Former Archbishop Tutu of South Africa dies, 90 years old Efforts to abolish apartheid
南アフリカのアパルトヘイト（人種隔離）政策の撤廃に尽力したノーベル平和賞受賞者のデズモンド・ツツ元大主教が２６日、死去しました
Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who worked to abolish apartheid policy in South Africa, died on the 26th.
He was 90 years old
南アフリカのシリル・ラマポーザ大統領はツツ氏の死亡を確認した声明で、遺族や友人らに弔意を示したほか、ツツ氏を「並ぶもののない愛国者」と形容しました
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences to his bereaved family and friends in a statement confirming Tutu’s death, and described Tutu as an ”unparalleled patriot.”
ツツ氏は約６０年にわたって、南アフリカ政府に対してアパルトヘイト政策の撤廃を求める主要人物のひとりでした
For about 60 years, Tutu was one of the key figures calling on the South African government to abolish apartheid policy.
When apartheid policy was abolished in South Africa in the 1990s and Nelson Mandela, who had been in prison for a long time, became president, Tutu was appointed chairman of the Truth Commission.
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