Eugène Terre'Blanche

Eugène Terre'Blanche
Terre'Blanche in 2004
Leader and Commander of the
Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
In office
7 July 1973 – 3 April 2010
Preceded byParty created
Succeeded bySteyn von Ronge
Personal details
BornEugène Ney Terre'Blanche
(1941-01-31)31 January 1941
Died3 April 2010(2010-04-03) (aged 69)
Ventersdorp, North West Province, South Africa
Resting placeVillana, Ventersdorp
PartyAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (1973–2010)
Other political
affiliations
Herstigte Nasionale Party (before 1973)
SpouseMartie Terre'blanche
Children1
Alma materPotchefstroom Hoërvolkskool
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Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche ([ɪə̯ˈʒɛn ˈnɛj tərˈblɑ̃ːʃ], 31 January 1941 – 3 April 2010) was a South African Afrikaner nationalist and White supremacist who founded and led the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB; 'Afrikaner Resistance Movement'). Prior to founding the AWB, he served as a South African Police officer, was a farmer, and was a Herstigte Nasionale Party ('Reconstituted National Party') candidate for local office in the Transvaal. He was a major figure in the right-wing backlash against the collapse of apartheid. His beliefs and philosophy have continued to be influential amongst white supremacists in South Africa and across the world.