Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | |
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 Portrait of Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | |
| President of South Africa | |
Acting | |
| In office 24 September 2008 – 25 September 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Cabinet of South Africa |
| Preceded by | Thabo Mbeki |
| Succeeded by | Kgalema Motlanthe |
| Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services | |
| In office 17 June 1999 – 6 April 2009 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Jay Naidoo |
| Succeeded by | Siphiwe Nyanda |
| 2nd Premier of the Free State | |
| In office 18 December 1996 – 15 June 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mosiuoa Lekota |
| Succeeded by | Winkie Direko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1937 Kroonstad, South Africa |
| Died | 6 April 2009 (aged 71) Pretoria, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | |
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Ivy Florence Matsepe-Casaburri (18 September 1937 – 6 April 2009) was a South African politician. She was the 2nd premier of the Free State and South Africa's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death. She served briefly as South Africa's acting president in 2005,[1] when both President Thabo Mbeki and the deputy president were outside the country. Furthermore, she was chosen by the cabinet to be the constitutional and official head of state in an interim capacity for 14 hours on 25 September 2008, between the resignation of Thabo Mbeki and the taking of office by Kgalema Motlanthe.[2][3] She was the first woman to have held the post of president in South Africa and the first woman to be head of state of South Africa since Elizabeth II's reign as Queen of South Africa ended in 1961. She remained the only woman with this distinction until July 2021, when Angie Motshekga was appointed acting president.
- ^ Acting President for period 14 September to 18 September 2005 Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quintal, Angela (26 September 2008). "No wars, no drama for Matsepe-Casaburri". The Mercury. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ Chikane, Frank (28 April 2012). "Emotional farewell as Mbeki holds last cabinet meeting". Daily Nation. Retrieved 26 August 2016.