Piet Welgemoed

Peter Johannes "Piet" Welgemoed is a South African politician and businessman who was Minister of Transport from 1991 to 1994 under President F. W. de Klerk. He represented the National Party in the House of Assembly and National Assembly until 1996, when he resigned to pursue a career in business.

Education and early career Welgemoed completed a doctorate in transport economics at Rand Afrikaans University in 1971. From 1974, he was a professor in the department of transportation economics at the university, where he was also director of the Research Centre for Physical Distribution and Transportation Studies. Formerly a deputy minister, he was appointed to de Klerk's cabinet in April 1991, when he was named as Minister of Transport. Responsibility for Post and Telecommunications was added to his portfolio in 1992. He was also appointed as the party's shadow minister for transport. However, in 1996, he resigned from Parliament in order to take up what he described as an "exceptional private sector opportunity".

In his subsequent corporate career, Welgemoed's position included the executive chairmanship of the Board of Market Power in South America, which he held from 1998;