We are struggling with racism, but racism is also alive and well in many other countries. And what we must overcome is racism being the cause of conf… - F. W. de Klerk

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We are struggling with racism, but racism is also alive and well in many other countries. And what we must overcome is racism being the cause of conflict. And what we need to recognize human beings as human beings; to award merit.

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About F. W. de Klerk

Frederik Willem de Klerk (18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) 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. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a conservative and an economic liberal, he led the National Party from 1989 to 1997.

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Native Name: Frederik Willem de Klerk
Alternative Names: Frederick W. De Klerk Frederick De Klerk F W de Klerk FW de Klerk

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