Gert Myburgh

Gert Benjamin Myburgh (13 January 1940 – 11 March 1996) was a South African lawyer and politician from the Eastern Cape. He served as Deputy Minister of Justice from January 1995 until his death in March 1996. He had formerly served as Deputy Minister of Law and Order from 1992 to 1994 and was a long-serving representative of the National Party (NP) in Parliament.

A lawyer by profession, Myburgh first served in Parliament from 1977 to 1981 as the representative for East London. He returned to the House of Assembly to represent a Port Elizabeth constituency from 1987 to 1994, and during that time he was appointed to F. W. de Klerk's government as Deputy Minister of Law and Order. After the abolition of apartheid in 1994, he continued as an ordinary Member of Parliament, now in the multi-racial National Assembly, until 1995, when he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Justice in the Government of National Unity.

Early life and career Myburgh was born on 13 January 1940 in Somerset East. After matriculating at the Hoërskool Brandwag in Uitenhage in 1957, he began work as a civil servant in local government, first in Uitenhage and then in Port Elizabeth. At the same time, he studied at the University of South Africa, completing a BA in 1969 and an LLB in 1974.

On 17 August 1992, President F. W. de Klerk appointed Myburgh as Deputy Minister of Law and Order. He held that position until the apartheid government was replaced in 1994. Sheila Camerer succeeded him as Deputy Minister of Justice.

He was married to Annetjie Myburgh, with whom he had two daughters.