P. W. Botha
South African prime minister (1916–2006)
9 dated entries naming P. W. Botha, drawn from 8 separate years between 1916 CE and 1998 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as P.W. Botha, Pieter Willem Botha in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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20th century
- 1916January 12 – P. W. Botha, 9th President of South Africa (died 2006)source
- 1978October 9 – P.W. Botha succeeds John Vorster as Prime Minister of South Africa.source
- 1982February 24 – In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs, led by Andries Treurnicht, vote for no confidence in P. W. Botha.source
- 1984September 14 – P. W. Botha is inaugurated as the first executive State President of South Africa.source
- 1985July 20 – Apartheid: State President of South Africa, P. W. Botha, declares a state of emergency in 36 magisterial districts of South Africa amid growing civil unrest in black townships.source
- 1987June 4 – State President of South Africa Pieter Willem Botha visits Sharpeville.source
- 1989February 2 – An ailing State President Pieter Willem Botha steps down from the leadership of the National Party, but remains state president.source
- 1989February 3 – After a stroke, State President of South Africa P. W. Botha resigns as Leader of the National Party.source
- 1998January 23 - P.W. Botha appears in front of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to answer for apartheid-era policies; he refers to the hearing as a "circus".source