Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Cyril Ramaphosa Biography and Timeline

Follow Cyril Ramaphosa through 7 dated historical records for South Africa.

Cyril Ramaphosa, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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2019–2020Years on this page

2019

General Election - General Election

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Role range: 2018-

General Election Election Outcome

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

General election outcome recorded for Cyril Ramaphosa: Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Role range: 2018-

General Election Government

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Government context for this general election: Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Role range: 2018-

General Election

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Leads the African National Congress to victory in the general election.

Role range: 2018-

2020

COVID-19

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Declares a national state of disaster.

Role range: 2018-

COVID-19

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Announces a nationwide lockdown in response to COVID-19.

Role range: 2018-

COVID-19

President of South Africa · Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

South Africa begins a national lockdown.

Role range: 2018-

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.