On 15 February 2018, Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated as the President of the Republic of South Africa to serve out the remainder of Jacob Zuma's term in office following Zuma's resignation the previous day. On 26 February 2018, he announced his new cabinet.^[1] The President announced a cabinet reshuffle on 22 November 2018, following the death of Minister Edna Molewa and the resignation of Malusi Gigaba.^[2] There were a total of 33 ministerial portfolios in the cabinet.

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First Ramaphosa Cabinet
7th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1994 elections)
2018–2019
Cyril Ramaphosa (2018)
Date formed	27 February 2018 (2018-02-27)
Date dissolved	29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
People and organisations
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
No. of ministers	33 ministers
Member party	African National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Democratic Alliance
Opposition leader	Mmusi Maimane
History
Election(s)	2014 election
Legislature term(s)	1 year, 3 months and 2 days
Predecessor	Zuma II
Successor	Ramaphosa II

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