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- Ernest_George_Jansen abstract "Ernest George Jansen PC (1881–1959) was the second-last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1950 to 1959.Born in 7 August 1881, he graduated with a law degree from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1905, and was admitted as an advocate (the South African equivalent of a barrister) in 1913.An ardent champion of Afrikaner interests, he joined the National Party in 1915 and was a member of Parliament from 1915 to 1920, from 1921 to 1943, and from 1947 to 1950.In 1919, he was a member of a delegation which tried unsuccessfully to persuade American president Woodrow Wilson to call for independence to be restored to the former Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal.In Parliament, Jansen was Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1924 to 1929, Minister of Native Affairs and of Irrigation from 1929 to 1934, and Speaker again from 1934 to 1943. He was highly regarded for his firm and impartial speakership.He was Minister of Native Affairs again from 1948 to 1950, but was thought to be too soft on the new policy of apartheid, for which his department was primarily responsible. He was subsequently replaced by hardliner Hendrik Verwoerd and formally promoted by Prime Minister Daniel Malan to the politically neutral post of Governor-General once vacant. As an Afrikaner nationalist and stout republican, Jansen declined to wear the ceremonial uniform, or to take the oath of allegiance to the monarch whom he represented. He held office until his death in 1959, when he was succeeded by Minister of Justice Charles Robberts Swart.Jansen married Martha Mabel Pellissier in 1912. Both were prominent figures in Afrikaner cultural circles. Jansen was a founder member of the South African Academy for Science and Art (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns - SAAWEK) in 1909, of the Co-operation Union (Saamwerk-Unie) in 1917, of the Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Associations (Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge - FAK) in 1929, and of the Voortrekkers (the Afrikaner equivalent of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides) in 1930, and was master of ceremonies at the laying of the foundation stone of the Voortrekker Monument in 1938 and at its dedication in 1949.Hoërskool Dr. E.G. Jansen (High School), in Boksburg, is named after him.".
- Ernest_George_Jansen birthDate "1881".
- Ernest_George_Jansen birthDate "1881-08-07".
- Ernest_George_Jansen birthYear "1881".
- Ernest_George_Jansen deathDate "1959".
- Ernest_George_Jansen deathYear "1959".
- Ernest_George_Jansen monarch Elizabeth_II.
- Ernest_George_Jansen monarch George_VI.
- Ernest_George_Jansen office "Governor-General of the Union of South Africa".
- Ernest_George_Jansen orderInOffice "8th".
- Ernest_George_Jansen predecessor Gideon_Brand_van_Zyl.
- Ernest_George_Jansen primeMinister Daniel_François_Malan.
- Ernest_George_Jansen primeMinister Hendrik_Verwoerd.
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingPlace Gauteng.
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingPlace Heroes_Acre_(South_Africa).
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingPlace Pretoria.
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- Ernest_George_Jansen successor Charles_Robberts_Swart.
- Ernest_George_Jansen successor Lucas_Cornelius_Steyn.
- Ernest_George_Jansen termPeriod Ernest_George_Jansen__1.
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- Ernest_George_Jansen wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dr E.G. Jansen".
- Ernest_George_Jansen wikiPageWikiLinkText "E. G. Jansen".
- Ernest_George_Jansen wikiPageWikiLinkText "E.G. Jansen".
- Ernest_George_Jansen wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ernest George Jansen".
- Ernest_George_Jansen wikiPageWikiLinkText "Jansen".
- Ernest_George_Jansen birthDate "1881-08-07".
- Ernest_George_Jansen dateOfBirth "1881".
- Ernest_George_Jansen dateOfDeath "1959".
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- Ernest_George_Jansen honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
- Ernest_George_Jansen monarch Elizabeth_II.
- Ernest_George_Jansen monarch George_VI.
- Ernest_George_Jansen name "Ernest George Jansen".
- Ernest_George_Jansen name "Jansen, Ernest George".
- Ernest_George_Jansen office "Governor-General of the Union of South Africa".
- Ernest_George_Jansen order "8".
- Ernest_George_Jansen predecessor "The Rt Hon. Gideon Brand van Zyl".
- Ernest_George_Jansen primeminister Daniel_François_Malan.
- Ernest_George_Jansen primeminister Hendrik_Verwoerd.
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingplace Gauteng.
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingplace Heroes_Acre_(South_Africa).
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingplace Pretoria.
- Ernest_George_Jansen restingplace South_Africa.
- Ernest_George_Jansen shortDescription "south African politician".
- Ernest_George_Jansen successor Charles_Robberts_Swart.
- Ernest_George_Jansen successor Lucas_Cornelius_Steyn.
- Ernest_George_Jansen termEnd "1959-11-25".