P. W. Botha

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human politician prime minister state president

P. W. Botha was a hardline apartheid-era South African leader who served as prime minister and later as the country’s first executive state president, overseeing intensified repression and limited reforms in the 1970s and 1980s.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
P. W. Botha canonical 17
Pieter Willem Botha 6
Botha 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
state president ⓘ
birthDate 1916-01-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Paul Roux, Orange Free State ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship South Africa ⓘ
deathDate 2006-10-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Wilderness, Western Cape, South Africa ⓘ
education Grey College, Bloemfontein ⓘ
University of the Orange Free State ⓘ
surface form: University of the Orange Free State (incomplete)
ethnicGroup Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Afrikaner
familyName P. W. Botha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Botha
fullName P. W. Botha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
givenName Pieter ⓘ
Pieter Willem ⓘ
ideology Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ
implementedPolicy Total Strategy security doctrine ⓘ
regional military interventions in Southern Africa ⓘ
introducedReform limited power-sharing with Coloured and Indian chambers ⓘ
knownFor hardline enforcement of apartheid ⓘ
introduction of the 1983 Tricameral Parliament ⓘ
refusal to testify fully before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ
state of emergency policies in the 1980s ⓘ
languageSpoken Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: House of Assembly of South Africa
militaryRank commando leader (World War II home forces) ⓘ
nickname Die Groot Krokodil ⓘ
PW ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
officeEnd Prime Minister of South Africa 1984 ⓘ
State President of South Africa 1989 ⓘ
officeStart Prime Minister of South Africa 1978 ⓘ
State President of South Africa 1984 ⓘ
opposedBy African National Congress ⓘ
United Democratic Front ⓘ
politicalParty National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
surface form: National Party
positionHeld Leader of the National Party ⓘ
Member of Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
Minister of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Minister of Defence of South Africa

Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of South Africa

State President of South Africa ⓘ
predecessor B. J. Vorster ⓘ
religion Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
representedDistrict George ⓘ
spouse Elize Botha ⓘ
successor F. W. de Klerk ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Party (South Africa) → statePresidentFrom → P. W. Botha ⓘ
National Party (South Africa) → primeMinisterFrom → P. W. Botha ⓘ
National Party (South Africa) → notableLeader → P. W. Botha ⓘ
NP → notableLeader → P. W. Botha ⓘ
subject surface form: National Party
South African general election, 1989 → previousStatePresident → P. W. Botha ⓘ
P. W. Botha → fullName → P. W. Botha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
P. W. Botha → familyName → P. W. Botha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Botha
F. W. de Klerk → predecessor → P. W. Botha ⓘ
State President of South Africa → officeHoldersIncluded → P. W. Botha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
South African general election, 1987 → headOfGovernmentDuringElection → P. W. Botha ⓘ
apartheid government of South Africa → significantLeader → P. W. Botha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
apartheid government of South Africa → beganReformUnder → P. W. Botha ⓘ
National Party caucus in Parliament → notableLeader → P. W. Botha ⓘ
PW → fullName → P. W. Botha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
PW → alsoKnownAs → P. W. Botha ⓘ
PW → alsoKnownAs → P. W. Botha ⓘ
this entity surface form: P. W. "PW" Botha
Die Groot Krokodil → refersTo → P. W. Botha ⓘ
Die Groot Krokodil → fullName → P. W. Botha ⓘ
subject surface form: P. W. Botha
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
Die Groot Krokodil → father → P. W. Botha ⓘ
subject surface form: P. W. Botha
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha Sr.
Total Strategy security doctrine → initiatedUnderGovernmentOf → P. W. Botha ⓘ
Elize Botha → spouse → P. W. Botha ⓘ
Elize Botha → relative → P. W. Botha ⓘ
Tricameral Parliament of South Africa → governingRegime → P. W. Botha ⓘ
this entity surface form: P. W. Botha government
Pieter Willem → name → P. W. Botha ⓘ
subject surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
this entity surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
Pieter Willem → shortName → P. W. Botha ⓘ
subject surface form: Pieter Willem Botha
Broederbond → notableMember → P. W. Botha ⓘ
Afrikaner Broederbond → hadMember → P. W. Botha ⓘ