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The1968 South African presidential election resulted in the unanimous election ofJacobus Johannes Fouché of theNational Party by theSouth African Parliament.[1] Fouché was elected to the ceremonial post ofState President of South Africa on February 19, 1968, and was sworn in on April 10, 1968.[2] He was the only South African State President to serve a full seven-year term, which ended on 9 April 1975.
