First cabinet of P. W. Botha
First Botha Cabinet | |
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.svg.png){kind=small} 6th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) | |
| 1978–1984 | |
 Pieter Botha (1962) | |
| Date formed | 9 October 1978 |
| Date dissolved | 3 September 1984 (5 years, 10 months and 25 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| State President |
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| Prime Minister | Pieter Botha |
| Member parties | National Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition parties | Progressive Federal Party |
| Opposition leaders | Frederik van Zyl Slabbert |
| History | |
| Election | 1981 election |
| Predecessor | Vorster III |
| Successor | Botha II |
When Pieter Botha first became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1978, he appointed members of the National Party to all positions in his first cabinet.
Cabinet
| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Pieter Botha | NP | 1978–1984 |
| Vice President | Alwyn Schlebusch[1] | NP | 1981–1984 |
| 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 Botha Magnus Malan | NP | 1978–1980 1980–1984 |
| Minister of Education and Training | Ferdi 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 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 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 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 de Klerk Lourens Munnik | NP | 1978 1978–1979 1982–1984 |
| Minister of Sport and Recreation | Piet Koornhof Frederik 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 de Klerk Schalk van der Merwe Lourens Munnik Cornelis van der Merwe | NP | 1978 1978–1979 1980–1982 1982–1984 |
References
- ^ 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.