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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.
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State President of South Africa: Frederik Willem de Klerk: NP: 1989–1994 Minister of Foreign Affairs: Pik Botha: NP: 1989–1994 Minister of Development and Cooperation: Gerrit Viljoen Roelf Meyer: NP: 1989–1992 1992–1994 Minister of Education: Gerrit Viljoen: NP: 1980–1989 Minister of Finance: Barend du Plessis Derek Keys: NP: 1989 ...
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 ...
The FW de Klerk Foundation is a nonpartisan organisation that was established in 1999 by former South African president Frederik Willem de Klerk. [1]It engages in activities related to "multi-community" countries and aims to support and nurture South Africa's democracy.
The controversy following de Klerk to the grave comes 27 years after the official end of the brutal regime that oppressed the country’s Black majority for generations. “I, without ...
F. W. de Klerk was elected as the new State President by National Party members (though Botha retained party leadership) beating Pik Botha and Barend du Plessis. [2] Upon winning the 1989 South African general election, de Klerk started to loosen restrictions on peaceful protest marches and released political prisoners such as Thabo Mbeki. He ...
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