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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]
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.
Johannes "Jan" de Klerk, DMS (22 July 1903 – 24 January 1979 [1]) was a South African politician. He was the father of F. W. de Klerk , the last apartheid State President of South Africa . As a member of the National Party , de Klerk served as interim State President for nine days following the retirement of Jacobus Johannes Fouché in 1975 ...
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 ...
A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters, [1] [2] who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948.
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