Nelson Mandela President of South
Africa
Decide if this leader practices what he preaches and
whether this affects his leadership.
In my opinion, Nelson Mandela, who was a very
important leader in his country, established a type of ideology that was the
clue to reach his personal dreams and lead his country to get its political
independence.
Mandela started his politic activity by joining the
African National Congress and later was accused of conspiring against the
central government of South Africa in order to overthrow it. Therefore, he was
arrested several times and the last time he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
After twenty seven years of having being in jail, he was released and started
his negotiation with some representatives of the government to abolish the
Apartheid and organize the general elections.
In his leadership, Mandela always encouraged his
followers to protest peacefully as the best way of “fighting”. Even though he
had been in jail for a long time and faced situations of racial segregation, he
never kept resentment against the people who abused of him. When he became President of South Africa he
invited politicians from other political parties to join his Cabinet and
created a new constitution that beheld the rights for the poor people as well
as the expansion of health services and mainly the social reconciliation
because that country was divided between black and white people.
He strongly believed in peace and in fact, he was
honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. He renounced the possibility of being
reelected because he wanted to give other people the chance to be the President
of his country, he was convinced of the democracy and its principles. When he
retired of the politic activities, he continued his work of charity through
Nelson Mandela’s Foundation.
Finally, I can say that Mandela’s qualities of leader
influenced the people who were around him in a positive way. His personality
and way of acting was always according to what he preached. He lived for peace,
died in peace, and now he rests in peace.
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