What is Hendrik Verwoerd?
{{Infobox Politician | image = HF Verwoerd Transvaler.jpg | imagesize = | name = Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | caption = | order = 7th | office = Prime Minister of South Africa | term_start = 2 September 1958 | term_end = 6 September 1966 | president = [[Charles Robberts Swart]] (1961–1966) | governor-general = [[Ernest George Jansen]] (1958–1959)<br>[[Charles Robberts Swart]] (1959–1961) | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] (1958–1961) | predecessor = [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom]] | successor = [[T. E. Dönges]]<br/><small>as Acting Prime Minister</small> | constituency = | majority = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|9|8}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]], [[Netherlands]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|9|6|1901|9|8}} | death_place = [[Cape Town]], [[Cape Province]], [[South Africa]] | death_cause = [[Stabbing]] | resting_place = Heroes' Acre, Pretoria | party = [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] | relations = | spouse = Betsie Schoombie | partner = | children = 7 | residence = | occupation = Politician | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd''' (8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966) was Prime Minister of [[South Africa]] from 1958 to 1966. He was the person chiefly responsible for [[apartheid]].<ref>Beck, Roger B. The History of South Africa Greenwood Press Westport Connecticut 2000 page 213</ref> He was born in the Netherlands. His parents emigrated to southern Africa when he was two years old.<ref>Kearney, Paddy Guardian of the Light: Denis Hurley: Renewing the Church, Opposing Apartheid The Continuum International Publishing Group, Inc. New York, New York 2009 page 71</ref> In 1950, Verwoerd became Minister of Native Affairs (native meant the black Africans in the country). He was Prime Minister from 1958 to 1966, when he was murdered.<ref>Mckenna, Amy edited The History of Southern Africa Britannica Educational Publishing 2011 p