About Piet Grobler
Lived 1873 – 1942 (aged 69). Piet Grobler was a South African politician.
Pieter Gert Wessel "Piet" Grobler (1 February 1873 – 22 Augustus 1942) was a South African politician. He was for a while a soldier during the Second Boer War, and joined the rebels during the Maritz Rebellion. From 1924 he served as Minister of Lands and Minister for Native Affairs in the National Party government. In 1925 he succeeded in convincing landowners and mining companies to renounce their rights on land that was to become the Kruger National Park, and the National Parks Act was introduced the next year.
Groblershoop is named in his honour.
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Who was Piet Grobler?
South African politician
When was Piet Grobler born?
Piet Grobler was born on 1 February 1873.
When did Piet Grobler die?
Piet Grobler died on 22 August 1942.
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Piet Grobler was a politician.
What nationality was Piet Grobler?
Piet Grobler was South African.
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· DBpedia: Pieter Gert Wessel Grobler
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