Marais Viljoen

South African politician (1915-2007)

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It is catalogued under topics including 1915 births, 2007 deaths and Afrikaner people.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Prime minister: Pieter Willem Botha
Vice president: Alwyn Schlebusch (1982–1984)
Preceded by: Johannes Vorster
Succeeded by: Pieter Willem Botha
Born: ( 1915-12-02 ) 2 December 1915, Robertson , Cape Province , Union of South Africa
Died: 4 January 2007 (2007-01-04) (aged 91), Pretoria , Gauteng , South Africa
Party: National Party , Ossewabrandwag (affiliated)
Spouse: Dorothea Maria Brink ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 ; died 2005 )
Children: Elizabeth Magdalena
Alma mater: University of Cape Town

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: South Africa
Place of birth: Robertson
Place of death: Pretoria
Occupation: politician
Position held: minister
Educated at: University of Cape Town
Political party: National Party
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Order of Good Hope
Image: Marais Viljoen.jpg

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date of birth: 1915-12-02
date of death: 2007-01-04
name in native language: Marais Viljoen
Commons category: Marais Viljoen
cause of death: disease
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Marais Viljoen, DMS (2 December 1915 – 4 January 2007) was a South African politician who served as the last ceremonial State President of South Africa from 4 June 1979 until 3 September 1984. Viljoen became the last of the ceremonial presidents of South Africa when he was succeeded in 1984 by Prime Minister P. W. Botha, who combined the offices into an executive state presidency.

Early life

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