State President of South Africa

The state president of the Republic of South Africa (Afrikaans: Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was created when the country became a republic in 1961. The office was abolished in 1994 when Nelson Mandela was democratically elected as the first President of South Africa.

State President of South Africa Staatspresident van Suid-Afrika
Standard of the State President (1984–1994)
Style	The Honourable (until 1985)
Appointer	Parliament of South Africa
Term length	Seven years, nonrenewable (until 1984) Duration of Parliament (normally five years) (1984–94)
Precursor	Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Formation	31 May 1961 (ceremonial) 3 September 1984 (executive)
First holder	Charles Robberts Swart
Final holder	Frederik Willem de Klerk
Abolished	10 May 1994
Succession	President of South Africa
Deputy	Vice State President of South Africa (1981–1984)

List

Parties

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
State presidents as head of state (Ceremonial, 1961–1984)
1		Charles Robberts Swart (1894–1982)	31 May 1961	31 May 1967	6 years	National Party	1961
—		Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges (1898–1968)	Elected but did not take office because of illness			National Party	1967
2		Jacobus Johannes Fouché (1898–1980)	10 April 1968	9 April 1975	6 years, 364 days	National Party	1968
3		Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (1903–1978)	19 April 1975	21 August 1978 (Died in office)	3 years, 124 days	National Party	1975
4		Balthazar Johannes Vorster (1915–1983)	10 October 1978	4 June 1979 (Resigned)	237 days	National Party	1978
5		Marais Viljoen (1915–2007)	4 June 1979	19 June 1979	15 days	National Party	–
			19 June 1979	3 September 1984	5 years, 91 days		1979
State presidents as head of state and government (Executive, 1984–1994)
1		Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006)	3 September 1984	14 September 1984	11 days	National Party	–
			14 September 1984	15 August 1989 (Resigned)	4 years, 335 days		1984
2		Frederik Willem de Klerk (1936–2021)	15 August 1989	20 September 1989	36 days	National Party	–
			20 September 1989	10 May 1994	4 years, 232 days		1989

State President Of South Africa Media

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  The Standard of the ceremonial and non-executive State President of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1984.

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  De Tuynhuys, used as the Cape Town office of the State President, now the office of the President of South Africa

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  Jozua François ('Tom') Naudé (1889-1969)[ Acting State President of South Africa from 1967 to 1968

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  Jacobus Johannes Fouché 1968

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  Jan de Klerk (1903-1979)

Other websites

• List of Presidents
• Lists of Heads of state with links to bios