South African President : Cyril Ramaphosa has again become the President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa’s name was approved in the 7th National Assembly meeting of Parliament on Friday. People in South Africa voted on 29 May. 399 ballots were counted. Out of these, 12 ballots were found invalid. According to the South African news agency, Ramaphosa got 283 votes, while Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema got only 44 votes. Ramaphosa is the President of the African National Congress. African National Congress MP Madumaseni had proposed Ramaphosa’s name.
If majority was not obtained then coalition government was formed
The African National Congress said on Thursday that the party did not get a majority in this election, so a government is being formed by combining the main opposition party and other parties. The government that has been formed in South Africa has been formed keeping in mind national unity and the opposition parties have also supported Cyril Ramaphosa, because in the recent elections his party was far from the majority, although it managed to get the maximum number of seats. The Parliament of South Africa has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the President of the country after an alliance between the ruling African National Congress and the opposition parties.
When did Ramaphosa become President for the first time?
Ramaphosa was first sworn in as president on 15 February 2018 and then on 22 May 2019. The African National Congress has been the dominant political force in South Africa since its first elections in 1994. The African National Congress wrote on X that Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as president.
The first elections in South Africa after independence were held in 1994, since then the ANC has always secured more than 50 percent of the votes.
What is the stand regarding India?
Cyril Ramaphosa has built strong relations with India. When India successfully landed Chandrayaan-3, he came to attend the BRICS conference Narendra Modi He had gone to South Africa and President Ramaphosa had congratulated India. Ramaphosa had called India’s success as his country’s success. After the landing, he had announced that he wanted to sit next to Prime Minister Modi so that the good feelings of Chandrayaan could also be transferred to him.