Nelson

A leader I admire: Nelson Madela

By Retana Almaguer Ana Gabriela

  • Birth

    Rohilahla Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo (southeast)

  • ANC

    Mandela joins the African National Congress (ANC), a party that will be banned from 1960 to 1993,

  • First Marriage

    First Marriage
    Marries his first wife Evelyn Ntoko Mase, with whom she will have four children.

  • Arrest

    Mandela is arrested in Johannesburg.
    He will be convicted of incitement to strike and illegally leaving the country, so he is sentenced to five years in prison

  • Trial

    Trial
    Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage and conspiracy following the so-called "Rivonia trial."

  • Freedom

    Freedom
    After 27 and a half years of captivity, Mandela gains his longed-for freedom.

  • Nobel prize

    Nobel prize
    Mandela receives the Nobel Peace Prize, shared with the then president of South Africa

  • Precidency

    Precidency
    Madiba assumes South Africa's presidency, as an ANC leader, after winning South Africa's first multiracial democratic elections

  • Second marriage

    Second marriage
    On her 80th birthday, Mandela marries Graca Machel, widow of former Mozambican President Samora Mache

  • Abandonment

    Mandela leaves the post of president after a single term.

  • A disease is diagnosed

    A disease is diagnosed
    He is diagnosed with prostate cancer causing him to retire from public life in 2009

  • statement from the un

    statement from the un
    The UN declares 18 July, the former president's birth date, as Nelson Mandela International Day, in recognition of his contribution to peace and freedom.

  • Last public appearance

    Last public appearance
    Mandela's last public appearance, on the occasion of the closing ceremony and final match of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

  • Hospitalization

    He enters a hospital in Pretoria, where he will stay for two weeks to be treated for breathing problems and surgery for gallbladder stones.

  • Relapse

    Relapse
    He is admitted back to a hospital in Pretoria for the relapse of a lung infection.

  • Serious situation

    your situation worsens, and your prognosis becomes critical.

  • critical condition

    Still in critical condition, he is transferred to his johannesburg home, where he continues to receive the same treatment as in the hospital under intensive care.

  • Death

    Death
    He died at the age of 95 in his home in Johannesburg.