Eugène Ney TerreBlanche

 (born Jan. 31, 1941, Ventersdorp, Transvaal province, S.Af. [now in North West province]—died April 3, 2010, near Ventersdorp), . [Credit: Johann Hattingh—EPA/Landov]South African farmer and Afrikaner nationalist who cofounded (1970) the pro-apartheid Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB, Afrikaner Resistance Movement), through which he fought against majority rule in South Africa and campaigned for a separate whites-only homeland. Terre’Blanche was of French Huguenot ancestry and originally trained as a police officer, serving for a time as a presidential bodyguard. He became well known as a fiery public speaker with a penchant for wearing paramilitary uniforms and sporting neo-Nazi symbols, though his influence waned in later years. ... (100 of 184 words)

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