Question

After spending 27 years in prison, who among the following became the president of his country on May 9, 1994?
Benigno Aquino Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Hugo Chavez
Ho Chi Minh

Answer 1

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela became the President of his country after spending 27 years in prison.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Nelson Mandela was the first black person to become president of South Africa.

• He was a philanthropist, Social activist, politician etc.

• He fought against the racial discrimination in South Africa.

• He was imprisoned due to opposing the South African Government for 27 years.

• He worked as the president of African National Congress.

• Nelson Mandela succeeded in removing the racial discrimination in South Africa.

• For this he was awarded with Nobel peace prize and Indian government awarded him Bharat Ratna.

• Nelson Mandela is popularly known as "African Gandhi.

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Answer 2

QUIZ TIME

After spending 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa on May 9, 1994.

He served as the President of South Africa from May 1994 to June 1999.

Other information about Nelson Mandela :-

• He was born on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa and died on 5 December 2013 in Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa.

• By profession he was a politician and a lawyer.

• He was arrested and was sentenced  for life for conspiring to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial. He was released after 27 years.

• He was against apartheid and fought against racial segregation. He was an  anti-Apartheid activist.

• He was awarded with many awards. Some of them are as follows :-

        → Nobel Peace Prize, 1993

        → Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International

           Understanding, 1979

        → Bharat Ratna, 1990

        → Gandhi Peace Prize, 2001

        → Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2002

        → Congressional Gold Medal, 1998

        → Lenin Peace prize, 1990

        → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human, 1988

• He was also known as "African Gandhi" because of the contributions he made for the independence of South Africa. His ideology was similar to that of Mahatma Gandhi.

• His one of the famous quotes is :- "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."