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  • NAME: Frederik Willem de Klerk
  • OCCUPATION: Lawyer, World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: March 18, 1936 (Age: 76)
  • EDUCATION: Potchefstroom University
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Johannesburg, South Africa
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As South African president, F. W. de Klerk ended the apartheid system of racial segregation and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country.

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F. W. de Klerk was born March 18, 1936, in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1972 he was elected to Parliament for the National Party. He was elected leader of the House of Assembly in 1986. He became South African president in 1989. In 1990, he moved to release all important political prisoners. Thereafter, he met with black leaders, and in 1991 passed legislation that repealed discriminatory laws.

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