Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), who had been a political prisoner for 27 years during the apartheid era, was freed in 1990 and elected president in 1994, succeeding the last State President, F. W. de Klerk.
(de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki were Mandela's deputy presidents)
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was President of South Africa from 2008 September 25 to 2009 May 9.
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma became President of South Africa on May 9 of 2009.
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma joined politics with the African National Congress in 1959, before it was banned. in 1961. He then joined the South African Communist Party. Zuma was imprisoned for 10-years for 'conspiring to overthrow the government'. In 1990, the ANC was unbanned, and Zuma was a key ANC leader in the negotiations for the change of the country. Later elected to parliament in 1999, Zuma became Health Minister and Deputy President of South Africa. In the 2009 election, his party (ANC) won and helped elect him to the role of president. Jacob Zuma became the 4th President of South Africa (since the end of Apartheid) on 2009 May 29.
The role of president is elected by elected members of parliament, thus indirectly elected.
Frederik Willem de Klerk preceded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa. He helped end apartheid in the country. As of June 2014, the president is Jacob Zuma.
The President of South Africa in 1999 was Nelson Mandela. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He passed away on December 5, 2013.
Thabo Mbeki was the president after Mandela.
President Thabo Mvuyilwe Mbeki
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Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa.Nelson mandela
He was the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
He was president of South Africa from 1994 - 1999, so 5 years.
Nelson Mandela
It was our first democratic election in South Africa, in which the African National Congress (ANC) won and Nelson Mandela became president.
Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa. He became president and led the people of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa.Nelson mandela
Nelson Mandela felt very proud of him self when he became president of south Africa
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Nelson Mandela was never a US president. He was president of South Africa.
He was the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
for being the president of south Africa and still is the president now
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No; he was president of the Union of South Africa.
Mandela was elected president of SOUTH AFRICA in 1994
when nelson madela was a president foutht against apartheid in south africa.nelson mandela is a hero