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Who do you think were some of the best world leaders in the past 50 years?
As most of the input to these discussions comes from the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia, perhaps it would be best to list leaders from any country other than these four. However I will not make this a mandatory requirement if someone feels particularly strongly about a leader of any of these countries.
To get the ball rolling I will mention Nelson Mandela.
Here is a little blurb about him:
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa and a legendary figure of the African National Congress, or ANC. From 1964 to 1990, Mandela was imprisoned for opposing South Africa's white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. Instead of disappearing from view, Mandela became a martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. In 1993 Mandela and the president who released him, F.W. de Klerk, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Mandela was elected the country's president in 1994. He served until 1999, when he was succeeded by his deputy Thabo Mbeki.