Kosie Pretorius
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5 September 1935
Kosie Pretorius | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jacobus Willem Francois Pretorius 5 September 1935 |
| Died | 14 July 2017 (aged 81) Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| Alma mater | University of the Free State |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Chairman of the Monitor Action Group party |
Jacobus Willem Francois Pretorius, commonly known as Kosie Pretorius (5 September 1935[1] – 14 July 2017),[2] was a Namibian politician. He was the Chairman of the Monitor Action Group party, which mainly represents conservative white Namibians, and was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 1990 to 2005.
Pretorius was born in Swakopmund, Erongo Region. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from what was then the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa now known as the University of the Free State in 1956 and 1959, respectively.[1] While there, he was an organising secretary of the Afrikaner Student Union.[citation needed]
Pre-independence
Pretorius was a member of the all-white Legislative Assembly of South West Africa for Gobabis from 1962 to 1989. From 1981 until the founding of Action Christian National (ACN) party in 1989, Pretorius was the leader of the National Party of South West Africa in what was then South West Africa, an extension of the then ruling party of South Africa. He was also Minister of Water Affairs, and Post and Telecommunications in the Transitional Government of National Unity from 1988 to 1989.[1] Immediately prior to independence, he was an ACN member of the Constituent Assembly, which was in place from November 1989 to March 1990.[3]
