Thabo Mbeki

President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician and economist who served as the second president of South Africa from 1999 until his resignation in 2008. He previously served as deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999. The son of Govan Mbeki, an African National Congress (ANC) intellectual, Mbeki has been involved in ANC politics since 1956, when he joined the ANC Youth League, and has been a member of the party's National Executive Committee since 1975.

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