POLITICIAN

Pik Botha

1932 - 2018

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Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, (27 April 1932 – 12 October 2018) was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era, the longest-serving in South African history. Known as a liberal within the party, Botha served to present a friendly, conciliatory face on the regime, while criticised internally. He was a leading contender for the leadership of the National Party upon John Vorster's resignation in 1978, but was ultimately not chosen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pik Botha has received more than 422,559 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Pik Botha is the 14,847th most popular politician (down from 13,738th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 106th in 2019) and the 39th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pik Botha ranks 14,847 out of 19,576. Before him are Denys Monastyrsky, Harry Reid, Juan Bautista Topete, Uri Ariel, Ragna Nielsen, and Mia Mottley. After him are Jules de Trooz, Mykolas Biržiška, Bob Menendez, Luis Muñoz Marín, Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, and José María de Achá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Pik Botha ranks 350. Before him are Angela Mortimer, Igor Kirillov, Günter Sawitzki, Monte Hellman, Elaine May, and Ferenc Sipos. After him are Shankha Ghosh, Lewis Binford, Nino Defilippis, Maya Kristalinskaya, Gerald Carr, and Paul R. Ehrlich. Among people deceased in 2018, Pik Botha ranks 335. Before him are Chuck McCann, Jerry Van Dyke, Charlotte Rae, Al Matthews, Yoshiaki Arata, and Susan Anspach. After him are Roberto Suazo Córdova, Vic Damone, Shuhrat Abbosov, Ray Wilson, Madalena Iglésias, and Anne V. Coates.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Pik Botha ranks 116 out of 454. Before him are Phil Ramone (1934), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Bevil Rudd (1894), John McDowell (1942), Sharlto Copley (1973), and Denis Goldberg (1933). After him are Louisa Bolus (1877), Francois Pienaar (1967), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Tom Naudé (1889), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), and Gerald Dreyer (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Pik Botha ranks 39. Before him are Ted Moore (1914), Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Jim Fouché (1898), Julius Malema (1981), and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949). After him are Tom Naudé (1889), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Ruth First (1925), Helen Zille (1951), Grace Mugabe (1965), and Ahmed Kathrada (1929).

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