death_date death_place children birth_place religion party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
07 january 2008 pretoria 4 lady grey , eastern cape dutch reformed national party vice state president of south africa 16 september 1917 1 january 1981 isabel alwyn schlebusch.jpg alwyn schlebusch
 14 september 1984 alwyn louis schlebusch
alwyn schlebusch

alwyn louis schlebusch -lrb- 16 september 1917 -- 7 january 2008 -rrb- was the only holder of the title vice state president of south africa from 1 january 1981 to 14 september 1984 .
he was an afrikaner with a surname of german origin .
he was born in lady grey , eastern cape schlebusch was appointed chair of the eponymous schlebusch commission in 1972 , which had the power to cut foreign funding and seize the assets of anti-apartheid organizations , such as the christian institute of southern africa .
the position of vice state president was created when the senate was abolished in 1981 .
during his tenure , schlebusch chaired the president 's council , which advised on the creation of a new constitution .
the post was abolished when the new constitution came into effect , replacing the ceremonial post of state president with an executive state president .
before holding the post , schlebusch was mayor of hennenman in the 1940s , member of parliament for kroonstad from 1962 -- 1980 , minister of public works and immigration in 1976 , and minister of justice and internal affairs in 1979 .
subsequently , he held the position of minister in the office of the president in 1986 .
he died on 7 january 2008 .
he was survived by a son and two daughters , 14 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren .
his wife , isabel , died in 1996 of cancer .
she founded the `` toktokkie '' cancer campaign in south africa .
