<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> 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> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Nelson Mandela ( 1918 -- 2013 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 May 1994 </Td> <Td> 16 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Thabo Mbeki ( 1942 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 24 September 2008 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Ivy Matsepe - Casaburri ( 1937 -- 2009 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 September 2008 </Td> <Td> 25 September 2008 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Kgalema Motlanthe ( 1949 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 September 2008 </Td> <Td> 9 May 2009 </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Jacob Zuma ( 1942 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 May 2009 </Td> <Td> 14 February 2018 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 2009 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Th> Cyril Ramaphosa ( 1952 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 February 2018 </Td> <Td> 15 February 2018 </Td> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 February 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> 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> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Nelson Mandela ( 1918 -- 2013 ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 May 1994 </Td> <Td> 16 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Thabo Mbeki ( 1942 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 June 1999 </Td> <Td> 24 September 2008 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Ivy Matsepe - Casaburri ( 1937 -- 2009 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 September 2008 </Td> <Td> 25 September 2008 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Kgalema Motlanthe ( 1949 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 September 2008 </Td> <Td> 9 May 2009 </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Jacob Zuma ( 1942 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 May 2009 </Td> <Td> 14 February 2018 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 2009 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Th> Cyril Ramaphosa ( 1952 -- ) </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 February 2018 </Td> <Td> 15 February 2018 </Td> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> African National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 February 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the last president of south africa
who was the last president of south africa
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma