Roelof Botha

Full Names
Roelof Frederick (Pik) Botha
Date of Birth
27/04/1932

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In Brief

Negotiator: Paving way for independence of Namibia; Negotiator: Komati Accord between SA and Mozambique; Secretary: Foreign Affairs Study Group of NP in Parliament; Various positions: Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria;

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Chairmanships

Chairman
Johannesburg Regional Council of the NP 
 
 
Deputy Chairman
National Party 
 
 

Directorships

Member
Management Committee of NP  
Transvaal 
 
Member
SA Delegation to UN General Assembly 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 28th & 29th Sessions of 1966, 68, 71, 73 & 74 
 
 
Member
SA's Legal Team in SWA case at International Court of Justice 
 
1963 
1966
Member
SA's Legal team in advisory proceedings of the International Court of Justice 
 
1970 
1971

Current Positions

Business and Political Consultant
 
 
Head
SWA and United Nations Section in Department 
 
Various positions
Department of Foreign Affairs 
 
1953
Head
SA Stockholm Delegation 
Sweden 
1956
Head
Embassy, Federal Republic of Germany 
 
1960
Various positions
Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs 
Pretoria 
1963
Secretary
Foreign Affairs Study Group of NP in Parliament 
 
1974
Negotiator
Komati Accord between SA and Mozambique 
 
1984
Negotiator
Paving way for independence of Namibia 
 
1990

Previous Positions

Various positions
SA Stockholm Delegation 
Sweden 
1956 
1959
Various positions
Embassy, Federal Republic of Germany 
 
1960 
1962
Representative
SA Government as Agent in the Case 
 
1965 
1966
Advisor
Law, Department of Foreign Affairs 
 
1966 
1974
Under Secretary
Department of Foreign Affairs 
 
1968 
1974
Member of Parliament
Wonderboom 
 
1970 
1974
Member of Parliament
NP 
 
1970 
1996
Various positions
Served on number of special committees of Parliament, including Committee of Public Accounts 
 
1970 
1974
Ambassador
To United Nations 
 
1974 
1977
Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for RSA to USA 
 
1975 
1977
Minister
Foreign Affairs 
 
1977 
1994
Member of Parliament
Westdene 
 
1977 
1994
Negotiator
Prior to independence of Zimbabwe 
 
1977 
1980
Negotiator
Settlement of International dispute on Namibia and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola 
 
1977 
1990
Acting State President
 
 
1991 
1994
Leader
NP of Transvaal 
 
1992 
1994
Minister
Mineral and Energy Affairs, Government of National Unity 
 
1994 
1996
Leader
NP for Gauteng Province 
 
1994 
1996

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