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'''Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff''' ([[8 Desember]] [[1913]] - [[4 Oktober]] [[1999]]), of ''sir De Villiers Graaff'' soos hy algemeen bekend gestaan het, was van [[1956]] tot [[1977]] leier van die [[Verenigde Party]] en dus leier van die Amptelike Opposisie in die [[Volksraad]], en 'n kort rukkie lank die tussentydse leier van die [[Nuwe Republiek Party]].
Graaff is op 8 Desember 1913 gebore as seun van sir [[David Pieter de Villiers Graaff]], 'n Suid-Afrikaanse nyweraar en kabinetsminister. Hy het die titel by sy pa geërf in [[1931]] en was 'n [[Rhodes-beurs]]houer. Sy grootvader aan moederskant was die predikant dr. [[Johannes van Heerden]].
De Villiers Graaff was born in December 1913, just two months before the foundation of WPPS, and was at the school from 1924 to 1927. He was an outstanding scholar and sportsman, and was head boy in his final year.
While at UCT studying law, he played in two matches for the WP Currie Cup cricket side. He continued his legal studies at Oxford and at Leiden University. Returning to Cape Town to pursue a legal career, he was admitted as an advocate in 1937. His career was interrupted, however, by the outbreak of the Second World War, in which he served with the South African forces in North Africa. He was captured by the Germans at Tobruk, and spent the rest of the war, apart from a few days of freedom following an escape, in Italian and German prison camps. He was awarded an OBE after the war for his relief work among prisoners.
On his return home, he continued his legal career, at the same time becoming more involved in the family’s dairy farming interests.
Graaff sluit met die uitbreek van die [[Tweede Wêreldoorlog]] by die [[Geallieerde Magte]] aan en verwerf die rang van kaptein. In [[1942]] is hy by [[Tobroek]] gevange geneem en tot [[1945]] in [[Italië|Italiaanse]] en [[Duitsland|Duitse]] krygsgevangenekampe aangehou.
Met sy toetrede tot die politiek verloor hy die tussenverkiesing in [[Hottentots-Holland (kiesafdeling)|Hottentots-Holland]], maar wen dieselfde setel met die verkiesing 'n jaar later op [[26 Mei]] [[1948]], dieselfde verkiesing waarin die [[Nasionale Party]] se onafgebroke bewind van 46 jaar aanbreek.
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