Charles Robberts Swart

South African politician (1894–1982)

Charles Robberts Swart DMS (5 December 1894 – 16 July 1982), nicknamed Blackie, was a South African politician who served as the last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first State President of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967.

Official portrait, 1960


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