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South African politician (1936–2021)

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Ferdi Hartzenberg
Leader of the Opposition
In office
1993–1994
PresidentF. W. de Klerk
Preceded byAndries Treurnicht
Succeeded byConstand Viljoen
Minister of Education and Training
In office
1979–1982
PresidentP. W. Botha
Preceded byJohannes Petrus van der Spuy
Succeeded byGerrit Viljoen
Deputy Minister of Development
In office
1978–1979
PresidentP. W. Botha
Personal details
Born(1936-01-08)8 January 1936
Lichtenburg, South Africa
Died12 March 2021(2021-03-12) (aged 85)
Lichtenburg, South Africa
Political partyFreedom Front Plus (2003–2021)
Other political
affiliations		National Party (1959–1982)
Conservative Party (1982–2003)
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
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Ferdinand Hartzenberg (8 January 1936 – 12 March 2021) was a South African politician and the second and last leader of the Conservative Party in South Africa between 1993 and its merger with the Freedom Front in 2004. He obtained a DSc (Agriculture) from the University of Pretoria.

Originally a maize farmer from Lichtenburg in the former Transvaal, Hartzenberg was Minister of Education from 1979 to 1982 in the government of PW Botha. He was then one of the more conservative members of the ruling National Party (NP). Together with Andries Treurnicht and other NP members dissatisfied with increasing liberalism in the ruling NP, he left the NP in 1982 to found the right-wing Conservative Party (CP). Hartzenberg became deputy leader.

Hartzenberg became leader of the CP after Treurnicht's death in April 1993. This made him leader of the official opposition in the white chamber of the South African Parliament, a position he held until the first non-racial elections in April 1994.

The Conservative Party refused to take part in the general election of 1994 and thus lost any parliamentary representation. Without any national representation, the CP became marginalised, with the white right wing represented in parliament by Constand Viljoen of the Freedom Front. At the end of 2003, the CP merged with the larger Freedom Front and the Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging to form a new party known as the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) which obtained 4 seats in the general election of 2004. Hartzenberg retired from politics following the merger.

References

  1. ^ "Hartzenberg, Ferdinand (Ferdi) - the O'Malley Archives".
  2. "Hulde aan dr. Ferdi Hartzenberg, politikus en Bonsmara-man". Landbou. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. "South Africa: Crack in the White Monolith". Time. 26 April 1982. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010.
  4. "'It's wrong to say Afrikaners cannot stand together'". Mail & Guardian. 1 October 2003. Hartzenberg does not see an active political career for himself in the future. "I must farm and take care of providing the country with food."
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Preceded by Minister of Education
1979–1982 		Succeeded byGerrit Viljoen
Ministers of education in South Africa
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