Zach de Beer
Zach de Beer | |
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Ambassador of South Africa to the Netherlands | |
In office 10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999 | |
President | Nelson Mandela |
Federal Leader of the Democratic Party | |
In office 1989–1994 | |
Succeeded by | Tony Leon |
4th Federal Leader of the Progressive Federal Party | |
In office 1988–1989 | |
Preceded by | Colin Eglin |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Zacharias Johannes de Beer 11 October 1928 Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape,[1] Union of South Africa |
Died | 27 May 1999 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | (aged 70)
Spouse(s) |
Maureen Strauss (divorced)Mona Schwartz |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
Occupation |
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Profession | Medical doctor |
Zacharias Johannes de Beer (11 October 1928 – 27 May 1999) was a South African politician, businessman and diplomat. A liberal
Educated at Bishop's
Political career
De Beer was born in Woodstock, Cape Town, the son of Jean Isobel (MacRae) and Zacharias Johannes de Beer.
In the 1977 general election, he was returned to Parliament as an MP for what had become the Progressive Federal Party which had been formed that year through a merger of the Progressive Party and various other liberal groups of MPs.[2] He became the PFP's leader in August 1988[5] and, with Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan was a co-leader of the new Democratic Party when it formed in 1989.
Following the DP's defeat in the first
De Beer was for many years a director of Anglo American PLC/De Beers. He died of a stroke at his home in Clifton, Cape Town, in 1999.
References
- The Sunday Times (South Africa).
- ^ a b c Trewhela, Paul (3 June 1999). "Obituary: Zach de Beer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Zacharias "Zac" Johannes De Beer". South African History Online. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ISBN 9780958390293.
- ^ "Top South African Executive To Run Anti-Apartheid Party". NY Times. 6 August 1988. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Uys, Stanley (1 June 1999). "Zach de Beer". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.