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Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018 · South Africa · Politicians · Born 1952 · age 73

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He helped negotiate the end of apartheid, then left politics for two decades to build a fortune in mining and telecom. When he returned, he climbed back to the top - now South Africa's president in an era where the ANC no longer holds a majority.

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2020Named Chairperson of the African UnionOffice10 February 2020 to 6 February 20212019Named Member of the National Assembly of South AfricaOffice21 May 2014 to 15 February 2018“In Zimbabwe, I was booed by the whole stadium. I had to apologise to the people of Zimbabwe for the attacks. I do not want to call it xenophobic attacks.”In their words15 September 2019On 15 September 2019, as guest of honour at the Grace Bible Church in Pimville, Soweto, following his return to South Africa from the

“The independence, the standing and the role of the Reserve Bank is sacrosanct. It will remain independent, as clearly stated in our constitution.”In their words16 January 2019Addressing South African business leaders on 16 January 2019, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ramaphosa says Reserve Bank

2018Named President of South AfricaOfficefrom 15 February 20182014Named Deputy President of South AfricaOffice26 May 2014 to 15 February 2018Named Member of the National Assembly of South AfricaOffice21 May 2014 to 15 February 20181987Olof Palme PrizeAward1952Born17 November 1952

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Ramaphosa meets with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago, 8 August 2014.Ramaphosa meets with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago, 8 August 2014.Ramaphosa at the Global Open Government Summit in Mexico City, 28 October 2015Ramaphosa at the Global Open Government Summit in Mexico City, 28 October 2015Ramaphosa with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on 17 June 2023Ramaphosa with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on 17 June 2023Ramaphosa in 2019Ramaphosa in 2019Ramaphosa alongside UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the 47th G7 summit, 12 June 2021Ramaphosa alongside UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the 47th G7 summit, 12 June 2021Ramaphosa with U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House, 16 September 2022Ramaphosa with U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House, 16 September 2022Ramaphosa and other BRICS leaders during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, August 2023. Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.Ramaphosa and other BRICS leaders during the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, August 2023. Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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  1. In Zimbabwe, I was booed by the whole stadium. I had to apologise to the people of Zimbabwe for the attacks. I do not want to call it xenophobic attacks.

    Sep 15, 2019, On 15 September 2019, as guest of honour at the Grace Bible Church in Pimville, Soweto, following his return to South Africa from the, Own words

  2. The independence, the standing and the role of the Reserve Bank is sacrosanct. It will remain independent, as clearly stated in our constitution.

    Jan 16, 2019, Addressing South African business leaders on 16 January 2019, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ramaphosa says Reserve Bank, Own words

  3. We now have a great opportunity to put land to good use, to take it out of those hands, lazy hands I might say, and put it into the working hands of our people.

    At an ANC organized event in Johannesburg, as quoted by Amogelang Mbatha in Ramaphosa says state-owned companies are 'sewers of, Own words

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Olof Palme Prize1987
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Cape Town
National Order of Merit
Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud
National Order of the Lion of Senegal
Order of the Bath

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Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was born 17 November 1952 and rose through anti-apartheid activism to lead the National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa's largest trade union. In 1991 he became ANC secretary general under Nelson Mandela and served as the party's chief negotiator in the talks that dismantled apartheid, then chaired the Constitutional Assembly after the 1994 elections. He walked away from politics in 1996 and spent the next sixteen years in business - McDonald's South Africa, the MTN board, Lonmin, the Shanduka Group - amassing a net worth over R6.4 billion by 2018. He returned in December 2012, served as deputy president under Jacob Zuma from 2014, and took over the presidency in February 2018 the day after Zuma resigned. Re-elected in 2024, he now governs without the ANC's old parliamentary majority, a first in the party's three-decade hold on power.

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South Africa
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Politicians
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Politician
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Born 1952 · age 73

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