Elita de Klerk

Chairperson

Since Elita’s marriage to late President FW de Klerk in 1998, she lives in Cape Town, South Africa. 

She speaks Greek, English and French, and has a wide range of interests.  She is devoted to art in all its manifestations and has expanded her knowledge by completing numerous courses.  These range from the Christies Fine Arts course to studies of opera, modern art and literature.  She is an amateur painter and also a student of graphology and psychology. In addition to the arts, she is committed to making a contribution towards a better life for disadvantaged and abused children in South Africa.

Currently, Elita is the Chairperson of the FW de Klerk Foundation and is also the patron of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s International Donor Support Programme.  She is a member of WWF 1001, a founding member of the Peace Parks Foundation, patron of the Cape Town Opera and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Cape Town.  Elita is also patron of the Global Leadership Foundation (GLF), an international organisation which was founded in 2004 by FW de Klerk.