Louis Botha

Born

September 27, 1862

Died

August 27, 1919 (aged 56)

Known as

politician

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, Botha eventually fought to have South Africa become a British Dominion.

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