Helen Suzman
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917-11-07
- Died
- 2009-01-01
- Works
- 11
Top works
- A digest of the Fagan report
- In No Uncertain Terms - The Memoirs of Helen Suzman
- New lines in Native policy
- A digest of the native laws (Fagan) Commission
- How the United States should react to apartheid
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,891x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,326x
- Dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer with deep neural networks
· 2017 · cited 11,697x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Eric Bell
- Succeeded by
- Tony Leon
- Born
- Helen Gavronsky , ( 1917-11-07 ) 7 November 1917, Germiston , Transvaal , Union of South Africa
- Died
- 1 January 2009 (2009-01-01) (aged 91), Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa
- Party
- United , Progressive , Progressive Reform , Progressive Federal , Democratic , Democratic Alliance
- Spouse
- Moses Suzman
- Relatives
- Janet Suzman (niece)
- Alma mater
- University of the Witwatersrand
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Key dates
- Born
- 7 November 1917
- Died
- 1 January 2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Helen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Germiston
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Employer
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Political party
- Progressive Federal Party
Article
Helen Suzman, OMSG, DBE (née Gavronsky; 7 November 1917 – 1 January 2009) 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.
She hosted the meeting that founded the Progressive Party in 1959, and was its only MP in the 160-member House for thirteen years. She was the only member of the South African Parliament to consistently and unequivocally oppose all apartheid legislation.
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1917 births2009 deaths20th-century South African women politiciansAcademic staff of the University of the WitwatersrandAnti–death penalty activistsBurials at Westpark CemeteryHonorary Dames Commander of the Order of the British EmpireInternational members of the American Philosophical SocietyJewish South African anti-apartheid activistsJewish South African politiciansMembers of the House of Assembly (South Africa)