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The President of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africa's Constitution. From 1961 to 1994, the head of state was called the State President, or Staatspresident in Afrikaans. The President is elected by members of the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, usually being the leader of the largest party, which has been the African National Congress since the first non-racial elections were held of April 27, 1994. The first President to be elected under the new Constitution was Nelson Mandela, who was succeeded by Thabo Mbeki in 1999.
Under the interim Constitution (valid from 1994 to 1996), there was a Government of National UnityBetween April 27, 1994 and February 3, 1997 South Africa was governed under the terms of the interim Constitution of South Africa. Clause 88 of the interim Constitution required that any party holding twenty or more seats in the National Assembly could cl, in which an MP from the largest opposition party was entitled to a position as Deputy President. Along with Mbeki, the last State President, F.W De Klerk also served as Deputy President, in his capacity as the leader of the National PartySouth African political parties The National Party (sometimes called the Nationalists or Nats was the governing party of South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Its policies included apartheid, establishing a republic and the promotion of Afrikaner culture. Found which was the second-largest party in the new Parliament. But De Klerk later resigned and went into opposition with his party. A voluntary coalition government continues to exist under the new constitution (adopted in 1996), although there have been no appointments of opposition politicians to the post of deputy president.
The official seat of the President is the Union BuildingsThe Union Buildings situated on Meintjies Kop, Pretoria are the official seat of the South African government. They contain the offices of the President of South Africa. They will be best remembered as the place where South Africa's first democratically-e in PretoriaPretoria is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) capital; it is situated in the province of Gauteng. Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital. It is a very pleasant and cos.
1 List of Presidents of South Africa, 1994-present
2 See also
South Africa, President South African politics
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