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Two figures side by side: what each has won, where they met, and how much of their record ChronoCite holds.

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Nelson Mandela

President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 · politician · autobiographer

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Barack Obama

politics · President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 · politician

Public office comparison

Barack Obama leads 2–1 on 4 scored measures, 1 tied.

Only things won are scored. Grey rows are context.

Time in public office

  • 5 yrsYears in officeOverlapping terms counted once20 yrs
  • 3Offices held4
  • 5 yrsLongest single term8 yrs
  • 1994In office since1997
  • African National Congress, South African Communist PartyPartyDemocratic Party

Recognition

  • 24Prizes and honours wonExcludes state orders and honorary degrees18
  • 12State ordersOften exchanged between states — not scored2
  • 4Honorary doctorates3

Same awards

Awards both have received at least once.

  • 12State order2
  • 4Honorary doctorate3
  • 1Nobel PrizeCounted from Wikidata, which can be incomplete1

Profile

  • 95Age65
  • 18 July 1918Born4 August 1961
  • MvezoBirthplaceKapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
  • South AfricaNationalityUnited States
  • politician, autobiographer, lawyerKnown aspolitician, lawyer, political writer
  • 27 yrsCareer span55 yrs

Coverage on ChronoCite

How much we have collected so far, not a measure of the figure.

  • 180Entries197
  • 19Quotes30
  • 149Records155
  • 12Reported claimsThird-party claims, shown with their rating12
  • 2026Newest entry2026

Career counts come from each figure’s Wikipedia honours section and Wikidata claims. A dash means the source is silent; a zero means the source lists none.