Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet | |
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Officer Administering the Government of South Africa (acting Governor-General of South Africa) | |
In office 17 July 1943 โ 1 January 1946 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Jan Smuts |
Preceded by | Sir Patrick Duncan |
Succeeded by | Gideon Brand van Zyl |
8th Chief Justice of South Africa | |
In office 1939โ1943 | |
Appointed by | Jan Smuts |
Preceded by | James Stratford |
Succeeded by | E. F. Watermeyer |
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, PC, QC (11 September 1873 โ 16 March 1960) was a South African politician, lawyer, and judge who was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.