal. In 1954, Jan de Klerk was named senator and Minister of Work and Public Works in the government of his brother-in-law, Prime Minister JG Strijdom. This nomination provoked controversy due to the relationship between the two men. He was a minister in the following governments of Hendrik Verwoerd and John Vorster until 1969, he successively dealt with mines, home affairs, immigration, and education. While Minister of Education, he helped found the Afrikaans University of Rand (RAU) and the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), while also chancellor of the University of Potchefstroom. He was twice approached to be honorary president of the republic in 1967 and 1968. From 1969 to 1976, he presided over the upper house of the South African parliament, and this meant that he was briefly interim President of South Africa in 1975. He retired from political life, and died in Krugersdorp on 24 January 1979. Legacy A school in Krugersdorp is named in honour of Jan de Klerk. See also Frederik de Klerk External links (English) Biography Political offices Preceded by John Vorster Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Minister of National Education 1961-1969 Succeeded by Johannes Petrus van der Spuy Preceded by Jozua François Naudé Minister of Home Affairs 1961-1966 Succeeded by P.K. le Roux Preceded by Ben Schoeman Minister of Work 1954-1961 Succeeded by Alfred Trollip Preceded by Ben Schoeman Minister of Public Works 1954-1958 Succeeded by Paul Sauer v • d • e Home affairs ministers of South Africa pre-Apartheid (1910-1948) Smuts • Fischer • Theron • Watt • Duncan • Malan • Hofmeyr • Stuttaford • Lawrence • Clarkson • Lawrence Apartheid-era (1948-1994) Dönges • Naudé • de Klerk • Le Roux • Muller • Viljoen • Gerdener • Mulder • Schlebusch • Heunis • de Klerk • Botha • Louw • Pienaar • Schutte Post-Apartheid (1994-present) Buthelezi • Mapisa-Nqakula • Dlamini-Zuma v • d • e Presidents of South Africa 1961 Constitution (ceremonial) Charles Robberts Swart · Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges · Jozua François Naudé * · Jacobus Johannes Fouché · Johannes de Klerk * · Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs · Marais Viljoen * · B. J. Vorster · Marais Viljoen 1983 Constitution (executive) Pieter Willem Botha · Chris Heunis * · Pieter Willem Botha · Frederik Willem de Klerk 1996 Constitution (executive) Nelson Mandela · Thabo Mbeki · Kgalema Motlanthe · Jacob Zuma * = acting v • d • e Presidents of the Senate and NCOP of South Africa First Senate (1910-1981) Reitz • Van Heerden • Kerr • Van Niekerk • Malan • Myburgh • Wessels • Van Niekerk • Naudé • De Klerk • Viljoen • Kruger Second Senate (1994-1997) Coetsee National Council of Provinces (1997-present) Lekota • Pandor • Kgoali • Mahlangu Persondata Name Klerk, Johannes de Alternative names Short description Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death