Deputy President of South Africa

Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa
10 other official names Adjunkpresident van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans) iSekela likaMengameli weSewula Afrika (Southern Ndebele) uSekela-Mongameli waseMzantsi Afrika (Xhosa) iPhini likaMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika (Zulu) liSekela laMengameli weleNingizimu Afrika (Swazi) Motlatšamoporesitente wa Afrika Borwa (Northern Sotho) Motlatsi wa Mopresidente wa Afrika Borwa (Sotho) Motlatsamoporesitente wa Aforika Borwa (Tswana) Xandla Xa Puresidente wa Afrika-Dzonga (Tsonga) Muthusa Phresidennde wa Afrika Tshipembe (Venda)
Incumbent Paul Mashatile since 7 March 2023
Style	Mr. Deputy President (informal) His Excellency (formal, diplomatic)
Type	Deputy to the Head of State and Head of Government
Abbreviation	DP
Member of	Cabinet National Assembly
Reports to	The President
Residence	Oliver Tambo House (Pretoria) Highstead (Cape Town) Dr. John L. Dube House (Durban)
Appointer	President
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	F. W. De Klerk Thabo Mbeki
Formation	10 May 1994; 30 years ago (1994-05-10)
Salary	R3 million
Website	www.thepresidency.gov.za

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The deputy president of South Africa is the second highest ranking officer of the executive branch of the Government of South Africa. The deputy president is a member of the National Assembly and the Cabinet.

The deputy president is constitutionally required to "assist the president in the execution of the functions of government", and may be assigned any government portfolio by presidential proclamation.

The deputy president performs the duties of the president when the president is outside the country's borders, unable to fulfill the duties of the office, or when the presidency is vacant.

The deputy president is generally appointed as the leader of government business in the Parliament of South Africa by the president.

Under the interim constitution (valid from 1994 to 1996), there was a Government of National Unity, in which a member of parliament from the largest opposition party was entitled to a position as deputy president. Along with Mbeki, the previous state president, F. W. de Klerk, also served as deputy president in his capacity as the leader of the National Party, then the second-largest party in the new parliament. De Klerk later resigned and went into opposition with his party. A voluntary coalition government continues to exist under the new constitution (adopted in 1996), although there have been no appointments of opposition politicians to the post of deputy president.

The official living residences of the deputy president are Oliver Tambo House in Pretoria, Highstead, in Cape Town and Dr John L Dube House in Durban.