caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
hilgard muller -lrb- 1964 -rrb- eric louw pik botha 10 july 1985 potchefstroom pretoria national party minister britain of foreign affairs south african ambassador to great 04 may 1914 1964 1961 hilgard muller -lrb- 1964 -rrb- . jpg hilgard muller
 1977 1964 hilgard muller lawyer university of oxford
hilgard muller

hilgard muller , -lrb- 4 may 1914 , potchefstroom -- 10 july 1985 -rrb- was a south african politician of the national party , mayor of pretoria in 1953 -- 1955 , elected an mp in 1958 , appointed minister of foreign affairs after the resignation of eric louw in 1964 .
he relinquished both posts in 1977 .
studying at the university of pretoria , he obtained a rhodes scholarship at oxford university , earning a doctorate in law .
practicing law in pretoria , he was elected to pretoria city council in 1951 , becoming mayor of the city two years later .
he relinquished his city council seat in 1957 , being elected to house of assembly the following year for pretoria east .
he chose not to run for his seat again in 1961 , instead being appointed south african ambassador in london , but returned to parliament in 1964 immediately to be appointed minister of foreign affairs .
muller retired to private life in 1977 and was succeeded by frederik roelof `` pik '' botha , who kept the post until multi-racial elections in 1994 .
