Nelson Mandela was born in Qunu in 1918. He studied at the mission school and studied law in Johannesburg. He was married three times with Evelyn Ntoko (1944), Winnie Madikizela (1958) and Graca Machel (1998). He joined to the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1942, in the ANC he had many positions there like Youth League Secretary (1947), Deputy head of ANC (1952) and President of the ANC (1991), all the time his goal was to end the unjust system of apartheid in South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1993. He was elected the first democratically president of South Africa with the 62% of approval and his government worked while five years. After his retirement, he raised money for children's charities.
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