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Jacobus Johannes Fouché
1898Jun, 6

Jacobus Johannes Fouché

Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (d. 1980)
Jacobus Johannes "Jim" Fouché, (6 June 1898 – 23 September 1980), also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.

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