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 Heroes Acre, Pretoria
causeOfDeath stabbing
countryOfBirth Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
Union of South Africa
dateOfBirth 1901-09-08
dateOfDeath 1966-09-06
educatedAt Stellenbosch University
endTime 1966-09-06
ethnicGroup Afrikaner
familyName Verwoerd
fullName 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 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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