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South Africa

Discover South Africa on Afropresidents Categories in infospacetalk website, and explore the profiles of the Presidents who have ruled this country. Discover their contributions to their country and Africa at large. This page also focuses on their motivations, their self-image as well as their public images

Charles Robberts Swart

1st State President of South Africa
In office 31 May 1961 – 1 June 1967.

Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs

3rd State President of South Africa
In office 19 April 1975 – 21 August 1978.

Balthazar Johannes Vorster

4th State President of South Africa
In office 10 October 1978 – 4 June 1979.

Marais Viljoen

5th State President of South Africa
In office 4 June 1979 – 4 September 1984.

Chris Heunis

Acting State President of South Africa
In office 19 January 1989 – 15 March 1989.

Ivy Matsepe Casaburri

Acting President of South Africa
In office 24 September 2008 – 25 September 2008.

Frederik Willem de Klerk

7th State President of South Africa
In office 14 August 1989 – 10 May 1994.

Pieter Willem Botha

6th State President of South Africa
In office 3 September 1984 – 14 August 1989.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Incumbent 5th President of South Africa
Assumed office
15 February 2018

Jacob Zuma

4th President of South Africa
In office 9 May 2009 – 14 February 2018.

Kgalema Motlanthe

3rd President of South Africa
In office 25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009

Nelson Mandela

1st President of South Africa
In office
10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999

Thabo Mbeki

2nd President of South Africa
In office 14 June 1999 – 24 September 2008.

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