No President (Birth -- Death) Portrait Tenure Elected Political affiliation (at time of appointment) Took office Left office Nelson Mandela (1918 -- 2013) 10 May 1994 16 June 1999 1994 African National Congress Thabo Mbeki (1942 --) 16 June 1999 24 September 2008 (resigned) 1999 African National Congress -- Ivy Matsepe - Casaburri (1937 -- 2009) 24 September 2008 25 September 2008 -- African National Congress Kgalema Motlanthe (1949 --) 25 September 2008 9 May 2009 2008 African National Congress Jacob Zuma (1942 --) 9 May 2009 14 February 2018 (resigned) 2009 2014 African National Congress 5 Cyril Ramaphosa (1952 --) 14 February 2018 15 February 2018 2018 African National Congress 15 February 2018 Incumbent
who was the last president of south africa
Jacob Zuma