Editing C. R. Swart (section)

{{Short description| First State President of South Africa (1894–1982)}}
{{Use South African English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix    = [[Decoration for Meritorious Services|DMS]]
| name                = Charles Robberts Swart
| image               = CR Swart 1960.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 1960
| order               = 1st
| office              = State President of South Africa
| term_start          = 31 May 1961
| term_end            = 1 June 1967
| primeminister       = {{ubl|[[Hendrik Verwoerd]]|[[John Vorster|Johannes Vorster]]}}
| predecessor         = {{ubl|[[Elizabeth II]] (as [[Monarchy of South Africa|Queen of South Africa]])|Himself (as Governor-General)}}
| successor           = {{ubl|[[Tom Naudé]] (acting)|[[Jim Fouché|Jacobus Fouché]]}}
| order1              = 9th
| office1             = Governor-General of South Africa
| term_start1         = 11 December 1959
| term_end1           = 31 May 1961
| monarch1            = [[Elizabeth II]]
| primeminister1      = [[J. G. Strijdom|Johannes Strijdom]]
| predecessor1        = {{ubl|[[Ernest George Jansen]]|[[Lucas Cornelius Steyn]] (acting)}}
| successor1          = {{ubl|Lucas Cornelius Steyn (acting)|Himself (as State President)}}
| office2             = [[Minister of Justice and Correctional Services|Minister of Justice]]
| term_start2         = 4 June 1948
| term_end2           = 11 December 1959
| primeminister2      = {{ubl|[[D. F. Malan|Daniël Malan]]|Johannes Strijdom}}
| predecessor2        = [[Harry Lawrence]]
| successor2          = [[Frans Erasmus]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Education (South Africa)|Minister of Education, Arts and Science]]
| term_start3         = 1949
| term_end3           = 1950
| primeminister3      = Daniël Malan
| predecessor3        = Albert Jacobus Stals
| successor3          = [[Johannes Hendrikus Viljoen]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1894|12|5}}<ref name="CBY" />
| birth_place         = [[Winburg]], [[Orange Free State]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=yes|1982|07|16|1894|12|5}}
| death_place         = [[Bloemfontein]], [[Orange Free State Province]], [[South Africa]]<ref name="Lakeland">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k2NNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3153%2C392301 Obituary: Charles Swart, ex-South African leader], ''[[Lakeland Ledger]]'', 17 July 1982</ref>
| party               = [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]]<br />[[Ossewabrandwag]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Cornelia de Klerk|2 December 1924}}
| children            = 3
| alma_mater          = [[University of the Free State]]<br>[[Columbia University]]
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer|journalist|actor}}
| signature           = CR Swart, handtekening, 1921.jpg
| nickname            = Blackie
}}
'''Charles Robberts Swart''' {{post-nominals|country=ZAR|DMS}} (5 December 1894 – 16 July 1982), nicknamed "Blackie",<ref name="Newsweek" /> was a South African politician who served as the last [[governor-general of the Union of South Africa]] from 1959 to 1961 and the [[State President of South Africa#List of state presidents of South Africa|first]] [[State President of South Africa|state president]] of the [[South Africa|Republic of South Africa]] from 1961 to 1967.