F.W. De Klerk, Mandela’s Partner in Ending Apartheid, Dies at 85
- He shared Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993
- Removed a ban on pro-democracy African National Congress
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Frederik Willem de Klerk, the former South African president who negotiated the end of apartheid with Nelson Mandela after spending years upholding the system of White minority rule, has died. He was 85.
De Klerk died at his home in Cape Town earlier on Thursday after having been diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2021.