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South African politician
Hermanus Jacobus Kriel
(14 November 1941 – 5 July 2015) was the first
Premier
of the
Western Cape
province. He previously served as the
Minister of Law and Order
in the South African government under
Frederik Willem de Klerk
.
[1]
He was born in 1941 in
Kakamas
,
Cape Province
.
[2]
[3]
Kriel served as premier from 11 May 1994 to 11 May 1998 as a member of the
National Party
. He became known for having questioned the objectivity of the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
and for having advocated for the return of the
death penalty in South Africa
.
[4]
He defected to the
Democratic Party
in June 2000; the DP had overtaken the NP as the official opposition in the
National Assembly of South Africa
after the election held the year before.
[5]
He was however ranked unfavorably by the DP's electoral college,
[6]
and would instead later appear on the candidate list for the small
African Christian Democratic Party
.
Kriel was married to Anna-Mari (nee Jooste). He died on 5 July 2015, aged 73.
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