Hendrik Verwoerd

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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Afrikaans: [fərˈvuːrt]; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966), also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966. He is commonly regarded as the architect of apartheid and nicknamed the "father of apartheid". Verwoerd played a significant 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 later as prime minister (1958–1966). Verwoerd was instrumental in helping the National Party come to power in 1948, serving as its political strategist and propagandist, and he became party leader when he was elected prime minister. He was the Union of South Africa's last prime minister; in 1961 he proclaimed the founding of the Republic of South Africa and remained its prime minister until his assassination...

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