Leaders
- 1915–1934 – J. B. M. Hertzog
- 1934–1953 – D. F. Malan
- 1953–1958 – J. G. Strijdom
- 1958–1966 – H. F. Verwoerd
- 1966–1978 – B. J. Vorster
- 1978–1989 – P. W. Botha
- 1989–1997 – F. W. de Klerk
- 1997–2005 – Marthinus van Schalkwyk (New National Party)
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Famous quotes containing the word leaders:
“The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)
“Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation’s leaders wouldn’t know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)