SPEECHES
FAMOUS SPEECHES
- First speech to Parliament after election as leader of the National Party, 8 February 1989
- Speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990, on the launching of the constitutional transformation process
- Speech to Parliament, June 1991, on the final abolition of apartheid
- Speech to Parliament, 24 March 1993, on the dismantling of South Africa’s nuclear weapons
- Speech in acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 10 December 1993
- Speech to Parliament, 21 December 1993, on the adoption of the 1993 Constitution
- Concession speech on 2 May 1994 following the 27 April 1994 election
- The Adoption of the 1996 Constitution, 8 May 1996
- Principles of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Coventry Cathedral, 2 September 1997
- The Effect of Sanctions on Constitutional Change in South Africa, Paris, 14 June 2004
- Die Status van Afrikaans in 2007, Tweede Taalberaad, 23 Februarie 2007
- FW de Klerk responds to attacks on his reputation, 28 July 2007
- Seven Threats to the Constitution, UNW, 12 October 2009
- The Need for Real Transformation, Foundation Annual Conference, 31 January 2012
- The Importance of Property Rights, SAPOA, 31 May 2012
- The Struggle for Equality, Barry Streek Lecture, 6 September 2012
- Cultural and Language Rights, Brussels, 4 November 2012
- Africa Today and Africa Tomorrow, 15 October 2013
- The Constitution, State Capture and the Way Forward, 2 February 2018
- Dealing with the Past, Cape Town Press Club, 1 October 2020
- Diversity in multicultural societies and answers challenging questions about South Africa’s history at a speech presented to the Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School on 7 February, 2001.
SPEECHES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
2000-08-22
THE CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE
2000-05-05
FW DE KLERK’S FAREWELL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
1997-09-09
PRINCIPLES OF FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION
1997-09-02
PROBLEMS IN THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY
1995-09-11
PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK’S CONCESSION SPEECH
1994-05-02
ACCEPTANCE OF THE PHILADELPHIA LIBERTY MEDAL
1993-07-04
PRIX DU COURAGE POLITIQUE
1992-02-04
THE FINAL ABOLITION OF APARTHEID
1991-06-17
FW DE KLERK INAUGURATION SPEECH
1989-09-20