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Cyril Ramaphosa

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Cyril Ramaphosa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa · Cyril Ramaphosa · Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa · Siril Ramafosa · Sirils Ramafosa · 16 more...				[sources]
Alias	Cyril M. Ramaphosa · Cyril Ramaphosa · Cyrillus Ramaphosa · Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa · Matemela Cyril Ramaphosa · 21 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Ramafosa · Ramaphosa · シリル・ラマフォサ · シリル・ラマポーサ · 拉馬福薩 · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1952-11-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Soweto				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	president@po.gov.za · president@presidency.gov.za				[sources]
First name	Cyril · Matamela Cyril				[sources]
Last name	Ramaphosa				[sources]
Political association	African National Congress				[sources]
Title	His Excellency · Mr				[sources]
Website	www.presidency.gov.za · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1148669				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	African National Congress (ANC) (Member) · African National Congress National Election List 2014 (2nd Candidate, 2014-2014) · African National Congress National Election List 2019 (1st Candidate, 2019-2019) · Chairperson of the African Union (2020-2021) · Deputy President of South Africa (2014-2018) · 14 more...				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Laws · Damelin · Harvard University · University of South Africa · Yale University · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President of South Africa since 2018

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Tshivhase Samuel Ramaphosa Close Associate	father	-	-
Nyamuofhe Erdmuth Ramaphosa Close Associate	mother	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the Republic of South Africa	2018-02-15	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Tshepo Motsepe PEP	spouse	-	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,933

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,815

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories341,348

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,626

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,075

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,442

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata329,992

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-south-africa-matamela-cyril-ramaphosa-president · unprot-a87b5b2741e878f09206c665fd8ed1b5810af155 · evpo-1b22fa3f-d9e1-485c-ac0a-4f5286c9cd6f · unprot-61e6337a2d33c975c1aaa5d283bcc58bc71aadfb · unprot-fce24c2e444d78ee3798daba51b689a6ea282f49

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