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

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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