de Klerk), the former president who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993, answers questions about his memories of Nelson Mandela, on July 11, 2017, in his office in Cape Town. October 15, 1993 – Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Mandela. October 15, 1993 – Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Mandela. – De Klerk was the South African president who ordered Mandela’s release from prison. In 1989, F.W. November 17, 1993 – De Klerk and other leaders ratify a new constitution, which ends the apartheid system. de Klerk assumed the presidency of South Africa. De Klerk was the last president of white minority rule in SA and ruled over the final years of apartheid between 1989 and 1994. de Klerk. Former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner FW de Klerk has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer that affects the tissue that lines the lungs, his foundation says in a statement. Dennis Haysbert plays Mandela in Goodbye Bafana (2007). Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, (18 MÇ£dmōnaþ, 1918 – 5 Gēolmōnaþ, 2013) Æ¿æs gēara Foresittend SÅ«þafrican, Æ¿æs hēah gēanbyrdend Æ¿iþ apartheid, and ēac Æ¿Ç£s saboteur and guerrilla lāttēoÆ¿ Æ¿iþ apartheid. Todæg man him besēoþ -lȳtesne eallÄ«ce sƿā frēodōmfeohtend.Æfter his cildhāda in þÇ£m Thembu rÄ«ce, hē nōm folgoþ in lagan. In the 1997 movie, Mandela and de Klerk, Sidney Poitier plays Mandela. Frederik Willem de Klerk (Johannesburgo, Unión Sudafricana; 18 de marzo de 1936) [1] es un político sudafricano, reconocido por liberar de prisión al activista Nelson Mandela y por contribuir a su lado, a poner fin al régimen del apartheid. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP) (Photo credit … Not least among them is my Second Deputy President, the Honourable F.W. In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. November 17, 1993 – De Klerk and other leaders ratify a new constitution, which ends the apartheid system. Mandela was also awarded the Order of Merit by Elizabeth II. Frederik Willem de Klerk (F.W. The following year, newly elected president F. W. de Klerk (1936-) lifted the ban on the ANC and called for a nonracist South Africa, breaking … Movies. With Mandela free and with the ANC serving as the primary political party of the country's non-white majority, apartheid appeared to be on its last legs. One year later, the ANC won an electoral majority in the country’s first free elections, and Mandela … The two men had held meetings about his release while Mandela was in prison. In the 2009 BBC television movie, Mrs Mandela, Nelson Mandela is played by David Harewood. By February 1990, both had been done. On February 2, 1990, 27 years after Mandela was imprisoned, South Africa’s president Frederik Willem de Klerk removed the ban on the A.N.C and released Mandela. He served for two more years as deputy president to Nelson Mandela. Mandela has been portrayed in movies and television. 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