Henry Allan Fagan
Henry Allan Fagan, QC (4 April 1889 – 6 December 1963) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959 and previously a Member of Parliament and the Minister of Native Affairs in J. B. M. Hertzog's government. Fagan had been an early supporter of the Afrikaans language movement and a noted Afrikaans playwright and novelist. Though he was a significant figure in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and a long-term member of the Broederbond, he later became an important opponent of Hendrik Verwoerd's National Party and is best known for the report of the Fagan Commission, whose relatively liberal approach to racial integration amounted to the Smuts government's last, doomed stand against the policy of apartheid.
The Honourable Henry Allan Fagan | |
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| 11th Chief Justice of South Africa | |
| In office 1957–1959 | |
| Appointed by | J. G. Strydom |
| Preceded by | Albert van der Sandt Centlivres |
| Succeeded by | L. C. Steyn |
| Judge of the Appellate Division | |
| In office 1950–1959 | |
| Appointed by | D. F. Malan |
| Judge of the Cape Provincial Division | |
| In office 1943–1950 | |
| Appointed by | Jan Smuts |
| Minister of Native Affairs | |
| In office June 1938 – September 1939 | |
| Prime Minister | J. B. M. Hertzog |
| Preceded by | Piet W. Grobler |
| Succeeded by | Deneys Reitz |
| Member of the South African Parliament | |
| In office 1933–1943 | |
| Constituency | Swellendam Stellenbosch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1889 Tulbagh, Cape Colony |
| Died | 6 December 1963 (aged 74) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Children | Hannes Fagan |
| Alma mater | Victoria College, Stellenbosch University of London |
| Profession | Barrister |
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