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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Willem Botha (1916–2006), President of South Africa 1978–89 Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013), Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–77, 1993–94) Pieter van...
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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...
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  • Not 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...
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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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  • 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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    South 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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    State (1808–1881) Louis Botha, Boer commander-in-chief and 1st Prime Minister of South Africa (1862–1919) Pieter Willem Botha, 9th and last Prime Minister...
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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...
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    leaders 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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    unanimous vote of the members of the electoral college (88 votes), Pieter Willem Botha, outgoing Prime Minister and leader of the ruling National Party...
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    South-East 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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    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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    Verwoerd Johannes Vorster Preceded by Frans Erasmus Succeeded by Pieter Willem Botha Personal details Born (1898-06-06)6 June 1898 Wepener, Orange Free...
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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...
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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...
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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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    operational command headquarters on 13 June, in what Prime Minister Pieter Willem Botha described as a "shock attack". The MPLA government arrested 120 Angolans...
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  • General Chris Botha: Second Boer War General Ben Bouwer: Second Boer War & World War I General Philip Botha: Second Boer War General Schalk Willem Burger: Second...
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    Frederick Botha 18 August 1971- 30 July 1975 8 Pik Botha 30 July 1975- 11 May 1977 9 Donald Bell Sole 11 May 1977- 4 June 1982 Pieter Willem Botha (NP) 10...
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