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Frederik Willem de Klerk OMG DMS (/ d ə ˈ k l ɜːr k, d ə ˈ k l ɛər k / də-KLURK, də-KLAIRK, Afrikaans: [ˈfriədərək ˈvələm də ˈklɛrk]; 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996.
Frederik Willem de Klerk OMG DMS (/ d ə ˈ k l ɜːr k, d ə ˈ k l ɛər k / də-KLURK, də-KLAIRK, Afrikaans: [ˈfriədərək ˈvələm də ˈklɛrk]; 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996.
De Klerk started his speech by commenting on foreign relations and human rights before announcing the suspension of the death penalty. After discussing economic issues, de Klerk announced the unbanning of the ANC, the Pan Africanist Congress, the South African Communist Party and a number of their associated ancillary groups. [6]
In 1991, two years after he became president of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, who died at the age of 85, secretly met with Nelson Mandela at Tuynhus, the South African president’s residence in ...
NELSON Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 along with Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations ...
Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006) — 3 September 1984 14 September 1984 11 days National Party: 1984: 14 September 1984 14 August 1989 (resigned) 4 years, 334 days — Jan Christiaan Heunis (1927–2006) — 19 January 1989 15 March 1989 55 days National Party: 16 Frederik Willem de Klerk (1936–2021) — 14 August 1989 20 September 1989 37 ...
Frederik Willem de Klerk: NP: 1989–1994 Minister of Law and Order: Adriaan Vlok Hernus Kriel: NP: 1989–1991 1991–1994 Minister of Prisons: Adriaan Vlok: NP: 1991–1994 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries: Kraai van Niekerk: NP: 1990–1994 Minister of Planning and Provincial Affairs: Hernus Kriel Leon Wessels: NP: 1989–1991 1991 ...
With de Klerk, he also convinced Inkatha's Buthelezi to enter the elections rather than launch a war of secession. [234] As leaders of the two major parties, de Klerk and Mandela appeared on a televised debate; Mandela's offer to shake his hand surprised him, leading some commentators to deem it a victory for Mandela. [235]