Eugene Louw | |
Office: | Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Africa |
President: | FW de Klerk |
Term Start: | 1991 |
Term End: | 1994 |
Predecessor: | Louis le Grange |
Successor: | Frene Ginwala |
Office2: | Minister of Defence |
Term Start2: | May 1992 |
Term End2: | 30 March 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Roelf Meyer |
Successor2: | Kobie Coetsee |
Office3: | Minister of Public Works |
Term Start3: | 1992 |
Term End3: | 1993 |
Predecessor3: | Leon Wessels |
Successor3: | Louis Shill |
Office4: | Minister of Home Affairs |
Term Start4: | 1989 |
Term End4: | 1992 |
Predecessor4: | Stoffel Botha |
Successor4: | Louis Pienaar |
Office5: | Minister of Education |
Term Start5: | 1989 |
Term End5: | 1990 |
Predecessor5: | Gerrit Viljoen |
Successor5: | Louis Pienaar |
Birth Name: | Eugene Louw |
Birth Date: | 1931 7, df=yes |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | National Party (South Africa) |
Eugene "Gene" Louw, (15 July 1931 – 12 October 2015),[1] was a South African politician, member of the National Party, MP for Durbanville and Paarl, who was administrator for Cape Province (1979–1989), Minister of Home Affairs[2] (1989–1992), National Education (1989–1990), Public Works (1992–1993) and Defence (1992–1993) in the F.W. de Klerk government.
Louw retired from political life in 1994 to return to his work as a lawyer in Durbanville.