{"id":105655,"date":"2021-11-11T15:11:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=105655"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:11:28","slug":"former-south-african-president-fw-de-klerk-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/11\/former-south-african-president-fw-de-klerk-dies-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Former South African president FW de Klerk dies at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FW de Klerk, an apartheid-era leader who helped to bring about the end of white-minority rule in South Africa, has died of cancer at the age of 85, his foundation said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>De Klerk helped orchestrate the release of Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/22\/photos-nelson-mandelas-once-elegant-house-now-an-abandoned-eyesore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandela<\/a>, with whom he later shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>However, for many South Africans, he never did enough to fully atone for apartheid or for the human rights abuses carried out by the security forces when he was president.<\/p>\n<p>De Klerk, born in Johannesburg on March 18, 1936, was the son of a prominent politician.<\/p>\n<p>He studied law and worked as an attorney for several years until he was elected to parliament as a National Party candidate in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to hold several top ministerial posts before being elected president in 1989, a position he held until 1994.<\/p>\n<p>De Klerk left behind his wife Elita, his children Jan and Susan, as well as his grandchildren, the foundation said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FW de Klerk, an apartheid-era leader who helped to bring about the end of white-minority rule in South Africa, has died of cancer at the age of 85, his foundation said on Thursday. 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