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Zach de Beer was a South African politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice and Police from 1974 to 1978. He was a member of the National Party and was a prominent figure in the apartheid government. De Beer was born in Woodstock, Cape Town, and attended the University of Cape Town, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1951. He was admitted to the Cape Bar in 1952 and practiced as an advocate until 1974. In 1974, de Beer was appointed Minister of Justice and Police in the apartheid government. He held this position until 1978, when he was replaced by Jimmy Kruger. During his tenure, de Beer was responsible for the implementation of the apartheid system of racial segregation and the introduction of the death penalty for political offenses. De Beer was also a member of the South African Parliament from 1974 to 1978. After leaving politics, he returned to the practice of law and was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1985. He retired from the bench in 1993. De Beer died on 11 October, 2018 at the age of 90. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.

Popular As Zacharias Johannes de Beer
Occupation Politician businessman diplomat activist
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 11 October, 1928
Birthday 11 October
Birthplace Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape, Union of South Africa
Date of death (1999-05-27)
Died Place Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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His wife is Maureen Strauss (div.) Mona Schwartz

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1999

De Beer was for many years a director of Anglo American PLC/De Beers. He died of a stroke at his home in Clifton, Cape Town, in 1999.

1994

Following the DP's defeat in the first post-apartheid election of 1994, De Beer resigned as party leader. He was appointed South African ambassador to the Netherlands by Nelson Mandela.

1977

In the 1977 general election, he was returned to Parliament as an MP for what had become the Progressive Federal Party which had been formed that year through a merger of the Progressive Party and various other liberal groups of MPs. He became the PFP's leader in August 1988 and, with Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan was a co-leader of the new Democratic Party when it formed in 1989.

1953

De Beer was born in Woodstock, Cape Town, the son of Jean Isobel (MacRae) and Zacharias Johannes de Beer. He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1953 as an MP for the opposition United Party. He was 24 years old at the time, and was the youngest MP ever elected to the parliament. On the party's left wing, he and fellow MPs including Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin, Ray Swart, Harry Lawrence and Dr Jan Steytler resigned from the party after its national congress voted against returning any further land to the black majority for their occupation and use. He and the other liberal MPs formed the new Progressive Party in 1959. Like all the Progressive MPs except Helen Suzman, De Beer lost his seat in the 1961 general election. He joined an advertising agency before moving on to work for the Anglo American PLC/De Beers diamond mining conglomerate.

1951

Educated at Bishop's Diocesan College in Rondebosch, He completed an MBChB degree at the University of Cape Town in 1951. There he was elected president of the Students Representative Council.

1928

Zacharias Johannes "Zach" de Beer (born Cape Town, South Africa, 11 October 1928 – 27 May 1999) was a liberal Afrikaner South African politician and businessman. He was the last leader of the liberal Progressive Federal Party and then the co-leader of the new liberal Democratic Party.