Buy this book on-line

HEUNIS, Chris : A Black and White Photograph of Heunis, Signed on the Blank Lower Margin, Together with a Typed Secretarial Letter on Ministry of Economic Affairs Letterhead Dated 25.5.1976 Presenting the Photograph

Image size 120 x 170mm. Jan Christiaan 'Chris' Heunis, DMS (20 April 1927 – 27 January 2006)[1] was a South African Afrikaner lawyer, politician, member of the National Party and cabinet minister in the governments of John Vorster and P.W. Botha. Heunis was elected to the House of Assembly in 1970, and in 1974 became Minister of Indian Affairs and Tourism in the government of John Vorster. In 1975, he became Minister of Economic Affairs. In 1979, as part of the P W Botha Government, he participated in the preparation of a new constitution, and in 1982, became Minister of Constitutional Reform. In this role, he put in place the Tricameral Parliament, gave the right to vote to the Coloureds and Indians, in separate chambers of the South African Parliament. He convinced the leader of the Labour Party, Allan Hendrickse, to agree to this reform.. At the beginning of 1989, he assumed the functions of State President for the interim for 100 days when Pieter Botha suffered a cerebral congestion. He was one of the candidates for leadership of the National Party, along with Pik Botha, Barend du Plessis and Frederik de Klerk, but was beaten in the second round of elections.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.