List of awards bestowed on Nelson Mandela
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- 1964 - Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College London
- 1965 - Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University of Leeds
- 1973 - A nuclear particle discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds is named "Mandela particle"
- 1975 - Honorary life membership of the Students' Union, University of London
- 1979 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru, 29 September
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India, 14 November
- Freedom of the City of Glasgow, 4 August.
- Road named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent
- Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria
- Elected Honorary Life President of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- Honorary citizenship of Rome, February.
- Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June
- 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
- Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich, 20 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
- City Council of Leeds, United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela Gardens', 10 December
- Park in Hull, United Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
- Honorary LL.D, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
- City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela
- 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'
- Honorary Degree, Free University of Brussels, 13 January
- London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
- London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April
- Playa Giron Award, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro
- Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government Officers [NALGO] United Kingdom
- London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson Mandela
- Monument to Nelson Mandela unveiled in Merrion Square, Dublin
- Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
- Freedom of the City of Wijnegem, Belgium
- Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic Republic, 27 August
- Freedom of the City of Aberdeen conferred on both Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 29 November
- School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'
- Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
- London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way'
- Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre
- 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 freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom.
- 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
- City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September
- Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- 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
- Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December
- Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa
- 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
- Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain
- Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela
- International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden
- Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe
- Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela
- Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
- Street in Glasgow, Scotland, where South African Consulate is sited, renamed after Mandela
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
- Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
- Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded the Sakharov Prize
- Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
- People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
- Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
- Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
- Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
- Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- 1973 - A nuclear particle discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds is named "Mandela particle"
- 1975 - Honorary life membership of the Students' Union, University of London
- 1979 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru, 29 September
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India, 14 November
- Freedom of the City of Glasgow, 4 August.
- Road named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent
- Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria
- Elected Honorary Life President of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- Honorary citizenship of Rome, February.
- Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June
- 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
- Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich, 20 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
- City Council of Leeds, United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela Gardens', 10 December
- Park in Hull, United Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
- Honorary LL.D, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
- City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela
- 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'
- Honorary Degree, Free University of Brussels, 13 January
- London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
- London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April
- Playa Giron Award, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro
- Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government Officers [NALGO] United Kingdom
- London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson Mandela
- Monument to Nelson Mandela unveiled in Merrion Square, Dublin
- Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
- Freedom of the City of Wijnegem, Belgium
- Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic Republic, 27 August
- Freedom of the City of Aberdeen conferred on both Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 29 November
- School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'
- Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
- London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way'
- Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre
- 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 freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom.
- 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
- City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September
- Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- 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
- Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December
- Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa
- 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
- Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain
- Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela
- International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden
- Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe
- Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela
- Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
- Street in Glasgow, Scotland, where South African Consulate is sited, renamed after Mandela
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
- Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
- Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded the Sakharov Prize
- Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
- People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
- Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
- Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
- Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
- Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Freedom of the City of Glasgow, 4 August.
- Road named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent
- Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria
- Elected Honorary Life President of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- Honorary citizenship of Rome, February.
- Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June
- 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
- Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich, 20 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
- City Council of Leeds, United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela Gardens', 10 December
- Park in Hull, United Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
- Honorary LL.D, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
- City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela
- 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'
- Honorary Degree, Free University of Brussels, 13 January
- London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
- London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April
- Playa Giron Award, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro
- Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government Officers [NALGO] United Kingdom
- London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson Mandela
- Monument to Nelson Mandela unveiled in Merrion Square, Dublin
- Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
- Freedom of the City of Wijnegem, Belgium
- Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic Republic, 27 August
- Freedom of the City of Aberdeen conferred on both Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 29 November
- School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'
- Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
- London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way'
- Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre
- 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 freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom.
- 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
- City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September
- Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- 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
- Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December
- Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa
- 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
- Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain
- Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela
- International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden
- Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe
- Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela
- Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
- Street in Glasgow, Scotland, where South African Consulate is sited, renamed after Mandela
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
- Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
- Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded the Sakharov Prize
- Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
- People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
- Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
- Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
- Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
- Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Honorary citizenship of Rome, February.
- Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June
- 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
- Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich, 20 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
- City Council of Leeds, United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela Gardens', 10 December
- Park in Hull, United Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
- Honorary LL.D, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
- City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela
- 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'
- Honorary Degree, Free University of Brussels, 13 January
- London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
- London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April
- Playa Giron Award, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro
- Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government Officers [NALGO] United Kingdom
- London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson Mandela
- Monument to Nelson Mandela unveiled in Merrion Square, Dublin
- Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
- Freedom of the City of Wijnegem, Belgium
- Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic Republic, 27 August
- Freedom of the City of Aberdeen conferred on both Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 29 November
- School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'
- Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
- London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way'
- Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre
- 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 freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom.
- 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
- City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September
- Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- 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
- Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December
- Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa
- 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
- Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain
- Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela
- International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden
- Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe
- Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela
- Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
- Street in Glasgow, Scotland, where South African Consulate is sited, renamed after Mandela
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
- Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
- Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded the Sakharov Prize
- Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
- People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
- Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
- Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
- Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
- Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
- London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way'
- Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre
- 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 freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom.
- 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
- City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September
- Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
- 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
- Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December
- Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa
- 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
- Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain
- Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela
- International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden
- Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe
- Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela
- Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
- Street in Glasgow, Scotland, where South African Consulate is sited, renamed after Mandela
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
- Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
- Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded the Sakharov Prize
- Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
- People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
- Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
- Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
- Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
- Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
- Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
- Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
- Awarded the Sakharov Prize
- Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
- People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
- Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
- Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
- Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
- Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
- Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
- Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
- Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
- Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September
- 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
- Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
- 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
- Awarded Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
- Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
- Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
- Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
- Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
- Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
- Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
- Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
- Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
- Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
- Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
- Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
- Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
- Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
- Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
- Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
- Received, with President F W de Klerk, Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award. Presented by President Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
- Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
- Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
- Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
- Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
- Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
- Awarded Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F W de Klerk, Oslo, Norway, 10 December
- Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, together with F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin
- 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 Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
- Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
- Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
- Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
- Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
- Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
- 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
- Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
- Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- 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
- 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
- Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
- Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
- Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
- Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995
- Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
- U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
- Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
- Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick, Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
- Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
- Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
- Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
- Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
- Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
- Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
- Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
- Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
- Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
- Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
- Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
- Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
- Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
- Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia,University of Fort Hare, 23 April
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
- 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
- Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 September
- Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
- Made an honourary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chretien
- Awarded Canada's highest honour, appointment to the Order 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
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
- Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
- Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
- Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
- Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
- Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
- Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
- Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
- Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
- Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
- Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
- Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
- Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
- 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
- Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
- Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
- Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
- BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
- Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
- International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
- Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April
- Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
- Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
- Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
- Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
- Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
- Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
- Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
- Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
- Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
- Elected an Honrary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
- Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue.
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
- Amherst College honorary degree. [See photos, text, and video].
- New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[link]
See also
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