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Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, OM, CH, DTD, ED, PC, KC, FRS (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher.
May 20, 2024 · Jan Smuts was a South African statesman, soldier, and prime minister (1919–24, 1939–48), who sought to promote South Africa as a responsible member of the (British) Commonwealth. Jan Christian Smuts was born on a farm near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony.
As prime minister, Jan Smuts could not accept blacks as political equals seeking rights of citizenship. Throughout his career, he preferred to think of the “native problem” in abstract terms.
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Jan Smuts died on his farm Doornkloof, near Irene close to Pretoria, on 11 September 1950, after suffering a coronary thrombosis and several heart attacks. Smuts received throughout his career a large number of decorations, honours and awards.
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts successfully led troops against Britain in the Boer War. He later commanded the South African Defence Force fighting alongside British soldiers in several First World War campaigns.
Jan Smuts, (born May 24, 1870, Bovenplaats, near Riebeeck West, Cape Colony—died Sept. 11, 1950, Irene, near Pretoria, S.Af.), South African statesman, soldier, and prime minister (1919–24, 1939–48). An Afrikaner, Smuts studied law at Cambridge University.
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, PC, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. In addition to various cabinet appointments, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948.
