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Born in Johannesburg to an influential Afrikaner family, de Klerk studied at Potchefstroom University before pursuing a career in law. Joining the NP, to which he had family ties, he was elected to parliament and sat in the white-minority government of P. W. Botha, holding a succession of ministerial posts.
F.W. de Klerk (born March 18, 1936, Johannesburg, South Africa—died November 11, 2021, Cape Town) was a politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country.
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F. W. de Klerk was a South African politician who served as the country’s 7th state president, from August 1989 to May 1994, and as its first deputy president, from 1994 to 1996, in Nelson Mandela's administration.
Nov 11, 2021 · Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 18 March 1936. F.W. de Klerk grew up in a political family, with both his father and grandfather serving high office. His father, Jan de Klerk, was a Cabinet Minister and the President of the South African Senate.
F. W. de Klerk was state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994. He pointed his country in a new direction and was awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end apartheid (an official policy that virtually eliminated black African participation in government in South Africa).
Nov 11, 2021 · The 85-year-old was South Africa's last apartheid president. During his time in office, security forces meted out extreme violence against black South Africans who simply wanted an end...
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Nov 11, 2021 · Frederik Willem de Klerk. The Nobel Peace Prize 1993. Born: 18 March 1936, Johannesburg, South Africa. Died: 11 November 2021, Cape Town, South Africa. Residence at the time of the award: South Africa.
