List of leaders of the TBVC states
Heads of state and government

List of leaders of the TBVC states

Section Title: Heads of state and government
Table Section Text: None

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes

Chief Councillor

October 1969 to 1 February 1973	Patrick Mphephu	NPV	VhaVenda Territorial Authority

Chief Minister

1 February 1973 to 13 September 1979	Patrick Mphephu	NPV

Presidents

13 September 1979 to 17 April 1988	Patrick Mphephu	NPV	Died in office

17 April 1988 to 5 April 1990	Frank N. Ravele	NPV	Acting until 10 May 1988; deposed in a coup d'état

Heads of State (Chairmen of the Council of National Unity)

5 April 1990 to 25 January 1994	Gabriel Ramushwana	VDF (military)

25 January 1994 to 26 April 1994	Tshamano G. Ramabulana	VDF (military)

Sentence(s)

Gabriel Ramushwana was a Head of state.

final_sentence: Gabriel Ramushwana was a Head of state.