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35 Powerful Facts About Worldwide Peacemaker, Nelson Mandela

Trista April 7, 2019 16 min

President of South Africa - African National Congress

3. In 1994, Mandela Was Elected President

President Bill Clinton with Nelson Mandela at the Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1993. White House Photograph Office, Clinton Administration / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

In 1994, apartheid in South Africa officially ended when, for the first time in over 300 years, black South Africans were allowed to participate in their government. When the first-ever democratic elections were held, the ANC became the dominant party in the new parliament. Nelson Mandela was elected president, and he won with a landslide victory . He was 75 years old.

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3. In 1994, Mandela Was Elected President

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