Pieter Gabriel Marais (died 28 December 2001) was a South African politician who served as the last Minister of Education of the apartheid era.
Marais entered the House of Assembly in a by-election in 1982 and served as MP for his hometown, Stellenbosch.
[1] He was a member of the NP's progressive verligte ("enlightened") caucus, which supported reforming the apartheid system.
[1][2] Under President F. W. de Klerk, he served as minister for white education during the democratic transition, and in that capacity he was involved in constitutional negotiations.
[1] He retired from politics in 1999 and died on 28 December 2001 in Stellenbosch, several weeks after being diagnosed with liver cancer.