Jan Smuts

January 9, 2024
World Leader

Quick Facts

Jan Smuts
Full Name Jan Smuts
Occupation World Leader
Date Of Birth May 24, 1870(1870-05-24)
Age 154
Date Of Death 1950-09-11
Birthplace Riebeek West
Country South Africa
Birth City Western Cape
Horoscope Taurus

Jan Smuts Biography

Name Jan Smuts
Birthday May 24
Birth Year 1870
Place Of Birth Riebeek West
Home Town Western Cape
Birth Country South Africa
Birth Sign Taurus
Spouse Issie Krige
Children(s) Japie Smuts, Jannie Smuts, Sylma Smuts, Cato Smuts, Santa Smuts, Louis Smuts

Jan Smuts is one of the most popular and richest World Leader who was born on May 24, 1870 in Riebeek West, Western Cape, South Africa. Smuts was South Africa’s Prime Minister from 1919 to 1924, and again in 1939 to 1948. He was also a soldier and was a hero of the Second Boer War.

Smuts, a British Army soldier, was elected to As a member of the British Army, Smuts was appointed to Winston Churchill‘s Imperial War Cabinet.’s Imperial War Cabinet.

He was born to Jacobus and Catharina Smuts, Afrikaner farmers. His marriage to Issie Krige resulted in six children.

Jan Smuts Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income World Leader
House Living in own house.

Jan Smuts is one of the richest World Leader from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jan Smuts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received his law degree at Christ’s College in Cambridge and then returned to South Africa where he pursued journalism and politics.

He signed the treaties which ended World War I as well as World War II.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jan Smuts Dating?

According to our records, Jan Smuts married to Issie Krige. As of December 1, 2023, Jan Smuts’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Jan Ranked on the list of most popular World Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Jan Smuts celebrates birthday on May 24 of every year.

Why is Jan Smuts famous?

Smuts played a leading role in the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, helping shape its constitution. He and Botha established the South African Party, with Botha becoming the union’s first prime minister and Smuts holding multiple cabinet portfolios.

Where is Jan Smuts buried?

Birth24 May 1870 Riebeek West, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Death| 11 Sep 1950 (aged 80) Irene, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Burial| Cremated, Ashes scattered, Specifically: Ashes scattered on a koppie on his farm near Irene

Where did Jan Smuts grow up?

Smuts was born and raised in the district of Malmesbury, in the British Cape Colony.

Who was Smuts to Churchill?

Winston Churchill had met Jan Christian Smuts when he returned from the Boer War in 1900. Elected to Parliament at the end of that year, he never again visited South Africa. Yet that country was to play an important part in his life for the next fifty years.

What was the African policy of apartheid?

apartheid, (Afrikaans: “apartness”) policy that governed relations between South Africa’s white minority and nonwhite majority for much of the latter half of the 20th century, sanctioning racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites.

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