Jan Christoffel Greyling "Stoffel" Botha (1929–1998) was a South African

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

, a member of the National Party, served as member of Parliament (elected representative of the Eshowe constituency in 1974), administrator of

Natal Province The Province of Natal (), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organized into ...

(1979–1984), Minister of Home Affairs (1985–1989) in the

P.W. Botha Pieter Willem Botha, (; 12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), commonly known as P. W. and af, Die Groot Krokodil (The Big Crocodile), was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and ...

government. Lawyer by profession, he began his professional career in

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before starting a political career. Elected to Natal where he owned a farm, he was appointed administrator of the province in 1979. He was the provincial head of the National Party when State President

named him to the government in 1984 first as Minister of Education, then as Minister of Home Affairs and later the Post and Telecommunications portfolio was added to his duties. In 1989 he announced his retirement from political life due to health reasons and despite bypass surgery he died of heart failure at age 69 in 1998.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Botha, Stoffel 1929 births 1998 deaths Afrikaner people National Party (South Africa) politicians Members of the House of Assembly (South Africa) Ministers of Home Affairs of South Africa