Background
MALAN, Wynand was born on May 25, 1943. Son of Dawid Johannes Malan and Annie (nee de Swardt) Malan.
MALAN, Wynand was born on May 25, 1943. Son of Dawid Johannes Malan and Annie (nee de Swardt) Malan.
Linden Hoerskool, Johannesburg and University of Pretoria.
A lawyer, Malan entered politics in the 1977 South African election when he was elected to the South Africa"s all white parliament as the National Party Member of Parliament for Randburg. In the 1987 general election, he left the Natural Philosophy and ran as one of three independent candidates along with former ambassador to London Dennis Worrall and businesswoman Susan Lategan. He was the only one of the trio elected, probably because he was the only incumbent.
He subsequently became one of three co-leaders of the new party and retained his parliamentary seat in the 1989 general election by defeating former Ambassador to Canada Glenn Babb who was running for the Natural Philosophy. Malan remained in the DP"s leadership until 1993.
In 1994, Malan was vice-chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was chaired by Archbishiop Desmond Tutu.
He subsequently quarreled with Worrall and so the two formed two separate political parties after the election.
A member of the Natural Philosophy"s reform wing, he was critical of P.W. Botha for being too timid in his constitutional reforms in the 1980s and was also critical of the state of emergency implemented by Botha.
Married Judith Rousseau, two son one daughter.