Louis le Grange (16 August 1928 – 25 October 1991) was a lawyer, a South African politician and a member of the National Party.
Louis le Grange | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister of South Africa | |
| In office 1978–1986 | |
| President | Marais Viljoen |
| Prime Minister | |
| Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 1987–1991 | |
| President | F.W. de Klerk |
| Preceded by | Johan Greeff |
| Succeeded by | Gene Louw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1928 Ladybrand, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa |
| Died | 25 October 1991 (aged 63) Potchefstroom, Orange Free State (province), South Africa |
| Citizenship | South African citizenship |
| Political party | National Party |
| Spouse |
Jessie Ortlepp-Marais
(m. 1952) |
| Alma mater | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
Early life
editLe Grange was born to Elizabeth Raats and Johannes Jacobus Le Grange in Ladybrand in the Orange Free State of South Africa.[1]: 135 He attended primary school in Fochville and Potchefstroom and matriculated Potchefstroom Hoer Volkskool in 1946.[1]: 135 After matriculating, he joined the Department of Interior and Justice in 1947 as clerk while studying for a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Africa, obtaining it in 1953.[1]: 135 He left to become an attorney in partnership, obtaining his Attorneys' Admission Diploma in 1955 and an LL.B. in 1956.[1]: 135 He received a BA Honours in Political Science in 1964 from the University of Potchefstroom.[1]: 135
Political career
editHe came from a politically active family, his mother a secretary of the National Party's Kimberley branch in 1915, while his father had stood as an independent in Losberg in 1938.[1]: 136 He was a member of the National Party, Member of Parliament for the constituency of Potchefstroom (1966-1991), Deputy Minister of Information (1975-1978), Interior (1975-1978), Immigration (1978), and Public Works (1978), in governments of John Vorster.[1]: 136
He then served as Minister of Tourism and Public Works (1978-1979), Prisons (1979-1980), Police (1979-1982) and Law and Order (1982-1986) in the cabinets of P.W. Botha,[1]: 136 before he became the 13th Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa (1987-1991).
Marriage
editHe married Jessie Ortlepp-Marais in May 1952, and had two sons and two daughters.[1]: 137
Death
editHe died of a heart attack in Potchefstroom, aged 63.
References
edit- "Louis le Grange het gesterf soos hy geleef het tussen vriende" [Louis le Grange died the way he lived – among friends]. Beeld (in Afrikaans). 28 October 1991. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.