Frederik Willem De Klerk

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Frederik Willem De Klerk
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His life

• He was born in Johannesburg in 1936
• He was graduated in law and started his political
  career in 1972 when he was elected to the South
  African parliament.
• His presidency began in 1989
• He wanted to stop the racial segregation in
  South-Africa.

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His fight

• He released Nelson Mandela after 27 years in
  prison in 1991
• His reforms all contributed to the end of
  apartheid
• He wrote a new constitution based on equal rights
  for all South Africans
• He organised the First multiracial elections in
  South-Africa in 1994

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The end of apartheid
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The reward

• Frederik Willem De Klerk and Nelson Mandela both
  received the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE in 1993 for their
  role in the ending of apartheid

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A peacemaker

• Frederik Willem De Klerk is a man who has worked
  for the peace and who has made South-Africa
  become a country where everyone is free.