Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet

The Right Honourable Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet QC
Officer Administering the Government of South Africa (acting Governor-General of South Africa)
In office 17 July 1943 – 1 January 1946
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Jan Smuts
Preceded by	Sir Patrick Duncan
Succeeded by	Gideon Brand van Zyl
8th Chief Justice of South Africa
In office 1939–1943
Appointed by	Jan Smuts
Preceded by	James Stratford
Succeeded by	E. F. Watermeyer

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, PC, QC (11 September 1873 – 16 March 1960) was a South African politician, lawyer, and judge who was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.