Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is a South African politician and activist. While studying Zoology and Botany at the University of Zululand in the 1970s, she became active in the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Student Organization. In 1976, she left the country to study medicine at the University of Bristol. After President Nelson Mandela was elected in 1994, she was appointed to his administration as Minister of Health. She later served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Home Affairs, and finally, Chairperson of the African Union. A champion of peace and women’s rights, Dlamini is the first woman to the lead the African Union.