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edit data. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994â99. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe.
12 reads. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in the village of Mvezo, located in Umtata district of Transkei, South Africa. Nelsonâs father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a Mvezo chief, and while Mandela descended from the local Thembu tribeâs royal family, he was not part of the line that put him in succession for the throne.