Word: klerk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Klerk, whose party was elected by white voters, declared himself the leader of all South Africans, "not only those represented in Parliament...
...Electoral College, dominated by Parliament members of the National Party, cast a unanimous vote for de Klerk, just one day after the march in Cape Town, the largest legal protest march in South Africa's history...
...carrying out his stated policy to allow peaceful protest, de Klerk faces opposition not only from right-wing parties but from the security establishment that enjoyed wide powers under former President P.W. Botha...
...Klerk addressed the Electoral College, anti-apartheid organizations announced that more demonstrations and marches were planned in Pretoria and Johannesburg today...
...Klerk, 53, has been acting president since August 15, a day after he and other Cabinet ministers pressured Botha to resign after 11 years in power. De Klerk will be inaugurated Wednesday in a Pretoria church...