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Dec 5, 2013 · Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. The Nobel Peace Prize 1993. Born: 18 July 1918, Mvezo, South Africa. Died: 5 December 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa. Residence at the time of the award: South Africa. Prize motivation: “for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South ...
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa"
He was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength. He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom. Nelson Mandela was released on February 11, 1990.
When the country's white minority government prohibited the ANC in 1960, Mandela became convinced that armed struggle was inevitable. Inspired by the guerrilla wars in Algeria and Cuba, he organized a military underground movement that engaged in sabotage.
Among his awards were the Nobel Peace Prize, [227] the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, [467] the Soviet Union's Lenin Peace Prize, [466] and the Libyan Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights. [468]
Nelson Mandela and F.W. De Clerk awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for momentous contribution to peaceful elimination of apartheid in South Africa.
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Background. Born: July 18, 1918. Place of Birth: Village near Umtata in the Transkei, South Africa. Residence: Qunu, Transkei, South Africa. Biographical highlights: 1944 - Joined African National Congress. 1956-61 - Tried for treason, acquitted 1961. 1960 - ANC banned. 1961 - Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
