Fanus Schoeman

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Fanus Schoeman
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 1994 –June 1999
Personal details
Born (1945-06-29) 29 June 1945 (age 78)
Citizenship South Africa
Political party National Party
New National Party
Alma mater University of Pretoria

Stefanus Johannes "Fanus" Schoeman (29 June 1945 - 15 July 2022) was a South African politician and diplomat who represented the National Party (NP) in Parliament until 1999. Formerly the leader of the NP in Pretoria, he became a diplomat after leaving Parliament.

Life and career

Schoeman was born on 29 June 1945 and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Pretoria. [1] He represented the NP in the apartheid government, most proximately as Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development during the democratic transition of the early 1990s. [2] [3]

In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Schoeman was elected to an NP seat in the new National Assembly. [4] [5] During the legislative term that followed, he served as executive director of the NP [6] [7] and later as spokesperson to former President F. W. de Klerk. [8] [9] He was also the chair of the NP's regional branch in Pretoria; [10] in 1997, de Klerk supported his bid to succeed Roelf Meyer as the NP's provincial leader in Gauteng, but he was narrowly defeated by Sam de Beer. [11]

Schoeman left the National Assembly after the 1999 general election and subsequently served in ambassadorial posts in Singapore, from 2000 to 2004, [12] and in South Korea, until 2009. [13]

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References

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  4. ↑ "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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  12. ↑ Schoeman, Stefanus Johannes (7 May 2014), "Singapore: From Red Dot to Shining Star", The Little Red Dot, Co-Published with Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore, pp. 221–223, doi:10.1142/9789814612814_0040, ISBN   978-981-4641-74-6 , retrieved 20 April 2023
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