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Walter Sisulu

1912 - 2003

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Sisulu is the 12,574th most popular politician (up from 12,622nd in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 76th in 2019) and the 35th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Sisulu ranks 12,574 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry of Scotland, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Uesugi Harunori, Tengiz Kitovani, José Joaquín Pérez, and Ed Lee. After him are Lowell Weicker, Ċensu Tabone, Zhou Fohai, Lea Ahlborn, Zoe Zaoutzaina, and Philippe de Villiers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Walter Sisulu ranks 203. Before him are Vlastimil Kopecký, Eve Arnold, Heikki A. Alikoski, Nihat Erim, Akram al-Hawrani, and Christopher Hill. After him are Agnes Martin, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, Alfred Deller, Campanal I, Erich Leinsdorf, and John Frost. Among people deceased in 2003, Walter Sisulu ranks 180. Before him are Benny Carter, Jeanne Crain, Eugenio Monti, Jean Lucas, Gregory Hines, and Christopher Hill. After him are Art Carney, Wolfgang Larrazábal, Strom Thurmond, Berta Ambrož, Aleksandar Tišma, and André Noyelle.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Walter Sisulu ranks 84 out of 454. Before him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Gordon Murray (1946), David Cooper (1931), Marlene Dumas (1953), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), and J. L. B. Smith (1897). After him are Alice Krige (1954), Laurens van der Post (1906), Joan Harrison (1935), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Athol Fugard (1932), and Chris Heunis (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Walter Sisulu ranks 35. Before him are Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Oliver Tambo (1917), Piet Joubert (1834), and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819). After him are J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Chris Heunis (1927), Julius Malema (1981), Helen Suzman (1917), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), and Ruth First (1925).

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