What is Daniel Francois Malan?
{{Infobox Prime Minister | name = Daniel François Malan | image = DFMalanPortret.jpg | imagesize = 240px | order = 5th | office = Prime Minister of South Africa | term_start = 4 June 1948 | term_end = 30 November 1954 | monarch = [[George VI]]<br>[[Elizabeth II]] | governor-general = [[Gideon Brand van Zyl]]<br>[[Ernest George Jansen]] | predecessor = [[Jan Smuts]] | successor = [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom]] | order1 = [[Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)|Minister of the Interior]] | term_start1 = 30 June 1924 | term_end1 = 20 May 1933 | primeminister1 = [[J. B. M. Hertzog]] | predecessor1 = [[Patrick Duncan (governor-general)|Patrick Duncan]] | successor1 = [[Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894–1948)|Jan Hofmeyr]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1874|5|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Riebeek-Wes]], [[Cape Colony]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1959|2|7|1874|5|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Stellenbosch]], [[Cape Province|Cape]], <br/>[[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] | party = [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] }} '''Daniel Francois Malan''' (May 22 1874 – February 7 1959) also known as D.F. Malan, was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954.<ref>Allen, John Apartheid South Africa: An Insider's Overview of the Origin and Effects of Separate Development iUniverse Lincoln, Nebraska 2005 page 347</ref> He was leader of the National Party, an Afrikaner nationalist political party.<ref>Malan, Rian My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience Grove Press New York, New York 1990 page 21</ref> [[Apartheid]] began as a state policy in South Africa under Malan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Malan|title=Daniel F. Malan - South African politician|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Malan, Daniel Francois