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Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch
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- Verwoerd, H F (Doctor)
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Dates of existence
8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966
History
Prime minister of South Africa, 1958 to 1966. Minister of native affairs, 1950 to 1958. National Party politician. Widely considered the architect of apartheid, he advocated a system of ‘separate development’. Under his leadership South Africa became a republic on 31 May 1961. Assassinated in Parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas.
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ZA-COM-04347
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