South Africa
D. F. Malan
said
Here at Blood River you stand on holy ground.
— Malan at the Blood River centennial celebrations of 16 December 1938, as quoted by Michael Prior in The Bible and Colonialism: A Moral
D. F. Malan
South African Prime Minister (1874-1959)
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Lived 1874–1959, aged 85South Africa
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He was prime minister when South Africa made apartheid law. The system that enforced racial segregation for nearly half a century began under his government.
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Daniël François Malan was born on 22 May 1874. He became South Africa's fourth prime minister in 1948. During his tenure, which lasted until 1954, the National Party implemented apartheid — the system of racial segregation laws that would define the country for decades. He died on 7 February 1959.
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