Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Tambo, Oliver Reginald
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Other form(s) of name
- Tambo, O.R.
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Description area
Dates of existence
27 October 1917-24 April 1993
History
Lawyer, politician and anti-apartheid activist. Leading member of the ANC and founder member of the ANCYL. Co-founder, with Mandela, of South Africa’s only African legal practice in the 1950s. Became secretary general of the ANC after Walter Sisulu was banned, and deputy president of the ANC, 1958. Served with a five-year banning order, 1959. Left South Africa during the 1960s to manage the external activities of the ANC and to mobilise opposition against apartheid. Established military training camps outside South Africa. Initiated the Free Mandela Campaign in the 1980s. Acting president of the ANC, 1967, after the death of Chief Albert Luthuli. Was elected president in 1969 at the Morogoro Conference, a post he held until 1991 when he became the ANC’s national chairperson. Awarded the ANC’s highest honour, Isitwalandwe Seaparankoe, in 1992.
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Relationships area
Related entity
Mandela and Tambo (1952 - 1960)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-06251
Category of relationship
associative
Type of relationship
Mandela and Tambo is the associate of Tambo, Oliver Reginald
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Related entity
Tambo, Nomatemba
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-08670
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Tambo, Nomatemba is the child of Tambo, Oliver Reginald
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Related entity
Tambo, Adelaide (18 July 1929 - 31 January 2007)
Identifier of related entity
ZA-COM-02962
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Tambo, Adelaide is the spouse of Tambo, Oliver Reginald
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Control area
Authority record identifier
ZA-COM-00749
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Draft