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Kgalema Motlanthe

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Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (Sotho: [ˈkxɑ.le.mɑ mʊ.ˈtɬʼɑ.n.tʰɛ]; born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who served as the 3rd 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. Raised in Soweto in the former Transvaal after his family was forcibly removed from Alexandra, Motlanthe was recruited into uMkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), after he finished high school. Between 1977 and 1987, he was imprisoned on Robben Island under the Terrorism Act for his anti-apartheid activism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kgalema Motlanthe is the 6,044th most popular politician (down from 5,942nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 6,044 out of 19,576. Before him are Ariaramnes, Mahamadou Issoufou, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Andrew Báthory, and Girolamo Riario. After him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Joseph Boakai, Shebitku, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Lucius Antonius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 119. Before him are Valeriy Borzov, Jack Reed, Paloma Picasso, Michio Yasuda, Patrick Tambay, and Victor Garber. After him are Blase J. Cupich, John Toshack, Hamida Djandoubi, Jeremy Corbyn, Josephine Chaplin, and Larry Holmes.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 40 out of 454. Before him are Angelique Rockas (1951), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Peter Abrahams (1919), Seymour Papert (1928), Jim Fouché (1898), and Jan Smuts (1870). After him are Glynis Johns (1923), Abba Eban (1915), George F. R. Ellis (1939), Reggie Walker (1889), André Brink (1935), and Nico Diederichs (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Africa

Among politicians born in South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe ranks 18. Before him are Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Jim Fouché (1898), and Jan Smuts (1870). After him are Abba Eban (1915), Nico Diederichs (1903), Eben Dönges (1898), Tom Naudé (1889), Chris Hani (1942), and Jan de Klerk (1903).

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