Louis Botha
Former Prime Minister of South Africa
Louis Botha was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa – the forerunner of the modern South African state. A Boer war veteran during the Second Boer War, he eventually fought to have South Africa... Wikipedia
Born: September 27, 1862, Greytown, South Africa
Died: August 27, 1919 (age 56 years), Pretoria, South Africa
Previous offices: Prime Minister of South Africa (1910–1919) and Prime Minister of the Transvaal (1907–1910)
Party: South African Party
Spouse: Annie Emmett (m. 1886–1919)
Parents: Louis Botha Senior and Salomina Adriana van Rooyen
Organization founded: South African Party