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The name "de Klerk" is derived from Le Clerc, Le Clercq and De Clercq, and is of French Huguenot origin [11] (meaning "clergyman" or "literate" in old French). De Klerk noted that he was also of Dutch descent, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] with an Indian ancestor from the late-1690s or early 1700s. [ 14 ]
Name Date of birth Date of death Date and age at inauguration 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
F.W. de Klerk (born 18 March 1936; "Le Clerc"), last State President of apartheid-era South Africa. Koos de la Rey, (Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey) (22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914) was a Boer general during the Second Boer War; Fanie de Villiers, former South African cricket player; AB de Villiers, former South African cricket player
In February 1990, de Klerk lifted the ban on political parties like the ANC; Tutu telephoned him to praise the move. [260] De Klerk then announced Nelson Mandela's release from prison; at the ANC's request, Mandela and his wife Winnie stayed at Bishopscourt on the former's first night of freedom. [261]
De Klerk's term saw the dismantling of the apartheid system and negotiations that eventually led to South Africa's first racially inclusive democratic elections on 27 April 1994. In a statement on the death of Botha in 2006, De Klerk said: "Personally, my relationship with P. W. Botha was often strained.
Bob de Klerk (born 1961), Dutch football player and manager; Brent Deklerck (born 2006), Belgian gymnast; Evette de Klerk (born 1965), South African sprinter; Faf de Klerk (born 1991), South African rugby player; Michel de Klerk (1884–1923), Dutch architect; F. W. de Klerk (1936–2021), President of South Africa; Jade de Klerk (born 1999 ...
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.
Among Botha's eight grandchildren is grandson Arend Botha theologian and musician, and Roelof Botha, former CFO of PayPal. [25] [26] [27] Helena died in 1996, after having been ill, including being partially paralysed, following a fall in her home in 1991. [28] Two years later, Botha married Ina Joubert, a former journalist with the SABC. [6] [29]