Nicolaas Nieuwoudt

{{Short description|South African general and Doctor (1929–1989)}}

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| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General

| name = Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|SSA|SD|SM52}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|10|23}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1989|11|22|1929|10|23}}

| birth_place = Louisvale, Northern Cape

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| allegiance = South Africa

| branch = South African Military Health Service

| serviceyears = 1960{{ndash}}1988

| rank = Lieutenant General

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| relations = Ina Pretorius (Wife)

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Lieutenant-General Nicolaas Nieuwoudt MBChB {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|SSA|SD|SM52}} (1929–1989{{cite book|last=Uys|first=Ian|title=South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992|year=1992|publisher=Fortress Publishers|page=[https://archive.org/details/southafricanmili0000uysi/page/169 169]|isbn=0-9583173-3-X|url=https://archive.org/details/southafricanmili0000uysi/page/169}}) 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.{{cite web|title=Nicolaas Johan Nieuwoudt|url=http://archive.samj.org.za/1990%20VOL%20LXXVII%20Jan-Jun/Articles/02%20February/1.17%20OBITUARIES%20-%20DR%20NICOLAAS%20JOHAN%20NIEUWOUDT,%20DR%20JOHANNES%20ANTONI%20ERASMUS%20AND%20DR%20REGINALD%20REMZI-B.pdf|website=archive.samj.org.za|date=3 February 1990|access-date=11 April 2023 |language=af}} He commanded the South African Medical Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1977{{cite journal |url=http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/621/625 |title= Die SAGD - Sy Ontstaan en ontwikkeling |journal=Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies |year=1982 |access-date= 11 April 2023 |language=af |first1=C.M.L. KO |last1=Pretorius |pages=38–45 |doi=10.5787/12-2-621 |volume=12 |issue=2|doi-access=free }} to 1988. He also commanded the secretive South African chemical and biological weapons program, known as Project Coast from 1981 to 1988.{{cite journal|last1=Gould|first1=Chandré|last2=Folb|first2=Peter|title=Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme|journal=United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research|url=http://www.unidir.org/pdf/ouvrages/pdf-1-92-9045-144-0-en.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913222559/http://www.unidir.org/pdf/ouvrages/pdf-1-92-9045-144-0-en.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-13}}