Fw de klerk biography

F. W. de Klerk was born on 18 March in Mayfair, a suburb of Johannesburg. [1] His parents were Johannes "Jan" de Klerk and Hendrina Cornelia Coetzer—"her forefather was a Kutzer who stems from Austria." [2] He was his parents' second son, having a brother, Willem de Klerk, who was eight years his senior. [1] De Klerk's first language was Afrikaans and the earliest of his distant. F.W. de Klerk, politician who as president of South Africa (–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela jointly received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
Learn about the life and achievements of F.W. de Klerk, the former president of South Africa who ended apartheid and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela. Read his autobiography, selected bibliography and addendum from the Nobel Foundation website.