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Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha (born 27 April 1932, in Rustenburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa) is a former politician from South Africa who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era. He was considered to be a liberal – at least in comparison to others in the ruling National Party and among the Afrikaner community – but the bulk of his career was spent defending South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation against foreign criticism. He is not related to the late P. W. Botha, the contemporary National Party politician under whom he served as South Africa's foreign minister. Botha was nicknamed 'Pik' (short for 'pikkewyn', Afrikaans for 'penguin') because of a perceived likeness to a penguin in his stance. This was accentuated when he wore a suit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zuid-Afrikaanse oud-minister Pik Botha over de oorlog van 1985 in Namibië: ''Fidel Castro dacht dat onze kanonnen kernbommen konden afvuren'' )〕 He is the father of the rock musician Piet Botha. His grandson is Roelof Botha, former CFO of PayPal. ==Early life== At the age of four, Botha was struck by meningitis in Lourenço Marques. He was treated at a small hospital in Barberton, Mpumalanga and his mother vowed that if he survived, he would become a church minister.〔(Pik Botha - waves of politspeak ) janiallan.com. 24 January 2014〕 Botha attended Paul Kruger Primary School where his father was principal. He excelled in high school, becoming chairman of the debating society, captain of the first rugby team and officer in the school cadets.〔 In his first year at the University of Pretoria, a theologian explained to him that God would not expect him to keep his mother's promise to become a church minister.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pik Botha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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