LIST OF AWARDS, HONOURS AND RECOGNITIONS UPON NELSON MANDELA
This is a
comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Nelson
Mandela. Mandela has
received more than 250 awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1993.
Nelson Mandela was once regarded as a terrorist but he is now regarded as
uncontroversial.
From 1994 to
1999, Mandela was President of South
Africa. He was the
first such African to be elected in fully
representative democratic polls.
Before his
presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and
leader of the African
National Congress and its armed
wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. He spent 27 years in prison, much of it in a cell on Robben
Island the rest of
the time he spent in Pollsmoor
Prison, on
convictions for crimes that included sabotage committed while he spearheaded
the struggle against apartheid.
Following his
release from prison on 11 February 1990, his switch to a policy of reconciliation
and negotiation helped lead the transition to multi-racial democracy in South
Africa. Since the end of apartheid, he has been widely praised, even by former
opponents.
He is
currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion
on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an
aristocratic title adopted by the elderly members of the royal clan that he belongs to. This title
has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.This is the list of all his
awards, honours and recognitions:
1942:
1965:
1973:
•
1973 - A nuclear particle discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds is named "Mandela
nelson"
1975:
1979:
1980:
• Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations New Delhi, India
1981:
• Bruno Kreisky Award for merit in the field
of human rights, by the International Panel of Judges,Vienna, Austria
1982:
• Elected Honorary Life President of the Students'
Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science
1983:
• City Council of Dublin, Ireland, unveiled sculpture in
a city park by Elisabeth Frink dedicated to Nelson Mandela, 26 June
• Award of the order Star of International Friendship in gold by the German Democratic Republic, 18 July
• City Council of Harlow, United Kingdom, renamed one of its major roads in honour of
Nelson Mandela, 18 July
•
AUEW/TASS, one of United Kingdom's major trade unions,
held a special ceremony to rename their executive committee room the 'Nelson
Mandela Room', 18 July
•
UNESCO awards its first Simon Bolivar International Prize jointly to Nelson
Mandela and King Juan Carlos of Spain at a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, on the 200th
anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar, 24 July
•
The Students Unions of Warwick University, Coventry Polytechnic
(now Coventry University) and South Bank
Polytechnic (now London South Bank University) named rooms in honour
of Nelson Mandela
•
New York City renamed square in front of South African mission
to the United Nations 'Nelson and Winnie Mandela Plaza'
1984:
• London Borough of Camden Council, names the
street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela
Street'.
•
School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson
Mandela School'
1985:
•
Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its
Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
•
The Third World Prize, awarded annually by
the London-based Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies, awarded jointly to
Nelson and Winnie Mandela
• Awarded the Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize by Human Rights
Institute of The Bar of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 29 March
• Nigerian writers organisation, Writers and Journalists
Against Apartheid (WAJAAP), confers title of Life Patron
• Town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner
Nelson Mandela Corner, September
•
Statue of Nelson Mandela erected in London by Greater London Council, unveiled by Oliver Tambo on 28 October
• Senegal's President Abdou
Diouf inaugurates Soweto Square and Nelson Mandela Avenue in the centre of Dakar, Senegal, 6 December
1986:
•
Awarded the W E B DuBois International Medal by the National
Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)
•
Coventry City Council named new building after Mandela
•
Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize
by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
•
Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson
Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
• St George's Place in Glasgow, Scotland, the location of the
South African consulate is renamed Nelson Mandela Place.
1987 :
•
Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United
States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
•
Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football
Association, Natal
•
Dutch football player Ruud
Gullit dedicates his European Footballer of the Year award to Nelson Mandela
1988:
•
Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership
of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
•
Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
•
Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek
municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
•
Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council
of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
•
Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth
Award, 10 December
1989:
•
Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
•
Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson
Mandela Square', September
1990:
•
Made Honorary Life President of National Union of
Mineworkers when he addressed its Central Committee, 21 April
•
Granted freedom of the City of Harare, Zimbabwe,
March
•
'Mandela Day', a public holiday declared in
Zimbabwe on 5 March
•
Bestowed the Dr António Agostinho Neto Order, the highest
honour of the People's Republic of Angola, 12 May
•
Bestowed the award 'Grand Commander of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria', Lagos, 14 May
•
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Cape Town
1991:
1992:
•
Installed as Chancellor of the University of the
North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
•
Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at
the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
•
Awarded the Atatürk International Peace Prize by Turkey, but refused the award
citing human rights violations committed by Turkey during that time. He later
accepted the award in 1999.
1993:
•
Received Gleitsman Foundation International
Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
•
Received Philadelphia Liberty Medal. Presented by President of the United States Bill Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
•
Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award,
Johannesburg, 15 September
•
Received Honorary Degree from the Free University
of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
•
Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F. W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin.
1994:
•
Received the New Nation/Engen Man of the Year Flame
of Distinction award, 24 March
•
Elected Newsmaker of the Year, with Deputy
President F W de Klerk, by the Johannesburg Press Club, 25 May. Prof Kader
Asmal received the award on 29 September
•
Received the Hunger Project's 8th annual Africa
Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, London, 19 July
•
Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for
Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
•
Received the Olympic Gold Order from International
Olympic Committee president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Cape Town, 16 November
•
Received Man of the Year Award from the Greek
Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 19
November 1994
•
Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of
Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth
Games, Canada
1995:
•
Africa Peace Award - sponsored jointly by
the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) and the
Organisation of African Unity (OAU) - presented at a
ceremony in Durban, March
•
Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of
the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
•
Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of
Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
•
Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as
honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association,
December 1995
1996:
•
Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed.
Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
•
Created Knight of the Order of the Elephant by the Danish Queen Margrethe II, Copenhagen, 18
February
•
Received the Freedom of the City of London, London,
10 July
•
Received the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Diploma of the University of Oxford[17] and honorary degrees from the Universities of Cambridge (LLD),[18] London (London School of Economics),[19] Bristol, Nottingham, and Warwick (LLD)[20] and from De Montfort and Glasgow Caledonian Universities in the
garden of Buckingham Palace, 10 July
•
Awarded The Battle of Adwa and the Victory of Adwa
Centenary Medal by the Crown Council of Ethiopia in 1996
1997:
•
Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed
Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
•
Received the American Public Health Association
Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
•
Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
1998:
•
Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the
University of South Australia, University of Fort Hare, 23 April
•
Awarded the Freedom of the City and County of
Cardiff, Cardiff, 16 June
•
Awarded the Chris Hani Award at the 10th
National Congress of the South African Communist Party, Johannesburg, 1 July
•
Park in Montreal named again "Parc
Nelson-Mandela", 14 September
•
Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23
September
•
Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada on behalf of the Queen of Canada, 24 September.
•
Nelson Mandela public school named in his honour in
Toronto.
•
Presented with Award in Recognition of his
Contribution to Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom by the Supreme Council of
Sport in Africa, 19 November
1999:
•
Awarded the Oneness-Peace
Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
•
Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban,
16 April
•
Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration,
the First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
•
Received insignia of Honour from the African
Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
•
Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished
Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
•
Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June;
presented with the insignia by Australian Prime Minister John
Howard in Pretoria on 15 November.
•
Was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted
of the American people in December 1999.
•
Presented with Temple of Understanding Annual Award to Religious and
Political Leaders for Outstanding Service to Humanity, Cape Town, 5 December
•
Presented with the Gandhi-King Award by the World Movement for Nonviolence at the World Parliament of Religions, Cape Town, 5 December
•
Listed as one of the 100 most influential people of
the 20th century by Time magazine
•
Created Knight of the Dutch/Luxembourgian Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, Netherlands, 10 March
2000:
•
BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29
June
•
International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22
November
2001:
•
Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
•
Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public
School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
•
Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11
December
2002:
•
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States'
highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
•
Awarded the Order of Mapungubwe - Platinum Category
by President Thabo Mbeki, Union Buildings,
Pretoria, December 2002.
•
Construction begins on the Mandela Parkway in Oakland, California, built after 1989's Loma Prieta earthquake demolished the Cypress Street Viaduct portion of the Nimitz Freeway.
2003:
•
Awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree - Doctor of
Letters (Honoris causa) by The Open University of Tanzania
2004:
•
Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is
renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the
unveiling of a 6 m bronze statue (see photo, top of page).
•
Zoologists Brent E. Hendrixson and Jason E. Bond
named a South African species of trapdoor spider in the family Ctenizidae as Stasimopus mandelai, "honouring Nelson
Mandela, the former president of South Africa and one of the great moral
leaders of our time."
2005:
2006:
•
Made an honorary member of Manchester United as the club toured
South Africa in the winter of 2006
•
Conferred an honorary doctorate in government and
politics by Universiti Teknologi Mara, the biggest public
university in Malaysia, in recognition of his tireless efforts and triumph in
struggling for the people's rights in his country and strengthening their
socio-economy.
2007:
•
The Westminster City Council agreed to erect a statue of Mandela opposite the Houses of Parliament in London.
•
Honorary citizen of Belgrade, Serbia. "for his huge
humanitarian past and contributions to mankind".
2008:
•
In January 2008, the Europe-based A Different
View cited Mandela as one of the 15 Champions of World Democracy. Other
champions mentioned were Lech Wałęsa, Corazon Aquino, and Václav Havel.
2009:
•
In July 2009, Mandela received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award presented by Venus and
Serena Williams. Accepting on his behalf were his daughter and grandson.
•
In November 2009, the United Nations General Assembly announced that
Mandela's birthday, 18 July, is to be known as 'Mandela
Day' marking his contribution to world freedom.
2010:
•
Conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree by six
universities in the Laureate International Universities network.
•
Conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
•
Received Orden del Águila Azteca. Presented by President of México Felipe Calderón, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 June 2010.
2012:
•
Received BrandLaureate Hall of Fame-Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF)
National Order:
Foreign
Orders:
•
Denmark : Knight of the Order of the Elephant (18 February 1996). By
tradition of the order, the Knight's coat of arms is drawn a plate and it is
hung in the chapel of Frederiksborg Castle.If one hasn't a coat of
arms, the Court heraldist composes one, with the Knight's cooperation. So was
done for Nelson Mandela.
•
Sweden : Knight of the
Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim (3 March 1997). By
tradition of the order, the Knight's coat of arms is drawn a plate and it is
kept in the Seraphim Knights Chamber of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. On the day of his
funeral, it will be hung in Riddarholmen Church and the church bells
will ring constantly from 12:00 to 13:00 as a tribute, like every late knight.
If one hasn't a coat of arms, the Court heraldist composes one, with the
Knight's cooperation. In this case, the Danish coat of arms was used as a
basic.[54]
(Wikipedia, 2013)
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