birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
touws river minister of finance 02 october 1934 19 september 1994 chris liebenberg
 4 april 1996 christo ferro liebenberg
chris liebenberg

christo ferro liebenberg -lrb- born 2 october 1934 -rrb- is a south african banker who was minister for finance of south africa , from 19 september 1994 to 4 april 1996 , in the government of national unity chaired by nelson mandela .
he was born in touws river in the western cape .
his father worked on the railway lines .
touws river was one of the biggest railway junctions of that time in south africa .
he started working at nedcor bank in 1952 as a messenger .
he worked his way up until 1994 when he retired as ceo of nedbank .
nelson mandela asked him to take over from finance minister derek keys in 1994 .
as he was not affiliated to any political party , president nelson mandela changed the constitution to accommodate liebenberg as finance minister .
as per agreement , he stayed for a certain period after which the position then went to trevor manuel .
