<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> State President ( Birth -- Death ) </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Tenure </Th> <Th> Elected </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Political affiliation ( at time of appointment ) </Th> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Charles Robberts Swart ( 1894 -- 1982 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 May 1961 </Td> <Td> 1 June 1967 ( resigned . ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Verwoerd Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Eben Dönges ( 1898 -- 1968 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="3"> Elected but did not take office because of illness </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Jozua François Naudé ( 1889 -- 1969 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 June 1967 </Td> <Td> 10 April 1968 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Jacobus Johannes Fouché ( 1898 -- 1980 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 April 1968 </Td> <Td> 9 April 1975 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Johannes de Klerk ( 1903 -- 1979 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 April 1975 </Td> <Td> 19 April 1975 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Nico Diederichs ( 1903 -- 1978 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 April 1975 </Td> <Td> 21 August 1978 ( died in office . ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Marais Viljoen ( 1915 -- 2007 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 August 1978 </Td> <Td> 10 October 1978 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster Botha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> B.J. Vorster ( 1915 -- 1983 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 October 1978 </Td> <Td> 4 June 1979 ( resigned . ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Botha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Th> Marais Viljoen ( 1915 -- 2007 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 June 1979 </Td> <Td> 19 June 1979 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Botha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 June 1979 </Td> <Td> 3 September 1984 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> State President ( Birth -- Death ) </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Tenure </Th> <Th> Elected </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Political affiliation ( at time of appointment ) </Th> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Charles Robberts Swart ( 1894 -- 1982 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31 May 1961 </Td> <Td> 1 June 1967 ( resigned . ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Verwoerd Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Eben Dönges ( 1898 -- 1968 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="3"> Elected but did not take office because of illness </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Jozua François Naudé ( 1889 -- 1969 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 June 1967 </Td> <Td> 10 April 1968 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Jacobus Johannes Fouché ( 1898 -- 1980 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 April 1968 </Td> <Td> 9 April 1975 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Johannes de Klerk ( 1903 -- 1979 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 April 1975 </Td> <Td> 19 April 1975 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Nico Diederichs ( 1903 -- 1978 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 April 1975 </Td> <Td> 21 August 1978 ( died in office . ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Marais Viljoen ( 1915 -- 2007 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 August 1978 </Td> <Td> 10 October 1978 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Vorster Botha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> B.J. Vorster ( 1915 -- 1983 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 October 1978 </Td> <Td> 4 June 1979 ( resigned . ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Botha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Th> Marais Viljoen ( 1915 -- 2007 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 June 1979 </Td> <Td> 19 June 1979 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Party </Td> <Td> Botha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 June 1979 </Td> <Td> 3 September 1984 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the first president of the republic of south africa
who was the first president of the republic of south africa
Charles Robberts Swart
Charles Robberts Swart