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member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2019–2019); President of South Africa (since 15 February 2018); Deputy President of South Africa (2014–2018); member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2014–2018)."},{"q":"Where did Cyril Ramaphosa study?","a":"Cyril Ramaphosa was educated at Harvard University, Yale University, Damelin, University of South Africa."}],"related":[{"name":"Abdel Fattah el-Sisi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdel-fattah-el-sisi"},{"name":"Paul Kagame","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-kagame"},{"name":"Jakaya Kikwete","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakaya-kikwete"},{"name":"Thomas Boni Yayi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thomas-boni-yayi"},{"name":"John Kufuor","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-kufuor"},{"name":"Macky Sall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/macky-sall"},{"name":"Nombulelo Hermans","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nombulelo-hermans"},{"name":"Marius Swart","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marius-swart"},{"name":"Zamuxolo Peter","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zamuxolo-peter"},{"name":"Jacob Zuma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacob-zuma"},{"name":"Thabo Mbeki","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thabo-mbeki"},{"name":"Kgalema Motlanthe","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kgalema-motlanthe"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/cyril-ramaphosa-5827217543.jpg","width":500,"height":666,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Ricardo Stuckert","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:21.11.2025_%E2%80%93_Presidente_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_da_%C3%81frica_do_Sul,_Cyril_Ramaphosa_(54938010569)_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Cyril Ramaphosa","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1148669","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148669","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 21.11.2025 – Presidente da República da África do Sul, Cyril Ramaphosa (54938010569) (cropped).jpg by Ricardo Stuckert (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:21.11.2025_%E2%80%93_Presidente_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_da_%C3%81frica_do_Sul,_Cyril_Ramaphosa_(54938010569)_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Cyril Ramaphosa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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