HISTORY
NEW NATIONS EMERGE
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Question
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What was significant about Mandela being elected as President?
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He was a criminal
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He wasn’t qualified
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He was the first African elected in South Africa
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He was a foreigner and not from South Africa
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993, along with South Africa’s president at the time, F.W. de Klerk, for having led the transition from apartheid to a multiracial democracy. Mandela is also known for being the first black president of South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999.
Detailed explanation-2: -10th of May, 1994 was a red-letter day in the history of South Africa. It was the day when the hated regime of apartheid came to an end. A new democratically elected non-racial government under Nelson Mandela was to be sworn in. Many international leaders and dignitaries came to pay their respect to the new government.
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