Bharat Ratna, Nobel Peace Prize, Congressional Gold Medal (1988), Gandhi Peace Prize (2001), Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1979), United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (1988), Freedom of the City of Aberdeen (1984), Gandhi–King Award (1999), International Simón Bolívar Prize (1983), Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony (1996), Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize (1991).
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
He was the country's first black head of the state and the first election in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by the tackling institutionalised racism and the fostering racial reconciliation. He not just coordinated quiet exhibits against the profoundly bigot South African government, he proceeded to guarantee the Nobel Prize in 1993 for assisting with consummation politically-sanctioned racial segregation. Despite his poor treatment, he could not be broken and, shortly after being released in 1990, was elected President of South Africa – the country’s first black leader.
