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De Klerk's first language was Afrikaans and the earliest of his distant ancestors to arrive in what is now South Africa did so in the late 1680s. [3] De Klerk had a secure and comfortable upbringing, and his family had played a leading role in Afrikaner society; [4] they had longstanding affiliations with South Africa's National Party. [5]
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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. De Klerk was murdered in her Cape Town home in 2001.
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 ...
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 ...
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Internationally, Thatcher wrote to congratulate de Klerk for making the move. The President of the United States George H. W. Bush responded positively to the news but needed to hear more before he would lift American sanctions on South Africa. [7] De Klerk would later announce Mandela's release on 11 February 1990. [14]
Former President Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest Thursday in his home state of Georgia alongside his wife, Rosalynn, who died in 2023. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100. He was the longest-living ...