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Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (Sotho pronunciation: [ˈkxɑ.le.mɑ mʊ.ˈtɬʼɑ.n.tʰɛ]; born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who served as the third president of South Africa from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009, following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki. Thereafter, he was deputy president under Jacob Zuma from 9 May 2009 to 26 May 2014.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa (2009–14). He previously served as president of the country (2008–09) and also served as deputy president of the country’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC; 2007–12).
87.04.12. Male. Deputy President (2007 - present) General Secretary (1997 - 2007) Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents, Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe, a cleaner and Masefako Sophia Madingoane, a domestic worker married in 1946.
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He was born on the 19th of July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. As of 2023, he is 74 years old and celebrates his birthday on July 19th every year.
He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents, Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe, a cleaner, and Masefako Sophia Madingoane (d. 2014), a domestic worker, married in 1946. Motlanthe (also known as Mkhuluwa, the elder one) has two younger brothers, Tlatlane Ernest, and Lekota Sydney. Motlanthe’s maternal grandfather, Kgalema Marc...
On 25 September 2008, Motlanthe was elected by Parliament as the third post-apartheid President of South Africa. Chief Justice Pius Langa announced Motlanthe’s election after a secret parliamentary ballot contested between Motlanthe and Joe Seremane from the opposition Democratic Alliance. In the ballot, Motlanthe gained 269 votes from the 351 cast...
In 1975, he married Mapula Mokate, from Sophiatown. She was a radiographer who used to work at Leratong Hospital in Mogale City and Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. They are divorced. The couple has three children, Kagiso, Kgomotso, and Ntabiseng. They were separated before he became President of South Africa. He exchanged gifts with businesswoman G...
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe a child of an Alexandrian tenant, was born on the 19th ofJuly 1949 to Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe and Masefako Sophia Madingoane, and has two younger brothers (p. 3). He grew-up in Alexandra attended school at Pholosho Primary, an Anglican Missionary School, in 1956 at age eleven his parents were forcibly removed from ...
Dec 3, 2012 · 13 December 2012. AFP. Kgalema Motlanthe has already served as South Africa's president, if only for six months, and is now seeking to return on a long-term basis. The ruling African National...
Mr Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe is the former President of the Republic of South Africa. He was elected by Parliament on 25 September 2008 and he served until 9 May 2009. During Mr Motlanthe’s Presidency South Africa was the Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Mr Motlanthe assumed the role of Chairperson of the regional body.
