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	F. W. de Klerk - Biography
		De Klerk was offered a professorship of administrative law at Potchefstroom in 1972 but he declined the post because he had been elected to Parliament as National Party member for Vereeniging at the time.
		As Minister of National Education, F.W. de Klerk was a supporter of segregated universities, and as a leader of the National Party in Transvaal, he was not known to advocate reform.
		Mr De Klerk published his autobiography 'The Last Trek - a New Beginning' in January 1999 and has now established the F W de Klerk Foundation to work for peace in societies that are divided on cultural, ethnic, religious or linguistic lines.
	ca.geocities.com /klerk1993 (2437 words)

	F.W. de Klerk - MSN Encarta
		de Klerk, born in 1936, president of South Africa (1989-1994) and Nobel laureate, whose reforms led to the end of apartheid.
		De Klerk was elected to the presidency in September.
		De Klerk, however, continued to serve in the government as one of two deputy presidents until 1996.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567760/F_W_de_Klerk.html (397 words)

	Willem De Klerk
		De klerk is one of the most interesting and vital men to the history of South Africa and to the rest of the world.
		De Klek’s family were Dutch Afrikaners, but none of his relatives took part in the journey to the states that the Afrikaners moved to after the British came and took over, but his family is made up of Dutch Afrikaners (de klerk 1 -10).
		De Klerk was smart and used his intelligence not only in his academic studies, but also in school government, which would start his life of politics (de klerk, 24-27).
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Africa/04/Wpitts/Wpitts.htm (1059 words)

	South Africa's F.W. de Klerk Talks of the Past and the Future
		De Klerk said he and members of the ruling National Party realized their "dream" had failed and that fundamental change had to be made, but needed time to figure out the next step.
		De Klerk said that while he apologizes for the slow pace of change in South Africa during his five years as president and for the "pain and suffering" that many endured, he also pointed out the positive.
		De Klerk urged audience members to move the conversation forward, which most were reluctant to do, with the exception of one question about the AIDS epidemic spreading across the continent of Africa.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /news/backup/de_Klerk_020801.htm (496 words)

	SJIR: Reformer or Pragmatist? A Response to the SJIR Interview with F.W. de Klerk
		de Klerk supervised the dismantling of the last vestiges of apartheid, he largely buys into the explanation that apartheid was meant to bring justice to fls as well as whites, even though the math and record defies such skewed logic by any stretch of the imagination.
		De Klerk’s apology on behalf of the National Party notwithstanding, what is indeed disturbing is the ambivalence with which de Klerk depicts and explains the past.
		de Klerk triumphantly declares "I ended apartheid," one should recall the full history of struggle in South Africa and he should not be oblivious to the fact that he had the honor to end a discredited system that his forbears had invented.
	www.stanford.edu /group/sjir/3.1.08_moosa.html (2259 words)

	de Klerk, F. W. - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Recognizing that fl resistance to the white power monopoly would only increase, de Klerk, despite his conservative reputation, began the process of ending apartheid, lifting the ban on antiapartheid parties and releasing Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990.
		De Klerk and Mandela were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993.
		Mandela succeeded de Klerk as president in 1994, and de Klerk became one of two vice presidents in a government of national unity.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-deKlerk.html (367 words)

	F.W. de Klerk \| Saint Louis University
		Frederik Willem (F.W.) de Klerk was elected president of the Republic of South Africa on Sept. 15, 1989.
		Then, working with Mandela, de Klerk was skillfully able to maneuver out of the adversity and chaos the new legislation triggered and move towards the adoption of a new constitution.
		In June 1999, de Klerk established The F.W. de Klerk Foundation to continue the success and stability of the new multicultural South African democracy.
	www.slu.edu /readstory/homepage/3915 (378 words)

	CNN - Chatpage - Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		F.W. de Klerk: I did not particularly plan to write it for a long time, but was stimulated by an approach from a well-known publisher, shortly after I left the government of National Unity in 1996.
		F.W. de Klerk: Religion played a constant role and there was a time when the churches in their interpretation of the Bible found ways and means of justifying not the hurtful part of apartheid but justifying the concept of separate development and separate but equal.
		F.W. de Klerk: I supported the policy of separate development, apartheid, when I was a young man because its intention was to build on the basis of historic realities a number of nation-states in South Africa.
	www.cnn.com /chat/transcripts/deKlerk.html (3157 words)

	F.W. de Klerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		F. de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936.
		His brother is Dr Willem (Wimpie) de Klerk, a political analyst and one of the founders of the Democratic Party.
		In 1993, De Klerk and Mandela were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts at reform in South Africa.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/deKlerk,fw.htm (498 words)

	Brigitte Greenberg, F.W. de Klerk bows out of Yale fellowship following protests
		De Klerk, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, had been scheduled to visit the campus April 24-26 as a Harper Fellow.
		The law school voted last June to invite de Klerk to the campus on the fellowship, which is awarded to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to their nation's public life.
		In June, de Klerk's name came up during the hearings of the commission, a body charged with uncovering apartheid crimes, granting amnesty to those who make full confessions, and determining how victims should be compensated.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/45/174.html (508 words)

	CNN.com - S.Africa's de Klerk says racial harmony crumbling - August 31, 2000
		De Klerk, the white Afrikaner who handed power to Nelson Mandela in 1994, said in a statement that whites, mixed-race coloreds and Asians were feeling alienated and increasingly afraid.
		De Klerk agreed in his statement with Mbeki's description of South Africa as a country of two nations, one rich and white and the other fl and poor.
		De Klerk did not directly criticize Mbeki's record but said the failure to address white fears was leading to the emigration of those with somewhere to go and the withdrawal of others.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/08/31/safrica.racism.reut (663 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette: April 28, 1997
		De Klerk's great-grandfather had been a senator; his father, the late Jan de Klerk, served in several cabinet posts and as president of the Senate; and an uncle, J.G. Strijdom, was prime minister from 1954 to 1958.
		De Klerk's most profound step was taken on February 2, 1990, when he announced that he was going to change the face of history in South Africa.
		After Mandela was elected president in 1994, de Klerk received one of the two executive deputy president posts because of the number of votes won by the National Party in the same election.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/aprjun97/apr2897/klerk.html (912 words)

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		F W De Klerk was elected to the key post of Leader of the National Party in the Transvaal on 6 March 1982.
		F W De Klerk is Chairman of the F W De Klerk Foundation which is dedicated to the promotion of peace in multicommunity societies.
		F W De Klerk lives on a farm outside Paarl about 60 kms from Cape Town where he and his wife Elita will soon be producing their own wine.
	www.krugercowne.com /FW_De_Klerk.html (914 words)

	FW De Klerk
		Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936, the son of Senator Jan De Klerk, a senior Cabinet Minister.
		Mr De Klerk was elected to the key post of Leader of the National Party in the Transvaal on 6 March 1982.
		Mr De Klerk is Chairman of the F W de Klerk Foundation, which is dedicated to the promotion of peace in multicommunity societies.
	www.speakerpartnership.com /fwdeklerk.htm (879 words)

	F. W. de Klerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on March 18, 1936 to a prominent Afrikaner political family with a history of public service in South Africa (Descended from Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers, Afrikaners constitute approximately 60% of South Africa's white population).
		Jan de Klerk, served in several Cabinet posts and a president of the Senate; and an uncle, Mr.
		On May 10, 1994, F. de Klerk was sworn into office as one of two executive deputy presidents in South Africa's new Government of National Unity under President Nelson Mandela (De Klerk received the post because of the number of votes received by his National Party).
	speakerseries.com /spk2000/kle.htm (507 words)

	De Klerk backs alliance with ANC - www.theage.com.au
		Mr de Klerk, 67, speaking in the wine-producing town of Stellenbosch, 60 kilometres north of Cape Town on Monday, told about 700 mainly white Afrikaans-speaking members of the New National Party that it was vital to have a party that would engage with the ANC to avoid racial polarisation.
		Mr de Klerk praised the role the New Nationals were playing, saying it was the most racially diverse party in South Africa.
		Mr de Klerk was given a standing ovation after his speech, led by the party's leader, the Premier of the Western Cape province, Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/02/03/1075776059254.html (592 words)

	ON Business Experts: F.W. de Klerk, Speaker On: International Relations, Politics, Global Affairs, Government / Politics
		Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on March 18, 1936 to a prominent Afrikaner political family with a history of public service in South Africa.
		On May 10, 1994, F.W. de Klerk was sworn into office as one of two executive deputy presidents in South Africa's new Government of National Unity under President Nelson Mandela.
		(De Klerk received the post because of the number of votes received by his National Party.) The inauguration was the culmination of the process of negotiation and reconciliation which ended the apartheid era and transformed South Africa into a nonracial democracy, a process in which de Klerk has played a major part.
	www.onbusiness.net /experts/fwdeklerk.html (553 words)

	Frederik W. de Klerk to Speak
		Frederik W. de Klerk, former president of South Africa, will present a lecture at the University of Kentucky at 7 p.m.
		In his first speech after assuming his presidency in 1989, de Klerk called for a non-racist South Africa and for negotiations about the country’s future.
		de Klerk published his autobiography, “The Last Trek – a New Beginning,” in 1999 and has established the F. de Klerk Foundation to work for peace in societies that are divided on cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic lines.
	www.uky.edu /PR/News/03-10_deklerk_speaks.htm (214 words)

	World-Renowned Peacemaker F.W. de Klerk Will Speak Mar. 30 at U of M As Part of Inaugural Techsposium Conference
		F.W. de Klerk, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former president of South Africa, will visit the University of Memphis on March 30 as the keynote speaker for an international conference that will focus on improving healthcare and education through the use of information technology.
		De Klerk was elected president of South Africa in 1989.
		De Klerk also initiated negotiations that eventually resulted in a new constitution and a new democratic government.
	www.memphis.edu /releases/mar04/deklerk.html (516 words)

	Amazon.com: Mandela: Video: F.W. de Klerk,Nelson Mandela,Winnie Mandela,Eugene Terre'Blanche,Angus Gibson,Jo Menell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		De Klerk appeared commensurate to what Nelson Mandela had been saying all of his life, that he was always against racism, no pro one ethnic group or the other.
		This is something that De Klerk was not committed to from the beginning of his life apparently, and he, like Pharoah in Egypt, saw the writing on the wall with respect to the newness that was coming.
		De Klerk, and hence I didn't find the inclusion of De Klerk or the amount of time that he appeared, particularly out of balance with the main drive of the story.
	www.amazon.com /Mandela-Angus-Gibson/dp/6304539436 (1060 words)

	F.W. De Klerk
		Frederik Willem de Klerk was educated at Potchestroom University.
		Together with Nelson Mandela, De Klerk received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1993.
		Edi Malan to De Klerk : Leadership in the Apartheid State.
	www.multied.com /bio/people/deklerk.html (119 words)

	F.W. de Klerk - Tate Lecture Series - SMU
		Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg in 1936, the son of a cabinet minister in the South African government.
		In 1991 he obtained the repeal of all remaining apartheid laws and called for the drafting of a new constitution, a process that led to the approval of a multiracial transitional government in 1993.
		Mandela succeeded de Klerk as South African president in 1994 following multiracial elections, and de Klerk became one of two vice presidents in a government of national unity.
	www.smu.edu /tateseries/speakers/fw-deklerk.asp (203 words)

	De Klerk and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
		But for F. de Klerk, the president who released Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990 and led the country while it made the transition to its first democratic election, the hearings did not seem to lead to reconciliation and forgiveness.
		In his autobiography, de Klerk describes the hearings as if they were a witch hunt and he expresses surprise and horror that colleagues have "confessed" to things that were not true.
		Indeed, he stated that such accusations are "irrational" (de Klerk 335).
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/african_history/75128 (302 words)

	F.W. De Klerk: Perfect 20th Century Villain/Hero
		Later, rumors that de Klerk and his wife had turned their backs on the crowd during "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" surfaced.
		Historians who have analyzed South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy consistently question de Klerk's motives, arguing that through it all, his intent was to retain a power base for white South Africans.
		The Last Trek, de Klerk's autobiography, is his response to personal and political criticism; in particular, it is a response to Nelson Mandela's public criticism in speeches and his own autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/african_history/94851 (485 words)

	Foreign Correspondent - 25/02/97: Interview with F.W. de Klerk
		De Klerk: My vision was, more or less, what we have today.
		De Klerk: Well, let me firstly say the National Party is a truly non-racial party.
		De Klerk: Firstly, within my party, that opinion has been rejected unanimously.
	www.abc.net.au /foreign/stories/s400609.htm (899 words)

	Mugabe must go, De Klerk tells Leaders in Dubai \| Strategy and Leadership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		De Klerk said there were three ways of ensuring Mugabe's departure, two of which - military intervention and economic sanctions were popularly opposed.
		De Klerk also had praise for the leadership of Dubai which, he said, had transformed the emirate from a little known trading and fishing village to one of the most dynamic and exciting commercial centres in the world.
		De Klerk brought to a close two days of international leadership debate in an annual summit which is now a key fixture on the global leadership scene.
	www.ameinfo.com /73099.html (862 words)

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