Nicolaas Nieuwoudt

Lieutenant General

Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt

SSA SD SM
Lieutenant General; Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt; SSA SD SM
	File:Lt Genl Nicolaas Nieuwoudt.jpg
Born	23 October 1929; Louisvale, Northern Cape
Died	22 November 1989 (aged 60)
Allegiance	South Africa
Service / branch	South African Military Health Service
Years of service	1960–1988
Rank	Lieutenant General
Awards	Star of South Africa SSA Southern Cross Decoration SD Southern Cross Medal SM Pro Patria Medal ' Order of the Cloud and Banner ORB
Relations	Ina Pretorius (Wife)

Lieutenant-General Nicolaas Nieuwoudt MBChB SSA SD SM (1929–1989^[1]) was a South African military commander. A medical doctor, he joined the South African Air Force's medical branch in 1960, after five years private practise.^[2] He commanded the South African Medical Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1977^[3] to 1988. He also commanded the secretive South African chemical and biological weapons program, known as Project Coast from 1981 to 1988.^[4]

Education

He obtained a medical degree from the University of Pretoria

He was awarded the following medals and decorations:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Uys, Ian (1992). South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers. p. 169. ISBN 0-9583173-3-X.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt" (PDF). archive.samj.org.za (in Afrikaans). 3 February 1990. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
↑ Pretorius, C.M.L. KO (1982). "Die SAGD - Sy Ontstaan en ontwikkeling". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies (in Afrikaans). 12 (2): 38–45. doi:10.5787/12-2-621. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
↑ Gould, Chandré; Folb, Peter. "Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme" (PDF). United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012.

Militaria - Official Professional Journal of the SADF (Vol 12/2: 1982)

Government offices
Preceded by Petrus J.V.E. Pretorius	Commissioner General Lebowa 1988 – 1989	Succeeded by J. Martin Koekemoer
Military offices
Preceded by Colin Cockcroft	Chief of the South African Medical Service 1977 – 1988	Succeeded by Daniel Knobel

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Surgeons General of the South African Medical Service Pre–1994	Eugene Raymond Colin Cockcroft Nicolaas Nieuwoudt Daniel Knobel	File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg File:Flag of South Africa.svg
Surgeons General of the South African Military Health Service Post–1994	Daniel Knobel Davidson Masuku Jurinus Janse van Rensburg Vejaynand Ramlakan Aubrey Sedibe Zola Dabula Ntshavheni Maphaha

Lieutenant General Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt SSA SD SM
File:Lt Genl Nicolaas Nieuwoudt.jpg
Born	(1929-10-23)23 October 1929^[1] Louisvale, Northern Cape
Died	22 November 1989(1989-11-22) (aged 60)^[2]
Allegiance	South Africa
Service / branch	South African Military Health Service
Years of service	1960–1988
Rank	Lieutenant General
Awards	Star of South Africa SSA Southern Cross Decoration SD Southern Cross Medal SM Pro Patria Medal ' Order of the Cloud and Banner ORB
Relations	Ina Pretorius (Wife)^[2]