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First Cabinet of P. W. Botha
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.
First Botha Cabinet | |
|---|---|
6th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) | |
| 1978–1984 | |
Pieter Willem Botha (1962) | |
| Date formed | 9 October 1978 |
| Date dissolved | 3 September 1984 |
| People and organisations | |
| State President | Johannes Vorster (until 1979) Marais Viljoen (from 1979) |
| Prime Minister | Pieter Willem Botha |
| Member party | National Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Progressive Federal Party |
| Opposition leader | Frederik van Zyl Slabbert |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1981 election |
| Legislature term(s) | 5 years, 10 months and 25 days |
| Predecessor | Vorster III |
| Successor | Botha II |
Cabinet edit
| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Pieter Willem Botha | NP | 1978–1984 |
| Vice President (abolished 1984) | Alwyn Schlebusch[1] | NP | 1981–1987 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Hendrik Schoeman Sarel Hayward | NP | 1978–1982 1982–1984 |
| Minister of Constitutional Development | Chris Heunis | NP | 1982–1984 |
| Minister of Cooperation and Development | Piet Koornhof | NP | 1978–1984 |
| Minister of Defense | Pieter Willem Botha Magnus Malan | NP | 1978–1980 1980–1984 |
| Minister of Education and Training | Ferdinand Hartzenberg Dawie de Villiers | NP | 1979–1982 1982 |
| Minister of (National) Education | Gerrit Viljoen[2] | NP | 1980–1984 |
| Minister of Environment and Energy | Chris Heunis Frederik Willem de Klerk Braam Raubenheimer Cornelis van der Merwe Sarel Hayward | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980 1981–1982 1982–1984 |
| Minister of Finance | Owen Horwood[3] | NP | 1978–1984 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Pik Botha[3] | NP | 1978–1984 |
| Minister of Health | Schalk van der Merwe | NP | 1978 |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Alwyn Schlebusch Chris Heunis Frederik Willem de Klerk | NP | 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 |
| Minister of Justice | Jimmy Kruger Alwyn Schlebusch Kobie Coetsee[2] | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1984[4] |
| Minister of Labour | Fanie Botha | NP | 1979–1983 |
| Minister of Mining | Fanie Botha Frederik Willem de Klerk Pietie du Plessis Daniel Steyn | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 |
| Minister of Plural Development | Stephanus François Kotzé | NP | 1980–1984 |
| Minister of Police and Prisons Minister of Law and Order | Jimmy Kruger Louis le Grange | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1984 |
| Minister of Public Works | Louis Le Grange Andries Treurnicht | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 |
| Minister of Posts and Telegraphs | Henni Smit Frederik Willem de Klerk Lourens Munnik | NP | 1978 1978–1979 1982–1984 |
| Minister of Sport and Recreation | Piet Koornhof Frederik Willem de Klerk | NP | 1978 1978–1979 |
| Minister of Statistics | Andries Treurnicht | NP | 1979–1982 |
| Minister of Tourism | Louis Le Grange Andries Treurnicht | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | Dawie de Villiers | NP | 1980–1984 |
| Minister of Transport | Lourens Muller Chris Heunis Hendrik Schoeman | NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1984 |
| Minister of Water and Forestry | Braam Raubenheimer | NP | 1978–1980 |
| Minister of Welfare Minister of Health, Welfare and Pensions | Frederik Willem de Klerk Schalk van der Merwe Lourens Munnik Cornelis van der Merwe | NP | 1978 1978–1979 1980–1982 1982–1984 |
References edit
- ^ Rotberg, Robert (2002). Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa, 1960–2000. Washington, D.C.: Brookings / World Peace Foundation. pp. 341. ISBN 978-0-8157-7583-6.
- ^ a b Rotberg, Robert (2002). Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa, 1960–2000. Washington, D.C.: Brookings / World Peace Foundation. pp. 333. ISBN 978-0-8157-7583-6.
- ^ a b Rotberg, Robert (2002). Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa, 1960–2000. Washington, D.C.: Brookings / World Peace Foundation. pp. 335. ISBN 978-0-8157-7583-6.
- ^ Sparks, Allister (1995). Tomorrow is Another Country: The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-226-76855-7.