{"slug": "state-president-of-south-africa", "label": "State President of South Africa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_President_of_South_Africa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q890030", "qid": "Q890030", "description": "title of the head of state of South Africa from May 1961 to May 1994", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1936, 2021], "span_label": ["1936 CE", "2021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "p-w-botha", "label": "P. W. Botha", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "nobel-peace-prize", "label": "Nobel Peace Prize", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "apartheid", "label": "Apartheid", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1936, "year_label": "1936 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – F. W. de Klerk, 7th and last State President of South Africa (d. 2021)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373216494#March", "title": "1936", "revid": 1373216494, "section": "Births › March"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 – John Vorster becomes State President of South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#October", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Following the \"Muldergate\" Information Scandal, John Vorster resigns as State President of South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#June", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"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": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – F. W. de Klerk is sworn in as the seventh and last State President of South Africa. Soon afterwards he determines to suspend the South African nuclear weapons program.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#September", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – F. W. de Klerk, 85, South African politician, state president (1989–1994) and deputy president (1994–1996), Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1993), mesothelioma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369564147", "title": "Deaths in November 2021", "revid": 1369564147, "section": "Deaths › November"}}]}