Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, among his 70s. He started his political life because of inheriting his father's position as a privy councilor in 1937. Since his education of Bachelor of Arts and Laws which is related to the liberal arts, Mandela represented political dreams of black people. In order to realize those dreams, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964. Following his release from prison, because of the end of apartheid, on 11 February 1990, Mandela supported reconciliation and negotiation, and helped lead the transition towards multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Four years later, he was elected in a fully representative democratic election in South of Africa. He and F.W.de Klerk, who was the last president of apartheid-era South Africa, known for improving the end of apartheid, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.