The ANC government renamed the popular CR Swart Building the Fidel Castro Building
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Charles Robberts Swart
Charles Robberts Swart, nicknamed "Blackie", was a South African politician who served as the last governor-general of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first state president of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967.
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politics · South African politician (1894–1982) · politician · journalist · minister · jurist · also Charles Robberts Swart, C. R. Swart, Swart
Born 5 December 1894 · Died 16 July 1982 · Q380398
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1982· 1 entry
Died 1982-07-16.
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1961· 2 entries
Career landmark: State President of South Africa (1961–1967).
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After signing into law the new republican constitution passed by Parliament, he asked the Queen to release him from office, and Parliament then elected him as state president, the new post that replaced the monarch and t
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1959· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (1959–1961).
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Swart was appointed Governor-General, but like his predecessor Ernest George Jansen, he was a staunch republican
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1948· 1 entry
And was responsible for legislation to strengthen the powers of the South African Police to suppress anti-apartheid activity
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1923· 1 entry
Was elected to the House of Assembly as the Member of Parliament for Ladybrand
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1902· 1 entry
And a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910)
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1894· 1 entry
Born 1894-12-05.
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