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He was a South African lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, politician and philanthropist who presided over his country from 1994 to 1999.

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He was the first black president to head the Executive Power, and the first to be elected by universal suffrage in his country.

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Mandela studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Witwatersrand 

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Mandela studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Witwatersrand 

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In his practice as a lawyer, he was arrested several times for seditious activities

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In 1962 he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment during the Rivonia Trial.

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He was imprisoned for 27 years, first on Robben Island and later in Pollsmoor and Victor Verster prisons.

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During his Government of National Unity, he invited other political parties to join his cabinet, and a new constitution was also promulgated.