User:ZARHistory/Hendrik Schoeman

Minister of Agriculture (South Africa)

Hendrik Stephanus Johannes Schoeman (born 11 June 1927 in Delmas, in Transvaal Province and died 12 February 1995 in Delmas) was a South African farmer and politican.

He was a member of the National Party and member of Parliament for the Standerton (1966-1974) and Delmas (1974-1986) constituencies, deputy-minister of agriculture (1968-1972), and thereafter Minister of Agriculture (1972-1980) in the governments of John Vorster and P.W. Botha, and later Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (1980) and finally, Minister of Transport (1980-1986) in die cabinet of P.W. Botha.