Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mandela in Pennsylvania, United States in July 1993.
President of South Africa
In office
10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999
Vice President Frederik Willem de Klerk
Thabo Mbeki
Preceded by
Frederik Willem de Klerk
(State President of South
Africa)
Succeeded by
Thabo Mbeki
19th Secretary General of the Non-Aligned
Movement
In office
3 September 1998 – 14 June 1999
Preceded by
Andrés Pastrana Arango
Succeeded by
Thabo Mbeki
Born
18 July 1918 (1918-07-18)
Mvezo, Eastern Cape, Union
of South Africa
Political party African National Congress
Apartheid in South Africa
Events and Projects
Sharpeville Massacre
Soweto uprising · Treason Trial
Rivonia Trial · Church Street bombing
CODESA · St James Church massacre
Organisations
ANC · IFP · AWB · Black Sash · CCB
Conservative Party · ECC · PP · RP
PFP · HNP · MK · PAC · SACP · UDF
Broederbond · National Party
COSATU · SADF · SAP
People
P. W. Botha · Oupa Gqozo · D. F. Malan
Nelson Mandela · Desmond Tutu
F. W. de Klerk · Walter Sisulu
Helen Suzman · Harry Schwarz
Andries Treurnicht · H. F. Verwoerd
Oliver Tambo · B. J. Vorster
Kaiser Matanzima · Jimmy Kruger
Steve Biko · Mahatma Gandhi
Joe Slovo · Trevor Huddleston
Places
Bantustan · District Six · Robben Island
Sophiatown · South-West Africa
Soweto · Sun City · Vlakplaas
Other aspects
Afrikaner nationalism
Apartheid laws · Freedom Charter
Sullivan Principles · Kairos Document
Disinvestment campaign
South African Police
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA: [xoˈliɬaɬa
manˈdeːla]; born 18 July 1918 in Transkei,
South Africa)[1]
is a former President of
South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully
representative democratic election, who held
office from 1994–99. Before his presidency,
Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and
the leader of the African National Congress’s
armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South
African courts convicted him on charges of
sabotage, as well as other crimes committed
while he led the movement against apartheid.
In accordance with his conviction, Mandela
served 27 years in prison