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 formed9 October 1978 (1978-10-09)
Date dissolved3 September 1984 (1984-09-03)
People and organisations
State President
Prime MinisterPieter Willem Botha
Member partyNational Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyProgressive Federal Party
Opposition leaderFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
History
Election1981 election
Legislature terms5 years, 10 months and 25 days
PredecessorVorster III
SuccessorBotha II

Cabinet

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.