Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, born July 18, 1918 in Mvezo and died December 5, 2013, is a South African politician and statesman.
He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher gave him the name Nelson. Madiba is that of his tribal clan (royal family); calling it that is a sign of respect.
In 1944, he became a lawyer and member of the political party “the African National Congress” (ANC). He fought peacefully against apartheid in his native country for a long time. However, his party, the ANC, was banned in 1960, and his peaceful struggle produced no results.
In 1961, he participated in sabotage campaigns against public and military infrastructure. He was arrested in 1962, sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964. He was imprisoned and remained on Robben Island for 27 years. He then became the leader of the struggle against apartheid.
He was released in February 1990, following strong international pressure on the white government of South Africa.
On June 30, 1991, apartheid was definitively abolished. The same year he was elected president of the ANC and led the transition negotiations. Two years later he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1994, he became South Africa's first black president; position which he retained until 1999. He led a policy of national reconciliation between whites and blacks and fought against economic inequalities. He established democracy in South Africa. At the end of his term, he fought against poverty, AIDS and campaigned for human rights.
In 1999 he retired from political life, until his death on December 5, 2013, at the age of 95.
Algeria was his second homeland. Indeed, ALN officers trained the first South Africans in weapons in Algeria; The ANC had an office in Algiers. In 1962, President Ben Bella proposed financing the ANC.
On the international scene, Algiers has never hidden its support for the leader of the anti-apartheid struggle and it was in 1974 that Abdelaziz Bouteflika, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, obtained the exclusion of South Africa (apartheid) by the UN council. Nelson Mandela's first foreign visit after his 27 years in prison was to Algeria in 1990 where he declared: “It is Algeria that made a man of me”.
His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, recently declared that Nelson MANDELA will forever remain in African memory for having accomplished reconciliation between the children of South Africa.
Algiers and Pretoria have put in place a strategy to be at the heart of the new pan-African dynamic, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher gave him the name Nelson. Madiba is that of his tribal clan (royal family); calling it that is a sign of respect.
In 1944, he became a lawyer and member of the political party “the African National Congress” (ANC). He fought peacefully against apartheid in his native country for a long time. However, his party, the ANC, was banned in 1960, and his peaceful struggle produced no results.
In 1961, he participated in sabotage campaigns against public and military infrastructure. He was arrested in 1962, sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964. He was imprisoned and remained on Robben Island for 27 years. He then became the leader of the struggle against apartheid.
He was released in February 1990, following strong international pressure on the white government of South Africa.
On June 30, 1991, apartheid was definitively abolished. The same year he was elected president of the ANC and led the transition negotiations. Two years later he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1994, he became South Africa's first black president; position which he retained until 1999. He led a policy of national reconciliation between whites and blacks and fought against economic inequalities. He established democracy in South Africa. At the end of his term, he fought against poverty, AIDS and campaigned for human rights.
In 1999 he retired from political life, until his death on December 5, 2013, at the age of 95.
Algeria was his second homeland. Indeed, ALN officers trained the first South Africans in weapons in Algeria; The ANC had an office in Algiers. In 1962, President Ben Bella proposed financing the ANC.
On the international scene, Algiers has never hidden its support for the leader of the anti-apartheid struggle and it was in 1974 that Abdelaziz Bouteflika, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, obtained the exclusion of South Africa (apartheid) by the UN council. Nelson Mandela's first foreign visit after his 27 years in prison was to Algeria in 1990 where he declared: “It is Algeria that made a man of me”.
His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, recently declared that Nelson MANDELA will forever remain in African memory for having accomplished reconciliation between the children of South Africa.
Algiers and Pretoria have put in place a strategy to be at the heart of the new pan-African dynamic, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).