Willem Botha | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office May 1994 –June 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Willem Abraham Botha 21 March 1943 |
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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