Alwyn Schlebusch

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Alwyn Schlebusch
Vice State President of South Africa
In office
1 January 1982 – 14 September 1984
PresidentMarais Viljoen
Prime MinisterP. W. Botha
Speaker of Parliament of South Africa
In office
1974–1976
Preceded byKlopper, H.J.
Succeeded byLoots, J.
Personal details
Born
Alwyn Louis Schlebusch

(1917-09-16)16 September 1917
Died7 January 2008(2008-01-07) (aged 90)
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Political partyNational
Spouse(s)Isabella Elizabeth Krause and Jeanette Rouen
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
OccupationPolitician
Alwyn Schlebusch's coat of arms (1971)

Alwyn Louis Schlebusch

Lady Grey, Eastern Cape.[2]
He was the son of Charel Johannes Schlebusch and Elizabeth Cornelia Myburgh and eldest brother of Charel Johannes Schlebusch, Elsie Cornelia Schlebusch and Anna Christina Schlebusch.

Career

Schlebusch was appointed chair of the eponymous Schlebusch Commission[3] in 1972, which had the power to cut foreign funding and seize the assets of anti-apartheid organizations, such as the Christian Institute of Southern Africa.[4]

The position of Vice State President was created when the

State President, with only provision for an Acting State President.[6]

Before holding the post, Schlebusch was mayor of

House of Assembly as MP for Kroonstad from 1962 to 1980, Minister of Public Works and Immigration in 1976, and Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs in 1979. Schlebusch succeeded Jimmy Kruger
in the portfolio and was viewed as a considerably more moderate figure, notably he was instrumental in compelling the Pretoria Bar Association to admit black lawyers.

Subsequently, he held the position of Minister in the Office of the President in 1986. He died on 7 January 2008. He was survived by a son and two daughters, 14 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. His wife, Isabel, died in 1996 of cancer. She founded the "Toktokkie" cancer campaign in South Africa.[4]

References

  1. ^ "SCHLEBUSCH, Alwyn Louis 1917-2008_1". genealogy.org.za. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Index Sc-Sf". rulers.org.
  3. Independent Online
    , 8 January 2008
  4. ^ a b "SA's only state vice-president dies at 90". Mail & Guardian. 7 January 2008.
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Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Pretoria
1984–1986
Succeeded by