Jimmy Kruger

Jimmy Kruger
President of the Senate
In office
19 June 1979 – 31 December 1980
PresidentJohn Vorster
Marais Viljoen
Prime MinisterP. W. Botha
Preceded byMarais Viljoen
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Kobie Coetsee (1994)
Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons
In office
29 April 1974 – 19 June 1979
Prime MinisterJohn Vorster
P. W. Botha
Preceded byPetrus Cornelius Pelser
as Minister of Justice
Lourens Muller
as Minister of Police
Succeeded byAlwyn Schlebusch
as Minister of Justice
Louis le Grange
as Minister of Police
Personal details
Born
James Thomas Kruger

(1917-12-20)20 December 1917
Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa
Died9 May 1987(1987-05-09) (aged 69)
Irene, Transvaal, South Africa
Political partyNational Party (1962–1980)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative Party (1982–1987)
Spouse
Susan Kruger
(m. 1943)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

James Thomas Kruger (20 December 1917 – 9 May 1987[1][2]) was a South African lawyer and politician of Welsh descent who was part of the conservative National Party government which championed apartheid. He rose to the position of Minister of Justice and the Police in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Vorster from 1974 to 1979. He was also President of the Senate from 1979 until 1980, when it was abolished.

  1. ^ Donald Woods, Biko, p. 404
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eggsa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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