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.

Memoclip: Winnie MANDELA at the European Parliament

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

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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