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Ernest George Jansen | |
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8th Governor-General of South Africa | |
In office 1 January 1951 – 25 November 1959 | |
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Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Gideon Brand van Zyl |
Succeeded by | |
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Born | Dundee, Colony of Natal | 7 August 1881
Died | 25 November 1959 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | (aged 78)
Ernest George Jansen (7 August 1881 – 25 November 1959) was the penultimate Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1951 until his death in 1959.