Albert Hertzog, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Albert Hertzog

South African politician, founder of Herstigte Nasionale Party

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1899

Place of Birth: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1982

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Albert Hertzog

  • Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog (Afrikaans pronunciation: ['alb?rt '?ærts??]; 4 July 1899, Bloemfontein – 5 November 1982, Pretoria) was an Afrikaner politician, cabinet minister, and founding leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party.
  • He served as the South African Minister of Health from 1954 to 1958 and as Minister of Post and Telecommunications from 1958 to 1968.
  • As the latter, Hertzog is famous for his refusal of implementing television service in South Africa.
  • In 1969, after being purged from the National Party for his reactionary and exclusive Afrikaner Nationalist views, Hertzog founded the Herstigte Nasionale Party ("Reconstituted National Party").
  • The HNP was opposed to what it viewed as the National Party's deviation from its founding principles under Hendrik Verwoerd's successor, John Vorster.

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