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Nelson Mandela's achievements include being a lawyer, boxer, husband, father, political prisoner, Nobel Prize winner, president, and human rights icon. Nelson was released after 27 years in prison to lead his people. Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first black president. He is also a writer, publishing numerous books about his life. Nelson is a Survivor of prostate cancer as well.

Mandela has received more than two hundred and fifty awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993

From 1994 to 1999, Mandela was President of South Africa. He was the first such African to be elected in fully representative democratic polls.

Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, his switch to a policy of reconciliation and negotiation helped lead the transition to multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, he has been widely praised, even by former opponents.

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