Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs

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Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs

State President of South Africa
In office 19 April 1975 – 21 August 1978
Succeeded by	Marais Viljoen
Minister of Finance
In office 1967–1975
Personal details
Born	(1903-11-17)17 November 1903 Ladybrand
Died	21 August 1978(1978-08-21) (aged 74) Cape Town
Political party	National Party
Religion	Dutch Reformed

Nicolaas Diederichs (17 November 1903, Ladybrand^[1] – 21 August 1978) served as the third State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.^[2]

An economist, Diederichs obtained a doctorate from the University of Leiden.^[1] During the 1930s and 1940s he became a prominent figure in Afrikaner nationalist circles. He founded the Reddingsdaadbond organisation to promote the economic wellbeing of Afrikaners.

Diederichs was a National Party member of Parliament from 1953 to 1975. He served as Minister of Economic Affairs from 1958 to 1967, as Minister of Mines from 1961 to 1964, and as Minister of Finance from 1967 to 1975. In the latter capacity he became known as "Mr Gold." He served as the first chancellor or the Rand Afrikaans University and ceremonial State President from 1975 until his death, after a short illness, of a heart attack on 21 August 1978 in Cape Town.

Publications by Nicolaas Diederichs (selection)

Nicolaas Diederichs: Vom Leiden und Dulden. Bonn, 1930. (Dissertation Leiden University)
N. Diederichs: Die Volkebond, sy ontstaan, samestelling en werksaamhede. Pretoria, 1933
N. Diederichs: Nasionalisme as lewensbeskouing en sy verhouding tot internasionalisme. Bloemfontein, 1936

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biography of Diederichs, Nicolaas". Archontology.org. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
↑ "Presidency in South Africa". SouthAfricaWeb.co.za. Retrieved 2012-10-12.

Eric Rosenthal (ed.): Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Juta and Company Limited, Kaapstad en Johannesburg, 1978.

External links

Website South African History about Nicolaas Diederichs

Political offices
Preceded by Johannes de Klerk (acting)	State President of South Africa 1975–1978	Succeeded by Marais Viljoen
Preceded by Theophilus Donges	Finance ministers of South Africa 1967–1975	Succeeded by Owen Horwood

v t e Finance ministers of South Africa

pre-Apartheid (1910-1948)	Hull Smuts Graaff Burton Orr Burton Havenga Hofmeyr Sturrock

Apartheid-era (1948-1994)	Havenga Louw Naudé Dönges Diederichs Horwood Du Plessis Keys

Post-Apartheid (1994-present)	Keys Liebenberg Manuel Gordhan

v t e Heads of State of South Africa (List)

Union of South Africa	George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

Republic (ceremonial)	Charles Robberts Swart Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges Jozua François Naudé^* Jacobus Johannes Fouché Johannes de Klerk^* Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs Marais Viljoen^* B. J. Vorster Marais Viljoen

Republic (executive)	P. W. Botha F. W. de Klerk Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe Jacob Zuma

^* Acting President

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 66206310 LCCN: no2005066712 GND: 126293953

Persondata
Name	Diederichs, Nicolaas Johannes
Alternative names
Short description	South African politician
Date of birth	17 November 1903
Place of birth	Ladybrand
Date of death	21 August 1978
Place of death	Cape Town

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