Nelson Mandela

Ended apartheid; first Black President of South Africa

Born 1918 🇿🇦 South Africa 1994

👑 Known For

27 years imprisoned on Robben Island — emerged without bitterness

First democratically elected President of South Africa (1994–1999)

Nobel Peace Prize (1993) shared with F.W. de Klerk

Nobel Peace Prize 1993; spent 27 years in prison for freedom