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Oliver Tambo
Tambo in 1981
Born	Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (1917-10-27)27 October 1917 Nkantolo, Bizana, Union of South Africa
Died	24 April 1993(1993-04-24) (aged 75) Johannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa
Other names	"O.R."
Occupation(s)	Teacher and lawyer
Known for	President of the African National Congress
Spouse	Adelaide Tambo (m. 1956)
Children	Dali Tambo (son), Tselane Tambo (daughter), Thembi Tambo (daughter), and Oliver Jnr (son).

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Organisations ANC APLA IFP AWB BBB Black Sash CCB Conservative Party DP ECC FOSATU PP RP PFP HNP MK PAC UDF Broederbond National Party COSATU Security Branch SACC SADF SAIC SAMA SAP SACP State Security Council
People Vernon Berrangé P. W. Botha Steve Biko Mangosuthu Buthelezi F. W. de Klerk Ruth First Bram Fischer Arthur Goldreich Chris Hani Bantu Holomisa Joel Joffe Ahmed Kathrada Albert Luthuli Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Mac Maharaj D. F. Malan Nelson Mandela Govan Mbeki Thabo Mbeki Raymond Mhlaba Benjamin Moloise Albertina Sisulu Walter Sisulu J. G. Strijdom Joe Slovo Robert Sobukwe Helen Suzman Adelaide Tambo Oliver Tambo Eugène Terre'Blanche Desmond Tutu H. F. Verwoerd B. J. Vorster Jacob Zuma
Places Bantustan District Six Robben Island Sophiatown South-West Africa Soweto Sun City Vlakplaas
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Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.