Cyril Ramaphosa Biography

Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician and the fifth and current President of South Africa. Ramaphosa is a former anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and entrepreneur who is also president of the African National Congress (ANC).

Cyril Ramaphosa Age

Cyril Ramaphosa was born on 17 November 1952 in Soweto, South Africa. He is 70 years old today.

Cyril Ramaphosa Height

Ramaphosa’s average height is 5 feet 8 inches.

Cyril Ramaphosa Education

Studied at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B. Proc.) in Marketing in 1981. [17]

Cyril Ramaphosa Family

Cyril was born in Soweto, South Africa, to loving parents Samuel Ramaphosa and E. raised by Erdmuth Ramaphosa.

Cyril Ramaphosa Wife

He married his beautiful wife Tshepo Motsepe.

Cyril Ramaphosa Salary

Cyril’s annual salary is R4 311,305.00.

Cyril Ramaphosa Net Worth

Ramaphosa’s net worth is estimated at $450 million.

Cyril Ramaphosa Career

After completing his legal qualifications and obtaining his degree, he joined the Trade Union Council of South Africa (CUSA) as Trade Union Counsel Law. In 1982, CUSA asked Cyril to form a miners’ union; In the same year, a new union was established and named the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).

In March 1986 Ramaphosa was part of the COSATU delegation that met with the African National Congress in Lusaka, Zambia. Following his election as secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC), he was appointed chairman of the board, a position he held until June 1991, when he resigned.

In December 1988 Ramaphosa and other prominent members of the Soweto community met with the mayor of Soweto to discuss complaints about rent.

In 2022, Cyril was invited by Cameroonian President Paul Biya to host the opening ceremony of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations at the Orembe Stadium in Yaounde. Assumani is one of the seven heads of state who visited Japan’s Emperor Naruhito on the occasion of the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, held in Tokyo on September 28, 2022.