Second Botha Cabinet | |
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.svg){kind=small} 7th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) | |
| 1984–1989 | |
 Pieter Willem Botha (1962) | |
| Date formed | 3 September 1984 |
| Date dissolved | 14 August 1989 |
| People and organisations | |
| State President |
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| No. of ministers | 19 ministers |
| Member party | National Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Conservative Party |
| Opposition leader | Andries Treurnicht |
| History | |
| Election | 1987 election |
| Legislature terms | 4 years, 11 months and 11 days |
| Predecessor | Botha I |
| Successor | De Klerk |
The second cabinet of Pieter Willem Botha was formed following his assumption of the position of State President, on 3 September 1984. It was dissolved on 6 September 1989, after Botha's incapacitation following a stroke in January of that year.[1] After Botha's resignation in February,[2] he was replaced by Christiaan Heunis as acting State President for the remaining few months of the cabinet's term.[1] Heunis was replaced with Frederik Willem de Klerk, who was elected leader of the National Party on 2 February[3] and inaugurated as State President on September 20.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sparks, Allister (1996). Tomorrow is Another Country: The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change. Chicago: Chicago University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-226-76855-4.
- ^ Sparks, Allister (1996). Tomorrow is Another Country: The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change. Chicago: Chicago University Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-226-76855-4.