Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Honourable Major Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl (1889–1975), MC, was a South African soldier and statesman. In South African politics, he was a member of the liberal South African party and then the United Party from 1929 to 1966 and a member of Jan Smuts' cabinet from 1939 to 1948, during which time, he was minister of Native Affairs. Major Piet (as he was commonly known) was a chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Honorary Colonel of the University of Cape Town Regiment, as well as receiving the Military Cross and the King George VI Coronation medal.. }
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- Pieter_Voltelyn_Graham_van_der_Byl abstract "The Honourable Major Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl (1889–1975), MC, was a South African soldier and statesman. In South African politics, he was a member of the liberal South African party and then the United Party from 1929 to 1966 and a member of Jan Smuts' cabinet from 1939 to 1948, during which time, he was minister of Native Affairs. Major Piet (as he was commonly known) was a chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Honorary Colonel of the University of Cape Town Regiment, as well as receiving the Military Cross and the King George VI Coronation medal.".