What is Nelson Mandela?
{{Redirect|Mandela}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Nelson Mandela | honorific-suffix = {{small|[[Order of Mapungubwe|OMP]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Order of the Federal Republic|GCFR]] [[Order of Australia|AC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Order of Jamaica|OJ]] [[Venerable Order of Saint John|GCStJ]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] [[Order of Prince Henry|GCIH]] [[Royal Order of the Seraphim|RSerafO]] [[Nishan-e-Pakistan|NPk]]}} | image = Nelson Mandela 1994 (2).jpg | image_upright = | caption = Mandela in 1994 | order = 1st black | office = President of South Africa | term_start = 10 May 1994 | term_end = 16 June 1999 | deputy = [[Thabo Mbeki]]<br>[[F. W. de Klerk]] | predecessor = [[F. W. de Klerk]] <small>(''[[State President of South Africa|State President]]'')</small> | successor = [[Thabo Mbeki]] | office1 = {{nowrap|11th President of the<br />[[African National Congress]]}} | deputy1 = [[Walter Sisulu]]<br />[[Thabo Mbeki]] | term_start1 = 7 July 1991 | term_end1 = 20 December 1997 | predecessor1 = [[Oliver Tambo]] | successor1 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] | office2 = 19th [[Secretary General]] of the<br />[[Non-Aligned Movement]] | term_start2 = 2 September 1998 | term_end2 = 16 June 1999 | predecessor2 = [[Andrés Pastrana Arango]] | successor2 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1918|7|18}} | birth_place = [[Mvezo]], Cape Province, [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|12|05|1918|7|18}} | death_cause = [[Respiratory infection]] | death_place = [[Johannesburg]], Gauteng, South Africa | restingplace = Mandela Graveyard<br>[[Qunu]], Eastern Cape, South Africa | birthname = Rolihlahla Mandela | party = [[African National Congre