Nelson Mandela led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa by a multi-racial democracy. Sentenced to life in prison, he spent 27 years in jail before becoming the country's first black President. He played a leading role in the drive for peace.He is laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize and of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize®.This video illustrates the relations between Nelson Mandela and the European institutions.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela at the EP - 13/06/1990

EP rewind: Nobel Peace Prize laureates at the EP

Nelson Mandela and the European institutions

Memoclip: Sakharov Prize laureates - 1988-2016

South African leader and Sakharov Prize laureate Nelson MANDELA attends an EU-ACP meeting in Brussels

17th session of the EEC-ACP Joint Assembly

Nelson MANDELA visited the European Parliament in June 1990, just months after being released from prison, to receive the 1988 Sakharov Prize. Like a number of other recipients over the years, he was unable to attend the award ceremony in 1988 as he was imprisoned by the apartheid regime.

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress to the European Parliament, and press conference: extracts

Memoclip: Winnie MANDELA at the European Parliament

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress, to the European Parliament

Speech by Sakharov Prize Winner Nelson MANDELA at the EP in Strasbourg.

Reproduction - Official visit of EP President to the Republic of South Africa - Meeting with President Nelson MANDELA

Sakharov Prize 1988: Award ceremony Anatoli Marchenko (posthumously) and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (in absentia)

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