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Helen Suzman

1917 - 2009

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Helen Suzman, OMSG, DBE (née Gavronsky; 7 November 1917 – 1 January 2009) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. She represented a series of liberal and centre-left opposition parties during her 36-year tenure in the whites-only, National Party-controlled House of Assembly of South Africa at the height of apartheid. She hosted the meeting that founded the Progressive Party in 1959, and was its only MP in the 160-member House for thirteen years. She was the only member of the South African Parliament to consistently and unequivocally oppose all apartheid legislation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Suzman is the 14,398th most popular politician (down from 13,114th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 84th in 2019) and the 39th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Helen Suzman ranks 14,398 out of 19,576. Before her are Fritz Schäffer, Carlos Roberto Reina, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Andrej Bajuk, Jean-Jacques Honorat, and Baltasar Brum. After her are Franz Bartl, Constantin Coandă, Petr Nečas, Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, Jyrki Katainen, and Bill Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Helen Suzman ranks 239. Before her are James Jesus Angleton, Jane Bowles, Henry Carlsson, Noboru Terada, Li Rui, and Dmitry Polyansky. After her are Abdullah al-Sallal, Babiker Awadalla, Fyodor Khitruk, Rudolf Gnägi, John Berry, and Odd Lundberg. Among people deceased in 2009, Helen Suzman ranks 232. Before her are Tullio Pinelli, Ede Király, Paul Naschy, Ken Henry, Miroslav Filip, and Alexis Argüello. After her are Veronika Dudarova, Pierre Chaunu, Harry Patch, Teddy Mayer, Lukas Foss, and Shota Chochishvili.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Helen Suzman ranks 111 out of 454. Before her are Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Alfred Swift (1931), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Max Gluckman (1911), Alan Paton (1903), and John Kani (1943). After her are Tosca Musk (1974), Wilfrid Napier (1941), Bevil Rudd (1894), David Bailie (1937), Margaret Gardiner (1959), and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Helen Suzman ranks 39. Before her are Piet Joubert (1834), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Walter Sisulu (1912), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Chris Heunis (1927), and Julius Malema (1981). After her are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Ruth First (1925), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Pik Botha (1932), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), and Ted Moore (1914).

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