Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, (5 June 1912 – 4 April 1992) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1974 to 1982.

Early life and education

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, Rumpff was educated at the University of Pretoria, where he obtained a BA (1933) and

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(1935). From 1936 to 1938, he was employed by the Department of Justice and then he became clerk of Judge Maritz of the Transvaal Provincial Division.

Career

In 1938, Rumpff decided to practice as an advocate and joined the Pretoria

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and also taught part-time in private law at the University of Pretoria. He was appointed

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in 1951. He was appointed to the

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of the

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in 1951, and served on the court until 1961. He was the Judge President of the court from 1959 to 1961. In 1961, he was one of the judges who acquitted all the defendants in the Treason Trial. In 1961, he was appointed to the Appellate Division of the

. He became Chief Justice of South Africa in 1974 in succession to

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, and served in that position until his retirement in 1982.

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Early life and education

Career

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