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POLITICIAN

Tom Naudé

1889 - 1969

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Jozua François "Tom" Naudé (15 April 1889, Middelburg, Cape Colony – 31 May 1969, Cape Town) served as acting state president of South Africa from 1967 to 1968. A National Party politician for many years, he served as Minister of Posts and Telegraphs from 1950 to 1954, as Minister of Health from 1954 to 1958, and as Minister of Finance from 1958 to 1961. He was then appointed President of the Senate of South Africa, and in terms of the South African Constitution of 1961 he would be required ex officio under a dormant commission to act as State President of South Africa whenever that office was vacant. He was unexpectedly called upon to do this when Dr Eben Dönges, who was elected to succeed C.R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Naudé has received more than 75,760 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tom Naudé is the 14,324th most popular politician (down from 13,039th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 114th in 2019) and the 39th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Naudé ranks 14,324 out of 15,577. Before him are Josef Tošovský, Peter Garrett, Daniyal Akhmetov, Richard Lugar, Étienne Mourrut, and Reginar IV, Count of Mons. After him are Andris Piebalgs, Androulla Vassiliou, Moudud Ahmed, Georges Theunis, Óscar Osorio, and Octa of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Tom Naudé ranks 220. Before him are Conrad Aiken, Nikolai Aseev, Anna Kéthly, Paul Nash, Harry Clarke, and Rolf Johnsson. After him are Lajos Asztalos, Vilho Väisälä, Minta Durfee, Arnulf Øverland, Wesley Ruggles, and Claude McKay. Among people deceased in 1969, Tom Naudé ranks 170. Before him are Stratis Myrivilis, Eero Berg, Corneliu Robe, Veli Saarinen, Barton MacLane, and Walter Hagen. After him are Vilho Väisälä, Óscar Osorio, Leigh Harline, Károly Dietz, Miles Dempsey, and Vernon Duke.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Tom Naudé ranks 119 out of 374. Before him are Kevin Curren (1958), Ted Grant (1913), George F. R. Ellis (1939), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), and Ted Moore (1914). After him are Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Elisabeth Eybers (1915), Harold Kitson (1874), Tony Maggs (1937), Corrie Sanders (1966), and Janet Suzman (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Tom Naudé ranks 39. Before him are Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Jim Fouché (1898), Pik Botha (1932), Eben Dönges (1898), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), and Ted Moore (1914). After him are Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), Zindzi Mandela (1960), and Ahmed Kathrada (1929).

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