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Hendrik Verwoerd

1901–1966 · 20th century

Hendrik Verwoerd was a South African National Party politician, minister of native affairs from 1950 and prime minister from 1958 to 1966. He was the principal architect of grand apartheid, including the Bantustan system. He led South Africa to become a republic in 1961 and leave the Commonwealth, and was assassinated in parliament in 1966.

Hendrik Verwoerd
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hendrik Verwoerd. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hendrik-verwoerd
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