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[123] Though the de Klerk family determined that he would have a private cremation and funeral, the South African government agreed to hold a state memorial service for de Klerk "in which government leaders, leaders of political parties and representatives of civil society will participate" at a later date. [123]
This is a list of dignitaries at the state memorial service of Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa. [1] Mandela died on 5 December 2013. Many heads of state and government attended the state memorial service on Tuesday, 10 December 2013, at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.
De Klerk's term saw the dismantling of the apartheid system and negotiations that eventually led to South Africa's first racially inclusive democratic elections on 27 April 1994. In a statement on the death of Botha in 2006, De Klerk said: "Personally, my relationship with P. W. Botha was often strained.
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 ...
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Marike de Klerk (née Willemse; 29 March 1937 – 3 December 2001) was the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, from 1989–1994. She was also a politician of the former governing National Party in her own right.
The day of her funeral on April 19 was a National Day of Mourning. [423] Kenya: 9 Death of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki: State funeral declared a public holiday, schools and most businesses were closed. [424] [425] [426] South Sudan: 3 [427] Tanzania: 2 National mourning from April 29 to 30. State flags lowered to half-mast. [428] [429 ...