Nelson Mandela

He was born in South Africa on July 18th, 1918. 
He is a lawyer and politician. He was the first democratical elected president of South Africa. In 1962 he was arrested and sentenced life prision because he was an impotant activist  against apartheid.
Finally, Mandela spent 27 years in prison, in the famous jail named Robben Island.
Nelson was liberated on 11th February 1990. And since that moment he has led his political party in the negotiatons to get a multiracial democracy in South Africa. And he managed  a multiracial democracy with the the first democratic election in 1994. Mandela won the election and he became new president, since 1994 to 1999.

Also, Mandela turned himself in the symbol to fight for peace.
He is a legendary figure that represents  the repression of all black people
Nelson Mandela received the Peace Nobel prize in 1993
 

I admire Nelson Mandela because he is a tolerant man and he is against violence
I love this important figure because he defended his ideals in the most difficult moments of his life.