C. R. Swart

Charles Robberts Swart DMS
Official portrait, 1960
1st State President of South Africa
In office 31 May 1961 – 1 June 1967
Prime Minister	Hendrik Verwoerd Johannes Vorster
Preceded by	Elizabeth II (as Queen of South Africa) Himself (as Governor-General)
Succeeded by	Tom Naudé (acting) Jacobus Fouché
9th Governor-General of South Africa
In office 11 December 1959 – 30 April 1961
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Hendrik Verwoerd
Preceded by	Ernest George Jansen Lucas Cornelius Steyn (acting)
Succeeded by	Lucas Cornelius Steyn (acting) Himself (as State President)
Minister of Justice
In office 4 June 1948 – 11 December 1959
Prime Minister	D. F. Malan Johannes Strijdom Hendrik Verwoerd
Preceded by	Harry Lawrence
Succeeded by	Frans Erasmus
Minister of Education, Arts and Science
In office 1949–1950
Prime Minister	D. F. Malan
Preceded by	Albert Jacobus Stals
Succeeded by	Johannes Hendrikus Viljoen
Personal details
Born	(1894-12-05)5 December 1894[1] Winburg, Orange Free State
Died	16 July 1982(1982-07-16) (aged 87) Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province, South Africa[2]
Political party	National Party
Spouse	Cornelia de Klerk ​ (m. 1924)​
Children	3
Alma mater	University of the Free State Columbia University
Occupation	Politician lawyer journalist actor
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Nickname	Blackie

Charles Robberts Swart DMS (5 December 1894 – 16 July 1982), nicknamed "Blackie",^[3] was a South African politician who served as the last governor-general of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first state president of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967.