Gerhardus Petrus Jooste

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Gerhardus Petrus Jooste (born May 5, 1904 in Winburg ; † 1990 ) was a South African diplomat .

Life

Gerhardus Petrus Jooste was the son of Sofie Visser and Nicolaas Jooste, studied at Gray College in Bloemfontein and became a civil servant in 1924. From 1929 to 1934 he was private secretary to the finance minister Nicolaas Havenga and married Anna van Zyl van der Merwe in 1934. In 1942 he obtained a master's degree in political science from the University of Pretoria with the thesis Die administrasie van die mandaat vir Suidwes-Afrika .

Individual evidence

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predecessor Office successor
South African ambassador in Brussels
1937–1940
Harry Thomson Andrews South African Ambassador to Washington, DC
September 26, 1949–26. August 1954 		John Edward Holloway
Albertus Lourens Geyer South African High Commissioner in London
1954–1956 		John Edward Holloway
Prime Minister: Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Secretary to the Prime Minister and for External Affairs and Chair, of External Trade Relations Commission: Douglas David Forsyth 		Foreign Minister of South Africa
1956 		Eric Louw
personal data
SURNAME Jooste, Gerhardus Petrus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Winburg
DATE OF DEATH 1990