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Also Known As Frederik Willem de Klerk
Born March 18, 1936 • Johannesburg • South Africa
Died November 11, 2021 (aged 85) • Cape Town • South Africa
Title / Office president (1989-1994), South Africa
Political Affiliation National Party
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1993)

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