Doctor of Law Albert Hertzog | |
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| Leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party | |
| In office 25 October 1969 – 28 May 1977 | |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Jaap Marais |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 24 August 1954 – 24 August 1958 | |
| Governor General | Ernest George Jansen |
| Prime Minister | Hendrik Verwoerd |
| Preceded by | Michiel Daniel Christiaan de Wet Nel |
| Succeeded by | Carel de Wet |
| Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services. | |
| In office 24 August 1958 – 7 February 1968 | |
| President | Charles Robberts Swart Tom Naudé (acting) |
| Governor General | Charles Robberts Swart |
| Prime Minister | Hendrik Verwoerd B.J. Vorster |
| Preceded by | Serfontein, J. |
| Succeeded by | Janse van Rensburg, M.C.C. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1899 Bloemfontein, Republic of the Orange Free State |
| Died | 5 November 1982 (aged 83) Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Political party | National Party (until 1969) Herstigte Nasionale Party (1969–1978) |
| Spouse(s) | Katie (née Whitely)† Martie Viljoen(née Duvenage) |
| Residence(s) | Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Alma mater | Stellenbosch University B.A. (cum laude) University of Amsterdam Oxford University LL.B. Leiden University LL.D. |
| Profession | Barrister Cabinet Minister Politician |
Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈalbərt ˈɦærtsɔχ]; 4 July 1899 – 5 November 1982) was a South African politician, Afrikaner nationalist, cabinet minister, and founding leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party. He was the son of J. B. M. (Barry) Hertzog, a former Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
Albert Hertzog served as the South African Minister of Health from 1954 to 1958 and as Minister of Post and Telecommunications from 1958 to 1968. As the latter, Hertzog was famous for his refusal to implement television in South Africa. In 1969, after being purged from the National Party for his reactionary and exclusive Afrikaner Nationalist views, Hertzog founded the Herstigte Nasionale Party ("Reconstituted National Party"). The HNP was opposed to what it viewed as the National Party's deviation from its founding principles under Hendrik Verwoerd's successor, John Vorster.