The Resume

(March 18, 1936-November 11, 2021)
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Birth name was Frederik Willem de Klerk
President of South Africa (1989-94)
Co-Deputy President with Thabo Mbeki (1994-96)
Co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela (1993)

Why he might be annoying:

As Education Minister (1984-89), he supported segregated universities.
Mandela accused him of trying to maintain 'apartheid in disguise' by attempting to give the white minority a veto over government actions.
He criticized the Truth and Reconciliation Committee for calling apartheid a crime against humanity (1998).
He scandalized his conservative National Party by divorcing his wife and revealing his affair with the wife of a shipping tycoon who financially supported his party (1998).

Why he might not be annoying:

Within six months of taking office, he announced he would lift a ban on the African National Congress and start repealing discriminatory laws (February 2, 1990).
Over the next four years, he and Mandela negotiated a (relatively) peaceful transfer of power to black majority rule.
He dismantled South Africa's secret nuclear weapons program.
Three years after their divorce, his ex-wife was murdered by a security guard.
He said, 'I apologize in my capacity as leader of the National Party to the millions... who over the decades suffered the indignities and humiliation of racial discrimination.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 24]
• I am an Adulterer
• I am Known by My Initials
• I am South African
• I Attended Margaret Thatcher's Funeral [April 17, 2013]
• I Attended Nelson Mandela's Memorial Service [December 10, 2013]
• I Died in 2021 (Ranked: 85)
• I Died on Veteran's Day [November 11th] (Ranked: 2021)
• I Had a Tracheotomy
• I Have Colon Cancer
• Look at Me, I'm with Nelson Mandela
• My Spouse Was Murdered
• Nobel Peace Prize (Ranked: 1993)
• Profiles 27001-27250 (Ranked: 27191)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20211111)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 80 Votes: 48.75% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 66 Votes: 65.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying