South Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk dies at 85

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Category : International Published on: November 12 2021

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FW de Klerk, the last apartheid president of South Africa, died of mesothelioma cancer on November 11, 2021, at the age of 85.
South Africa's last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, oversaw the end of white minority rule in the country.
In 1993, the Nobel Peace Prize was given to FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela for their efforts to move South Africa away from institutionalized racism and toward democracy.
South African politician Frederik Willem de Klerk served as President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996.
South Africa's apartheid system was dubbed the country's "brutal" racial discrimination system.

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South Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk dies at 85