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Desmond Tutu became known across the world during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid in South Africa. In 1986 Tutu was elected and ordained the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). \n

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At the end of apartheid, he chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to investigate the crimes committed by all sides during the apartheid regime.\n

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He currently chairs The Elders, a group of former world leaders launched in 2007 with the aim of tackling some of the world's most pressing problems.\n

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Tutu is vocal in his defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. He also campaigns to fight AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), homophobia, poverty and racism. \n

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He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, and the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005.\n

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Desmond Tutu became known across the world during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid in South Africa. At the end of apartheid, he chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to investigate the crimes committed by all sides during the apartheid regime.\n

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He currently chairs The Elders, a group of former world leaders launched in 2007 with the aim of tackling some of the world's most pressing problems. Tutu is vocal in his defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. \n

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He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, and the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005.\n

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