About Fleur de Villiers
Lived 1937 – 2023 (aged 85). Fleur de Villiers was a South African scholar, journalist and business consultant.
Fleur Olive Lourens de Villiers, CMG, (1 December 1937 – 7 February 2023) was a South African journalist and business consultant who served as the chairman of the trustees of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Biography De Villiers was born in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), South Africa on 1 December 1937.
In 2011 she was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to democratic transition, reconciliation and governance in South Africa. She was a Global Ambassador for the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Death De Villiers died of a stroke on 7 February 2023, at the age of 85.
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Who was Fleur de Villiers?
South African journalist (1937–2023)
When was Fleur de Villiers born?
Fleur de Villiers was born on 1 December 1937 in Gqeberha.
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Fleur de Villiers died on 7 February 2023.
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Fleur de Villiers was a scholar, journalist and business consultant.
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Fleur de Villiers was South African.
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