Armorial of the Presidents of South Africa

Many of the Presidents of South Africa have borne arms; either through registration with the South African Bureau of Heraldry or via membership in foreign [[orders of chivalry]]; such as the Danish [[Order of the Dannebrog]] and the Swedish [[Order of the Seraphim]].

==Arms of the Presidents of South Africa==
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|[[Charles Robberts Swart]], President of South Africa, 1961-1967

No arms known

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|[[Jacobus Johannes Fouche]], President of South Africa, 1968-1975

No arms known

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|[[Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs]], President of South Africa, 1975-1978

No arms known.

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|Arms of [[B.J. Vorster]], President of South Africa, 1978-1979

No arms known

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|[[Marais Viljoen]], President of South Africa, 1979-1984

No arms known

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|Arms of [[P.W. Botha]], President of South Africa, 1984-1989
''Argent a Seventeenth Century three master Sailing Ship, pennants flotant Gules, the masthead pennant tierced Orange, White and Blue, the Mainsail charged with a Maltese Cross Or, a Chief Nowy Gably Azure''

Crest: ''On a grassy Mount Or, in front of a Ship's wheel Gules, a Sword erect Or, hil ted and pomelled Azure''.

Motto: ''WAAGMOED EN GELOOF.''

Registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry

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|Arms of [[Frederik de Klerk]], President of South Africa, 1989-1994
''Azure a Fess the upper edge per chevron embowed and the lower edge embowed Or issuant from the peak a Protea Flower also Or, seeded and leaved Argent, in base a Huguenot Cross of the last''

Crest: ''On a mount Gules, in front of the Upper part of a Ship's Wheel Azure, a Quill erect with a demi-fleur ce,de lys issuant Argent, penned Gules.''

Motto: ''SOLI DEO GLORIA.''

Registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry

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| Arms of [[Nelson Mandela]], President of South Africa, 1994-1999
''Tierced per pall Sable, Azure and Gules, a pall Vert fimbriated in chief Or and dexter and sinister Argent''

Motto:

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] on 1994.

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| [[Thabo Mbeki]], President of South Africa, 1999- 2008

No arms known

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| [[Kgalema Motlanthe]], President of South Africa, 2008-2009

No arms known

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|[[Jacob Zuma]], President of South Africa, 2009-present

No arms known

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[[Category:Armorials]]
[[Category:National symbols of South Africa]]
[[Category:South African heraldry]]