Marais Viljoen (2 December 1915 - 4 January 2007) was the last non-executive State President of South Africa from June 4, 1979 until September 3, 1984. He was succeeded by P. W. Botha. He had previously been the acting State President from August 21, 1978 to October 10, 1978, after which B.J. Vorster was elected to the position. Before that, he served in several National Party cabinets. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... From 1961 to 1994, South Africas head of state was called the State President or Staatspresident in Afrikaans. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 1984. ... P.W. Botha Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 – October 31, 2006), commonly known as PW and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for The Big Crocodile), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, 1983), better known as John Vorster, was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ... The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. ...

Viljoen was a relatively moderate member of the National Party, that instituted the apartheid regime. The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...

He was married on 20 April 1940 to Dorothea Maria (Marietjie) Brink (17 September 1917 – 6 October 2005). He was the youngest child of six children. He had one daughter from his marriage, and she in turn had one son. He worked in the Post Office, and there after at a newspaper, Die Transvaler, before becoming permanently involved with politics. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was the last non-executive State President of South Africa. The 1983 South African Constitution changed the status of the President to one exercising executive power.

Marais Viljoen died on 4 January 2007 due to heart failure.^[1]

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Presidents of South Africa
1961-1994	Charles Robberts Swart | Jozua François Naudé (acting) | Jacobus Johannes Fouché | Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs | Marais Viljoen (acting) | B.J. Vorster | Marais Viljoen | Pieter Willem Botha | Frederik Willem de Klerk
1994–	Nelson Mandela | Thabo Mbeki