Owen Horwood
Owen Pieter Faure Horwood B.J. Vorster | |
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Born | South African citizenship | 6 December 1916
Political party | National Party |
Owen Pieter Faure Horwood, DMS (6 December 1916[1] – 13 September 1998[2]) was a South African economist, politician, leader of the National Party in the province of Natal and Finance Minister 1975 to 1984. He was married to Helen Watt, sister of Janet Smith, the wife of Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
After matriculating at Paarl Boys’ High School, Horwood studied at the University of Cape Town where he obtained his B.Com degree and a post-graduate diploma in actuarial science. He worked in Cape Town until 1947 when he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Commerce at the
Horwood was then appointed professor of economics on the Durban campus of the
Horwood retired from politics in 1984 and moved from Gauteng to Stellenbosch in 1997. He died of a heart attack in 1998 in Stellenbosch.[3]
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