Walter Sisulu

Walter Sisulu
5th Deputy President of the African National Congress
In office July 1991 – December 1994
President	Nelson Mandela
Preceded by	Nelson Mandela
Succeeded by	Thabo Mbeki
9th Secretary-General of the African National Congress
In office 1949–1954
President	James Moroka Albert Luthuli
Preceded by	James Arthur Calata
Succeeded by	Oliver Tambo
Personal details
Born	Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (1912-05-18)18 May 1912 Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Died	5 May 2003(2003-05-05) (aged 90) Soweto, South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse	Albertina Sisulu ​ (m. 1944)​
Children	Lindiwe Sisulu Max Sisulu Zwelakhe Sisulu

Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Between terms as ANC Secretary-General (1949–1954) and ANC Deputy President (1991–1994), he was Accused No.2 in the Rivonia Trial and was incarcerated on Robben Island where he served more than 25 years' imprisonment for his anti-Apartheid revolutionary activism. He had a close partnership with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, with whom he played a key role in organising the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the establishment of the ANC Youth League and Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was also on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party.^[1][2]