The Vice State President of South Africa ( af, Vise-Staatspresident) was a position established between 1981 and 1984.

Alwyn Schlebusch Alwyn Louis Schlebusch (16 September 1917 – 7 January 2008) was a South African politician, the only holder of the title Vice State President of South Africa from 1 January 1982 to 14 September 1984. He was an Afrikaner with a surname o ...

was the only holder of the position. The position was created under constitutional reforms in 1981, which abolished the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, and created a President's Council, chaired by the Vice State President, to advise on the drafting of a new constitution. The post was abolished when the 1983 Constitution came into effect, combining the ceremonial post of

State President The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...

with that of Prime Minister, to create an executive post, with only provision for an Acting State President.''Constitutional Development of South Africa''
D. Marais, Macmillan South Africa, 1985, page 65 The executive position of Deputy President of South Africa was established in 1994.

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