Jacobus Johannes Fouché (6 June 1898 – 23 September 1980), also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.
Early life
He was born in the Boer republic of the Orange Free State in 1898 (which became a British colony in 1902 and a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910) and matriculated at Paarl Boys' High School.
Education
His higher education was at Victoria College, Stellenbosch and would obtain his Honours degree and a D.Phil. at Stellenbosch University in 1966. and as Minister of Agricultural Technical Services and Water Affairs from 1966 to 1968.