Mandela, Nelson (Rolihlahla) (b. 1918), South African statesman, President 1994-9. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 as an activist for the African National Congress (ANC). Released in 1990, as leader of the ANC he engaged in talks on the introduction of majority rule with President F. W. de Klerk, with whom he shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He became the country's first democratically elected President in 1994.
曼德拉, 纳尔逊（·罗利赫拉赫拉）（生于1918年, 南非政治家, 1994-1999年任南非总统, 1964年作为非洲国民大会的活跃分子被判处终身监禁, 1990年获释后作为非洲国民大会领导人同F·W·德克勒克总统商讨实施多数统治的原则, 1993年两人共同获得诺贝尔和平奖; 1994年成为南非第一位民主选举的总统）。