Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr Politician

See also his uncle, Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan)Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (20 March 1894 – 3 December 1948) was a South African politician and intellectual in the years preceding Apartheid. In his lifetime he was regarded as one of the cleverest men in the country, and it was widely expected that he would eventually become Prime Minister of South Africa. He came from a well-known Afrikaner family; his uncle, also Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, but known affectionately as "Onze Jan" among fellow Afrikaners, was a famous figure in the Afrikaans language movement.

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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
Birth dateMarch 20, 1894
Birth place
Cape Town
Religion
Baptists
Date of deathDecember 03, 1948
Place of death
Johannesburg
Education
University of Cape Town
University of Oxford

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Office holder

office
Deputy Prime Minister
Administrator of the Transvaal
Minister of Finance and Education
party
United Party (South Africa)
South African Party

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