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De Klerk, F.W.
     
De Klerk, F.W.
(1936-) the President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994. He made many political changes and finally ended the system of apartheid. In 1990 he allowed the ANC to become a legal organization again, and let Nelson Mandela out of prison. He and Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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