Exactly 30 years ago today FW de Klerk, who had been president of South Africa for barely five months, made an announcement that broke political deadlock and led the country out of centuries of ...

November 17, 1993 – De Klerk and other leaders ratify a new constitution, which ends the apartheid system. December 10, 1993 – Receives the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo.

November 17, 1993 – De Klerk and other leaders ratify a new constitution, which ends the apartheid system. December 10, 1993 – Receives the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo.

November 17, 1993 – De Klerk and other leaders ratify a new constitution, which ends the apartheid system. December 10, 1993 – Receives the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo.

World News Frederik Willem de Klerk Fast Facts (CNN) — Here’s a quick look at the life of former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, FW de Klerk.

Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on March 18, 1936. His father, Jan de Klerk, was a minister in the National Party (NP) government that instituted apartheid.

Ryan Lenora Brown is a freelance journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a video message recorded shortly before his death, the last white president of South Africa, Frederik Willem de ...

Frederik Willem de Klerk, the former President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 who oversaw the country's transition from apartheid, died aged 85 in November (de Klerk pictured in Feb 2020 at the ...