Fw de klerk major accomplishments

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

F w de klerk autobiography for kids pdf Willem also stated that his brother was "a team-man who consults others, takes them into his confidence, honestly shares information with his colleagues, and has a knack of making people feel importance and at peace". It's just musical chairs". De Klerk became deputy president in the national unity government under Nelson Mandela. As a minister, he supported and enforced apartheid, a system of racial segregation that privileged white South Africans.

Born in Johannesburg, De Klerk is the son of former Senator Jan de Klerk and a nephew of J.G. Strijdom[?] (prime minister, ).

"F.W." was first elected to the South African Parliament in as the member for Vereeniging[?], and entered the cabinet in He became Transvaal provincial National Party leader in After a long political career and with a very conservative reputation, in 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[?].

His lifting of the ban on the ANC and other organisations in February paved the way for the negotiations which led to the end of Apartheid and white minority rule. On February 10 of that year, de Klerk also announced that Nelson Mandela would be released the next day.

F w de klerk autobiography for kids He travelled to London, where he met with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The FW de Klerk family has a history in politics as his father was a popular politician. In this environment, de Klerk was exposed to politics from childhood. She has worked for Briefly.

De Klerk and Mandela were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.

After the non-racial elections of April , he served for two years as deputy president in Nelson Mandela's government, but announced his retirement from politics in August in order to dissociate the National Party from the policies he had once implemented.

Conservative South African opinion was scandalised by his messy divorce (October ) from the former Marika Willemse and prompt re-marriage to Elita Georgiades, but the whole country was shocked by the death (December ) of his ex-wife of 38 years, apparently at the hands of a young security guard during the course of a robbery.