First Botha Cabinet | |
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![]() 6th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) | |
1978–1984 | |
![]() Pieter Willem Botha (1962) | |
Date formed | 9 October 1978 |
Date dissolved | 3 September 1984 |
People and organisations | |
State President |
|
Prime Minister | Pieter Willem Botha |
Member party | National Party |
Status in legislature | Majority |
Opposition party | Progressive Federal Party |
Opposition leader | Frederik van Zyl Slabbert |
History | |
Election | 1981 election |
Legislature terms | 5 years, 10 months and 25 days |
Predecessor | Vorster III |
Successor | Botha II |
When Pieter Willem Botha first became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1978, he appointed members of the National Party to positions in his first cabinet.
Portfolio | Minister | Party | Period |
---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | Pieter Willem Botha | NP | 1978–1984 |
Vice President (abolished 1984) | Alwyn Schlebusch [1] | NP | 1981–1987 |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Hendrik Schoeman Sarel Hayward |
NP | 1978–1982 1982–1984 |
Minister of Constitutional Development | Christiaan Heunis | NP | 1982–1984 |
Minister of Cooperation and Development | Piet Koornhof | NP | 1978–1984 |
Minister of Defense | Pieter Willem Botha Magnus Malan |
NP | 1978–1980 1980–1984 |
Minister of Education and Training |
Ferdinand Hartzenberg Dawie de Villiers |
NP | 1979–1982 1982 |
Minister of (National) Education | Gerrit Viljoen [2] | NP | 1980–1984 |
Minister of Environment and Energy | Christiaan Heunis Frederik Willem de Klerk Braam Raubenheimer Cornelis van der Merwe Sarel Hayward |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980 1981–1982 1982–1984 |
Minister of Finance | Owen Horwood [3] | NP | 1978–1984 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Pik Botha [3] | NP | 1978–1984 |
Minister of Health | Schalk van der Merwe | NP | 1978 |
Minister of Home Affairs |
Alwyn Schlebusch Christiaan Heunis Frederik Willem de Klerk |
NP | 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 |
Minister of Justice |
Jimmy Kruger Alwyn Schlebusch Kobie Coetsee [2] |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1984 [4] |
Minister of Labour | Fanie Botha | NP | 1979–1983 |
Minister of Mining |
Fanie Botha Frederik Willem de Klerk Pietie du Plessis Daniel Steyn |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 |
Minister of Plural Development | Stephanus François Kotzé | NP | 1980–1984 |
Minister of Police and Prisons Minister of Law and Order |
Jimmy Kruger Louis le Grange |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1984 |
Minister of Public Works | Louis Le Grange Andries Treurnicht |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 |
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs | Henni Smit Frederik Willem de Klerk Lourens Munnik |
NP | 1978 1978–1979 1982–1984 |
Minister of Sport and Recreation |
Piet Koornhof Frederik Willem de Klerk |
NP | 1978 1978–1979 |
Minister of Statistics | Andries Treurnicht | NP | 1979–1982 |
Minister of Tourism | Louis Le Grange Andries Treurnicht |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 |
Minister of Trade and Industry | Dawie de Villiers | NP | 1980–1984 |
Minister of Transport |
Lourens Muller Christiaan Heunis Hendrik Schoeman |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1984 |
Minister of Water and Forestry | Braam Raubenheimer | NP | 1978–1980 |
Minister of Welfare Minister of Health, Welfare and Pensions |
Frederik Willem de Klerk Schalk van der Merwe Lourens Munnik Cornelis van der Merwe |
NP | 1978 1978–1979 1980–1982 1982–1984 |
First Botha Cabinet | |
---|---|
![]() 6th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) | |
1978–1984 | |
![]() Pieter Willem Botha (1962) | |
Date formed | 9 October 1978 |
Date dissolved | 3 September 1984 |
People and organisations | |
State President |
|
Prime Minister | Pieter Willem Botha |
Member party | National Party |
Status in legislature | Majority |
Opposition party | Progressive Federal Party |
Opposition leader | Frederik van Zyl Slabbert |
History | |
Election | 1981 election |
Legislature terms | 5 years, 10 months and 25 days |
Predecessor | Vorster III |
Successor | Botha II |
When Pieter Willem Botha first became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1978, he appointed members of the National Party to positions in his first cabinet.
Portfolio | Minister | Party | Period |
---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | Pieter Willem Botha | NP | 1978–1984 |
Vice President (abolished 1984) | Alwyn Schlebusch [1] | NP | 1981–1987 |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Hendrik Schoeman Sarel Hayward |
NP | 1978–1982 1982–1984 |
Minister of Constitutional Development | Christiaan Heunis | NP | 1982–1984 |
Minister of Cooperation and Development | Piet Koornhof | NP | 1978–1984 |
Minister of Defense | Pieter Willem Botha Magnus Malan |
NP | 1978–1980 1980–1984 |
Minister of Education and Training |
Ferdinand Hartzenberg Dawie de Villiers |
NP | 1979–1982 1982 |
Minister of (National) Education | Gerrit Viljoen [2] | NP | 1980–1984 |
Minister of Environment and Energy | Christiaan Heunis Frederik Willem de Klerk Braam Raubenheimer Cornelis van der Merwe Sarel Hayward |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980 1981–1982 1982–1984 |
Minister of Finance | Owen Horwood [3] | NP | 1978–1984 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Pik Botha [3] | NP | 1978–1984 |
Minister of Health | Schalk van der Merwe | NP | 1978 |
Minister of Home Affairs |
Alwyn Schlebusch Christiaan Heunis Frederik Willem de Klerk |
NP | 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 |
Minister of Justice |
Jimmy Kruger Alwyn Schlebusch Kobie Coetsee [2] |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1984 [4] |
Minister of Labour | Fanie Botha | NP | 1979–1983 |
Minister of Mining |
Fanie Botha Frederik Willem de Klerk Pietie du Plessis Daniel Steyn |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 |
Minister of Plural Development | Stephanus François Kotzé | NP | 1980–1984 |
Minister of Police and Prisons Minister of Law and Order |
Jimmy Kruger Louis le Grange |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1984 |
Minister of Public Works | Louis Le Grange Andries Treurnicht |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 |
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs | Henni Smit Frederik Willem de Klerk Lourens Munnik |
NP | 1978 1978–1979 1982–1984 |
Minister of Sport and Recreation |
Piet Koornhof Frederik Willem de Klerk |
NP | 1978 1978–1979 |
Minister of Statistics | Andries Treurnicht | NP | 1979–1982 |
Minister of Tourism | Louis Le Grange Andries Treurnicht |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 |
Minister of Trade and Industry | Dawie de Villiers | NP | 1980–1984 |
Minister of Transport |
Lourens Muller Christiaan Heunis Hendrik Schoeman |
NP | 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1984 |
Minister of Water and Forestry | Braam Raubenheimer | NP | 1978–1980 |
Minister of Welfare Minister of Health, Welfare and Pensions |
Frederik Willem de Klerk Schalk van der Merwe Lourens Munnik Cornelis van der Merwe |
NP | 1978 1978–1979 1980–1982 1982–1984 |