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Name: Pieter Willem Botha
Birth Date: January 12, 1916
Place of Birth: Orange Free State, South Africa
Nationality: South African
Gender: Male
Occupations: political leader, president, prime minister

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Biography of Pieter Willem Botha
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Pieter Willem Botha (born 1916) was inaugurated as the first executive state president of the Republic of South Africa in 1984 after serving for six years as prime minister. Botha's administration was characterized by civil unrest. His policies have...


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Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 – October 31, 2006), commonly known as "PW", was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. Sourced Adapt or die. From his speech to...


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Botha, P(Ieter) W(Illem)
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(born Jan. 12, 1916, Paul Roux, S.Af.—died Oct. 31, 2006, Wilderness, near George) Prime minister (1978–84) and first state president (1984–89) of South Africa. Elected to parliament as a National Party candidate in 1948, Botha served...
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Pieter Willem Botha (January 12 1916 – October 31 2006), commonly known as "P. W." and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for "The Big Crocodile"), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984...


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The Economist (US)
Tetchy crocodile: South Africa.(Pieter Willem Botha is on trial for refusing to give evidence to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission)(Brief Article)
04/18/1998: 561 words, approx. 2 pages
JOHANNESBURG PIETER WILLEM BOTHA stepped into court on April 15th, a martyr to the lost cause of keeping South Africa Christian, capitalist and white. Or so he and his supporters seem to think. Others, looking at his record as the apartheid state's...


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