President

Cyril Ramaphosa 2018–present

Jacob Zuma 2009–2018 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri 2008 Kgalema Motlanthe 2008–2009 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri 2005 Thabo Mbeki 1999–2008 Nelson Mandela 1994–1999 F. W. de Klerk State President 1989–1994 P. W. Botha State President 1984–1989 Marais Viljoen State President 1979–1984 B. J. Vorster State President 1978–1979 Nicolaas Diederichs State President 1975–1978 Jim Fouché State President 1968–1975 C. R. Swart State President 1961–1967