Nelson Mandela was from South Africa.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela -LRB- -LSB- mndl -RSB- 18 July 1918 -- 5 December 2013 -RRB- was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary , politician , and philanthropist , who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 .	anti-apartheid revolutionary	Internal resistance to South African apartheid	politician	Politics of South Africa	philanthropist	Philanthropy	President of South Africa	President of South Africa	apartheid	Apartheid in South Africa
