Nelson Mandela

Prize: Nobel Peace Prize — 1993
for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa
Together with: F. W. de Klerk

occupation: political activist
autobiographer
political prisoner
screenwriter
freedom fighter
lawyer
politician
educated at: University of London
University of Fort Hare
University of the Witwatersrand
University of South Africa
academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
position held: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
start time: 9/2/1998
end time: 1999
member of the National Assembly of South Africa
President of South Africa
start time: 5/10/1994
end time: 6/14/1999
work location: South Africa
member of: The Elders
start time: 2007
end time: 2013
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notable work: Long Walk to Freedom

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