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- Birth nameFrederick Willem de Klerk
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- F.W. de Klerk was born on March 18, 1936 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was married to Elita Georgiades and Marike de Klerk. He died on November 11, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- SpousesElita Georgiades(November 7, 1998 - November 11, 2021) (his death)Marike de Klerk(April 11, 1959 - 1998) (divorced, 3 children)
- ParentsJohannes de KlerkHendrina Cornelia Coetzer
- RelativesHans Strijdom(Aunt or Uncle)
- President of South Africa 1989-1994 (the last president of the apartheid regime era).
- Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with Nelson Mandela.
- The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?
- I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.
- Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
- In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
- I believe that first impressions are very important.
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