James Barry Munnik Hertzog better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog (3 April 1866 near Wellington Cape Colony – 21 November 1942 in Pretoria Union of South Africa) was a Boer general during the second Anglo-Boer War who became Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Throughout his life he encouraged the development of Afrikaner culture determined to protect the Afrikaner from British influence. He is named after the Irish doctor Dr.
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active years end date
1939-09-05
active years start date
1924-06-30
birth date
1866-04-03
birth place
Cape Colony, Wellington Western Cape
death date
1942-11-21
death place
Pretoria, Union of South Africa, Transvaal Province
governor general
Alexander Cambridge 1st Earl of Athlone, Patrick Duncan (Governor-General), George Villiers 6th Earl of Clarendon
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