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

Tenure
Portrait
Incumbent
Affiliation
Notes
Chief Executive Councillor
Chief Executive Councillor
Chief Executive Councillor
Chief Executive Councillor
Chief Executive Councillor
1 January 1969 to 1 August 1972
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Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla
CNP
Ciskei Territorial Authority
Chief Ministers
Chief Ministers
Chief Ministers
Chief Ministers
Chief Ministers
1 August 1972 to 21 May 1973
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Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla
CNP
-
21 May 1973 to June 1975
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Lennox Sebe
CNIP
Gained power in the 1973 election; 1st term
June 1975 to 24 October 1975
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Charles Sebe
CDF (military)
Brother of Lennox Sebe; acting
24 October 1975 to 4 December 1981
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Lennox Sebe
CNIP
Proclaimed independence following the 1980 referendum; 2nd term
President
President
President
President
President
4 December 1981 to 4 March 1990
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Lennox Sebe
CNIP
Declared President for life in 1983; deposed in a coup d'état
Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State
Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State
Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State
Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State
Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State
4 March 1990 to 22 March 1994
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Oupa Gqozo
CDF (military) ADP (from 1991)
Resigned
Administrators (Transitional Executive Council)
Administrators (Transitional Executive Council)
Administrators (Transitional Executive Council)
Administrators (Transitional Executive Council)
Administrators (Transitional Executive Council)
23 March 1994 to 26 April 1994
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Pieter van Rensburg Goosen
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-
23 March 1994 to 26 April 1994
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Bongani Blessing Finca
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Question: Which former Chief Minister was the country's first President?
Answer: Lennox Sebe was chief minister and the country's first president.