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P. W. Botha

1916 - 2006

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Pieter Willem Botha, (locally BOOR-tə, Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈpitər ˈvələm ˈbuəta]; 12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006) was a South African politician. He was the head of government of South Africa from 1978 to 1989, serving as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989. First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha, an Afrikaner nationalist, was an opponent of black majority rule and international communism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. W. Botha has received more than 2,025,066 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). P. W. Botha is the 3,345th most popular politician (up from 3,393rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from South Africa and the 7th most popular South African Politician.

P. W. Botha was a South African politician who served as the country's prime minister from 1978 to 1989. He is most famous for his role in the apartheid system, which he oversaw as prime minister.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, P. W. Botha ranks 3,345 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Frank B. Kellogg, Cleitus the Black, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Kurt Zeitzler, and Offa of Mercia. After him are Chiyou, Mieszko II Lambert, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, James Macpherson, Miran Shah, and Gia Long.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, P. W. Botha ranks 43. Before him are Peter Weiss, Bernard Lewis, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Jean Dausset, Marcel Cerdan, and Peter Finch. After him are Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, Emil Gilels, Robert F. Furchgott, C. Wright Mills, and Raf Vallone. Among people deceased in 2006, P. W. Botha ranks 44. Before him are Bülent Ecevit, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, John Kenneth Galbraith, Shohei Imamura, Zoia Ceaușescu, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Nam June Paik, Claude Jade, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Steve Irwin, Gordon Parks, and William Styron.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, P. W. Botha ranks 19 out of 454. Before him are Max Theiler (1899), Charlize Theron (1975), Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), and Paul Kruger (1825). After him are Jody Scheckter (1950), Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), Sydney Brenner (1927), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Steve Biko (1946), and Glynis Johns (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, P. W. Botha ranks 7. Before him are F. W. de Klerk (1936), Shaka (1787), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), and Paul Kruger (1825). After him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Jan Smuts (1870), Abba Eban (1915), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), and Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826).

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