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	'''Desmond Mpilo Tutu''' (born ], ]) is a ] laureate, ]n cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame in the 1980s through his opposition to ]. He was the first black ] ] of ], ].

	He was born in ], South Africa, and moved with his family to ] at age 12. Though he wanted to become a physician, his family could not afford this training and he followed his father's footsteps and took up teaching - studying from 1951-1953 and teaching at Johannesburg Bantu High School from ] to ].

	In ] he married Leah Nomalizo Tutu. They have four children: Trevor Thamsanqa, Theresa Thandeka, Naomi Nontombi and Mpho Andrea. In protest at poor education prospects for black people at the time, in ] Tutu quit teaching and studied theology. In 1961 he was ordained as an Anglican priest, and was chaplain at ], one of the only good universities open for black students in the southern part of Africa, a hotbed of dissent, and with many subsequent notable alumni.

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	From ] to ] he took Bachelor's and Master's degrees at ]. Back in South Africa from ] to ] as a master of Theology, he used his lectures to highlight the situation of the black population. He wrote a letter to ], in which he described the situation in South Africa as a "powder barrel that can explode at any time". This letter remained unanswered.
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	From ] to ], he returned to the UK, where he was the vice-director of the Theological Education Fund of the ], at Bromley in Kent.
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	In ] he was appointed Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in ], the first black person to hold that position.
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	In ], the pupil and student rebellion in Soweto began. From now on he supported an economic boycott of his country. From ] to ] he was Bishop of Lesotho, and in ] Secretary-General of the ]. With that position Tutu could continue his work with agreement of nearly all churches against apartheid, which he did by his publications and journeys abroad. Tutu constantly preached of a reconciliation between both sides.

	It is for this pacifist message against ] that he received on ], ] the ].

	Later he headed the ]. He became the first black person to lead the Anglican Church in ] on ], ].

	Tutu believes the treatment of ]s by the Jewish state of ] is a form of apartheid . He has repeatedly called upon the Israeli government to respect the human ] of the Palestinian people, whether ] or ]. In 2003 he became the patron of located in ].

	He has also criticised human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, calling ] president ] a "caricature of an African dictator", and criticising the ] government's policy of quiet diplomacy towards Zimbabwe.

	Commenting days after the ], ] ] gay bishop ordination, Desmond Tutu said that he does not see what "all the fuss" is about: "For us that doesn't make a difference, the sexual orientation."

	==External links==
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	* Desmond Tutu biography

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