What is F. W. de Klerk?
{{nobelprize|Peace}} {{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = <small>[[Excellency|His Excellency]]</small> |name = Frederik Willem de Klerk |honorific-suffix = |image = F.W. de Klerk wait to speak in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania LCCN2011634246 (cropped).tif |order = 7th |office = State President of South Africa |term_start = 20 September 1989 |term_end = 9 May 1994 |predecessor = [[Pieter Willem Botha]] |successor = [[Nelson Mandela]]<br /><small>As [[President of South Africa]]</small> |order2 = 1st |office2 = Deputy President of South Africa |term_start2 = 10 May 1994 |term_end2 = 30 June 1996 |alongside2 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] |president2 = [[Nelson Mandela]] |predecessor2 = ''Office Established'' |successor2 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] (solely) |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|03|18}} |birth_place = [[Johannesburg]], [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]], [[Union of South Africa]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|11|11|1936|03|18}} |death_place = [[Cape Town]], [[Western Cape]], [[South Africa]] |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |nationality = [[Dutch]] |party = [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]]<br />[[New National Party (South Africa)|New National Party]] |otherparty = <!--For additional political affiliations--> |spouse = Marike Willemse (1959–1998)<br />Elita Georgiades (1998–2021) |relations = |children = Jan de Klerk<br />Willem de Klerk<br />Susan de Klerk |residence = |alma_mater = [[Potchefstroom University]] |occupation = [[Politician]] |profession = [[Attorney at law|Attorney]] |religion = |signature = |signature_alt= |website = |footnotes = }} '''Frederik Willem de Klerk''' (18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[politician]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/klerk.html |title=F.W. de Klerk - Biography |first= |last=|work=nobelprize.org |year=2012 |accessdate=16 August 2012}}</ref> He was the [[president of South Africa]] from 1989 to 1994. In 1993, he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for