LC control no. | n 85261750 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Ramaphosa, Cyril |
Variant(s) | Ramaphosa, Matamela Cyril |
Biography/History note | Individual was an antiapartheid activist. |
Associated country | South Africa |
Birth date | 1952-11-17 |
Place of birth | Soweto (South Africa) Johannesburg (South Africa) |
Field of activity | Anti-apartheid movements South Africa--Politics and government |
Affiliation | University 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 occupation | Lawyers Politicians Businessmen Presidents |
Found in | His 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 language | eng |