The State President of the Republic of South Africa was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994, and also head of government from 1984 to 1994. The office was established when the country
Jacobus Johannes Fouché 1968
De Tuynhuys, used as the Cape Town office of the State President, now the office of the President of South Africa
CR Swart 1960
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F. W. de Klerk
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Frederik Willem de Klerk was a South African politician who served as the final state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa's last head
State President of South Africa
…As Botha was leader of the National Party, the system placed nearly all governing power in his hands. Botha resigned in 1989 and was succeeded by F. W. de Klerk, who oversaw the transition to majority rule in 1994. Under South Africa's first non-racial constitution, adopted in 1994, the head of state (and of…
De Klerk in 1993
de Klerk and Nelson Mandela shake hands at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, January 1992
de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, near the close of negotiations, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to receive jointly the Liberty Medal, July 1993
The chair of the TRC, Desmond Tutu, was frustrated that de Klerk did not take responsibility for the actions of the state security services in the early 1990s