Louis Pienaar

Louis Pienaar
Minister of Environmental Affairs
In office 1990–1993
President	FW de Klerk
Preceded by	Gert Kotzé
Succeeded by	Japie van Wyk
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 1992–1993
Preceded by	Gene Louw
Succeeded by	Danie Schutte
Minister of Education
In office 1990–1992
President	FW de Klerk
Preceded by	Gene Louw
Succeeded by	Piet Marais
Administrator-General of South West Africa
In office 1 July 1985 – 21 March 1990
Preceded by	Willie van Niekerk
Succeeded by	Office dissolved (Namibian independence) Sam Nujoma (as president of Namibia)
Personal details
Born	Louis Alexander Pienaar (1926-06-23)23 June 1926
Died	5 November 2012(2012-11-05) (aged 86) Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Political party	National Party

Louis Alexander Pienaar (23 June 1926 – 5 November 2012)^[1] was a South African lawyer and diplomat. He was the last white Administrator of South-West Africa, from 1985 through Namibian independence in 1990. Pienaar later served as a minister in F W de Klerk's government until 1993. He married Isabel Maud van Niekerk on 11 December 1954.