President of South Africa

The **President of the Republic of South Africa** is the head of state and head of government under the Constitution of South Africa. From 1961 to 1994, the head of state was called the **State President**.

The role as President of South Africa was originally founded to be different from being prime minister. The two roles were merged in the 1983 constitution which calls for a four-year term of office. The 1993 and later constitutions limit the president's time in office to two five-year terms. The first President to be elected under the new constitution was Nelson Mandela. The current president is Cyril Ramaphosa.

## List of presidents of South Africa (1994 – present)

- Parties

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2" width="200px"|Name|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|
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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Nelson Mandela**|rowspan="2"|1994|1994|1999||22nd|bgcolor="#cec"|ANC|bgcolor="#ccc"|Mandela|rowspan="2"||||
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|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Thabo Mbeki**|rowspan="3"|1999 2004|1999|2004|rowspan="2"||23rd|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cec"|ANC|rowspan="1" bgcolor="#ccc"|Mbeki I|rowspan="3"|||
|2004|2008|24th|bgcolor="#cec"|Mbeki II||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Kgalema Motlanthe**|rowspan="2"|2008|2008|2009||24th|bgcolor="#cec"|ANC|bgcolor="#cec"|Motlanthe|rowspan="2"||||
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|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Jacob Zuma**|rowspan="3"|2009 2014|2009|2014|rowspan="2"||25th|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cec"|ANC|rowspan="1" bgcolor="#cec"|Zuma I|rowspan="3"|||
|2014|2018|26th|bgcolor="#cec"|Zuma II||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**Cyril Ramaphosa**|rowspan="4"|2018 2019 2024|2018|2019|rowspan="3"||26th|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cec"|ANC|bgcolor="#cec"|Ramaphosa I|rowspan="4"|||
|2019|2024|27th|bgcolor="#cec"|Ramaphosa II||||||||||||||
|2024|_Incumbent_|28th|bgcolor="#ccc"|Ramaphosa III||||||||||||||
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## Other websites

- Office of the Presidency

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the
Republic of South Africa
- **image**: File:Prime Minister Sunak met with President Ramaphosa of South Africa in Number 10 - 2022 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Cyril Ramaphosa
- **incumbentsince**: 15 February 2018
- **style**: Mr. President (title), Mr. President

Excellency, His Excellency

- **department**: Government of South Africa
- **member of**: Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, Cabinet
- **residence**: Mahlamba Ndlopfu

Genadendal Residence, Genadendal

King's House (Durban), Dr. John L. Dube House

- **seat**: Union Buildings
- **appointer**: National Assembly of South Africa
- **termlength**: Five years, renewable once
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of South Africa
- **precursor**: State President of South Africa, State President
- **first**: Nelson Mandela
- **deputy**: Deputy President of South Africa, Deputy President
- **salary**: South African rand, R 3,900,000 annually (2019)