Thabo Mbeki facts for kids

Thabo Mbeki
His Excellency ; Thabo Mbeki ; KStJ GCB GCMG OE
President of South Africa
	In office; 14 June 1999 – 24 September 2008
Deputy	Jacob Zuma; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Preceded by	Nelson Mandela
Succeeded by	Kgalema Motlanthe
Deputy President of South Africa
	In office; 10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999
President	Nelson Mandela
Preceded by	Office Created; Alwyn Schlebusch; (Vice President 1981-1984)
Succeeded by	Jacob Zuma
1st Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office
	In office; 12 November, 1999 – 2 March, 2002
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	John Howard
Personal details
Born	18 June 1942 (age 78); Mbewuleni, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Nationality	South African
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse(s)	Zanele Dlamini
Children	Monwabise Kwanda
Alma mater	University of London; University of Sussex
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Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician. He served nine years as the second President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008.

On 9 July 2002, he became the first chairperson of African Union. On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee. That was after a meeting by Judge Nicholson for corruption.

Mbeki was born on 18 June 1942 in Mbewuleni, Cape Province, Union of South Africa. He studied economics at the University of London and at the University of Sussex. Mbeki married his wife Zanele Dlamini at Farnham Castle in the United Kingdom in 1974.

Images for kids

Mbeki with U.S. President George W. Bush, July 2003
Mbeki giving a speech to District Six land claimants in Cape Town
Kabila in 2002, with Thabo Mbeki, George W. Bush, and Paul Kagame.