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Tom Naudé | |
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State President of South Africa (acting) | |
In office 1 June 1967 – 10 April 1968 | |
Prime Minister | Johannes Vorster |
Preceded by | Charles Robberts Swart |
Succeeded by | Jacobus Fouché |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1956–1961 | |
Prime Minister | Hendrik Verwoerd |
Minister of Health | |
In office 1954–1956 | |
Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa | |
In office 1950–1954 | |
Preceded by | Erasmus, F.C. |
Succeeded by | Serfontein, J. |
Personal details | |
Born | Jozua François Naudé 15 April 1889 Middelburg, Cape Colony |
Died | 31 May 1969 Cape Town, South Africa | (aged 80)
Political party | National Party |
Spouse(s) | Ada Brink (d.) Beatrice Gie (d.) Susara Durr |
Children | 4 children (Jozua,André,Danie and Rey) 3 boys,1 girl |
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. Swart as State President in 1967, suffered a stroke and fell into a coma before he could be inaugurated. Naudé was Acting State President for ten months, until Dönges died and Jim Fouché was inaugurated in his place.
Tom Naudé Technical High School in Polokwane was named after him.