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 | |
|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} 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 |
|
| 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 | 1981 election |
| Legislature terms | 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 | Christiaan 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 | Christiaan 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 Christiaan 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 Christiaan 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.
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