Nelson Mandela Biography, Age, Height, Education, Family, Wife, Children, Spouse, Death, Quotes & Fact

 

 

 

 

Who is Nelson Mandela?

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Short Biography

Birth name: Rolihlahla Mandela

Birth date: 18 July 1918

Birth place: Mvezo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (now Eastern Cape)

Died: 5 December 2013 (aged 95)

Death place: Johannesburg, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa

Resting place: Mandela Graveyard Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Nickname(s): Madiba, Dalibunga

Height: 1.93 m

Parents: Nosekeni Fanny (mother)

                 Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (father)

Spouse(s): Evelyn Ntoko Mase (m. 1944; div. 1958)​

                     Winnie Madikizela (m. 1958; div. 1996)​

                     Graça Machel ​(m. 1998)

Children: Zenani Mandela

                   Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah

                   Madiba Thembekile Mandela

                   Makgatho Mandela

                   Zindziswa Mandela

School/college: University of Fort Hare

                               University of London

                               University of South Africa

                               University of the Witwatersrand

Occupation: Activist, politician, philanthropist, lawyer

Political party: African National Congress

Net worth: $4.14 million

 

Awards

Sakharov Prize (1988)

Bharat Ratna (1990)

Nishan-e-Pakistan (1992)

Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

Lenin Peace Prize (1990)

Presidential Medal of Freedom (2002)

 

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