Eugene "Gene" Louw, (15 July 1931 – 12 October 2015), was a South African

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, member of the National Party, MP for

Durbanville Durbanville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. Durbanville is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis and is surrounded by farms prod ...

and

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, who was administrator for

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(1979–1989), Minister of Home Affairs (1989–1992), National Education (1989–1990), Public Works (1992–1993) and

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(1992–1993) in the

F.W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South A ...

government. Louw retired from political life in 1994 to return to his work as a lawyer in Durbanville.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Louw, Gene 1931 births 2015 deaths Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent National Party (South Africa) politicians Defence ministers of South Africa Ministers of Home Affairs of South Africa Speakers of the House of Assembly (South Africa) Education ministers of South Africa