Fw de klerk autobiography for kids

Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936) was State President of South Africa from September 1989 to May 1994, and leader of the National Party from February 1989 to September 1997.

De Klerk is best known for ending apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and transforming South Africa into a democracy by allowing the country's black majority to have voting rights. Born in Johannesburg, De Klerk is the son of former Senator Jan de Klerk and a nephew of J.G.

Strijdom[?] (prime minister, 1954-1958).

"F.W." was first elected to the South African Parliament in 1969 as the member for Vereeniging[?], and entered the cabinet in 1978.

Fw de klerk autobiography for kids pdf

He became Transvaal provincial National Party leader in 1982. After a long political career and with a very conservative reputation, in 1989 he placed himself at the head of verligte ("enlightened") forces within the governing party, and led a successful palace coup against then president P.W.

Botha[?].

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