Editing Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (section)

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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                = Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
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| office              = Leader of the [[Progressive Federal Party]]
| term_start          = 1979
| term_end            = 1986
| alongside           = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district.  (e.g. United States Senators.)-->
| predecessor         = [[Colin Eglin]]
| successor           = Colin Eglin
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| birth_date          = {{Birth date|df=yes|1940|03|02}}
| birth_place         = [[Pretoria, South Africa]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|05|14|1940|03|02}}
| death_place         = Johannesburg, South Africa
| nationality         = [[South Africa]]n
| party               = [[Progressive Federal Party]]
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| children            = 2
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| alma_mater          = [[University of Stellenbosch]]
| occupation          = Analyst, businessman, politician
}}

'''Frederik van Zyl Slabbert''' [[Order of the Baobab|GCOB]] (2 March 1940 &ndash; 14 May 2010) was a South African political analyst, businessman and politician.<ref name="Citizen2010a">{{Citation | title = Frederik van Zyl Slabbert dies | newspaper = [[The Citizen (South Africa)|The Citizen]] | location =  Johannesburg | date = 15 May 2010 | url= http://www.citizen.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58917&catid=25:local-news&Itemid=34 }}</ref> He is best known for having been the leader of the [[official opposition]] – the [[Progressive Federal Party]] (PFP) – in the [[House of Assembly of South Africa|House of Assembly]] from 1979 to 1986.<ref name="Citizen2010a"/>