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Thabo Mbeki
Former President of South Africa
South Africa, Johannesburg, Government & Public Administration, The Presidency (past & future)
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Birth Details:
Date of Birth: 18-06-1942 Place of Birth: Idutywa, Eastern Cape
In Brief
Thabo Mbeki is a South African politician who served almost two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. On 20 September 2008, he announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee. He was the architect of NEPAD whose aim is to develop an integrated socio-economic development framework for Africa. Mbeki has mediated in difficult and complex issues on the African continent including Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ivory Coast, as well as being involved in some important peace agreements (i.e. in Zimbabwe).
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Current Position(s)
- Member - ANC National Eexecutive Committee
- (1975 - present)
- Member - Nepad Steering Committee
Previous Position(s)
- Chairman - African Union
- (2002 - 2003)
- President - Republic of South Africa
- (1999 - 2008)
- President - African National Congress
- (1997 - 2008)
- Executive Deputy President - Republic of South Africa
- (1994 - 1999)
- Deputy President - Republic of South Africa
- (1994 - 1999)
- National Chairman - African National Congress
- (1993 - 1997)
- Department Head - International Affairs, ANC
- (1989 - 1994)
- Head - ANC Department of International Affairs
- (1989 - 1993)
- Secretary - Presidential Affairs
- (1985 - 1989)
- Member - ANC Political and Military Council
- (1985 - 1994)
- Director - ANC Department of Information and Publicity
- (1984 - 1989)
- Political Secretary - Office of ANC President, Lusaka
- (1978 - 1984)
- Representative - ANC, Nigeria
- (1975 - 1978)
- Representative - ANC Swaziland
- (1975 - 1975)
- Representative - ANC Botswana
- (1973 - 1974)
- Assistant Secretary - ANC Revolutionary Council, Lusaka
- (1971 - 1973)
- Various positions - ANC, London
- (1967 - 1970)
- Secretary - African Students Association
- (1961 - 1962)
Higher Education
- Honorary degree - Arthur D Little Institute, Boston, 1
- DBusAdmin (1 - 1994)
- 1
- Honorary degree - University of Glasgow, Caledonian
- Honorary Doctor of Laws (2000)
- Honorary degree - Rand Afrikaans University
- Honorary Doctorate (1999)
- Honorary degree - University of South Africa
- Honorary Doctorate (1995)
- Honorary degree - Sussex University, United Kingdom
- Honorary Doctor of Laws (1995)
- Degree - University of London
- Bachelor of Economics (1962)
- Degree - Sussex University, United Kingdom
- Master of Economics (1966)
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- Thabo Mbeki
- Author: Adrian Hadland; Jovial Rantao
- Publication Date: June 2001
- Pages: 65
This book traces the life and adventures of Thabo Mbeki. You can read about his childhood years in Transkei, his desperate escape into exile, the years spent in Europa and Africa. "I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountians and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land". - Thabo Mbeki, 16 June 1999. Thabo Mbeki was elected President of South Africa in 1999. However, little is known about the earlier years of this great statesman of African and the world. This book traces the life and adventures of Thabo Mbeki. You can read about his childhood years in Transkei, his desperate escape into exile, the years spent in Europa and Africa, and his rise to president of his country. As you read you will find out more about who this man is.