Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
The Presidency: 2019–2022
### The Presidency: 2019–2022

In the weeks after Ramokgopa resigned from the Executive Council, *[City Press](/wiki/City_Press_%28South_Africa%29 "City Press (South Africa)")* and [News24](/wiki/News24_%28website%29 "News24 (website)") reported that the ANC was considering Ramokgopa for [deployment](/wiki/African_National_Congress%23Cadre_deployment "African National Congress#Cadre deployment") to a range of public offices, including possibly in Premier Makhura's office, at a [state\-owned enterprise](/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_South_Africa "State-owned enterprises of South Africa") like [Eskom](/wiki/Eskom "Eskom") or [Trasnet](/wiki/Transnet "Transnet"), or as Deputy [Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy](/wiki/Minister_of_Mineral_Resources_and_Energy "Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy") following the death of incumbent [Bavelile Hlongwa](/wiki/Bavelile_Hlongwa "Bavelile Hlongwa"). On 4 November 2019, less than a month after Ramokgopa's resignation as MEC, the [Presidency](/wiki/President_of_South_Africa "President of South Africa") announced that Ramokgopa had been appointed head of the new Investment and Infrastructure Office under President [Cyril Ramaphosa](/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa "Cyril Ramaphosa"). The office was established to develop and coordinate South Africa's [investment](/wiki/Investment_in_South_Africa "Investment in South Africa") strategy, and Ramokgopa reported directly to the President. He retained the position as of 2022 and [Investec](/wiki/Investec "Investec") described him as "respected and competent".

Ramokgopa also remained active in the ANC, although he failed to gain re\-election to the Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee at the next provincial elective conference in July 2022\. When the ANC held its [55th National Conference](/wiki/55th_National_Conference_of_the_African_National_Congress "55th National Conference of the African National Congress") in December 2022, Ramokgopa was elected to the party's [National Executive Committee](/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_African_National_Congress "National Executive Committee of the African National Congress") for the first time; by number of votes received, he was ranked 49th of the 80 candidates elected, receiving 1,229 votes across the 4,029 ballots cast in total.


To whom did Ramokgopa report directly as head of the new Investment and Infrastructure Office?