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Jan Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts was a South African statesman, military leader, and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948. Smuts was born to Afrikaner parents in the British Cape Colony. He was educated locally before reading law at Christ's College, Cambridge, on a scholarship. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1894 but returned home the following year. In the lead up to the Second Boer War, Smuts practised law in Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic. He led the republic's delegation to the Bloemfontein Conference and served as an officer in a commando unit following the outbreak of war in 1899. In 1902 he played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Vereeniging, which ended the war and resulted in the annexation of the South African Republic and Orange Free State into the British Empire.
BornJan Christiaan Smuts, May 24, 1870, Bovenplaats, Cape Colony
DiedIrene, Union of South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Spouse(s)Isie Krige
ChildrenJannie, Louis, Japie, Sylma, Santa, Cato
ProfessionBarrister
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
Succeeded byDaniel François Malan

About Jan Smuts

World Leader Jan Smuts was born on May 24, 1870 in South Africa (He dies at the age of 80, on September 11, 1950).

Smuts was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and again from 1939 to 1948. He was also a military guy who served in the United Kingdom's War Cabinet and was a hero in the Second Boer War.

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Jan Smuts before becoming famous

Jan Smuts was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1870 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with a law degree, and then returned to his home South Africa, where he worked in journalism and politics.

Achievement of Jan Smuts

He was a signatory to the treaties that ended World Wars I and II.

Jan Smuts's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in the Cape Colony to Afrikaner farmers Catharina and Jacobus Smuts. Six children were born to his marriage to Issie Krige.

Jan Smuts Collabed with

Smuts was assigned to World Leader Winston Churchill's Imperial War Cabinet as a member of the British Army.

Jan Smuts Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Jan Smuts updated on March 14 2023.