55th National Conference of the African National Congress

55th National Conference of the African National Congress

16–20 December 2022 (2022-12-16 2022-12-20)

4,426 party delegates
50% + 1 votes needed to win
 
Candidate Cyril Ramaphosa Zweli Mkhize
Delegate vote 2,476 1,897
Percentage 56.62% 43.38%

President before election

Cyril Ramaphosa

Elected President

Cyril Ramaphosa

The 55th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) was a party conference of the African National Congress, a political party in South Africa, that took place from 16 to 20 December 2022, at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec, Gauteng. Attended by 4,426 voting delegates, the conference elected the party's 87-member National Executive Committee, including the top officials – for the first time referred to as the "Top Seven," rather than the "Top Six," following an amendment to the party's constitution to introduce a second deputy secretary-general position. Delegates also adopted resolutions on governance and policy, informed by the outcomes of the ANC's 6th National Policy Conference held in July 2022.

At the conference, Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent President of South Africa, was re-elected as ANC president, defeating a challenge from Zweli Mkhize. He thereby became the party's presumptive presidential candidate at the next national general election in 2024. Paul Mashatile was elected his deputy.