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'''Daniel François Malan''' ( 22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959), more commonly known as '''D. F. Malan''', was a South African politician who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] implemented the system of [[Apartheid]], which enforced racial segregation laws. The foundations of Apartheid were firmly laid down during his tenure as Prime Minister. | '''Daniel François Malan''' (22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959), more commonly known as '''D. F. Malan''', was a South African politician who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] implemented the system of [[Apartheid]], which enforced racial segregation laws. The foundations of Apartheid were firmly laid down during his tenure as Prime Minister. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Malan was educated at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, and at the University of Utrecht, Neth., where he received a doctorate in divinity in 1905. He returned to the Cape to enter the ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church. Always a vigorous exponent of Afrikaner aspirations and the use of the Afrikaans language, Malan left the pulpit in 1915 to edit Die Burger, a Cape Town newspaper that supported the National Party, which had been founded by J.B.M. Hertzog the previous year. | Malan was educated at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, and at the University of Utrecht, Neth., where he received a doctorate in divinity in 1905. He returned to the Cape to enter the ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church. Always a vigorous exponent of Afrikaner aspirations and the use of the Afrikaans language, Malan left the pulpit in 1915 to edit Die Burger, a Cape Town newspaper that supported the National Party, which had been founded by J.B.M. Hertzog the previous year. |