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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Afrikaans pronunciation: [fərˈvuːrt]; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, scholar in applied psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and newspaper editor who was Prime Minister of South Africa.
Hendrik Verwoerd: 8 October 1961: 30 March 1966 Minister of Agriculture From 1964: Lands and land affairs: Paul Sauer D. C. H. Uys: 8 October 1961 August 1964: August 1964 30 March 1966 Minister of Bantu Administration and Development: M. D. C. de Wet Nel: 8 October 1961: 30 March 1966 Minister of Bantu Education: W. A. Maree: 8 October 1961: ...
Hendrik Verwoerd: 1 April 1966: 6 September 1966 Minister of Foreign Affairs: Hilgard Muller: 1 April 1966: 6 September 1966 Minister of Defense: Pieter Willem Botha: 1 April 1966: 6 September 1966 Minister of Finance: Eben Dönges: 1 April 1966: 6 September 1966 Minister of Interior: P. K. Le Roux: 1 April 1966: 6 September 1966 Minister of ...
Leading up to the Sharpeville massacre, the National Party administration under the leadership of Hendrik Verwoerd used these laws to enforce greater racial segregation [7] and, in 1959–1960, extended them to include women.
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901–1966) MP for Heidelberg, Transvaal Province: 2 September 1958 6 September 1966 8 years, 4 days — (12th) 1961 (13th) 1966 (14th) National Party: Verwoerd I–II: Start of the South African Border War. The Wind of Change speech by British PM Harold Macmillan.
Tsafendas's life story and his assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd are briefly mentioned in the book The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson, published in 2012. In November 2018, The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas by Harris Dousemetzis and Gerry Loughran was published in South Africa. Justice and ...
Verwoerd also presented the NP as the party best equipped to deal with the widely perceived threat of communism. [10] By the end of his term (caused by his assassination), Verwoerd had solidified the NP's domination of South African politics. In the 1966 elections the party won 126 out of the 170 seats in Parliament. [citation needed]
Hendrik Verwoerd, editor of Die Transvaler and later Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966. That year, a Commission appointed by the Broederbond, met to draft a constitution for a republic; this included future National Party ministers, such as Hendrik Verwoerd, Albert Hertzog and Eben Dönges. [7]