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date: 08 December 2019

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahlafree

Hon. OM 1995

Born 1918; s of Chief of Tembu tribe; m 1st, 1944, Evelyn Mase (marr. diss. 1957; she d 2004); one d (and two s one d decd); 2nd, 1958, Winnie Mandela (marr. diss. 1996); two d; 3rd, 1998, Graça (Hon. DBE 2007), widow of Samora Machel; died 5 Dec. 2013

President of South Africa, 1994–99; President, African National Congress, 1991–97 (Deputy President, 1990–91)

Education

Univ. Coll., Fort Hare; Univ. of Witwatersrand

Career

Legal practice, Johannesburg, 1952. On trial for treason, 1956–61 (acquitted); sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, 1962; tried for further charges, 1963–64, and sentenced to life imprisonment; released, 1990. Holds hon. degrees from Oxford, Cambridge and other UK univs. Hon. QC 2000. Jawaharlal Nehru Award, India, 1979; Simon Bolivar Prize, UNESCO, 1983; Sakharov Prize, 1988; (with F. W. De Klerk) Nobel Peace Prize, 1993

Publications

No Easy Walk to Freedom, 1965; Long Walk to Freedom, 1994; Conversations with Myself, 2010

Address

c/o President’s Office, Private Bag X 1000, Cape Town 8000, South Africa