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| 2 | List of leaders of the TBVC states - Heads of state and government |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
| 4 | Chief Executive Councillor | Chief Executive Councillor | Chief Executive Councillor | Chief Executive Councillor | Chief Executive Councillor |
| 5 | 1 January 1969 to 1 August 1972 | - | Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla | CNP | Ciskei Territorial Authority |
| 6 | Chief Ministers | Chief Ministers | Chief Ministers | Chief Ministers | Chief Ministers |
| 7 | 1 August 1972 to 21 May 1973 | - | Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla | CNP | - |
| 8 | 21 May 1973 to June 1975 | - | Lennox Sebe | CNIP | Gained power in the 1973 election; 1st term |
| 9 | June 1975 to 24 October 1975 | - | Charles Sebe | CDF (military) | Brother of Lennox Sebe; acting |
| 10 | 24 October 1975 to 4 December 1981 | - | Lennox Sebe | CNIP | Proclaimed independence following the 1980 referendum; 2nd term |
| 11 | President | President | President | President | President |
| 12 | 4 December 1981 to 4 March 1990 | - | Lennox Sebe | CNIP | Declared President for life in 1983; deposed in a coup d'état |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 4 March 1990 to 22 March 1994 | - | Oupa Gqozo | CDF (military) ADP (from 1991) | Resigned |
| 15 | Administrators (Transitional Executive Council) | Administrators (Transitional Executive Council) | Administrators (Transitional Executive Council) | Administrators (Transitional Executive Council) | Administrators (Transitional Executive Council) |
| 16 | 23 March 1994 to 26 April 1994 | - | Pieter van Rensburg Goosen | - | - |
| 17 | 23 March 1994 to 26 April 1994 | - | Bongani Blessing Finca | - | - |

Question: Which former Chief Minister was the country's first President?
Answer: Lennox Sebe was chief minister and the country's first president.