Oswald Pirow
South African far-right politician (1890-1959) · South Africa · On the map · Politicians · Died at 69
Oswald Pirow, QC was a South African lawyer and far-right politician who held office as minister of justice, and later minister of defence for the National and United Party, respectively.
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Pirow eventually left the UP upon the Second World War and joined Daniel Malan's reunited National Party, but eventually broke when Pirow founded the New Order of South Africa, a marginal fascist group that disbanded before the end of the war. A celebrated jurist, including by future President Nelson Mandela, he served the NP government as a prosecutor in the Treason Trial until his death.
