Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid leader who was imprisoned for twenty-seven years before becoming the country's first democratically elected president in 1994. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with F. W. de Klerk for their work ending apartheid.
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Nelson Mandela led the African National Congress.
Source Nelson Mandela, Biographical (Nobel Prize)
Nelson Mandela proposed the breakthrough compromise that opened CODESA and led the ANC delegation through the negotiations.
Source The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1 (SAHO)
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1. Nelson Mandela (Wikipedia)
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Mandela served 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison.
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He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with F. W. de Klerk for their work ending apartheid.
View the Source2. Nelson Mandela, Biographical (Nobel Prize)
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