De Klerk's first language is Afrikaans and the earliest of his distant ancestors to arrive in what is now South Africa did so in the late 1680s.
(meta data) TITLE: [The Last Trek: A New Beginning] | C-SPAN.org (meta data) PUBLISHED DATETIME: 1999-04-06 TV Networks TV Nets image/svg+xml Global Search Search In VIDEO LIBRARY | 252,120 hours of content Campaign 2020 American History TV Weekends on C-SPAN3 Book TV Weekends on C-SPAN2 C-SPAN Cities Tour The Communicators Saturdays on C-SPAN at 6:30pm ET In Depth First Sundays at 12pm ET Landmark Cases Sundays on C-SPAN at 10am ET Prime Minister's Questions Sundays on C-SPAN at 8pm ET Washington Journal Daily on C-SPAN at 7am ET Series A-ZExplore C-SPAN Series Supreme Court MyC-SPAN LOGIN June 11, 1999 # The Last Trek: A New Beginning Former President de Klerk participated by remote connection from New York City. He discussed his autobiography, [The Last Trek: A New… read more Former President de Klerk participated by remote connection from New York City He discussed his autobiography, [The Last Trek: A New Beginning], and the June 5 presidential election in South Africa. He also responded to viewer telephone calls. His autobiography describes his public and private life as well as the key people and events which helped him dismantle apartheid. close Report Video Issue Transcript type Graphical Timeline Filter by Speaker All Speakers F. W. De Klerk Brian Lamb Search this transcript ## People in this video F. W. De Klerk Executive Deputy President (Former) South Africa Brian Lamb C-SPAN ## Hosting Organization C-SPAN | Washington Journal ## Series Washington Journal ## Books The Last Trek-- a New BeginningFrederik Willem De Klerk More information about ### The Last Trek: A New Beginning 198 Views Program ID: 124979-1 Category: Call-In Format: Call-In Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States First Aired:Jun 11, 1999 | 8:01am EDT | C-SPAN 1Last Aired:Jun 13, 1999 | 5:05pm EDT | C-SPAN 2 #### Airing Details Jun 11, 1999 | 8:01am EDT | C-SPAN 1 Jun 12, 1999 | 12:55pm EDT | C-SPAN 2 Jun 13, 1999 | 3:14am EDT | C-SPAN 2 Jun 13, 1999 | 5:05pm EDT | C-SPAN 2 Purchase a Download ### The Last Trek: A New Beginning MP4 video - Low Price: $3.99 Request Download MP4 video - Standard Price: $4.99 Request Download MP3 audio - Standard Price: $0.99 Request Download ## Related Video See all on Other book programs South Africa April 6, 1999 ### Booknotes: Life Stories: Discussion Panelists discussed the art of biography and their personal subject material. After answering questions posed by the… January 27, 2006 ### Q&A with Jackie & Jenny Spinner Jackie and Jenny Spinner were interviewed about their book Tell Them I Didn't Cry: A Young Journalist's Story of Joy, Loss, and… May 26, 2006 ### Wisdom of Our Fathers Tim Russert talked about his book Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons, published by… August 18, 2006 ### The Looming Tower Lawrence Wright talked about terrorism, Al Qaeda, and Western intelligence efforts. He is the author of The Looming
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F. W. de Klerk
Early life and Education.:Childhood: 1936–1954.
F. W. de Klerk was born on 18 March 1936 in Mayfair, a suburb of Johannesburg. His parents were Johannes "Jan" de Klerk and Hendrina Cornelia Coetzer – "her forefather was a Kutzer who stems from Austria". He was his parents' second son, having a brother, Willem, who was eight years his senior.