Second cabinet of P. W. Botha
Second Botha Cabinet | |
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7th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1961 Constitution) | |
| 1984–1989 | |
Pieter Botha (1962) | |
| Date formed | 3 September 1984 |
| Date dissolved | 14 August 1989 (4 years, 11 months and 11 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| State President |
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| No. of ministers | 19 ministers |
| Member parties | National Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition parties | Conservative Party |
| Opposition leaders | Andries Treurnicht |
| History | |
| Election | 1987 election |
| Predecessor | Botha I |
| Successor | De Klerk |
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The second cabinet of Pieter 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. After Botha's resignation in February, he was replaced by Chris Heunis as acting state president for the remaining few months of the cabinet's term. Heunis was replaced with Frederik de Klerk, who was elected leader of the National Party on 2 February and inaugurated as state president on 20 September.