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- P._K._van_der_Byl abstract "Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl, ID (11 November 1923 – 15 November 1999) was a South African-born Rhodesian politician who served as the country's Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1979 as a member of the Rhodesian Front (RF). A close associate of Prime Minister Ian Smith, van der Byl opposed attempts to compromise with the British government and domestic black nationalist opposition on the issue of majority rule throughout most his time in government. However, in the late 1970s he supported the moves which led to majority rule and internationally recognised independence for Zimbabwe.After a high-flying international education, van der Byl moved to the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1950 to manage family farms. He went into politics in the early 1960s through his involvement with farming trade bodies, and became a government minister responsible for propaganda. One of the leading agitators for Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, van der Byl was afterwards responsible for introducing press censorship. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to persuade international opinion to recognise Rhodesia as a new nation, but was popular among the members of his own party.Promoted to the cabinet in 1968, van der Byl became a spokesman for the Rhodesian government and crafted a public image as a die-hard supporter of continued white minority rule. In 1974 he was made Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence at a time when Rhodesia's only remaining ally, South Africa, was supplying military aid. His extreme views and brusque manner made him a surprising choice for a diplomat (a November 1976 profile in The Times described him as "a man calculated to give offence"). After offending the South African government, van der Byl was removed from the Defence Ministry.In the late 1970s van der Byl was willing to endorse the Smith government's negotiations with moderate black nationalist leaders and rejected attempts by international missions to broker an agreement. He served in the short-lived government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, following the Internal Settlement. After the country's reconstitution as Zimbabwe in 1980, van der Byl remained in politics and close to Ian Smith; he loudly attacked former RF colleagues who had gone over to support Robert Mugabe. He retired to South Africa after the Mugabe government abolished the parliament seats reserved for whites in 1987.".
- P._K._van_der_Byl alias "van der Byl, P. K.".
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthDate "1923-11-11".
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace Cape_Province.
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace Cape_Town.
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace South_Africa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace Union_of_South_Africa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthYear "1923".
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathDate "1999-11-15".
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathPlace Caledon,_Western_Cape.
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathPlace South_Africa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathPlace Western_Cape.
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathYear "1999".
- P._K._van_der_Byl lccnId "n/2010/70098".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Defence".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Foreign Affairs".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Information, Immigration and Tourism".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Posts".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Transport and Power".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of the Public Service".
- P._K._van_der_Byl party Rhodesian_Front.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president Clifford_Dupont.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president Henry_Everard.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president Jack_William_Pithey.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president John_Wrathall.
- P._K._van_der_Byl primeMinister Abel_Muzorewa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl primeMinister Ian_Smith.
- P._K._van_der_Byl spouse Princess_Charlotte_von_und_zu_Liechtenstein.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor David_Mukome.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor Ernest_Kadungure.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor George_Silundika.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor Hilary_Squires.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor Reginald_Cowper.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor Silas_Mundawarara.
- P._K._van_der_Byl successor Wickus_de_Kock.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__1.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__2.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__3.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__4.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__5.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__6.
- P._K._van_der_Byl termPeriod P._K._van_der_Byl__7.
- P._K._van_der_Byl viafId "149171262".
- P._K._van_der_Byl wikiPageID "3520190".
- P._K._van_der_Byl wikiPageRevisionID "598327454".
- P._K._van_der_Byl after Hilary_Squires.
- P._K._van_der_Byl after Wickus_de_Kock.
- P._K._van_der_Byl align "right".
- P._K._van_der_Byl alt "A middle-aged man of European descent smiles while holding a glass in his left hand and retrieving a cigarette from his mouth with his right. He is immaculately turned-out in a dark-coloured suit and looking to the viewer's left.".
- P._K._van_der_Byl alternativeNames "van der Byl, P. K.".
- P._K._van_der_Byl before Jack_Howman.
- P._K._van_der_Byl before "Reginald Cowper".
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthDate "1923-11-11".
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace Cape_Province.
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace Cape_Town.
- P._K._van_der_Byl birthPlace Union_of_South_Africa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl caption "The Hon. P. K. van der Byl".
- P._K._van_der_Byl children "Casimir van der Byl".
- P._K._van_der_Byl children "Pieter Vincenz van der Byl".
- P._K._van_der_Byl children "Valerian van der Byl".
- P._K._van_der_Byl dateOfBirth "1923-11-11".
- P._K._van_der_Byl dateOfDeath "1999-11-15".
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathDate "1999-11-15".
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathPlace Caledon,_Western_Cape.
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathPlace South_Africa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl deathPlace Western_Cape.
- P._K._van_der_Byl hasPhotoCollection P._K._van_der_Byl.
- P._K._van_der_Byl honorificPrefix "The Honourable".
- P._K._van_der_Byl honorificSuffix "ID".
- P._K._van_der_Byl lccn "n/2010/70098".
- P._K._van_der_Byl name "Pieter Kenyon van der Byl".
- P._K._van_der_Byl name "van der Byl, Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn".
- P._K._van_der_Byl next "Ernest Kadungure from April 1980".
- P._K._van_der_Byl next "George Silundika from April 1980".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Defence".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Foreign Affairs".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Information, Immigration and Tourism".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Posts".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of Transport and Power".
- P._K._van_der_Byl office "Minister of the Public Service".
- P._K._van_der_Byl parents "Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl Joyce Clare Fleming".
- P._K._van_der_Byl party Rhodesian_Front.
- P._K._van_der_Byl placeOfBirth "Cape Town, South Africa".
- P._K._van_der_Byl placeOfDeath "Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa".
- P._K._van_der_Byl predecessor Jack_Howman.
- P._K._van_der_Byl predecessor James_Chikerema.
- P._K._van_der_Byl predecessor Reginald_Cowper.
- P._K._van_der_Byl predecessor Elly_Broomberg.
- P._K._van_der_Byl predecessor William_Irvine_(Rhodesian_politician).
- P._K._van_der_Byl president Clifford_Dupont.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president Henry_Everard.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president Jack_William_Pithey.
- P._K._van_der_Byl president John_Wrathall.
- P._K._van_der_Byl primeminister Abel_Muzorewa.
- P._K._van_der_Byl primeminister Ian_Smith.
- P._K._van_der_Byl quote "... it is better to fight to the last man and the last cartridge and die with some honour. Because, what is being presented to us here is a degree of humiliation ...".
- P._K._van_der_Byl quote "... the most ignorant and offensive person in authority whom I have ever met. A false Englishman in the manner of von Richthofen. Against elections, against everything except intrigue and condescension.".
- P._K._van_der_Byl quote "If the battle should wax fiercer, there can be no question of surrender. We shall contest every river, every crossroads, every village, every town and every kopje.".
- P._K._van_der_Byl rows "2".
- P._K._van_der_Byl shortDescription "Rhodesian politician".