Charles R. Swart Jozua Naudé (acting) Jacobus Fouché Jan de Klerk (acting) Nicolaas Diederichs Marais Viljoen (acting)
Preceded by
Hendrik Verwoerd Eben Dönges (acting)
Succeeded by
Pieter Willem Botha
Minister of Police
In office 1 April 1966 – 9 August 1968
Prime Minister
Hendrik Verwoerd Himself
Preceded by
Office established Himself as Minister of Justice
Succeeded by
Lourens Muller
Minister of Justice
In office 8 October 1961 – 14 September 1966
Prime Minister
Hendrik Verwoerd
Preceded by
Frans Erasmus
Succeeded by
Petrus Cornelius Pelser
Personal details
Born
Balthazar Johannes Vorster
(1915-12-13)13 December 1915 Jamestown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Died
10 September 1983(1983-09-10) (aged 67) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Political party
National Party
Spouse
Tini Vorster
(m. 1941)
Children
Elizabeth (Elsa) Vorster Willem Carel Vorster Pieter Andries Vorster
Alma mater
University of Stellenbosch
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Events
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1956 Treason Trial
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Rivonia Trial
Soweto uprising
Church Street, Pretoria bombing
Vaal uprising
Trojan Horse Incident
Khotso House bombing
Cape Town peace march
CODESA
Assassination of Chris Hani
Saint James Church massacre
1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
Shell House massacre
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People
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F. W. de Klerk
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Arthur Goldreich
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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D. F. Malan
Nelson Mandela
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Benjamin Moloise
Albertina Sisulu
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J. G. Strijdom
Joe Slovo
Robert Sobukwe
Helen Suzman
Adelaide Tambo
Oliver Tambo
Eugène Terre'Blanche
Desmond Tutu
H. F. Verwoerd
B. J. Vorster
Jacob Zuma
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Balthazar Johannes "B. J." Vorster (Afrikaans pronunciation:[ˈbaltɑːzarjuəˈhanəsˈfɔrstər]; also known as John Vorster; 13 December 1915 – 10 September 1983) was a South African apartheid politician who served as the prime minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth state president of South Africa from 1978 to 1979. Known as B. J. Vorster during much of his career, he came to prefer the anglicized name John in the 1970s.[1]
Vorster strongly adhered to his country's policy of apartheid, overseeing (as Minister of Justice) the Rivonia Trial, in which Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage, (as Prime Minister) the Terrorism Act, the complete abolition of non-white political representation, the Soweto Riots and the Steve Biko crisis. He conducted a more pragmatic foreign policy than his predecessors, in an effort to improve relations between the white minority government and South Africa's neighbours, particularly after the break-up of the Portuguese colonial empire. Shortly after the 1978 Internal Settlement in Rhodesia, in which he was instrumental, he was implicated in the Muldergate Scandal. He resigned the premiership in favour of the ceremonial state presidency, from which he was forced out as well eight months later.
^Hawthorne, Peter (4 October 1976). "'A Cool Man on a Lion Hunt,' South Africa's John Vorster Tries to Head Off a Race War". People. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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interpreted as a reference to a leading politician, B.J. Vorster, who styled himself "John" Vorster and became prime minister of the apartheid regime in 1966...
two men. He was a minister in the governments of Hendrik Verwoerd and JohnVorster. Until 1969, he successively dealt with mines, home affairs, immigration...
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detained again, following the unrest in Soweto, and held for six months at JohnVorster Square under the Terrorism Act. After his release, he became a law clerk...
escape attempt and nearly succeeded. After a spell in the notorious JohnVorster Square in Johannesburg, they were returned to Cape Town and after four...
260 km inside Angola. The operation ended on 10 May 1978. Prime Minister JohnVorster met his defence advisers in December 1977.: 71 They discussed the need...
Party cabinet minister, he held various portfolios in the cabinets of B.J. Vorster and P.W. Botha, and was later appointed ambassador to the United States...
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