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Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
Termstart1: | 2 December 2006 |
Termend1: | May 2009 |
Citizenship: | South Africa |
Termstart2: | June 1999 |
Termend2: | April 2004 |
Spouse: | Sandra Botha |
Birth Name: | Andries Johannes Botha |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1939 |
Andries Johannes Botha (born 12 July 1939) is retired a South African politician who served in the National Assembly and Free State Provincial Legislature, representing the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Democratic Party (DA). He is a former leader of the DA's Free State branch.[1]
Botha was elected to a seat in the National Assembly in the 1999 general election. He represented the DP, which shortly afterwards became the DA, and he served the Free State constituency.[2] In the next general election in 2004, He left the national Parliament to take up a seat in the Free State Provincial Legislature, ranked first on the DA's list for the province.[3] [4] However, on 2 December 2006, he was sworn back in to the National Assembly, again representing the Free State constituency; he filled a casual vacancy that arose in the DA caucus after Roy Jankielsohn's resignation.[5] He retired from his seat after the 2009 general election.
Botha is married to national politician Sandra Botha,[6] who retired alongside him in 2009.