About Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist, statesman, and revolutionary who was the first 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. His administration focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation, a national peace accord and eventual multiracial democracy. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
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Awards & Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights
Nobel Peace Prize
Sakharov Prize
Order of the Smile
Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
Order of Merit
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Order of Lenin
Lenin Peace Prize
Bharat Ratna
Order of the Lion
honorary Canadian citizenship
Congressional Gold Medal
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Order of Friendship
Ambassador of Conscience Award
Alan Paton Award
Order of the Elephant
Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
World Rugby Hall of Fame
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights
Order of the Nile
Nishan-e-Pakistan
Gandhi Peace Prize
Royal Order of the Seraphim
Order of the Star of Ghana
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
Order of José Martí
Order of Jamaica
International Simón Bolívar Prize
Arthur Ashe Courage Award
Order of Stara Planina
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
Isitwalandwe Medal
Order of Playa Girón
Delta Prize for Global Understanding
J. William Fulbright Prize
Atatürk International Peace Prize
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
honorary doctorate
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
honorary citizen of Paris
Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali
Giuseppe Motta Medal
Order of Agostinho Neto
Order of Augusto César Sandino
Ahimsa Award
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal
Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Grandmaster of the Order of Good Hope
Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum
Gold Olympic Order
Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia
Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada
honorary doctor of the University of the Witwatersrand
honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
honorary doctor of the Howard University
honorary doctor of Paris 8 University
honorary doctorate of the University of Cape Town
honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
honorary doctor of the Peking University
Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet
honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
honorary doctor of the University of Pretoria
Honorary doctor of Leiden University
Grand Star of People's Friendship
Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class
honorary degree from Spelman College
honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich
Freedom of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Honorary King's Counsel
Honorary doctor of the University of Fort Hare
