First cabinet of P. W. Botha

First Botha Cabinet

6th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa
(since the 1961 Constitution)
1978–1984
Pieter Botha (1962)
Date formed9 October 1978 (1978-10-09)
Date dissolved3 September 1984 (1984-09-03)
(5 years, 10 months and 25 days)
People and organisations
State President
Prime MinisterPieter Botha
Member partiesNational Party
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partiesProgressive Federal Party
Opposition leadersFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
History
Election1981 election
PredecessorVorster III
SuccessorBotha II

When Pieter Botha first became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1978, he appointed members of the National Party to all positions in his first cabinet.

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