Willem Botha (politician)

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Willem Botha
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 1994 June 1999
Personal details
Born
Willem Abraham Botha

(1943-03-21) 21 March 1943 (age 80)
Citizenship South Africa
Political party Freedom Front

Willem Abraham Botha (born 21 March 1943) [1] is a retired South African politician who represented the Freedom Front (FF) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. He was elected in the 1994 general election [2] as one of the party's nine representatives in the assembly. [3]

Though he stood for re-election in 1999, he was ranked sixth on the FF's national party list [1] and therefore failed to gain re-election. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 26 May 1999. p. 242. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 via Yumpu.
  3. Cruywagen, Dennis (2014). Brothers in War and Peace: Constand and Abraham Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN   978-1-77022-601-2.
  4. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.