Former political prisoner who upon his release was elected president of South Africa in 1994.
He completed his junior certificate at Clarkebury Boarding School in two years, instead of the regular three.
He radically changed the conditions of the Apartheid state of South Africa for the better.
His great-grandfather was the king of the Thembu people, Ngubengcuka.
It's no surprise that Gandhi was a great influence on him.
