https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw His biography en-us 2021-08-02 21:59:14 UTC 2026-03-06 19:07:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667130915 He was a South African lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, politician and philanthropist who presided over his country from 1994 to 1999.]]> 2021-08-02 22:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667130915 lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667140664 He was the first black president to head the Executive Power, and the first to be elected by universal suffrage in his country.]]> 2021-08-02 22:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667140664 lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667142515 2021-08-02 23:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667142515 lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667143411 In his practice as a lawyer, he was arrested several times for seditious activities]]> 2021-08-02 23:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667143411 lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667144136 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.]]> 2021-08-02 23:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667144136 lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667145095 He was imprisoned for 27 years, first on Robben Island and later in Pollsmoor and Victor Verster prisons.]]> 2021-08-02 23:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667145095 lauritaximena28 https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667148290 During his Government of National Unity, he invited other political parties to join his cabinet, and a new constitution was also promulgated.]]> 2021-08-02 23:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lauritaximena28/thx88zb7euwmujdw/wish/1667148290