Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom was the prime minister of South Africa between 1954 and 1958 and one of the main promoters of Apartheid.

Johannes was an Afrikaner supremasist and nationalist who was born on a farm in Cape Colony and had participated in World War I as part of the allied fights in Africa.

His government is described as the first period of Apartheid and was characterized by the reprimand towards black people, putting many laws that would follow in other Apartheid governments.

He died in 1958 while still in power.