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Ramaphosa, Cyril

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Personal name headingRamaphosa, Cyril
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Variant(s)Ramaphosa, Matamela Cyril
Biography/History noteIndividual was an antiapartheid activist.
Associated countrySouth Africa
Birth date1952-11-17
Place of birthSoweto (South Africa)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Field of activityAnti-apartheid movements South Africa--Politics and government
AffiliationUniversity of South Africa National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa) African National Congress COSATU Black Economic Empowerment (Program : South Africa) Commonwealth Business Council South Africa. National Planning Commission
Profession or occupationLawyers Politicians Businessmen Presidents
Found inHis Organising on the mines, 1984: t.p. (Cyril Ramaphosa)
Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 15, 2009 (Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa; born Nov. 17, 1952, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Cyril Ramaphosa, 2011: p. 1 (Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was born on 17 November 1952) p. 4 of cover (one of South Africa's most celebrated political leaders; general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers; secretary-general of the ANC; left politics and became a successful businessman)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ramaphosa, Matamela Cyril; lawyer, politician, antiapartheid activist, businessman; born 17 November 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa; received Baccalaureus Procurationis from the University of South Africa (1981); was general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) (1982-1991), co-founder of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (1985), secretary general of African National Congress (ANC) (1991-1996), chairman of Johnnic, a black economic empowerment program, deputy chair of the Commonwealth Business Council, longstanding member of the Coca-Cola International Advisory Board; deputy chair of South Africa's National Planning Commission (2010); received Sweden's Olaf Palme Prize (1987))
Wikipedia, April 12, 2019 (Cyril Ramaphosa; born in Soweto, Johannesburg; Deputy President 26 May 2014 - 15 February 2018; fourth and current President of South Africa, following the resignation of Jacob Zuma; assumed office 15 February 2018; elected President of the African National Congress (ANC) in December 2017; former Chairman of the National Planning Commission)
Equivalent(s)Ramaphosa, Cyril, 1952-
Associated languageeng