• Willem Botha (born 17 April 1987) is a South African singer, actor and music producer from Riversdale, Western Cape. He was the runner-up of Afrikaanse...
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    Pieter Willem Botha, DMS (locally /ˈbʊərtə/ BOOR-tə, Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈpitər ˈvələm ˈbuəta]; 12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African...
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  • Prime Minister of South Africa, often referred to as "General Botha" Pieter Willem "P.W." Botha (1916–2006), South African prime minister from 1978 to 1984...
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  • Willem Botha may refer to: Willem Botha (born 1987), South African singer and actor Willem Botha (politician) (born 1943), South African politician, born...
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    Elizabeth Botha (née Rossouw; 6 May 1922 – 6 June 1997) was the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Pieter Willem Botha, from 1984...
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    Frederik Willem de Klerk OMG DMS (/də ˈklɜːrk, də ˈklɛərk/ də-KLURK, də-KLAIRK, Afrikaans: [ˈfriədərək ˈvələm də ˈklɛrk]; 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021)...
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  • Willem Abraham Botha (born 21 March 1943) is a retired South African politician who represented the Freedom Front (FF) in the National Assembly from 1994...
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    The second cabinet of Pieter Willem Botha was formed following his assumption of the position of State President, on 3 September 1984. It was dissolved...
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    Minister in 1978, after twelve years in office. He was succeeded by P. W. Botha, a hardliner who nevertheless began the first reforms to moderate the apartheid...
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    to those of his British counterpart. The first prime minister was Louis Botha, a former Boer general and war hero during the Second Boer War. The position...
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    presidents of South Africa when he was succeeded in 1984 by Prime Minister P. W. Botha, who combined the offices into an executive state presidency. Viljoen was...
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    When Pieter Willem Botha first became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1978, he appointed members of the National Party to positions in his first cabinet...
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  • Party and cabinet minister in the governments of John Vorster and P. W. Botha. He was born in 1927 in Uniondale in the Cape Province (now the Western...
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    the white chamber. As Botha was leader of the National Party, the system placed nearly all governing power in his hands. Botha resigned in 1989 and was...
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  • Free Pieter Willem Botha 1980 5 6 Not Free Pieter Willem Botha 1981 5 6 Not Free Pieter Willem Botha 19823 5 6 Not Free Pieter Willem Botha 1983 5 6 Not...
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    photographer Willem Zwalve (b. 1949), Dutch legal historian Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006)...
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  • office Political party Took office Left office Time in office 15 Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006) — 3 September 1984 14 September 1984 11 days National Party...
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  • Pieter Willem Botha (born 24 May 1991 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the Griffons. His regular position...
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    Verwoerd Johannes Vorster Preceded by Frans Erasmus Succeeded by Pieter Willem Botha Personal details Born (1898-06-06)6 June 1898 Wepener, Orange Free State...
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    formed the Baptista de Andrade class. The then Minister of Defence, P. W. Botha, had already started discussions with Israel to buy their Reshef-class missile...
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  • PAC Turn to Violence, Library of Congress Country Studies, 1996 Pieter Willem Botha South African History Online Rhoodie's Story, Time, 26 March 1979 More...
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    first round to Pieter Willem Botha in a narrow 72-78 vote. In the second round, he lost with a comfortable 98 votes to 74, in Botha's favour. This was because...
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    continued under former defence minister Pieter Willem Botha, who became state president in 1984. Shortly after Botha took office, the SADF numbered some 83,400...
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  • served respectively as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha, Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), and Chief of the South...
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    African State President Pieter Willem Botha on its cover. The title of the composition evolved out of a statement by Botha: "This uprising [against the...
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  • Municipal Police Station. February 2 – An ailing State President Pieter Willem Botha steps down from the leadership of the National Party, but remains state...
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    president. President of South Africa State President of South Africa Annie Botha Isie Smuts both Sizakele Zuma and Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma have been referred...
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    in South Africa. In 1978, the National Party Defence Minister, Pieter Willem Botha, became prime minister. His white minority regime worried about Soviet...
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    and Eastern Europe. August 14, 1989 – South African president Pieter Willem Botha resigns in reaction to the implementation of Tripartite Accord. August...
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  • Netherlands in exile, 1940–45 Pieter Geyl (1887–1966), Dutch historian Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), President of South Africa 1978–89 Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013)...
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