| Party: | National Party New National Party |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Termstart1: | May 1994 |
| Termend1: | June 1999 |
| Citizenship: | South Africa |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1945 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Pretoria |
Stefanus Johannes "Fanus" Schoeman (born 29 June 1945) is a South African politician and diplomat who represented the National Party (NP) in Parliament until 1999. Formerly the leader of the NP in Pretoria, he became a diplomat after leaving Parliament.
Schoeman was born on 29 June 1945 and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Pretoria.[1] He represented the NP in the apartheid government, most proximately as Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development during the democratic transition of the early 1990s.[2] [3]
In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Schoeman was elected to an NP seat in the new National Assembly.[4] [5] During the legislative term that followed, he served as executive director of the NP[6] [7] and later as spokesperson to former President F. W. de Klerk.[8] [9] He was also the chair of the NP's regional branch in Pretoria;[10] in 1997, de Klerk supported his bid to succeed Roelf Meyer as the NP's provincial leader in Gauteng, but he was narrowly defeated by Sam de Beer.[11]
Schoeman left the National Assembly after the 1999 general election and subsequently served in ambassadorial posts in Singapore, from 2000 to 2004, and in South Korea, until 2009.[12]