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Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss | |
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![]() Koos Strauss | |
Leader of the United Party | |
In office 1950–1956 | |
Preceded by | Jan Christiaan Smuts |
Succeeded by | De Villiers Graaff |
Personal details | |
Born | Calvinia, Cape Colony | 17 December 1900
Died | 7 March 1990 Cape Town, South Africa | (aged 89)
Nationality | South African |
Political party | United Party |
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss, known as Koos Strauss, Kosie Strauss or J. G. N. Strauss (17 December 1900[1] – 7 March 1990), was a South African politician who was the leader of the South African United Party from 1950 to 1956.