South African Army officer and politician (1933–2020)
General
Constand Viljoen
SSA SD SOE SM MMM
Viljoen in 1985
Leader of the Freedom Front
In office 1 March 1994 – 26 June 2001
Preceded by
Party established
Succeeded by
Pieter Mulder
Member of Parliament
In office 1994–2001
Personal details
Born
Constand Laubscher Viljoen
(1933-10-28)28 October 1933[1] Standerton, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died
3 April 2020(2020-04-03) (aged 86) Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Resting place
Bet-El farm, Ohrigstad
Political party
Freedom Front Plus (1994–2001)
Other political affiliations
National Party (pre–1994)
Spouse
Christina "Ristie" Heckroodt
(m. 1957)
Relations
Braam Viljoen (twin brother)
Andries Carel Viljoen 1889–1947 (father)
Geesie Maria Viljoen née Kotzé 1905–1990 (mother)
Children
5
Residence
Bet-El
Alma mater
University of Pretoria
Occupation
Soldier, farmer and politician
Profession
Gunner, artilleryman
Civilian awards
Military service
Allegiance
South Africa
Branch/service
South African Army
Years of service
1956–1985
Rank
General
Unit
4 Field Regiment
Commands
Chief of the South African Defence Force
Chief of the Army
GOC I South African Corps
Director of General Operations
Director of Artillery
OC South African Army College
Second in command Orange Free State Command
OC School of Artillery[2]
OC 14 Field Regiment
Battery Commander 10 Field Battery, 4 Field Regiment
Chief Instructor Gunnery, School of Artillery & Armour
Battles/wars
South African Border War
Operation Savannah
Military awards
Paratrooper Basic
Master Gunner Badge
Part of a series on
Apartheid
Events
1948 general election
Coloured vote constitutional crisis
1956 Treason Trial
Sharpeville massacre
Rivonia Trial
Soweto uprising
Church Street, Pretoria bombing
Vaal uprising
Trojan Horse Incident
Khotso House bombing
Cape Town peace march
CODESA
Assassination of Chris Hani
Saint James Church massacre
1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
Shell House massacre
Organisations
ANC
APLA
IFP
AWB
BBB
Black Sash
CCB
Conservative Party
DP
ECC
FOSATU
PP
RP
PFP
HNP
MK
PAC
UDF
Broederbond
National Party
COSATU
Security Branch
SACC
SADF
SAIC
SAMA
SAP
SACP
State Security Council
People
Vernon Berrangé
P. W. Botha
Steve Biko
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
F. W. de Klerk
Ruth First
Bram Fischer
Arthur Goldreich
Chris Hani
Bantu Holomisa
Joel Joffe
Ahmed Kathrada
Albert Luthuli
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Mac Maharaj
D. F. Malan
Nelson Mandela
Govan Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
Raymond Mhlaba
Benjamin Moloise
Albertina Sisulu
Walter Sisulu
J. G. Strijdom
Joe Slovo
Robert Sobukwe
Helen Suzman
Adelaide Tambo
Oliver Tambo
Eugène Terre'Blanche
Desmond Tutu
H. F. Verwoerd
B. J. Vorster
Jacob Zuma
Places
Bantustan
District Six
Robben Island
Sophiatown
South-West Africa
Soweto
Sun City
Vlakplaas
Related topics
Afrikaner nationalism
Apartheid in popular culture
Apartheid legislation
Cape Qualified Franchise
Disinvestment campaign
Freedom Charter
Internal resistance to apartheid
Kairos Document
Music in the movement against apartheid
Nostalgia for apartheid
Project Coast
Sullivan Principles
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General Constand Laubscher ViljoenSSA SD SOE SM MMM (28 October 1933 – 3 April 2020) was a South African Army officer and politician. He co-founded the Afrikaner Volksfront (Afrikaner People's Front) and later founded the Freedom Front (which in turn merged into the Freedom Front Plus before the 2004 election).[3] He is partly credited with having prevented the outbreak of armed violence by disaffected white South Africans prior to post-apartheid general elections.[4]
^"Viljoen, Constand Laubscher". O'Malley. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^"School of Artillery". South African Gunner(PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^"The Who, Why and What of South Africa's Minority Afrikaner Party". The Conversation. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^"Gen. Constand Viljoen". Volkstaat.net. Boerevolkstaat. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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