Rina Venter
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| Elizabeth "Rina" Venter | |
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| Minister of Health | |
| In office 1989–1994 |
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| President | F. W. de Klerk |
| Preceded by | Willie van Niekerk |
| Succeeded by | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1938 |
Dr. Elizabeth "Rina" Venter (born 9 December 1938) was the Minister of National Health and Population Development[1] of South Africa, from 1989 to 1994. She served in the National Party government of F. W. de Klerk, and was the first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post.[2]
During her time in office, Dr. Venter introduced stronger regulations on tobacco,[3] ordered the desegregation of South African hospitals[4] (albeit with less-than-optimal implementation),[5] and formulated a detailed plan for responding to the then-nascent AIDS pandemic.[2]
Venter retired from politics in 1994, and has criticized her successors for abandoning the AIDS response plan.[6]
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