No, FW de Klerk was head of the National Party
Nelson Mandela was Preceded by the State President of South Africa Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936), often known as F. W. de Klerk, F. W. de Klerk remained in office as Vice President for much of Mandelas presidency.
Visit the FW de Klerk Foundation's website at www.fwdeklerk.org for more information. You will also find his speech on 2 February 1990, in which he announced the unbanning of the ANC and others, on the website. Irene Saunders FW de Klerk Foundation www.fwdeklerk.org
F.W. de Klerk graduated with a law degree from Potchefstroom University in 1958 and then practiced law in Vereeniging in the Transvaal. In 1969, he married Marike Willemse, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. De Klerk was offered a professorship of administrative law at Potchefstroom in 1972 but he declined the post because he had been elected to Parliament as National Party member for Vereeniging at the time.
Frederik Willem de Klerk
Michel de Klerk was born in 1884.
Veronica de Klerk was born in 1947.
Thom de Klerk was born in 1912.
Michel de Klerk died in 1923.
Bob de Klerk was born in 1961.
Johannes de Klerk was born in 1903.
Bryan de Klerk is 6' 2".
Richard de Klerk is 5' 11".
Johannes de Klerk died in 1979.
Marike de Klerk died on 2001-12-04.
Marike de Klerk was born on 1937-11-17.
Peter de Klerk was born on 1935-03-16.