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Hendrik van den Bergh (police official)
(1914-1997)
South African police officer
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General Hendrik Johan van den Bergh ,SSA (27 November 1914 – 16 August 1997) was a South African police official most famous for founding of the Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), an intelligence agency created on 16 May 1969 to coordinate military and domestic intelligence for the government as well as to suppress political dissidents. He was known as "Tall Hendrik" (Afrikaans: Lang Hendrik) on account of his height (6 feet 5 inches (196 cm)).

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Born
27 November 1914
Vredefort, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Died
16 August 1997 (aged 82)
Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria, South Africa
Zodiac Sagittarius
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