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Louis Pienaar | |
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| Minister of Environmental Affairs | |
| In office 1990–1993 | |
| President | FW de Klerk |
| Preceded by | Gert Kotzé |
| Succeeded by | Japie van Wyk |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 1992–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Gene Louw |
| Succeeded by | Danie Schutte |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 1990–1992 | |
| President | FW de Klerk |
| Preceded by | Gene Louw |
| Succeeded by | Piet Marais |
| Administrator-General of South West Africa | |
| In office 1 July 1985 – 21 March 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Willie van Niekerk |
| Succeeded by | Office dissolved (Namibian independence) Sam Nujoma (as president of Namibia) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Alexander Pienaar 23 June 1926 |
| Died | 5 November 2012 (aged 86) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | National Party |
Louis Alexander Pienaar (23 June 1926 – 5 November 2012)[1] was a South African lawyer and diplomat. He was the last white Administrator of South-West Africa, from 1985 through Namibian independence in 1990. Pienaar later served as a minister in F W de Klerk's government until 1993. He married Isabel Maud van Niekerk on 11 December 1954.
- ^ Gastrow, S. (1993). Bowker-Saur who's who in South African politics. H. Zell. ISBN 9781873836064.