Thursday, November 11, 2021

F. W. de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid president, dies at 85

South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and Deputy President F.W. de Klerk chat on May 8, 1996, outside Parliament after the approval of South Africa

De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, and ceded the presidency to him in 1994 after Black South Africans were allowed to vote. But he's remained a controversial figure there.

(Image credit: Mike Hutchings/AP)

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