{"slug": "p-w-botha", "label": "P. W. Botha", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._W._Botha", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212286", "qid": "Q212286", "description": "South African prime minister (1916–2006)", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1916, 1998], "span_label": ["1916 CE", "1998 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "state-president-of-south-africa", "label": "State President of South Africa", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "apartheid", "label": "Apartheid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "president-of-south-africa", "label": "President of South Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-south-africa", "label": "Prime Minister of South Africa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – P. W. Botha, 9th President of South Africa (d. 2006)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#January", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Births › January"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – P.W. Botha succeeds John Vorster as Prime Minister of South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#October", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs, led by Andries Treurnicht, vote for no confidence in P. W. Botha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#February", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – P. W. Botha is inaugurated as the first executive State President of South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#September", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – Apartheid: State President of South Africa, P. W. Botha, declares a state of emergency in 36 magisterial districts of South Africa amid growing civil unrest in black townships.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#July", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – After a stroke, State President of South Africa P. W. Botha resigns as Leader of the National Party.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#February", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 - P.W. Botha appears in front of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to answer for apartheid-era policies; he refers to the hearing as a \"circus\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#January", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › January"}}]}