P. W. Botha

Pieter Willem Botha,DMS an haifa shi sha biyu ga watan Janairu 1916 - 31 Oktoba 2006) ya kasance ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Firayim Minista na karshe na Afirka ta Kudu daga 1978 zuwa 1984 kuma shugaban zartarwa na farko na Afirka ta Tsakiya daga a shekarar 1984 zuwa shekarar 1989.

An fara zabarsa a majalisar dokoki a shekarar 1948, Botha ya kasance mai adawa da mulkin baƙar fata da Kwaminisanci na kasa da kasa. Koyaya, gwamnatinsa ta ba da izini ga sake fasalin siyasa, yayin da tashin hankali da bara zana na cikin gida ga cin zarafin bil'adama da zaluntar da su a hannun gwamnatinsa. Botha ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar National Party (NP) mai mulki a watan a shekarar Fabrairun 1989 bayan ya kamu da rashin lafiya ta hawan jini kuma watanni shida bayan haka an tilasta masa barin shugabancin.

A cikin raba gardama na wariyar launin fata a shekarar 1992 na Botha ya yi yawan kamfen don kada kuri'a kuma ya yi adawa sosai da gwamnatin De Klerk a matsayin mara alhakin buɗe ƙofar ga mulkin mafi rinjaye. A farkon 1998, lokacin da Botha ya ki yin shaida a Hukumar Gaskiya da Sulhu ta gwamnatinMandela(TRC), Jam'iyyar Conservative ta goyi bayansa, wacce a baya ta kalubalanci mulkinsa a matsayin 'yan adawa ta hukuma. Don kin amincewarsa, an ci tarar shi kuma an dakatar da hukuncin ɗaurin kurkuku, wanda aka soke shi a kan roko saboda fasaha.