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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|South Africa's head of state and head of government}} {{About|the position of South African head of state and head of government from 1994|the position of South African head of state from 1961 to 1994|State President of South Africa}} {{Pp-pc1}} {{Use South African English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox official post | post = President | body = the<br />Republic of South Africa | native_name = {{collapsible list |titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;padding-left:2.5em;font-size:85%;<!--size of [show]/[hide] link--> |liststyle = text-align:center;white-space:nowrap; | title = {{center|10 other official names}} | {{native name|zu|{{small|Umongameli waseNingizimu Afrika}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|xh|{{small|uMongameli waseMzantsi Afrika}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|af|{{small|President van Suid-Afrika}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|nso|{{small|Mopresidente wa Afrika Borwa}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|tn|{{small|Moporesitente wa Aforika Borwa}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|st|{{small|Mopresident wa Afrika Borwa}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|ts|{{small|Puresidente wa Afrika-Dzonga}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|ss|{{small|uMengameli weleNingizimu Afrika}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|ve|{{small|Muphuresidennde wa Afrika Tshipembe}}|fontsize=68%}} | {{native name|nr|{{small|uMongameli weSewula Afrika}}|fontsize=68%}} }} | insignia = Seal of the President of South Africa.svg | insigniasize = 100 | insigniacaption = Presidential seal | insigniaalt = | image = Prime Minister Sunak met with President Ramaphosa of South Africa in Number 10 - 2022 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 150px | alt = | imagecaption = | incumbent = [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] | acting = | incumbentsince = 15 February 2018 | style = [[Mr. President (title)|Mr. President]]<br />{{small|(informal)}}<br />[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />{{small|(formal, diplomatic)}} | type = {{plainlist| * [[Head of state]] * [[Head of government]] * [[Commander-in-chief]] }} | department = [[Government of South Africa]] | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = [[Cabinet of South Africa|Cabinet]] | reports_to = | residence = [[Mahlamba Ndlopfu]]<br />{{small|([[Pretoria]])}}<br />[[Genadendal Residence|Genadendal]]<br />{{small|([[Cape Town]])}}<br />[[King's House (Durban)|Dr. John L. Dube House]]<br />{{small|([[Durban]])}} | seat = [[Union Buildings]] | nominator = | appointer = [[National Assembly of South Africa]] | appointer_qualified = | termlength = Five years, renewable once | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of South Africa]] | precursor = [[State President of South Africa|State President]] | formation = {{start date and age|1994|5|10|df=yes}} | first = [[Nelson Mandela]] | last = | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_names = | deputy = [[Deputy President of South Africa|Deputy President]] | salary = [[South African rand|R]] 3,900,000 annually (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramaphosa's salary vs other world leaders|url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/305460/ramaphosas-salary-vs-other-world-leaders/ |date=15 March 2019 |website=businesstech.co.za |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/}} }} {{Infobox South African | zu = Umongameli waseNingizimu Afrika | xh = uMongameli waseMzantsi Afrika | af = President van Suid-Afrika | nso = Mopresidente wa Afrika Borwa | ss = Moporesitente wa Aforika Borwa | st = Mopresident wa Afrika Borwa | tn = Puresidente wa Afrika-Dzonga | ts = uMengameli weleNingizimu Afrika | ve = Muphuresidennde wa Afrika Tshipembe | nr = uMongameli weSewula Afrika | khoi = | naq = | san = }} {{Politics of South Africa}} The '''president of South Africa''' is the [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] of the [[Republic of South Africa]]. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[South African National Defence Force]]. Between 1961 and 1994, the office of head of state was the [[State President of South Africa|state presidency]]. The president is elected by the [[National Assembly of South Africa|National Assembly]], the lower house of [[Parliament of South Africa|Parliament]], and is usually the leader of the largest party, which has been the [[African National Congress]] since the first multiracial election was held on 27 April 1994. The Constitution limits the president's time in office to two five-year terms.<ref name="info.gov.za">{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.za/documents/constitution-republic-south-africa-1996-chapter-5-president-and-national-executive |title=Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 - Chapter 5: The President and National Executive, 88. Term of office of President}}</ref> The first president to be elected under the new constitution was [[Nelson Mandela]]. The incumbent is [[Cyril Ramaphosa]], who was elected by the [[National Assembly of South Africa|National Assembly]] on 15 February 2018 following the resignation of [[Jacob Zuma]]. Under the interim constitution (valid from 1994–96), there was a [[Government of National Unity (South Africa)|Government of National Unity]], in which a member of Parliament (MP) from the largest opposition party was entitled to a position as [[Deputy President|deputy president]]. Along with Thabo Mbeki, the last [[apartheid]] president, [[F. W. de Klerk]] also served as deputy president, in his capacity as the leader of the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] which was the second-largest party in the new Parliament. But De Klerk later resigned and went into opposition with his party. A voluntary coalition government continues to exist under the new constitution (adopted in 1996), although there have been no appointments of opposition politicians to the post of deputy president since. The president is required to be a member of the National Assembly at the time of the election. Upon election, the president immediately resigns their seat for the duration of the presidential term. The president may be removed either by a [[motion of no-confidence]] or an [[impeachment|impeachment trial]]. ==Origins== A number of manifestations of the office of president have existed. Aspects of these offices exist within the presidency today. The executive leadership of the British colonies of [[Colony of Natal|Natal]] and the [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]] were vested in their governors. Likewise, it was invested in the presidents of the Boer republics of the [[South African Republic|Transvaal]] and the [[Orange Free State]]. Alternating sovereignty as a result of wars culminated in the [[Treaty of Vereeniging]] which concluded the [[Second Boer War|South African War]]. The [[Union of South Africa]], a British Dominion, was established on 31 May 1910<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sahistory.co.za/topic/1900s/1910s |title=General History of South Africa Timeline: 1910s }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with the [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|British monarch]] as titular head of state, represented by a viceroy, the [[Governor-General of the Union of South Africa|governor-general]]. Following the [[1960 South African republic referendum|1960 referendum]] and subsequent declaration of the Republic of South Africa on 31 May 1961, the office of [[State President of South Africa|State President]] was created.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sahistory.co.za/topic/general-south-african-history-timeline-1960s |title=General History of South Africa Timeline: 1960s |access-date=29 November 2014 |archive-date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206040602/http://sahistory.co.za/topic/general-south-african-history-timeline-1960s |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was originally a ceremonial post, but became an executive post in 1984 when a new [[South African Constitution of 1983|constitution]] abolished the post of [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] and transferred its powers to the state president. The country ended minority rule in 1994. The office of the president, and the roles that come with it, were established by chapter five of the Constitution of South Africa.<ref name="info.gov.za" /> ==Electoral system== South Africa has a distinctive system for the election of its president. Unlike other former British colonies and dominions who have adopted a parliamentary republican form of government and those that follow the [[Westminster system]], South Africa's president is both [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] and commander-in-chief of the [[South African National Defence Force]] (SANDF). Contrary to presidential systems around the world, the president of South Africa is elected by the [[Parliament of South Africa]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/voting-completed-elect-new-president | title=Voting Completed to Elect New President | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011910/http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/voting-completed-elect-new-president | archive-date=3 December 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> rather than by the people directly. They are thus answerable to it in theory and able to influence legislation in practice as head of the majority party. The president is elected at the first sitting of Parliament after an election, and whenever a vacancy arises. The president is elected by the [[National Assembly of South Africa|National Assembly]], the lower house of Parliament, from among its members. The [[Chief Justice of South Africa|chief justice]] must oversee the election. Once elected, a person is no longer a member of the National Assembly. They must then be sworn in as president within five days of the election. Should a vacancy arise, the date of a new election must be set by the chief justice, but not more than 30 days after the vacancy occurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv02167/04lv02184/05lv02193/06lv02200.htm|title=Chapter 5 - The President and National Executive |agency=The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> The Constitution has thus prescribed a system combining both parliamentary and presidential systems in a unique manner. Only [[Botswana]] and [[List of countries by system of government#Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency|a few other countries]] use a similar system. Between 1996 and 2003 [[Israel]] combined the two systems in an opposite way, with [[Prime Minister of Israel#Direct election|direct elections for the post of prime minister]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/printplace/8/ |title=Botswana |access-date=29 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429184550/http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/printplace/8/ |archive-date=29 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Although the presidency is the key institution, it is hedged about with numerous checks and balances that prevent its total dominance over the government, as was the case in many African countries. The presidential term is five years, with a limit of two terms. Thus the electoral system attempts (at least on paper) to prevent the accumulation of power in the president as occurred during Apartheid and as is the case currently in many other African countries.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.etu.org.za/toolbox/docs/govern/elections.html | title=Elections in South Africa | access-date=30 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002757/http://www.etu.org.za/toolbox/docs/govern/elections.html | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Succession== According to chapter five of the [[Constitution of South Africa|constitution]], the president can only exercise the powers of the presidential office while within the [[Republic of South Africa]]. The president may appoint an [[Acting (law)|acting president]] when travelling outside the country or unable to fulfill the duties of the office. A presidential vacancy should be filled first by the [[Deputy President of South Africa|deputy president]], then a Cabinet minister selected by the president, thereafter a Cabinet minister selected by the Cabinet, and finally by the [[Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa|speaker of the National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-12-14-succession-planning-for-dummies/ |title=Succession planning for dummies |work=Daily Maverick |date=14 December 2012 |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> ==Presidential powers== {{More citations needed section|date=February 2019}} The president is the [[head of state]], [[head of government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[South African National Defence Force]]. The rights, responsibilities and remuneration of the president are enumerated in Chapter V of the [[Constitution of South Africa]] and subsequent amendments and laws passed by the [[Parliament of South Africa]]. The executive powers of the republic are vested in the president, who appoints various officials to positions listed in the Constitution, the most significant of which are the Cabinet ministers and justices of the [[Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa|Supreme Court of Appeal]] and the [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]]. The president's [[Cabinet of South Africa|Cabinet]] implements and enforces the Constitution and laws and carries out the president's political objectives. Judges are appointed on the advice of the [[Judicial Service Commission (South Africa)|Judicial Service Commission]]. The president plays a role in the formation of legislation. The president can sign bills into laws or veto legislation (subject to an override), refer bills back to Parliament or to the Constitutional Court, or call for a referendum. The president summons parliament, and often delivers a State of the Nation Address at the beginning of each session. The president is the commander-in-chief of the [[South African National Defence Force]] thereby possessing influence or control over foreign and security policy. The president is accorded the constitutional powers to declare war and make peace, negotiate and sign (although not ratify) treaties (and the alliances that may come with them), and receives and appoints diplomatic officials, confers honours and grants pardons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=8 |title=Responsibilities of the President of South Africa}}</ref> ==Presidents of South Africa since 1994== ;Parties {{legend2|{{party color|African National Congress}}|[[African National Congress]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan="2" | Portrait ! rowspan="2" width="200px" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! rowspan="2" | Elected ! colspan="3" width="300px" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" | Parliament ! rowspan="2" | Political party ! rowspan="2" width="200px" |Government ! rowspan="2" | Refs |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE ! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|African National Congress}}; color:white;" | 1 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Nelson Mandela 1994.jpg|125px]] | rowspan="2" | '''[[Nelson Mandela]]'''<br />{{small|(1918–2013)}} | rowspan="2" | [[1994 South African general election|1994]] | {{small|10 May}}<br />1994 | {{small|14 June}}<br />1999 | {{Age in years and days|1994|5|10|1999|6|14}} | [[22nd South African Parliament|22nd]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[African National Congress|ANC]] | bgcolor="#ccc" | [[Cabinet of Nelson Mandela|Mandela]]<br />{{small|([[Cabinet of Nelson Mandela|Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3]])<br />[[African National Congress|ANC]]—[[National Party (South Africa)|NP]]—[[Inkatha Freedom Party|IFP]]}} | rowspan="2" | |- | colspan="6" | {{small|The first post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first black chief executive of South Africa, and the first elected in a [[universal suffrage|fully representative]] democratic election. [[Presidency of Nelson Mandela|His government]] focused on dismantling the legacy of [[apartheid]] through tackling institutionalised [[racism]], [[poverty]] and [[social inequality|inequality]], and fostering racial [[conflict resolution|reconciliation]]. Politically an [[African nationalism|African nationalist]] and [[democratic socialism|democratic socialist]], he served as [[History of the African National Congress|President]] of the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.}} |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE ! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|African National Congress}}; color:white;" | 2 | rowspan="3" | [[File:SthAfrica.ThaboMbeki.01 (cropped2).jpg|125px]] | rowspan="3" | '''[[Thabo Mbeki]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1942)}} | rowspan="3" | [[1999 South African general election|1999]]<br />[[2004 South African general election|2004]] | {{small|14 June}}<br />1999 | {{small|21 May}}<br />2004 | rowspan="2" | {{Age in years and days|1999|6|14|2008|9|24}} |[[23rd South African Parliament|23rd]] | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cec" | [[African National Congress|ANC]] | rowspan="1" bgcolor="#ccc" | [[First Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki I]]<br />{{small|[[African National Congress|ANC]]—[[Inkatha Freedom Party|IFP]]}} | rowspan="3" | <ref name="gcis-profile2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.info.gov.za/leaders/president/index.htm|title=GCIS: profile information: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, Mr |access-date=27 November 2007 |author=The Presidency |date=14 October 2004 |publisher=GCIS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416053536/http://www.info.gov.za/leaders/president/index.htm |archive-date=16 April 2007}}</ref><br /><ref name="midnight">{{cite news|title=Cabinet bids farewell to Mbeki |url=http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/government/0,2172,177349,00.html |publisher=SABC news |date=25 September 2008 |access-date=25 September 2008 |quote=His resignation came into effect at midnight. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929061212/http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/government/0,2172,177349,00.html |archive-date=29 September 2008 }}</ref><br /><ref name="bbc2008-09-20">{{cite news |title=SA's Mbeki says he will step down |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7626646.stm |publisher=BBC News | date=20 September 2008 |access-date=21 September 2008 | location=London}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2392604,00.html|title=Full Zuma Judgment|date=13 September 2008|publisher=News24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031201836/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2392604,00.html|archive-date=31 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-01-12-judge-nicholson-redcarded-by-sca|title=Judge Nicholson Red-carded by SCA| date=12 January 2009|publisher=Mail&Guardian Online}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mg.co.za/uploads/zumajudgement.pdf|title=National Director of Public Prosecutions v Zuma (573/08) [2009] ZASCA 1 (12 Jan 2009)|date=12 January 2009|publisher=South African Supreme Court of Appeal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320043142/http://www.mg.co.za/uploads/zumajudgement.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20090114050954196C745537|title=Mbeki lashes out at lying politicians| date=14 January 2009|publisher=IOL/The Star}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE | {{small|21 May}}<br />2004 | {{small|24 September}}<br />2008 | [[24th South African Parliament|24th]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[Second cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki II]]<br />{{small|([[Second cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|Reshuffle 1 · 2]])}} |- | colspan="6" | {{small|The second post-apartheid president of South Africa. On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the [[National Executive Committee (African National Congress)|National Executive Committee of the ANC]], following a conclusion by judge [[Christopher Robert Nicholson|C. R. Nicholson]] of improper interference in the [[National Prosecuting Authority]] (NPA), including the prosecution of [[Jacob Zuma]] for corruption. On 12 January 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned judge Nicholson's judgment but the resignation stood.}} |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE ! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|African National Congress}}; color:white;" | 3 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Kgalema Motlanthe at the 12th AU Summit (cropped).jpg|125px]] | rowspan="2" | '''[[Kgalema Motlanthe]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1949)}} | rowspan="2" | [[2008 South African presidential election|2008]] | {{small|25 September}}<br />2008 | {{small|9 May}}<br />2009 | {{Age in years and days|2008|9|25|2009|5|11}} | [[24th South African Parliament|24th]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[African National Congress|ANC]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[Cabinet of Kgalema Motlanthe|Motlanthe]] | rowspan="2" |<ref name="sabc-outgoing-president">{{Cite news |title = Zuma sworn in as SA's fourth democratic President |url = http://196.35.74.238/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=82f7f279f6421210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&channelPath=home |publisher = SABC |date = 9 May 2009 |access-date = 9 May 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110529145530/http://196.35.74.238/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=82f7f279f6421210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&channelPath=home |archive-date = 29 May 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br /><ref name="sabc-outgoing-president"/> |- | colspan="6" | {{small|The third post-apartheid president of South Africa. He was elected following the resignation of [[Thabo Mbeki]] and briefly served before being succeeded by Jacob Zuma, who later appointed Motlanthe deputy president.}} |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE ! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|African National Congress}}; color:white;" | 4 | rowspan="3" | [[File:Jacob G. Zuma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg|125px]] | rowspan="3" | '''[[Jacob Zuma]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1942)}} | rowspan="3" | [[2009 South African general election|2009]]<br />[[2014 South African general election|2014]] | {{small|9 May}}<br />2009 | {{small|21 May}}<br />2014 | rowspan="2" | {{Age in years and days|2009|5|9|2018|2|14}} |[[25th South African Parliament|25th]] | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cec" | [[African National Congress|ANC]] | rowspan="1" bgcolor="#cec" | [[First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|Zuma I]]<br/>{{small|([[First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3]])}} | rowspan="3" | |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE | {{small|21 May}}<br />2014 | {{small|14 February}}<br />2018 | [[26th South African Parliament|26th]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|Zuma II]]<br/>{{small|([[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3]])}} |- | colspan="6" | {{small|The fourth post-apartheid president of South Africa. Presided over the centennial celebration of the ANC in 2015 as well as the [[death of Nelson Mandela]] in 2013. With less than a year before his term was to expire, Zuma resigned on 14 February 2018 following the demands of the ANC that Zuma should resign, or risk facing a successful vote of no confidence by<!-- inside --> the National Assembly.}} |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE ! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|African National Congress}}; color:white;" | 5 | rowspan="3" | [[File:Prime Minister Sunak met with President Ramaphosa of South Africa in Number 10 - 2022 (cropped).jpg|125px]] | rowspan="3" | '''[[Cyril Ramaphosa]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1952)}} | rowspan="3" | [[2018 South African presidential election|2018]]<br />[[2019 South African general election|2019]] | {{small|15 February}}<br />2018 | {{small|22 May}}<br />2019 | rowspan="2" | {{Age in years and days|2018|2|15}} | [[26th South African Parliament|26th]] | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cec" | [[African National Congress|ANC]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa I]] | rowspan="3" | |- bgcolor=#EEEEEE | {{small|22 May}}<br />2019 | ''Incumbent'' | [[27th South African Parliament|27th]] | bgcolor="#cec" | [[Second Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa II]] |- | colspan="6" | {{small|The fifth post-apartheid president of South Africa, elected following the resignation of [[Jacob Zuma]].}} |} ==Timeline== {{#tag:timeline|ImageSize=width:900 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:100 left:20 AlignBars = late Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}} Colors = id:anc value:rgb(0,0.5,0) legend:African_National_Congress id:gray1 value:gray(0.85) id:gray2 value:gray(0.95) DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1994 till:$today TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:2 start:1994 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1994 Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:35 columnwidth:170 TextData = pos:(20,38) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Political party:" BarData = bar:Mandela bar:Mbeki bar:Motlanthe bar:Zuma bar:Ramaphosa PlotData = width:5 align:left fontsize:9 shift:(5,-4) anchor:till bar:Mandela from: 10/05/1994 till: 16/06/1999 color:anc text:"[[Nelson Mandela]]" bar:Mbeki from: 16/06/1999 till: 24/09/2008 color:anc text:"[[Thabo Mbeki]]" bar:Motlanthe from: 25/09/2008 till: 09/05/2009 color:anc text:"[[Kgalema Motlanthe]]" bar:Zuma from: 09/05/2009 till: 14/02/2018 color:anc text:"[[Jacob Zuma]]" bar:Ramaphosa from: 14/02/2018 till: $today color:anc text:"[[Cyril Ramaphosa]]" }} ==Latest election== {{main|2019 South African presidential election}} ==See also== * [[List of heads of state of South Africa]] * [[State President of South Africa]] * [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] * [[Governor-General of South Africa]] * [[Deputy President of South Africa]] * [[State President of the South African Republic]] (1857–1902) * [[State President of the Orange Free State]] * [[Freedom Day (South Africa)|Freedom Day]] * [[List of South African presidents by age]] ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Presidents of South Africa}} * [http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/ Office of the Presidency] {{SA Government departments}} {{South Africa topics}} {{SAPresidents}} {{List of Current Heads of State of G20}} {{Heads of state and government of African states}} {{DEFAULTSORT:President Of South Africa}} [[Category:Presidents of South Africa| ]] [[Category:Presidents by country|South Africa, President]] [[Category:Politics of South Africa]] [[Category:Lists of political office-holders in South Africa|Presidents]] [[Category:1994 establishments in South Africa]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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