Cabinet Botha II

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The Botha II cabinet emerged in September 1984 from the South African government of the then incumbent Prime Minister Pieter Willem Botha . On September 3, 1984, he was provisionally elected President of the State by the previous cabinet , on September 5, on the basis of the new constitution, by an 88-member electoral college , and officially introduced to the office of President in Cape Town on September 14 . In 1984 there were only elections for two chambers ( Coloreds , Indians ). The first chamber (whites), called the House of Assembly , was formed after the 1981 parliamentary election .

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In the second Botha government, ministers from the National Party (NP), the Labor Party (LP) and the National People's Party (NPP) were represented. They came from all three houses of parliament, but the representatives of the “white” House of Assembly dominated . The first cabinet meeting took place on September 19, 1984. The following persons belonged to the cabinet.

Cabinet composition of September 1984

The following table shows the composition of the cabinet since September 1984.

Business area Jurisdiction minister Vice Minister
Prime Minister and State President / Prime Minister and State President Pieter Willem Botha (NP)
Office of the President / State President's Office National Intelligence Service ,
Secretariat of the State Security Council ,
Office of the commission for administration ,

since 1985: Department of Administration and Economic Advisory Services (therein: Commission for administration , Central Statistical Services and Economic Advisory Council )		 Eli Louw (NP) (1985–86 for Administration and Economic Advisory Services ) Louis Nel (as Deputy Minister for Information : Information Bureau )
Agriculture and Water Affairs / Agricultural Economics and Water Affairs Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing ,
Department of Water Affairs 		Greyling Wentzel (NP) Gert Kotzé (NP)
Work / manpower Department of Manpower Pieter du Plessis (NP)
Finance / Finance Department of Finance ,
Office of the auditor-general 		Owen Horwood ,
since August 1984 Barend Jacobus du Plessis (NP)		 Eli Louw (NP)
Health and Social Care / Health and Welfare Department of Health and Welfare Nak van der Merwe George de Villiers Morrison (NP)
Industries and Commerce (later: Commerce and Industry) / Industries and Commerce (later Trade and Industry ) Department of Industries and Commerce until 1986 Dawie de Villiers
Internal Affairs and National Education / Home Affairs and of National Education Department of Home Affairs ,
Department of National Education 		Frederik Willem de Klerk (NP)
since July 1, 1985 Stoffel Botha (NP)		 P. Cronjé ,
Piet Badenhorst (NP)
International affairs Department of Foreign Affairs , SABC
information service 		Botha of Spades (NP) since 1983 Louis Nel (NP)
Justice / Justice Department of Justice ,
Directorate of Prisons ,
influx control 		Hendrick Jacobus Coetsee (NP)
Communications and Public Works / Communications and Public Works Department of posts and telecommunications ,
Department of Public Works and Land Affairs
Parts of the former Department of Community Development 		until 1986 Lourens Munnik (NP)
Cooperation, Development and Education Department of Co-operation and Development ,
Department of Education and Training 		Gerrit Viljoen (NP) George de Villiers Morrison (NP),
for Cooperation and of Education Samuel Johannes de Beer ,
since 1983 for Development and Land Affairs Benjamin Hugh Wilkens (NP)
without portfolio / without Portfolio (Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Colored Affairs ) here without a department Helenard Joe Hendrickse (LP) -
without portfolio / without Portfolio (Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Indian Affairs ) here without a department Amichand Rajbansi (NPP) -
Law and Order / Law and Order South African Police , Department of Justice
Directorate of Security Legislation		 Louis Le Grange (NP) until January 1985 no deputy,
Adriaan Johannes Vlok (NP)
Raw materials and energy affairs / Mineral and Energy Affairs Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs Danie Steyn
Transport Services / Transport Services Department of Transport Affairs ,
South African Transport Services 		Hendrik Schoeman (NP)
Environmental Affairs and Tourism / Environment Affairs and Tourism Department of Environment Affairs ,
South African Tourism Council 		John Wiley (NP) since June 1985: for Environment Affairs SV Naicker (NPP)
Constitutional Development and Planning / Constitutional Development and Planning Department of Constitutional Development and Planning ,
Scientific Advisory Council ,
Group areas board 		Jan Christiaan Heunis (NP) Piet Badenhorst (NP)
Defense / Defense Department of Defense ,
Armaments Corporation of South Africa 		Magnus Malan (NP) until January 1985 no deputy,
Adriaan Johannes Vlok (NP)

Cabinet composition of December 1, 1986

The following table shows the changes in cabinet composition.

Business area minister Vice Minister
Minister in the State President's Office entrusted with Administration and Broadcasting , previously Vice-State President Alwyn Schlebusch (NP) -
Workers and Public Works / Manpower and Public Works Pieter Theunis Christiaan du Plessis (NP) for Public Works and Land Affairs Ben Wilkens
Education and development aid / Education and Development Aid Gerrit Viljoen (NP) for Education Samuel Johannes de Beer (NP),
for Development Aid Hendrik Tempel
Finance / Finance Barend Jacobus du Plessis (NP) Kent Durr (NP) and Org Marais (NP)
Internal Affairs and Communications / Home Affairs and Communications Stoffel Botha (NP) for information Christoffel Johannes van der Merwe (NP)
International Relations / Foreign Affairs Botha of Spades (NP) Kobus Meiring and Ron Miller
Justice / Justice Hendrick Jacobus Coetsee (NP)
Agriculture / Agriculture Greyling Wentzel (NP) for Agriculture and Agriculture and Water Supply André Isak van Niekerk (NP)
National Education / National Education Frederik Willem de Klerk (NP)
National Health and Population Development Willem Abraham van Niekerk for National Health Michael Veldman ,
for Population Development Luwellyn Landers
without portfolio / without Portfolio (Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Colored Affairs ) Helenard Joe Hendrickse (LP) -
without portfolio / without Portfolio (Chairman of the Ministers' Council for Indian Affairs ) Amichand Rajbansi (NPP) -
Law and Order / Law and Order Adriaan Johannes Vlok (NP) Roelof Petrus Meyer (NP)
Environmental and Water Affairs / Environment Affairs and Water Affairs John Wiley (NP) for Water Affairs Jacobus van Wyk ,
for Environment Affairs SV Naicker (NPP),
for Water Supply Gert Kotzé (NP)
Constitutional Development and Planning / Constitutional Development and Planning Jan Christiaan Heunis (NP) for Constitutional Development and Planning Piet Badenhorst (NP) and Ben Wilkens (NP)
Traffic Affairs / Transport Affairs Eli Louw (NP) Myburgh strings
Defense / Defense Magnus Malan (NP) Wynand Breytenbach (NP)
Economic Affairs and Technology / Economic Affairs and Technology Danie Steyn George Bartlett and Theo Alant

Cabinet reshuffles

Since the cabinet was formed in 1984, there have been numerous changes in membership. There were considerable changes on December 1, 1986 with regard to the layout of some departments and the staffing of top posts.

Cabinet-related institutions of the Botha II government

Committees under the direct direction of the President

Ministers' groups in the three-chamber parliament

The constitution of the three-chamber parliament provided for a ministerial group ( Ministers' Council , German: “Council of Ministers”) for each chamber of representatives . Each of these ministerial groups consisted of its chairman and four other ministerial representatives. You are not to be confused with the ministers in the cabinet of the heads of state or government.

  • Ministers' Council for Colored Affairs ( House of Representatives )
The departments in addition to the function of the chairman (official seat in Cape Town ) were:
  • local government, housing and agriculture (German roughly: "Regional government, Wohnungsbau und Landwirtschaft")
  • budget (German: budget matters)
  • health services and welfare (German roughly: "Health care and social affairs")
  • education and culture (German: Bildung und Kultur)
  • Ministers' Council for Indian Affairs ( House of Delegates )
The departments in addition to the function of the chairman (official seat in Durban ) were:
  • local government, housing and agriculture (German roughly: "Regional government, Wohnungsbau und Landwirtschaft")
  • budget (German: budget matters)
  • health services and welfare (German roughly: "Health care and social affairs")
  • education and culture (German: Bildung und Kultur)
  • Ministers' Council for White Affairs
The departments were:
  • chairman and minister of health services and welfare (German roughly: "Chairman and Minister for Health Services and Welfare")
  • agriculture and water supply (German: Landwirtschaft und Wasserversorgung)
  • budget (German: budget matters)
  • local government, housing and works (German, for example: "regional government, housing and public works")
  • education and culture (German: Bildung und Kultur)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who in South African Politics . Johannesburg 1987, p. 34, ISBN 0869753363
  2. ^ SAIRR : Race Relations Survey 1984 . Johannesburg 1985, p. 129
  3. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1984 . 1985, pp. 132-135
  4. ↑ a b SAIRR: Survey, 1986, Part I . 1987, pp. 85-87
  5. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who in South African Politics . Ravan Press, Johannesburg 1986, 2nd ed., Pp. 328-329 ISBN 0-86975-280-4
  6. ↑ a b c d SAIRR: Survey 1985 . 1986, p. 53
  7. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who . 1987, p. 82
  8. ↑ a b SAIRR: Survey, 1986, Part I . 1987, p. 86
  9. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who . 1987, p. 28
  10. ↑ a b c d South African History Online: Botha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)
  11. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1985 , 1986, p. 30
  12. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who . 1987, pp. 349-350
  13. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who . 1987, p. 272
  14. ↑ Nuwe Kabinet, Ministerrade ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Die Burger , article from November 5, 1986 (afrikaans)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 152.111.1.87
  15. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1984 . 1985, pp. 134-135
  16. ↑ a b Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who in South African Politics . Ravan Press, Johannesburg 1986, 2nd edition, p. 345 ISBN 0-86975-280-4