Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013) was a South African politician and activist who opposed Apartheid. After being imprisoned for 27 years at Robben Island, he was released and became an important political figure. Mandela was elected president of South Africa in the country's first multiracial elections in 1994, and served until 1999.