children nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater constituency leader profession term_start spouse name occupation predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion primeminister article_title
2 sons , 2 daughters south african 27 april 1932 may 1996 1996 1994 1994 1974 11 may 1977 university of pretoria westdene wonderboom fw de klerk law 27 1970 30 july 1975 april 1994 1987 april 1977 1977 22 april helena susanna bosman ina joubert m. 27 april 1998 roelof frederik botha diplomat and politician george bartlett hilgard muller johan samuel frederick botha rustenburg , transvaal province , union of south africa nelson w. botha -lrb- 1984-1989 -rrb- mandela fw de klerk -lrb- 1989-94 -rrb- p. national party minister the national party in transvaal minister of foreign affairs member of of parliament south african ambassador to the united states mineral and energy affairs deputy leader of penuel maduna alfred nzo donald bell sole dutch reformed p. vorster -lrb- 1966 -- 78 -rrb- b.j. vorster w. botha -lrb- 1978 -- 84 -rrb- b.j. pik botha

pik botha

roelof frederik `` pik '' botha -lrb- born 27 april 1932 , in rustenburg , transvaal , union of south africa -rrb- is a former politician from south africa who served as the country 's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era .
he was considered to be a liberal -- at least in comparison to others in the ruling national party and among the afrikaner community -- but the bulk of his career was spent defending south africa 's apartheid system of racial segregation against foreign criticism .
he is not related to the late p. w. botha , the contemporary national party politician under whom he served as south africa 's foreign minister .
botha was nicknamed ` pik ' -lrb- short for ` pikkewyn ' , afrikaans for ` penguin ' -rrb- because of a perceived likeness to a penguin in his stance .
this was accentuated when he wore a suit .
he is the father of the rock musician piet botha .
his grandson is roelof botha , former cfo of paypal .
