John Vorster
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John Vorster | |
|---|---|
 President Balthazar Johannes Vorster | |
| 4th State President of South Africa | |
| In office 10 October 1978 – 4 June 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Marais Viljoen (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Marais Viljoen |
| 8th Prime Minister of South Africa | |
| In office 13 September 1966 – 2 October 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Hendrik Verwoerd |
| Succeeded by | P. W. Botha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1915 Uitenhage, Cape Province |
| Died | 10 September 1983 (aged 67) Cape Town |
| Political party | National Party |
| Alma mater | Stellenbosch University |
Balthazar Johannes Vorster was a South African politician of Dutch descent. He served as the Prime Minister of South Africa and later State President of South Africa after the assassination of the previous Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd. He is commonly known as John Vorster.
Vorster believed in apartheid.[1] He was part of a group who sentenced Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment and he refused to grant South West Africa (now Namibia) independence. He was the first to build RDP houses for Africans and wanted to unit all South African people English, Boer, Indians and Africans as was the wish of all in SA.
References
- ↑ Treaster, Joseph. JOHN VORSTER, FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER, DIEST AT 67 (September 11, 1983)New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2016.