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Balthazar Johannes Vorster

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Balthazar Johannes Vorster , 1915-83, South African political leader. A lawyer, John Vorster became involved in the Afrikaner nationalist movement and helped found a militant anti-British organization. Interned for opposition to the allies in World War II (1942-44), he entered politics after the war and was elected (1953) to the South African Parliament as a Nationalist party member. He became a leader of the party's right wing. In 1958, Vorster was made deputy minister in Hendrik Verwoerd 's cabinet. Responsible for education, he rigidly enforced the apartheid Bantu Education Act. Later, as... Read more
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
Balthazar Johannes Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (1915-1983) was a South African political leader who emerged as a major figure in Afrikaner nationalism. Noted as a right-wing figure, he was passionately hostile to liberalism and communism. Balthazar Vorster was born ... Read more
Vorster, Balthazar Johannes
Vorster, Balthazar Johannes (1915–83) South African statesman...minister and Nationalist Party leader. Vorster established Transkei as a ‘bantustan...prevent Namibian independence. In 1978, Vorster became president but corruption charges... Read more

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