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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.
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politics · Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966 · politician · university teacher · psychologist · head of government · also Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Hendrik Verwoerd, H. F. Verwoerd, Verwoerd
Born 8 September 1901 · Died 6 September 1966 · Q297000
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Some in South Africa argued that Tsafendas should be regarded as an anti-apartheid hero
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2004· 1 entry
However, Verwoerd was voted one of the top 20 South Africans of all time in the TV show Great South Africans
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1992· 1 entry
Verwoerd's widow, Betsie Verwoerd, moved to Orania, the Afrikaner settlement founded by her son-in-law
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1976· 1 entry
And whenever South African teams participated in sports, they were met with protests and disruptions
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1966· 1 entry
Died 1966-09-06.
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1962· 1 entry
The UN General Assembly requested that its members sever political, fiscal, and transportation ties with South Africa
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1961· 2 entries
Proclaimed the founding of the Republic of South Africa and remained its prime minister until his assassination
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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld visited South Africa but could not reach an agreement with Prime Minister Verwoerd
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1958· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of South Africa (1958–1966).
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1951· 1 entry
As the National Party, although Havenga was not comfortable with the NP policy to remove coloured voters from the common voters' roll
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1950· 1 entry
The Pass Laws Act of 1952 and the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act of 1953
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1948· 3 entries
Verwoerd held senior government positions and wielded strong influence over South African society
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There were factional differences in the party regarding the implementation of systemic racial segregation
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Serving as its political strategist and propagandist, and he became party leader when he was elected prime minister
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1943· 1 entry
Verwoerd, as editor of Die Transvaler, sued the English-language newspaper The Star for libel after it accused him of being a Nazi propagandist
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1937· 1 entry
With the added responsibility of helping to rebuild the National Party in the Transvaal
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1936· 2 entries
Was offered the first editorship of Die Transvaler
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Verwoerd led a deputation of six Stellenbosch professors that petitioned the cabinet to oppose the immigration of German Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, specifically a group of 500 refugees aboard the ship S
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1928· 1 entry
And was appointed to the chair of Applied Psychology and Psycho-Technique at Stellenbosch University, where, six years later, he became Professor of Sociology and Social Work
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1903· 1 entry
Out of sympathy for the Afrikaner nation following the Second Boer War
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1901· 1 entry
Born 1901-09-08.
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