Lennox Sebe

Lennox Sebe
1st President of Ciskei
In office
4 December 1981  4 March 1990
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOupa Gqozo (Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State)
2nd Chief Minister of Ciskei
In office
21 May 1973  July 1975
Preceded byJustice Mabandla
Succeeded byCharles Sebe
In office
24 October 1975  4 December 1981
Preceded byCharles Sebe
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Lennox Wongama Sebe

26 July 1926
Belstone, Cape, South Africa
Died23 July 1994(1994-07-23) (aged 67)
South Africa
Political partyCiskei National Independence Party
ParentCharles Sebe (brother)

Lennox Leslie Wongama Ngweyesizwe Sebe (26 July 1926 – 23 July 1994) was the chief minister of the Xhosa bantustan of Ciskei after its self-rule in 1972, and the nominally independent country's first president from 1983. He was the Chief of the AmaKhambashe Tribal Authority and his praise name (isikhahlelo) was Ngweyesizwe.