de Klerk

[ duh klairk ]

noun

1. Frederik Willem, 1936–2021, South African political leader: president 1989–94; Nobel Peace Prize 1993.

de Klerk

/ də ˈklɜːk /

noun

1. de KlerkF(rederik) W(illem)1936MSouth AfricanPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state F ( rederik ) W ( illem ). born 1936, South African statesman; president (1989–94), second executive deputy president (1994–97). In 1990 he legalized the ANC and released Nelson Mandela from prison, and initiated the abolition of apartheid: Nobel peace prize 1993 jointly with Mandela

Example Sentences

The rest of the batting order then succumbed to the growing run-rate pressure as opener Tazmin Brits' 17 was the second-highest score, with batters Anneke Bosch, Nadine de Klerk and Sune Luus all falling in single figures alongside Kapp.

From BBC

But when Devine was lbw to De Klerk for six in the 11th over, there was a danger of New Zealand wasting their positive start, where they had played with such freedom and found the boundary regularly with little sign of any big-occasion nerves.

From BBC

Ireland were also given a couple of let-offs with jet-heeled wing Cheslin Kolbe failing to gather a pass moments before Faf de Klerk's knock-on stalled South Africa's momentum as they applied pressure on the Irish line.

From BBC

The 1994 election was the culmination of a process that began four years earlier when F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid-era president, shocked the world and his country by announcing that the ANC and other anti-apartheid parties would be unbanned.

From Seattle Times

You plug in your variables there, de Klerk and Mandela, Britain and the IRA and Sinn Féin.

From Salon