Piet Koornhof

Piet Koornhof, DMS
South Africa Ambassador to the United States
In office
1 May 1987 – 6 March 1991
Preceded byJohannes Beukes
Succeeded byHarry Schwarz
Minister of Cooperation and Development
In office
9 October 1978 – September 1984
Prime MinisterP. W. Botha
Succeeded byGerrit Viljoen
Minister of Mining
Minister of Sports and Recreation
In office
29 April 1974 – 10 October 1978
Prime MinisterJohn Vorster
Preceded byCarel de Wet
Minister of Immigration
Minister of Energy and Mining
In office
23 August 1972 – 29 April 1974
Prime MinisterJohn Vorster
Personal details
Born(1925-08-02)2 August 1925
Leeudoringstad, Transvaal, South Africa
Died12 November 2007(2007-11-12) (aged 82)
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Political partyNationalUDMANC

Pieter G. J. Koornhof, DMS (2 August 1925 – 12 November 2007) was a South African politician. As an apartheid-era National Party cabinet minister, he held various portfolios in the cabinets of B.J. Vorster and P.W. Botha, and was later appointed ambassador to the United States. After the end of apartheid, he joined the African National Congress in 2001.