born May 22, 1874, near Riebeeck West, Cape Colony
died Feb. 7, 1959, Stellenbosch, S.Af.
South African politician.
Malan obtained a doctorate in divinity (1905) and became a Dutch Reformed minister before entering parliament in 1918. He joined National Party after Hertzog withdrew (1940). His party won the 1948 elections by appealing to {{link=Afrikaner">Afrikaner racial sentiments. He formed South Africa's first exclusively Afrikaner government (1948–54) and instituted apartheid .