圣人的再生父母,简称圣父/母。
没有此人,就没有曼德拉后来的故事。
F. W. de Klerk
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Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936) is a
South African politician who served as the country's State President from September 1989 to May 1994. He was the
seventh and last head of state of South Africa under the
apartheid era. De Klerk was also leader of the
National Party (which later became the
New National Party) from February 1989 to September 1997.
De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and supported the transformation of South Africa into a multi-racial democracy by entering into the negotiations that resulted in all citizens, including the country's black majority, having equal voting and other rights. He won the
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize in 1991, the
Prince of Asturias Award in 1992 and the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 along with
Nelson Mandela for his role in the ending of apartheid.
He was one of the
deputy presidents of South Africa during the presidency of Nelson Mandela until 1996, the last
white person to hold the position to date. In 1997 he retired from active politics. He continues to remain active as a lecturer internationally.
[1] After the deaths of
P.W. Botha in 2006 and
Marias Viljoen in 2007, de Klerk is the last surviving
State President of South Africa. Until the ascension of
Guy Scott as acting President of Zambia in October 2014, he was the last
White President of a continental African country.