Lennox Sebe

Lennox Sebe
1st President of Ciskei
In office
4 December 1981 – 4 March 1990
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOupa Gqozo (Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State)
2nd Chief Minister of Ciskei
In office
21 May 1973 – July 1975
Preceded byJustice Mabandla
Succeeded byCharles Sebe
In office
24 October 1975 – 4 December 1981
Preceded byCharles Sebe
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Lennox Wongama Sebe

26 July 1926
Belstone, Cape, South Africa
Died23 July 1994(1994-07-23) (aged 67)
South Africa
Political partyCiskei National Independence Party[1]
ParentCharles Sebe (brother)

Lennox Leslie Wongama Ngweyesizwe Sebe (26 July 1926 – 23 July 1994) was the chief minister of the Xhosa bantustan of Ciskei after its self-rule in 1972, and the nominally independent country's first president from 1983.He was the Chief of the AmaKhambashe Tribal Authority and his praise name (isikhahlelo) was Ngweyesizwe.

  1. ^ "South African homelands".