Christo Ferro Liebenberg (born 2 October 1934) is a South African banker who was

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, from 19 September 1994 to 4 April 1996, in the government of national unity chaired by

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. He was born in Touws River in the Western Cape. His father worked on the railway lines. Touws River was one of the biggest railway junctions of that time in South Africa. He was educated at Worcester Boys' High School,

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AMP,

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and

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. He started working at Nedcor Bank in 1952 as a messenger. He worked his way up until 1994 when he retired as CEO of

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after serving for four years. Nelson Mandela asked him to take over from Finance Minister

Derek Keys Derek Lyle Keys (30 August 1931 – 29 April 2018) was a South African politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to September 1994, in the cabinets of F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. Early life Born in Johannesburg, he attended ...

in 1994. As he was not affiliated to any political party, President Nelson Mandela changed the constitution to accommodate Liebenberg as Finance Minister. As per agreement, he stayed for a certain period after which the position then went to

Trevor Manuel Trevor Andrew Manuel (born 31 January 1956) is a South African politician who served in the government of South Africa as Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2009, during the presidencies of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe, an ...

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