What is Walter Sisulu?
{{Infobox Politician | image = Sisulu_wedding_with_mandela_and_lembede.JPG | name = Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu | caption = | office = [[African National Congress#Deputy Presidents of the ANC|Deputy President]] of the [[African National Congress]] | term_start = July, 1991 | term_end = 1994 | predecessor = [[Nelson Mandela]] | successor = [[Thabo Mbeki]] | office2 = [[African National Congress#Secretaries-General of the ANC|Secretary-General]] of the African National Congress | term_start2 = 1949 | term_end2 = 1954 | predecessor2 = [[James Arthur Calata]] | successor2 = [[Oliver Tambo]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1912|5|18}} | birth_place = [[Ngcobo, Eastern Cape|Engcobo]], [[Transkei]] (now [[Eastern Cape]]), [[South Africa]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2003|5|5|1912|5|18}} | death_place = | party = [[African National Congress]] | relations = | spouse = [[Albertina Sisulu]] | partner = | children = {{plainlist | * [[Lindiwe Sisulu]] * [[Max Sisulu]] * [[Zwelakhe Sisulu]] }} | residence = | occupation = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu''' (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a [[South Africa]]n [[activist]] and [[politician]]. He fought against [[apartheid]]. Sisulu was the [[Secretary-General]] of the [[African National Congress]] from 1949 to 1954. Over the next 10 years he was put in [[prison]] seven times. He was one of many people, including [[Nelson Mandela]] to be found [[guilty]] of [[treason]] during [[trial]]s between 1956 and 1961. He was sent to prison for 6 years because of this. While free on [[bail]], he went into hiding. He was found in 1963 and put on trial again. In 1964, he as sent to prison for the rest of his life. He was released from prison in 1989. In 1991, he became the Deputy-[[President]] of the African National Congress. He held the position from July 1991 to 1994. Sisulu died from [[Parkinson's disease]] on 5 May 2003, aged 90.<ref name=BBCObit>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/297039.stm Obituary: Walte