Sad news hits South Africa as it has been confirmed that its former President, De Klerk is dead.
Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk was the last white President of South Africa who negotiated a peaceful transfer of power to a Black-led government under Nelson Mandela.
According to reports, he passed away on Thursday, November 11, 2021.
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He died at age 85, and according to his foundation, he was battling with cancer.
“FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer,” the FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement on Thursday.
According to the foundation, the family of the late former President will in due course man an official announcement regarding funeral arrangements.
He is survived by his wife Elita, children Jan and Susan, and grandchildren.
Frederik Willem de Klerk was a South African politician, who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996.
Born in the economic hub of Johannesburg, into a family of Afrikaners, a white ethnic group descended mainly from Dutch colonisers, de Klerk’s father was a leading apartheid senator who served briefly as interim president.
He studied law, before being elected to parliament as a member of the National Party that instituted apartheid.
De Klerk then held several ministerial positions before he became present in 1989, a position he held until he handed over the reigns to Mandela after the first democratic elections in 1994.
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