Hendrik Verwoerd

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Hendrik Verwoerd was the South African prime minister widely regarded as the chief architect of the apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South African
human
politician
prime minister
academicDiscipline philosophy
psychology
burialPlace Pretoria, South Africa
surface form: Heroes Acre, Pretoria
causeOfDeath stabbing
countryOfBirth Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
South Africa
surface form: Union of South Africa
dateOfBirth 1901-09-08
dateOfDeath 1966-09-06
educatedAt Victoria College, Stellenbosch
surface form: Stellenbosch University
endTime 1966-09-06
ethnicGroup Afrikaners
surface form: Afrikaner
familyName Verwoerd
fullName Hendrik Verwoerd self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
givenName Hendrik
heldTitle Professor of Psychology
ideology Afrikaner nationalism
apartheid
white supremacy
knownFor architect of apartheid
implementation of racial segregation policies in South Africa
mannerOfDeath assassination
memberOfPoliticalParty National Party (South Africa)
notableEvent 1960 Sharpeville massacre occurred during his tenure
1961 South African republic referendum occurred during his tenure
numberOfChildren 7
occupation academic
journalist
politician
officeEndAsMinisterOfNativeAffairs 1958
officeEndAsPrimeMinister 1966-09-06
officeStartAsMinisterOfNativeAffairs 1950
officeStartAsPrimeMinister 1958-09-02
parliamentaryConstituency Heilbron
Sunnyside
placeOfBirth Amsterdam
placeOfDeath Cape Town
policyImplemented Bantu Education Act
surface form: Bantu Education policy

Group Areas Act enforcement
creation of Bantustans (homelands)
positionHeld Minister of Native Affairs of South Africa
Prime Minister of South Africa
editor of Die Transvaler
precededBy J. G. Strijdom
religion Calvinism
spouse Betsie Verwoerd
startTime 1958-09-02
succeededBy B. J. Vorster
workedFor Die Transvaler

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Afrikaners notableHistoricalLeader Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Verwoerd fullName Hendrik Verwoerd self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
NP notableLeader Hendrik Verwoerd
subject surface form: National Party
Bantu Education Act justifiedBy Hendrik Verwoerd
J. G. Strijdom succeededBy Hendrik Verwoerd
Victoria College, Stellenbosch educated Hendrik Verwoerd
Heilbron notableRepresentative Hendrik Verwoerd
Die Transvaler editor Hendrik Verwoerd
Die Transvaler notableEditor Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd notableBearer Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd spouse Hendrik Verwoerd
subject surface form: Betsie Verwoerd
Sunnyside representedBy Hendrik Verwoerd
subject surface form: Sunnyside (South African parliamentary constituency)
Betsie Verwoerd spouse Hendrik Verwoerd
Burger hasNotableBearer Hendrik Verwoerd
this entity surface form: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd Burger
apartheid government of South Africa significantLeader Hendrik Verwoerd
this entity surface form: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Union era of South Africa notableLeader Hendrik Verwoerd
J. G. Strydom succeededBy Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerdburg namedAfter Hendrik Verwoerd
Broederbond notableMember Hendrik Verwoerd
Ossewabrandwag hasMember Hendrik Verwoerd
this entity surface form: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Afrikaner Broederbond hadMember Hendrik Verwoerd