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Encyclopedia > Andries Treurnicht

Andries Treurnicht (1921-1993) was the founder and the leader of the Conservative Party in South Africa. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Conservative Party of South Africa was formed by white South Africans, mostly Afrikaners, who felt that the National Party was too ready to aquiesce to the demands of black South Africans for majority rule. ...


He was born in Piketberg (Cape Province), read Theology, and entered the Dutch Reformed Church. Under the Union of South Africa and after that under the Republic of South Africa, the old Cape Colony became the Cape of Good Hope Province (though it was commonly known as the Cape Province). ...


He later became a MP for Waterberg, and National Party leader in the Transvaal. He quit in 1982 to form an opposition Conservative Party to oppose Pieter Botha and the National Party's plans to abandon separate development (apartheid). He remained the leader of the 'No' vote to the end of apartheid in 1992. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from 1948 until 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. ... Flag of Transvaal The Transvaal (lit. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... P.W. Botha Pieter Willem Botha, (born January 12, 1916) commonly known as P.W. and as die groot krokodil (the great crocodile) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and State President of South Africa from 1984 to 1989. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...


In June 1989 he was leading a Conservative Party (South Africa) delegation in London, and was the guest speaker at a packed black-tie dinner held in his honour by the Conservative Monday Club's Foreign Affairs Committee. The Conservative Party of South Africa was formed by white South Africans, mostly Afrikaners, who felt that the National Party was too ready to aquiesce to the demands of black South Africans for majority rule. ... The Monday Club is a British Conservative pressure group formed at the time of Harold Macmillans Winds of Change speech in opposition not only to that but to the drift of the Conservative Party towards liberalism. ...


He died on 22 April 1993 in Cape Town during a heart operation. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...


His former deputy minister, Ferdinand Hartzenberg, became the last leader of the Conservative Party.


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Treurnicht, Andries Petrus (1921–1993), South African politician, a founder of the right-wing Conservative Party.
Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus (1798-1853), Boer (Afrikaner) leader and general.
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