The following is a list of South African politicians, both past and present. The scope is quite broad, including prominent candidates for local and central government office as well as those who achieved such office. The President of South Africa, in full, the President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africas Constitution. ... Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18, 1942) is the current President of the Republic of South Africa. ... The Deputy President of South Africa is appointed by the President of South Africa. ... Mrs Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (born November 3, 1955) is the current Deputy President of South Africa. ... Ministers, in the South African government, are Members of Parliament who hold a ministerial warrant to perform certain functions of government. ... A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... The Parliament of South Africa is South Africas legislature and is composed of the National Assembly of South Africa and the National Council of Provinces. ... The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the (post-apartheid) constitution which came into full effect in 1997. ... The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province. ... The Speaker of the National Assembly presides over the South African National Assembly. ... Baleka Mbete (born September 24, 1949) is a South African politician and the current Speaker of the South African National Assembly. ... Tony Leon Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African politician and the leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africas main opposition party and current leader of the opposition. ... Helen Zille (b. ... Elections in South Africa take place on national, provincial, and local levels. ... The Judiciary of South Africa is an independent branch of government, subject only to the South African Constitution and the laws of the country. ... The South African Constitutional Court was established in 1994 by South Africas first democratic constitution: the Interim Constitution of 1993. ... The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (Afrikaans; Hoogste Hof van Appel van Suid Afrika) is the South African court that has the final say on all matters other than those that involve the interpretation of the constitution. ... The High Court of South Africa is a court of law in South Africa. ... Magistrates Courts in South Africa are the lower courts and the courts of of first instance and decide all matters as provided for by an act of parliament. ... A map of the nine provinces of South Africa South Africa is currently divided into nine provinces. ... A map of the 52 districts of South Africa South Africa is divided into 52 districts (Metropolitan and District municipalities). ... Municipalities in South Africa are a division of local government that lie one level down from provincial government, and form the lowest level of democratically elected government structures in the country. ... Political parties in South Africa lists political parties in South Africa. ... Foreign Relations of South Africa South African forces fought on the Allied side in both World War I and World War II, and it participated in the postwar United Nations force in the Korean War. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ...

See also: List of South Africans, President of South Africa This is a list of notable South Africans with Wikipedia articles. ... The President of South Africa, in full, the President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africas Constitution. ...

A

• Albert, Arthur Frederick Patrick
• Andrew, Ken
• Asmal, Kader

Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; 13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. ... Ken Andrew (30 May 1943) is a South African politician. ... Kader Asmal (born 8 October 1934) is a South African politician. ...

B

• Bengu, Sibusiso
• kaBhekuzulu, Goodwill Zwelethini
• Botha, Louis
• Botha, Pieter Willem
• Botha, Thozamile
• Buthelezi, Mangosuthu
• Buxton, Sydney

Sibusiso Bengu (8 May 1934) is a South African politician. ... Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (b. ... Louis Botha Louis Botha (September 17, 1862-August 27, 1919) was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the modern South African state, then called the Union of South Africa. ... Pieter Willem Botha (January 12, 1916 – October 31, 2006), commonly known as PW and Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for The Big Crocodile), was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989. ... Thozamile Botha (b. ... Chief Mangosuthu (Gatsha)Ashpenaz Nathan Buthelezi (born August 27, 1928) is a South African Zulu leader, and leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) which he formed in 1975. ... The Right Honourable Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, GCMG, PC (25 October 1853–15 October 1934) was a British politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

C

• Cambridge, Alexander
• Chaskalson, Arthur
• Cronin, Jeremy

Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS, born His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874–16 January 1957), was a member of the British Royal Family, the younger brother of Queen Mary. ... Arthur Chaskalson, (b. ... Jeremy Cronin (b. ...

D

• Diamini-Zuma, Nkosazana
• Diederichs, Nicholaas Johannes
• Duncan, Sir Patrick

Doctor Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (born January 27, 1949) is a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist. ... Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs was State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. ... Sir Patrick Duncan (1870 1943) was Governor General of the Union of South Africa between 1937 and 1943. ...

E

G

• Gladstone, Herbert John

Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, GCB, GCMG, GBE (February 18, 1854 - March 6, 1930) was a British Liberal politician and statesman. ...

F

• Fouché, Jacobus Johannes

Jacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché (6 June 1898 - 1980) was State President of South Africa from 10 January, 1968 to 10 April, 1975. ...

H

• Hani, Chris
• Hertzog, James Barry Munnik

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cover of Time Magazine (April 27, 1925) James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as Barry Hertzog, (1866-1942) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. ...

J

• Jansen, Ernest George
• Jordaan, Danny
• Johan, van Heerde

Ernest George Jansen (1881 - 1959) was a British administrator in South Africa. ... Danny Jordaan (1951 _ ) is a South African sports administrator as well as a former lecturer, politician and anti_apartheid activist. ...

K

• Kruger, Paul
• de Klerk, F.W.

Paul Kruger Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and fondly known as Oom Paul (Afrikaans for Uncle Paul) was a prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and president of the Transvaal Republic in South Africa. ... President F.W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936) is a former President of South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. ...

L

• de Lille, Patricia
• Leon, Tony
• Luthuli, Albert

Patricia de Lille is the leader of the Independent Democrats, a South African political party which she formed in 2003 when she broke away from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). ... Tony Leon Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African politician and the leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africas main opposition party. ... Albert John Lutuli (also known by his Zulu name Mvumbi, his surname is sometimes and probably more phonetically spelt Luthuli) (1898? - 21 July 1967) was a South African teacher and politician. ...

M

• Malan, Daniel François
• Malan, Magnus
• Mandela, Nelson
• Manuel, Trevor
• Mbeki, Thabo
• Mdlalose, Frank
• Mbombo, Ayanda
• Naudé, Jozua François
• Ngcuka, Bulelani

Daniel François Malan Daniel François Malan (22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959) was a Prime Minister of South Africa. ... General Magnus Malan (b. ... Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA: ) (born 18 July 1918) is the former President of South Africa, and the first to be elected in fully representative democratic elections. ... Trevor Manuel Trevor Manuel (born January 31, 1956), is currently South Africas Minister of Finance. ... Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18, 1942) is the current President of the Republic of South Africa. ... Dr Frank Themba Mdlalose was the first premier of the newly renamed KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, after the African National Congress (ANC) won the countrys first all-inclusive general election in April 1994. ... Jozua François Naudé was acting State President of South Africa from 1967 to 1968. ... Bulelani T Ngcuka (2 May 1954 - ) was the first national Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the husband of Deputy President of South Africa Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. ...

O

• Omar, Dullah

Abdullah Mohamed Omar (May 26, 1934 - March 13, 2004), better known as Dullah Omar was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 till his death. ...

P

• Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel

Son of Andries Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 - 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic. ...

R

• Ramaphosa, Cyril
• van Riebeeck, Jan

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African lawyer, trade union leader, activist, politician and businessman. ... Arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town painted by Charles Davidson Bell Johan Anthoniszoon Jan van Riebeeck (21 April 1619–18 January 1677), was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town. ...

S

• Harry Schwarz
• Sexwale, Tokyo
• Smuts, Jan
• Slovo, Joe
• Steyn, Lucas Cornelius
• Strijdom, Johannes Gerhardus
• Suzman, Helen
• Swart, Charles Robberts
• Shilowa, Sam

Harry H. Schwarz (born Cologne, Germany, May 13, 1924), is a South African politician, diplomat, and jurist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jan Smuts Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. ... Joe Slovo Joe Slovo (May 23, 1926 – January 6, 1995) was a South African Communist politician and long time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leading member of the African National Congress. ... Lucas Cornelius Steyn was the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa during part of 1959. ... Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (15 July 1893 - 24 August 1958) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. ... Helen Suzman was born Helen Gavronsky on 7th November 1917 in Germiston, South Africa as the daughter of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants. ... Charles Robberts Swart (1894 - 1982) was the last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and the first State President of the Republic of South Africa. ... Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa (b 30 April 1958) is the Premier of Gauteng Province, South Africa. ...

V

• Villiers, George
• Viljoen, Marais
• Vorster, Balthazar Johannes

George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon (1877-1955) was a British Conservative politician who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1931 to 1937. ... Marais Viljoen (2 December 1915 - 4 January 2007) was the last non-executive State President of South Africa from June 4, 1979 until September 3, 1984. ... B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ...

W

• de Wet, Nicolaas Jacobus

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1873 1960) was the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1943 to 1946. ...

Z

• Zuma, Jacob
• van Zyl Slabbert, Frederik
• van Zyl, Gideon Brand