de Klerk
Frederik Willem, 1936–2021, South African political leader: president 1989–94; Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
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“He had an unfailing ability to make just the right gesture at just the right time,” de Klerk wrote.
That enemies—like the formerly oppositional de Klerk—can become allies.
British Dictionary definitions for de Klerk
/ (də ˈklɜːk) /
F (rederik) W (illem). born 1936, South African statesman; president (1989–94), second executive deputy president (1994–97). In 1990 he legalized the ANC and released Nelson Mandela from prison, and initiated the abolition of apartheid: Nobel peace prize 1993 jointly with Mandela
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