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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/ m æ n ˈ d ɛ l ə / man-DEL-ə, [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Date of Birth Date of Death Longevity (Years, Days) Longevity (Days) 1: Nelson Mandela: 18 July 1918: 5 December 2013: 95 years, 140 days: 34,839 days 2: Marais Viljoen: 2 December 1915: 4 January 2007: 91 years, 33 days: 33,271 days 3: P. W. Botha: 12 January 1916: 31 October 2006: 90 years, 292 days: 33,165 days 4: Charles Robberts Swart: 5 ...
On 5 December 2013, Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state, died at the age of 95 after a prolonged respiratory infection. [1]
Children passing a Nelson Mandela wall mural in the Township Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Alamy I spent a couple of months this summer researching and writing a children's biography, Nelson ...
This day in 1996, Nelson Mandela historically stepped down as President of South Africa. According to South African History Online, On 7 July 1996,in a television broadcast President Nelson ...
(Birth–Death) Elected Term of office Parliament Political party Government Refs Took office Left office Time in office 1 Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 1994: 10 May 1994 14 June 1999 5 years, 35 days 22nd: ANC: Mandela (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) ANC—NP—IFP: The first post-apartheid president of South Africa.
Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela OLS MP (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 [1] – 2 April 2018), [2] also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela.
A coffee table book authored by Nelson Mandela’s daughter, Dr. Pumla Makaziwe Mandela, takes a look at the family man behind the statesman with never-before-seen private photography.