Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki Xhosa pronunciation: ; born 18 June 1942 is a South African politician who served as the second president of South Africa from 16 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the National Executive Committee of the
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela /mænˈdɛlə/; Xhosa: ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on
Daniël François Malan, PC Afrikaans pronunciation: ; 22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959 was a South African politician who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of apartheid, which enforced racial segregation laws. The foundations of apartheid were firmly laid down during his tenure as Prime
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger Afrikaans pronunciation: ; 10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904 was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900. Nicknamed Oom Paul (“Uncle Paul”), he came to international prominence as the
Petrus Jacobus Joubert 20 January 1831 – 28 March 1900, better known as Piet Joubert, was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900. He also served as Vice-President to Paul Kruger from 1881 – 1883. He served in First Boer War, Second Boer War, and the Malaboch War. Contents 1Early life 2Political career 3First Boer War 4Later political career 5Second
Josias Philip Hoffman (commonly known as Sias Hoffman) 1807 – 1879 was a South African Boer statesman, and was the chairman of the Provisional Government and later the first State President of the Orange Free State, in office from 1854 to 1855. Contents 1Career 2See also 3Notes 4References Career Hoffman was one of the representatives of
General James Barry Munnik Hertzog KC, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog 6 April 1866 – 21 November 1942, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who became Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Throughout his life he encouraged the development of Afrikaner culture, determined to prevent Afrikaners from
Jacobus Johannes “Jim” Fouché, DMS 6 June 1898 – 23 September 1980 also known as J. J. Fouché was a South African politician who served as the second State President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975. Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Family 4Depiction on coins 5References Early life Born in the Boer republic of the Orange Free State in 1898, (which became a British colony in
Nicolaas Johannes “Nico” Diederichs 17 November 1903, Ladybrand – 21 August 1978 served as the third State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. An economist, Diederichs obtained a doctorate from the University of Leiden. During the 1930s and 1940s he became a prominent figure in Afrikaner nationalist circles. He founded the Reddingsdaadbond organisation to promote the economic wellbeing of Afrikaners.
Frederik Willem de Klerk OMG DMS /də ˈklɜːrk, də ˈklɛərk/, Afrikaans: ; born 18 March 1936 is a South African retired politician, who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa’s last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid