Stoffel Botha

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Stoffel Botha (1985)

Jan Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling Botha (born September 29, 1929 in Standerton , † April 18, 1998 in Howick , KwaZulu-Natal ) was a South African politician who was minister several times.

Life

Jan Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling Botha attended the Hoërskool Helpmekaar in Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand University . After completing his studies with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), he worked as a lawyer in Johannesburg from 1956 to 1971 and then as a farmer in Hluhluwe with a focus on livestock farming and cotton planting. He was also Director of Agricultural Cooperatives of the province of Natal and in 1974 for the National Party NP ( Nasionale Party ) member of the People's Assembly (Volksraad van Suid-Afrika) selected, in which he the constituency until 1979 Eshowe represented. He then replaced Wynand Havemann as Administrator of the Natal Province in 1979 and held this position until 1984, when Radclyffe Cadman succeeded him. In 1984 he succeeded Owen Horwood as chairman of the National Party in Natal Province.

From 1884 to 1985, Stoffel Botha was Minister of Education and Culture in the President's council for the House of Assembly . On July 1, 1985, he was appointed Minister of the Interior (Minister van Binnelandse Sake) in the second cabinet of President Pieter Willem Botha and thus succeeded Frederik Willem de Klerk . He held this ministerial office until September 1989 and was then replaced by Gene Louw . Between December 1, 1986 and September 1989, he was also Minister of Communications. After President Frederik Willem de Klerk took office on August 15, 1989, he retired from politics.

Botha married Lucy Nicholson in 1955. The marriage resulted in two daughters and two sons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Shelagh Gastrow: Who's who in South African Politics, Number Two . Ravan Press, Johannesburg 1987, pp. 28-29
  2. ^ Natal: Administrators in Rulers
  3. ^ South Africa: Interior Ministers in Rulers
  4. ↑ Botha, Jan Christoffel. In: Africa Who's Who. 2nd edition, Africa Books, London 1991.
personal data
SURNAME Botha, Stoffel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Botha, Jan Christoffel Greyling (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Standerton
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1998
Place of death Howick , KwaZulu-Natal