Profile of Nelson Mandela
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© 2012 MCT Source: Reuters, BBC, MCT Illustration Bank Early years Emerging as leader Prisoner 466/64 Family Born July 18, 1918 Son of a tribal chief councillor 1942 Suspended from university studies due to political involvement 1952 Law degree 1944 Helped found African National Congress (ANC) Y outh League advocating boycott, strike, civil disobedience against white rule 1951-52 ANC Y outh League president During the 1950s Banned, arrested and imprisoned several times Married three times; six children; current wife is Graca Machel, widow of Mozambican President Samora Machel 2004 Retires from public life 2007 Launches international group of elder statesman to tackle world problems 2010 Last public appearance at closing ceremony of World Cup in South Africa 1962 Arrested, convicted of sabotage; sentenced to five years 1964 Charged again, sentenced to life; spent two decades on Robben Island 1990 Released from prison Negotiating peace Later life 1993 Accepts Nobel Peace Prize (along with F. W. de Klerk) 1994 Era of apartheid formally ends with first free elections; elected first black president of a democratic South Africa 1999 Steps down as president after one term
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© 2012 MCTSource: Reuters, BBC, MCT Illustration Bank
Early years
Emerging as leader
Prisoner 466/64
Family
Born July 18, 1918 Sonof a tribal chief councillor
1942 Suspended from
university studiesdue to political
involvement
1952 Law degree
1944 Helped found African National Congress(ANC) Youth League advocating boycott,strike, civil disobedience against white rule
1951-52 ANC Youth League president
During the 1950s Banned, arrestedand imprisoned several times
Married three times;six children; current
wife is GracaMachel, widow of
MozambicanPresident Samora
Machel
2004 Retires frompublic life
2007 Launchesinternational group of
elder statesman totackle world problems
2010 Last public appearanceat closing ceremony of World
Cup in South Africa
1962 Arrested, convictedof sabotage; sentenced to five years
1964 Charged again, sentenced to life;spent two decades on Robben Island
1990 Released from prison
Negotiating peace
Later life
1993 Accepts Nobel Peace Prize(along with F. W. de Klerk)
1994 Era of apartheid formally ends with first free elections;elected first black president of a democratic South Africa
1999 Steps down as president after one term
