Allan Boesak

Reverend Allan Boesak (23 February 1945 - ) is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric and was a politician and anti-apartheid activist. He was sentenced to prison for fraud in 1999 but was re-instated as a cleric in late 2004.

Cleric and activist

Boesak was elected as president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982, a position he held until 1991.

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World Alliance of Reformed Churches - 1982 - 1991

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He rose to prominence during the 1980s as an outspoken critic and opponent of the National Party's policies and played a major anti-apartheid activist role role as a patron of the United Democratic Front from 1983 to 1991.

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1980s - National Party - United Democratic Front - 1983

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In 1991, Boesak was elected as chairman of the Western Cape region of the African National Congress (ANC).

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Chairman - Western Cape - African National Congress

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Boesak resigned from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1990 after details of an extra-marital affair with television presenter Elna Botha emerged; they later married.

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1990 - Television presenter

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