Marike de Klerk

Marike de Klerk
First Lady of South Africa
In role
15 August 1989 – 10 May 1994
PresidentF. W. de Klerk
Preceded byAnna Elizabeth Botha
Succeeded byWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Personal details
Born
Marike Willemse

(1937-03-29)29 March 1937
Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died3 December 2001(2001-12-03) (aged 64)
Cape Town, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa
Cause of deathMurder
Political partyNational
Spouse
(m. 1959; div. 1996)
Children3
Alma materPotchefstroom University

Marike de Klerk (née Willemse; 29 March 1937 – 3 December 2001) was the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, from 1989–1994. She was also a politician of the former governing National Party in her own right. De Klerk was murdered in her Cape Town home in 2001.