Mbeki, Thabo
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| born on | 18 June 1942 | ||||
| Place | Idutywa, South Africa, 32s02, 28e16 | ||||
| Timezone | EET h2e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   26°32'  
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Biography
South African politician, inaugurated president on 6/16/1999. The eldest of four kids, he aimed to become a teacher until he was expelled from his last year in school because of joining a strike. He finished his education privately in 1959. Mbeki traveled to England in 1961 to study economics at the University of London and Sussex, earning his B.A. in 1965 and M.A. in 1966, an economics major. He returned to Africa in 1971, working in different arenas. In 1974 he traveled to the UK briefly to marry Zanele.
In 1993, Mbeki became the ANC chairman. Named the first Deputy President by Mandela in 1994, he took over the leadership of ANC in 1997.
Events
- Work : New Career 16 June 1999 (Inaugerated president of South Africa)
Source Notes
Lori Wheeler on ISAR's web-letter 6/1999, from Adrian Hadland and Joseph Rantao, "The Life and Times of Thabo Mbeki," born in the Mbewaleni Village near Idutywa (coordinates shown are for Idutywa). Rod Suskin writes that in South Africa, the black culture never records birth times.
Categories
- Vocation : Politics : Heads of state (Pres. of South Africa)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (First of four)
