Johannesburg International Airport was established in 1952 and named after Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, who was the prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and also from 1939 to 1948.
Following the ending of apartheid in 1994, the airports name was changed to politically-neutral names.
In 2006 however, the airport was renamed to OR (Oliver Reginald) Tambo International Airport, the former president of the African National Congress (ANC).
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