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Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950) London/England
South African statesman, twice Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, and Field Marshal in the British Army.
WHO ALSO supported political systems based on racial segregation in South Africa and opposed the introduction of full democratic rights for the country’s non-white population. His policies and political influence contributed to structures of racial segregation that later developed into the formal system of apartheid.
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