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After Mandela's release from prison on February 11, 1990, there would be other jobs: president of the ANC, and then, of course president of South Africa in 1994. It seemed a completely improbable ...
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/ m æ n ˈ d ɛ l ə / man-DEL-ə, [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
President Nelson Mandela, the outgoing president of the African National Congress (ANC), had, since February 1995 [6] or earlier, made it clear publicly that he intended to retire after the 1999 general elections. The 50th National Conference thus centred around electing his successor as ANC President, who would become the ANC's presidential ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Political party in South Africa "ANC" redirects here. For other uses, see ANC (disambiguation). For the defunct political party in Trinidad and Tobago, see African National Congress (Trinidad and Tobago). African National Congress Abbreviation ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa Secretary ...
The 1994 general election, held on 27 April, was South Africa's first multi-racial election with full enfranchisement.The African National Congress won a 63 percent share of the vote at the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country's first Black President, with the National Party's F.W. de Klerk as his first deputy and Thabo Mbeki as the second ...
Nelson Mandela took the oath as President of South Africa on 10 May 1994 and announced a Government of National Unity on 11 May 1994. [1] The cabinet included members of Mandela's African National Congress, the National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party, as Clause 88 of the Interim Constitution of South Africa required that all parties winning more than 20 seats in National Assembly should be ...
Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography by South Africa's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, and it was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. [1] [2] The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years spent in prison.
Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) Membathisi Mdladlana: 14 June 1999 30 October 2010 ANC: Thabo Mbeki : Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa : Mildred Oliphant: 1 November 2010 29 May 2019 ANC