What is B. J. Vorster?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = John Vorster.jpg |caption =President Balthazar Johannes Vorster |order=4th |office=State President of South Africa |term_start= 10 October 1978 |term_end= 4 June 1979 |predecessor=[[Marais Viljoen]] (acting) |successor=Marais Viljoen |order2=8th |office2=Prime Minister of South Africa |term_start2= 13 September 1966 |term_end2= 2 October 1978 |predecessor2=[[Hendrik Verwoerd]] |successor2=[[P. W. Botha]] |birth_date={{birth date|1915|12|13|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Uitenhage]], [[Cape Province]] |death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1983|09|10|1915|12|13}} |death_place=[[Cape Town]] |party=[[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] |alma_mater=[[University of Stellenbosch]] }} '''Balthazar Johannes Vorster''' was a [[Dutch]] politician. He served as the [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] and [[State President of South Africa]]. He is commonly known as '''John Vorster'''. Vorster believed in [[apartheid]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Treaster|first=Joseph|title=JOHN VORSTER, FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER, DIEST AT 67|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/11/obituaries/john-vorster-former-south-african-prime-minister-diest-at-67.html?pagewanted=all|publisher=New York Times|access-date=2 October 2016|date=September 11, 1983}}</ref> He was part of a group who sentenced [[Nelson Mandela]] to [[life imprisonment]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vorster, B. J.}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:1983 deaths]] [[Category:Afrikaner people]] [[Category:Calvinists]] [[Category:State Presidents of South Africa]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of South Africa]] [[Category:People associated with Apartheid]]