Tom Naudé

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title: "Tom Naudé" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1889-births", "1969-deaths", "afrikaner-people", "ministers-of-finance-of-south-africa", "ministers-of-health-of-south-africa", "herenigde-nasionale-party-politicians", "ministers-of-home-affairs-of-south-africa", "national-party-(south-africa)-politicians", "people-from-middelburg,-eastern-cape", "presidents-of-the-senate-of-south-africa", "speakers-of-the-house-of-assembly-(south-africa)", "state-presidents-of-south-africa", "united-party-(south-africa)-politicians"] description: "South African politician (1889–1969)" topic_path: "economics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Naudé" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary South African politician (1889–1969) ::

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Field	Value
name	Tom Naudé
birthname	Jozua François Naudé
office	State President of South Africa (acting)
image	Tom Naudé 1962.jpg
smallimage
alongside
predecessor	Charles Robberts Swart
primeminister	Johannes Vorster
succeeding
successor	Jacobus Fouché
office2	Minister of Finance
primeminister2	Hendrik Verwoerd
party	National Party
birth_date
birth_place	Middelburg, Cape Colony
death_date
death_place	Cape Town, South Africa
otherparty
spouse	Ada Brink (d.)
Beatrice Gie (d.)
Susara Durr
children	5 children (Rey,Jozua,Danie,Louise and Andrè)
term_start	1 June 1967
term_end	10 April 1968
term_start2	1956
term_end2	1961
office3	Minister of Health
term_start3	1954
term_end3	1956
office4	Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa
term_start4	1950
term_end4	1954
predecessor4	Erasmus, F.C.
successor4	Serfontein, J.
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A National Party politician for many years, he served as Minister of Posts and Telegraphs from 1950 to 1954, as Minister of Health from 1954 to 1958, and as Minister of Finance from 1958 to 1961. He was then appointed President of the Senate of South Africa, and in terms of the South African Constitution of 1961 he would be required ex officio under a dormant commission to act as State President of South Africa whenever that office was vacant. He was unexpectedly called upon to do this when Dr Eben Dönges, who was elected to succeed C.R. Swart as State President in 1967, suffered a stroke and fell into a coma before he could be inaugurated. Naudé was Acting State President for ten months, until Dönges died and Jim Fouché was inaugurated in his place.

Tom Naudé Technical High School in Polokwane was named after him.

References

References

1. "Biography of Naudé, Jozua François". Archontology.org.
2. "Presidency in South Africa". SouthAfricaWeb.co.za.
3. Kahn, Ellison. (1999). "Law, Life & Laughter Encore: Legal Anecdotes & Portraits from Southern Africa". Juta & Company.
4. Lentz, Harris M.. (2014). "Heads of States and Governments Since 1945". Routledge.
5. (2003). "Laugh, the Beloved Country: A Compendium of South African Humour". Double Storey.
6. "Polokwane the Segregated city {{!}} South African History Online".

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