Stefanus François Naudé Gie
Stefanus François Naudé Gie (born July 13, 1884 in Worcester , † April 10, 1945 in Washington, DC ) was a South African diplomat and politician .
Life
Gie studied at the Educated Boys High School in Worcester, studied at Victoria College in Stellenbosch , at the University of Amsterdam and at the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1906 to 1909 he was employed as a teacher in Cradock and Worcester , from 1910 to 1911 he was school inspector . He was also rector of Stellenbosch University . From 1926 to 1934, Gie was Minister of Education in the Union of South Africa .
He then became an envoy in Berlin . On the question of the future of the Free City of Danzig and a German corridor, he took very similar views as the government of Adolf Hitler . Before the Second World War he was accredited in The Hague and with the government in Stockholm . From 1939 to 1944 he had his seat in Stockholm, from March 13, 1944 he was envoy in Washington.
Individual evidence
- ^ Institute for Contemporary History, 1972 (PDF file; 6.41 MB) p. 222
- ^ Jean van der Poel, Selections from the Smuts Papers : Volume VII, August 1945-October 1950, p. 396
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Minister of Education of the South African Union 1926 to 1934 |
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South African ambassador to Germany from 1934 to 1939 |
William Henry Evered Poole |
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South African Ambassador to Stockholm from 1939 to 1944 |
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| Ralph William Close |
South African Ambassador to Washington March 13, 1944 to April 9, 1944 |
JR Jordaan |
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| SURNAME | Gie, Stefanus François Naudé |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African diplomat and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worcester |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |