Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (died 2018)

Pik Botha

South African politician (1932–2018)

Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era, the longest-serving in South African history. Known as a liberal within the party, Botha served to present a friendly, conciliatory…

List of ambassadors of South Africa to the United States

The position of South African ambassador to the United States was first held in March 1949, following the upgrade of South Africa's diplomatic mission to an embassy. The post has been held by many important politicians and was most recently held by Ebrahim Rasool until being…