Francois Christiaan Erasmus was a South African National Party politician and Minister of Defence from June 1948 to 1959 as well as Minister of Justice from 1959 to August 1961.
10 Facts About Frans Erasmus
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Frans Erasmus was born on 19 January 1896 at Houtenbeck in the Merweville district of the Cape Colony to Marthinus Frederik Erasmus and his wife Hester Maria Jacoba Maritz.
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Frans Erasmus was educated at the University of Cape Town and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree.
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Frans Erasmus joined D F Malan's cabinet as the Minister of Defence in 1948.
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Frans Erasmus was involved in the establishment of the South African Military Academy.
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Frans Erasmus negotiated the Simonstown Agreement, the return of the naval base from Royal Navy control.
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Frans Erasmus was widely considered to be incompetent and was very unpopular because of his broad changes to the military to remove what he called the "British Influence".
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Frans Erasmus was appointed Minister of Justice in 1959, in the Hendrik Verwoerd cabinet.
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Frans Erasmus retired from public service at that time due to his declining health.
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Frans Erasmus first married Christina Wiese of Melsetter in the then Southern Rhodesia.