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Walter Sisulu
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South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (1912-2003)
Key facts
- President
- Nelson Mandela
- Preceded by
- Nelson Mandela
- Succeeded by
- Thabo Mbeki
- Born
- Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu , ( 1912-05-18 ) 18 May 1912, Ngcobo , South Africa
- Died
- 5 May 2003 (2003-05-05) (aged 90), Soweto , South Africa
- Party
- African National Congress
- Other political affiliations
- South African Communist Party ( Tripartite Alliance )
- Spouse
- Albertina Thetiwe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 15 July 1944</span>"}]]}'>1944 )
- Children
- 5, including Max , Mlungisi , Zwelakhe , and Lindiwe
- Occupation
- Politician activist
- Awards
- Isitwalandwe Medal (1992) Padma Vibushan (1998)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Transkei
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Child
- Lindiwe Sisulu
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- general secretary
- Political party
- South African Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Walter Sisulu 1991 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Walter Sisulu
- date of birth
- 1912-05-18
- date of death
- 2003-05-05
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- place of detention
- Robben Island
- place of burial
- South Africa
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- birth name
- Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Between terms as ANC Secretary-General (1949–1954) and ANC Deputy President (1991–1994), he was Accused No.2 in the Rivonia Trial and was incarcerated on Robben Island where he served more than 25 years' imprisonment for his anti-Apartheid revolutionary activism. He had a close partnership with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, with whom he played a key role in organising the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the establishment of the ANC Youth League and Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was also on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party.
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