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144:Minister of Transport
36:Jan Christiaan Heunis
18:Jan Christiaan Heunis
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606:February–June 1979
603:Minister of Energy
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457:Mail & Guardian
453:"Chris Heunis dies"
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597:Fanie Botha
373:P. W. Botha
332:, gave the
326:P. W. Botha
292:P. W. Botha
71:Preceded by
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1058:Jim Fouché
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898:Buthelezi
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51:Acting
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