P.W. Botha Biography

P.W. Botha biography

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NAME: Pieter Willem Botha
OCCUPATION: World Leader, Prime Minister
BIRTH DATE: January 12, 1916
DEATH DATE: October 31, 2006
EDUCATION: University of the Orange Free State

PLACE OF BIRTH: Paul Roux, South Africa
PLACE OF DEATH: Wilderness, South Africa

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P.W. Botha served as prime minister and first state president of South Africa. F.W. de Klerk succeeded him in 1989 and the apartheid system was dismantled.

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P.W. Botha was born on January 12, 1916, in Paul Roux, South Africa. He was elected to Parliament in 1948 at the start of the National Party’s time in power. After serving as defense minster, he was elected Prime Minister by Parliament and later State President. Botha supported the apartheid system, but was succeeded in 1989 by F.W. de Klerk who dismantled it.