List of Famous people with last name Verwoerd

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

First Name Hendrik
Last Name Verwoerd
Born on September 8, 1901
Died on September 6, 1966 (aged 64)

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also commonly referred to as Dr. H.F. Verwoerd, was a South African politician, a scholar of applied psychology and sociology, and chief editor of "Die Transvaler" news paper. Verwoerd played an instrumental role in socially engineering apartheid, the country's system of institutionalized racial segregation and white supremacy, and implementing its policies as Minister of Native Affairs (1950–1958) and then as prime minister (1958–1966). Furthermore, Verwoerd played a vital role in helping the far-right National Party come to power in 1948, serving as their political strategist and propagandist, becoming party leader upon his premiership. He was the Union of South Africa's last prime minister, from 1958 to 1961, when he proclaimed the founding of the Republic of South Africa, remaining its prime minister until his assassination in 1966.

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Melanie Verwoerd

First Name Melanie
Born on April 18, 1967 (age 58)

Melanie Verwoerd pronounced [fɛrvurt] is a South African political analyst. She was previously a politician, ambassador, and the former director of UNICEF Ireland.

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