F. W. de Klerk

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head of state human lawyer politician

F. W. de Klerk was the last apartheid-era president of South Africa, known for initiating the end of white minority rule and sharing the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela.

Aliases (2)

Frederik Willem de Klerk ×3
de Klerk ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state → human → lawyer → politician →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Bachelor of Laws →
awardReceived	Nobel Peace Prize → Order of Mapungubwe → Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation →
burialPlace	Cape Town →
causeOfDeath	mesothelioma →
countryOfCitizenship	South Africa →
dateOfBirth	1936-03-18 →
dateOfDeath	2021-11-11 →
educatedAt	Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education →
ethnicGroup	Afrikaner →
familyName	de Klerk →
father	Jan de Klerk →
founded	F. W. de Klerk Foundation →
fullName	Frederik Willem de Klerk →
givenName	Frederik → Willem →
knownFor	ending apartheid-era policies in South Africa → initiating negotiations to end white minority rule → legalizing the African National Congress → releasing Nelson Mandela from prison →
languageSpoken	Afrikaans → English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	National Party → New National Party →
movement	reform of apartheid system →
NobelPrizeYear	1993 →
numberOfChildren	3 →
officeEndTime	1994-05-10 → 1996-06-30 →
officeHeld	Deputy President of South Africa (1994–1996) → State President of South Africa (1989–1994) →
officeStartTime	1989-09-20 → 1994-05-10 →
placeOfBirth	Johannesburg → Transvaal Province → Union of South Africa →
placeOfDeath	Cape Town → South Africa → Western Cape →
positionHeld	Deputy President of South Africa → Leader of the National Party → Member of the House of Assembly of South Africa → Minister of National Education of South Africa → President of the Republic of South Africa → State President of South Africa →
predecessor	P. W. Botha →
relative	Dawid de Villiers →
religion	Calvinism → Dutch Reformed Church →
sexOrGender	male →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Nelson Mandela →
spouse	Elita Georgiades → Marike de Klerk →
successor	Nelson Mandela →
workLocation	Cape Town → Pretoria →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Party → National Party (South Africa) →	notableLeader
Government of National Unity (South Africa) →	deputyPresident
F. W. de Klerk ("de Klerk") →	familyName
F. W. de Klerk ("Frederik Willem de Klerk") →	fullName
South African general election, 1994 →	keyFigure
National Party →	lastStatePresidentFromParty
South African general election, 1989 →	leaderOfWinningParty
Nelson Mandela ("Frederik Willem de Klerk") →	precededBy
Thabo Mbeki ("Frederik Willem de Klerk") →	precededBy (Deputy President of South Africa)
National Party (South Africa) →	presidentFrom
South African general election, 1989 →	primeMinisterAfterElection
South African general election, 1989 →	statePresidentAfterElection
National Party (South Africa) →	statePresidentFrom
P. W. Botha →	successor