Prasident (Sudafrika) - Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Frederik Willem de Klerk, Kgalema Motlanthe, Pieter Willem Botha (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Frederik Willem de Klerk, Kgalema Motlanthe, Pieter Willem Botha, Liste Der Staatsoberhaupter Von Sudafrika, Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Charles Robberts Swart, Marais Viljoen, Jacob Johannes Fouche, Nicolaas Diederichs, Jozua Francois Naude. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: born 18 July 1918) served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. Nelson Mandela circa 1937Nelson Mandela belongs to a cadet branch of the Thembu dynasty, which reigns in the Transkeian Territories of South Africa's Cape Province. He was born in Mvezo, a small village located in the district of Umtata, the Transkei capital. His patrilineal great-grandfather Ngubengcuka (who died in 1832), ruled as the Inkosi Enkhulu, or king, of the Thembu people. One of the king's sons, named Mandela, became Nelson's grandfather and the source of his surname. However, because he was only the Inkosi's child by a wife of the Ixhiba clan (the so-called "Left-Hand House"), the descendants of his branch of the ro...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de