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South Africa became a republic under the Constitution of 1961 and the Monarch and Governor-General were replaced by a ceremonial State President. In 1984, under the Tricameral Constitution , the State President gained executive powers, becoming head of both state and government.
5 – State President P.W. Botha and Nelson Mandela, in prison at the time, meet for the first time. 23 – An explosive device planted at Athlone Magistrate's Court and police complex detonates prematurely, killing two African National Congress members. [3] August. 15 – P.W. Botha resigns and F.W. de Klerk succeeds him as acting State ...
This is a list of presidents of South Africa by age, including state presidents (1961 to 1994) and presidents (since 1994).
Botha resigned on 14 August 1989, and de Klerk was named acting State President of South Africa until 20 September, when he was elected to a full five-year term as State President. [21] After he became acting State President, ANC leaders spoke out against him, believing that he would be no different from his predecessors; [ 21 ] he was widely ...
The State President of the Republic of South Africa (Afrikaans: Staatspresident van Republiek van Suid-Afrika) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961 , outside the Commonwealth of Nations , and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of South Africa .
South Africa in the 1980s also provided logistical and other covert support to Resistência Nacional Moçambicana rebels, in neighbouring Mozambique fighting the FRELIMO-run government during the Mozambique Civil War, and it launched cross-border raids into Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana, killing or capturing a number of South African exiles.
Pieter Willem Botha, 9th and last Prime Minister and 8th State President of South Africa (1916–2006) Johannes Henricus Brand , 4th President of the Orange Free State (1823–1888) Thomas François Burgers , 4th President of South African Republic (1871–1877)
The 1989 South African presidential election resulted in the election of Frederik Willem de Klerk as State President.. After the South African Constitution of 1983 came into force in 1984, the State President had been both Head of State and Head of Government, but also, in the tradition of the Westminster system, the leader of the most important party represented in the House of Assembly of ...