Fanus Schoeman
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 1994  June 1999
Personal details
Born (1945-06-29) 29 June 1945
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyNational Party
New National Party
Alma materUniversity 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]

References

  1. "Stefanus Schoeman". Who's Who SA. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. Strauss, Annette (1993). "The 1992 Referendum in South Africa". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 31 (2): 339–360. ISSN 0022-278X.
  3. "S. Africans Move Closer to Accord". Los Angeles Times. 14 February 1993. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. "Parliament Power Play Could Go To Court". The Mail & Guardian. 2 September 1994. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. "Ministers in Nat power struggle". The Mail & Guardian. 6 January 1995. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. "Secret chemical war remains secret". The Mail & Guardian. 23 August 1996. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. Daley, Suzanne (18 January 1997). "South Africa's Truth Panel Accuses de Klerk of Lies and Cover-Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. "Zim summit urges integration". The Mail & Guardian. 28 July 1997. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  11. "Police to probe fake bubbly scandal". The Mail & Guardian. 9 June 1997. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  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
  13. "Stefanus J. Schoeman, fourth from left". Korea Times. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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