Nelson Mandela
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
Known as Madiba
1918–2013 · Statesman, Lawyer, Anti-apartheid activist · South African
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
Anti-apartheid revolutionary, first democratically-elected President of South Africa, and Nobel Peace laureate.
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- Full name
- Nelson Mandela
- Known as
- Madiba
- Birth
- 1918-07-18 · Mvezo, South Africa
- Death
- 2013-12-05 · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Nationality
- South African
- Occupation
- Statesman, Lawyer, Anti-apartheid activist
- Profession
- Statesman
- Notable for
- First democratically-elected President of South Africa; leader of the anti-apartheid movement; Nobel Peace Prize (1993).
Awards & recognition
- Nobel Peace Prize (1993, shared with F. W. de Klerk)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2002)
- Bharat Ratna — India's highest civilian honor (1990)
- Order of Lenin (Soviet Union, 1990)
- Order of Canada (1998)
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