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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 ...
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]
Johannes Cornelis de Klerk (born 10 February 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player for Canon Eagles in the Japanese Top League. [1] His regular position is lock. Career
Nicolaas Johannes "Nico" Diederichs, DMS (17 November 1903 – 21 August 1978) served as the third state president of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Education and career
Jacobus Johannes Fouché (1898–1980) 10 April 1968 9 April 1975 6 years, 364 days National Party: 1968 — Johannes de Klerk (1903–1979) acting: 9 April 1975 19 April 1975 10 days National Party — 3 Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (1903–1978) 19 April 1975 21 August 1978 (died in office) 3 years, 124 days National Party: 1975 — Marais ...
Jacobus Johannes Fouché (1898–1980) 1968: 10 April 1968 9 April 1975 6 years, 364 days National Party: Vorster — Johannes de Klerk (1903–1979) — 9 April 1975 19 April 1975 10 days National Party: Vorster 12 Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (1903–1978) 1975: 19 April 1975 21 August 1978 (died in office) 3 years, 124 days National Party ...
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new interim Constitution in 1993, a precursor to the Constitution of 1996; and in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994, won by the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement.
F. W. de Klerk: 18 March 1936 11 November 2021 15 August 1989 (aged 53) Thabo Mbeki: 18 June 1942 alive 16 June 1999 (aged 56) Kgalema Motlanthe: 19 July 1949 alive 25 September 2008 (aged 59) B. J. Vorster: 13 December 1915 10 September 1983 10 October 1978 (aged 62) Marais Viljoen: 2 December 1915