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International Political figures<\/h1>\n

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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Independence Leader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A recent addition to the Statues in Parliament Square Gardens is that of Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong>. It was\u00a0unveiled\u00a0on 14\u00a0March 2015 to mark the 100th anniversary of his return to India to start the struggle for independence from British rule. The statue is based on a photograph of Gandhi standing outside the offices of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Ramsay MacDonald in 1931. The prime minister, David Cameron, speaking in front of\u00a0\u00a0Gandhi\u2019s grandson, described\u00a0him as \u201cone of the most towering figures\u201d<\/a> in political history.<\/p>\n

He joins a number of other distinguished political figures commemorated around\u00a0Parliament Square.<\/h3>\n

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\"Nelson<\/a>
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa 1994\u20131999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Nelson Mandela<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A\u00a0 statue of\u00a0former South African President\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Nelson Mandela<\/strong> was formally unveiled by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the presence of Mr Mandela\u00a0on 29 August 2007<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr Mandela\u00a0gave a speech saying it fulfilled a dream to see the statue of a black man in parliament Square. The statue was erected in Parliament Square after being refused permission by Westminster Council for placing it in Trafalgar Square adjacent to South Africa House. The nine foot bronze statue by Ian Walters commemorates one of the greatest fighters for freedom in the 20th century.<\/p>\n

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The statue\u00a0has also been described as\u00a0a permanent statement of London’s abhorrence of apartheid and every other form of racism. Ironically, also standing on the square is the statue of Jan Smuts, a supporter of racial segregation based on separate territory for blacks and whites.<\/p>\n

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Jan Smuts
Prime Minister of South Africa 1919\u20131924 and 1939\u20131948<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jan Christian Smuts, a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and\u00a0philosopher was\u00a0the second Prime Minister of South Africa<\/a>.\u00a0From 1917 to 1919, he was\u00a0one of the members of the British War Cabinet and was instrumental in the founding of what became the Royal Air Force (RAF). He became a field marshal in the British Army in 1941, and served in the Imperial War Cabinet under Winston Churchill. He was the only man to sign both of the peace treaties ending the First and Second World Wars. Jan Smuts\u00a0advocated and helped establish the League of Nations<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0He later urged the formation of a new international organisation for peace: the United Nations<\/strong><\/a>.Smuts wrote the preamble to the United Nations Charter, and was the only person to sign the charters of both the League of Nations and the UN. The bronze statue,\u00a0by the sculptor Jacob Epstein, stands on a granite pedestal to the centre of the north of the square and was unveiled in 1956<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Overlooking Parliament Square Gardens<\/h2>\n
\"Abraham<\/a>
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States 1861\u20131865<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Abraham Lincoln<\/h3>\n

Overlooking Parliament Square Gardens stands a 12-foot (3.7\u00a0m) bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States 1861\u20131865. This statue, called Abraham Lincoln: The Man or\u00a0Standing Lincoln was erected in 1920. It is a copy\u00a0of the Saint-Goudens statue, the\u00a0original of which is found in\u00a0Lincoln Park in Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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