Helen Suzman

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South African politician (1917-2009)

South Africa PoliticiansLived 1917 to 2009 · aged 91

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Helen Suzman, OMSG, DBE 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.

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Suzman with the breakaway Progressive Party's House caucus in 1960. This was prior to the disastrous 1961 election that left Suzman as the sole parliamentarian opposed to apartheid for 13 years

Western Boulevard in Cape Town was renamed Helen Suzman Boulevard in 2011.

Awards 6

1988Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis

1978United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

honorary doctor of Brandeis University

Order for Meritorious Service

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Connected to Helen 6

Desmond TutuAlso won Order for Meritorious Service

Estela Barnes de CarlottoAlso won United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

Sepp PiontekAlso won Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Teddy KollekAlso won Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis

Beverly SillsAlso won honorary doctor of Brandeis University

Thanom KittikachornAlso won Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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South Africa