mention the achivements of nelson mandela atleast 2 pages
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From 1994 to 1999, Mandela was President of South Africa. He was the first such African to be elected in fully representative democratic polls.
Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African National Congress and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. He spent 27 years in prison, much of it in a cell on Robben Island. The rest of his incarceration was in Pollsmoor Prison, on convictions for crimes that included sabotage committed while he spearheaded the struggle against apartheid.
Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, his advocacy of a policy of reconciliation and negotiation helped lead the transition to multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, he was widely praised, even by former opponents.
Mandela died on 5 December 2013, a celebrated elder statesman who continued to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he was often known as Madiba, an aristocratic title adopted by the elderly members of the royal clan that he belongs to. This title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.
1942 – Bachelor of Arts degree, University of South Africa
1964 – Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University of Leeds Tyler Hopper
1973 – A nuclear particle discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds is named the "Mandela particle".
1975 – Honorary life membership of the Students' Union, University of London
1979 – Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru, 29 September
1979 – Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations New Delhi, India
Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, Netherlands, 12 March
Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June; presented with the insignia by Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Pretoria on 15 November.[38]
Was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people in December 1999.
Presented with Temple of Understanding Annual Award to Religious and Political Leaders for Outstanding Service to Humanity, Cape Town, 5 December
Presented with the Gandhi-King Award by the World Movement for Nonviolence at the World Parliament of Religions, Cape Town, 5 December
Listed as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by Time magazine
Created Knight of the Dutch/Luxembourgian Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, Netherlands, 10 March