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Apartheid. Pieter Willem Botha, DMS ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈpitər ˈvələm ˈbuəta]; 12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989. First elected to Parliament in 1948 ...
Pieter. Last Name: Botha. Date of Birth: 12 January 1916. Date of Death: 31 October 2006. Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State, the son of Afrikaner parents. He was the only son of Pieter Willem senior (a widower with four children) and Hendrina Prinsloo/de Wet (a widow with five children).
National Party. P. W. Botha (born January 12, 1916, Paul Roux, South Africa—died October 31, 2006, Wilderness, near George) was the prime minister (1978–84) and first state president (1984–89) of South Africa. A native of the Orange Free State, he studied law at the University of Orange Free State at Bloemfontein from 1932 to 1935 but ...
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Nov 1, 2006 · Nov. 1, 2006. Correction Appended. P. W. Botha, the South African leader who struggled vainly to preserve apartheid rule in a tide of domestic racial violence and global condemnation, died ...
Nov 1, 2006 · P.W. Botha, the unapologetic leader of apartheid-era South Africa who led his country into deepening racial crisis as head of state from 1978 to 1989, died Tuesday at his home in Wilderness, a ...
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Nov 1, 2006 · P.W. Botha, the hard-nosed South African leader who struggled vainly to preserve apartheid rule in a tide of domestic racial violence and global condemnation, has died at his home in South Africa.
Oct 31, 2006 · Clare Nullis. CAPE TOWN, South Africa – P.W. Botha, the apartheid-era president who led South Africa through its worst racial violence and deepest international isolation, died today. He was 90 ...
