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NELSON MANDELA

1st President of South Africa

In office

10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999

DeputyThabo Mbeki

F. W. de Klerk

Preceded byF. W. de Klerk

As State President

Succeeded byThabo Mbeki

Personal details

BornRolihlahla Mandela

18 July 1918

Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa

Died5 December 2013 (aged 95)

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Resting placeMandela Graveyard

Qunu, Eastern Cape

31°48′21.8″S 28°36′52.7″E

NationalitySouth African

Political partyAfrican National Congress

Other political

affiliationsSouth African Communist Party

Spouse(s)Evelyn Ntoko Mase

(m. 1944–1957; divorced)

Winnie Madikizela

(m. 1958–1996; divorced)

Graça Machel

(m. 1998–2013; his death)

Children

Thembekile Mandela

Makaziwe Mandela

Makgatho Mandela

Makaziwe Mandela

Zenani Mandela

Zindziswa Mandela

Alma mater

University of Fort Hare

UoL External Programme

University of South Africa

University of the Witwatersrand

Occupation

Activist

Politician

Philanthropist

Lawyer

ReligionMethodist[1][2][3]

Known forAnti-Apartheid Movement

Awards

Sakharov Prize (1988)

Bharat Ratna (1990)

Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

Order of Lenin

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Notable work(s)Long Walk to Freedom

SignatureSignature of Nelson Mandela

Websitewww.nelsonmandela.org

Nickname(s)Madiba

Tata

Dalibhunga (initiation name)[4]

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