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Thabo Mbeki
Portrait o Thabo Mbeki
2nt Preses o Sooth Africae
In office
14 June 1999 – 24 September 2008
DeputeJacob Zuma
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Precedit biNelson Mandela
Succeedit biKgalema Motlanthe (as Preses)
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (as Actin Preses)
Deputy Preses o South Africa
In office
10 Mey 1994 – 14 Juin 1999
Servin with F. W. de Klerk
Until 30 June 1996
PresesNelson Mandela
Precedit biOffice established
Succeedit biJacob Zuma
1st Chairperson-in-office o the Commonwealth o Naitions
In office
12 November 1999 – 2 Mairch 2002
HeidElizabeth II
Precedit biPoseetion established
Succeedit biJohn Howard
Chancellor, Varsity o Sooth Africae
Assumed office
8 December 2016
Precedit biBernard Ngoepe
Personal details
Born (1942-06-18) 18 Juin 1942 (age 82)
Mbewuleni, Eastren Cape, Sooth Africae[1]
NaitionalitySooth African
Poleetical pairtyAfrican Naitional Congress
Spoose(s)Zanele Dlamini Mbeki
BairnsMonwabise Kwanda[2]
Alma materVarsity o Lunnon
Varsity o Sussex
SignaturSignature o Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki[3] (Xhosa pronunciation: [tʰaɓɔ mbɛːkʼi]; born 18 Juin 1942) is a Sooth African politeecian wha served nine years as the seicont post-apartheid Preses o Sooth Africae frae 14 Juin 1999[4] tae 24 September 2008.[5] On 20 September 2008, wi aboot nine month left in his seicont term, Mbeki annoonced his resignation efter bein recawed bi the Naitional Executive Committee o the ANC,[6] follaein a conclusion bi judge C. R. Nicholson o improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), includin the prosecution o Jacob Zuma for corruption.[7] On 12 Januar 2009, the Supreme Coort o Appeal unanimously owerturned judge Nicholson's judgment[8][9][10] but the resignation stuid.

References

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  1. Thabo Mbeki.
  2. "Thabo Mbeki Timeline 1942–". Archived frae the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 20 Januar 2017.
  3. Office of the Deputy Executive President (13 September 1996). "Biography of Thabo Mbeki". ANC. Archived frae the original on 11 Julie 2007. Retrieved 21 Julie 2007. Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Presidency (14 October 2004). "GCIS: profile information: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, Mr". GCIS. Archived frae the original on 16 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007. Archived 2007-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Cabinet bids farewell to Mbeki". SABC news. 25 September 2007. Archived frae the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008. His resignation came into effect at midnight. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  6. "SA's Mbeki says he will step down". London: BBC News. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  7. "Full Zuma Judgment". News24. 13 September 2008. Archived frae the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 20 Januar 2017.
  8. "Judge Nicholson Red-carded by SCA". Mail&Guardian Online. 12 Januar 2009.
  9. "National Director of Public Prosecutions v Zuma (573/08) [2009] ZASCA 1 (12 Jan 2009)" (PDF). South African Supreme Court of Appeal. 12 Januar 2009. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 20 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 20 Januar 2017.
  10. "Mbeki lashes out at lying politicians". IOL/The Star. 14 Januar 2009.