Malan name

clergyman

Daniel Malan was the Afrikan pastor and journalist. He was the fourth prime minister of South Africa.

Daniel francois malan biography template South African clergyman and politician who strongly believed in Afrikaner nationalism and apartheid. He was educated locally, after which he attended the Victoria College in Stellenbosch where he passed his matriculation examinations. In he travelled to Holland to study at the University of Utrecht, graduating four years later. He remained in this position for several years during which time he travelled extensively, preaching to NGK congregations in Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe and the Belgian Congo now the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in South Africa. His interest in politics developed against a background of Afrikaner identity.

Background

Daniel Malan was born in Riebeek-Wes in the Cape Colony on May 22,

Education

Daniel Malan studied for the ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, and from to he attended the University of Utrecht.

Career

Daniel Malan became leader of the Cape nationalists and was appointed to Hertzog&#;s first Cabinet in

The depression forced Hertzog and Jan Christiaan Smuts into a coalition in

He broke with Hertzog and formed a &#;purified&#; National party.

In World War II Malan opposed South Africa&#;s participation.

Its recommendations were published as a pamphlet in which apartheid was formally stated to be the party&#;s policy.

Its main points included the preservation of white supremacy, separation of the races, and retribalization of the Africans.

Itwas this policy which brought the National party to power in May

African reactions to Malan&#;s rule were without precedent in the history of South Africa.

Chief Albert Luthuli, a known moderate who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy of nonviolence, started speaking publicly of &#;new methods of struggle.

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The militants demanded &#;direct action. &#;

Laws were passed disenfranchising the Africans and tightening segregation in the ownership of land.

In the Africans launched a campaign for the defiance of unjust laws, and more than 8, people went to jail.

Luthuli was deposed for his support of the campaign.

Crises erupted in the colored, Indian, and white communities.

India severed diplomatic relations with South Africa in

Malan opposed what he regarded as the haste with which the colonial powers were freeing Africa.

When Kwame Nkrumah took his seat in the Council of Ministers, Malan protested that this would have unfortunate consequences for the British Commonwealth.

Achievements

• Daniel Malan&#;s advocacy of segregation made him the symbol of white South Africa&#;s defiance of world condemnation of his country&#;s racial policies.

Works

• book

  • Het Idealisme van Berkeley

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Politics

At various times he belonged to different parties: National Party (), ()

Purified National Party (), Herenigde Nasionale Party ()

Membership

Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging

Connections

Daniel Malan married Maria.

Spouse:

Maria

Son:

Hannes

Son:

Dannie