Jan de Klerk

Jan de Klerk DMS
State President of South Africa (acting)
In office 9 April 1975 – 19 April 1975
Preceded by	Jacobus Fouché
Succeeded by	Nicolaas Diederichs
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 8 October 1961 – 30 March 1966
Preceded by	Tom Naudé
Succeeded by	P. K. Le Roux
Chancellor of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
In office 1961–1979
Preceded by	du Toit, F.J.
Succeeded by	Vorster, P.W.
Personal details
Born	(1903-07-22)22 July 1903 Burgersdorp, Cape Colony
Died	24 January 1979(1979-01-24) (aged 75) Krugersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Political party	National Party
Spouse	Hendrina Cornelia Coetzer
Children	Wimpie de Klerk F. W. de Klerk
Alma mater	Potchefstroom University
Religion	Reformed

Johannes "Jan" de Klerk, DMS (22 July 1903 – 24 January 1979^[1]) was a South African politician. He was the father of F. W. de Klerk, the last apartheid State President of South Africa.

As a member of the National Party, de Klerk served as interim State President for nine days following the retirement of Jacobus Johannes Fouché in 1975.^[2] Prior to this, he served as a Senator (1955–1975), Minister of Work and Public Works (1954–1958), Work and Mines (1958–1961), Home Affairs, Work and Immigration (1961), Home Affairs, Education and Arts and Sciences (1961–1966), Education, Arts and Sciences and Information (1966–1967) and National Education (1968–1969), and President of the Senate from 1969 to 1976.