Jacob Zuma's biography includes his age, education, wives, children, and family.

The President of South Africa was forced to resign in the middle of his term.He was the deputy president and vice president of the Africa National Congress.

The former president was born in South Africa on the 12th of April 1942.He is 77 years old.

He was born to two people.When he was 5 years old, his father died in World War II.He moved with his mother to Maphumulo after his father's death.His mother had to work as a domestic employee.

He did not have formal education.It was impossible for him to go to school because of all the jobs he did as a child.

He learned how to read and write.French, Xhosa, Portuguese, Russian and other languages were learned by Jacob Zuma.He is trained by the Soviet Union.

Jacob is a polygamist who has been married 7 times.He married his first wife in 1973, they have no children.

He married Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, but they divorced in 1998.Kate Mantsho was his third wife.On December 8, 2000 she committed suicide and is buried at Westpark Cemetery in South Africa.She had five children with her.

He married Nompumelelo Ntuli in January 2008.He married another woman two years later.He married Gloria Bongekile on April 20, 2012He got married to Nonkanyiso Conco.

He has a net worth of $20 million.He was one of the highest paid presidents in Africa.It is known that he has investments in different economic sectors.

A football team called Nkandlas Angels, a top-perfume brand and a fashion line are included in the property holdings.His wealth and net worth are greatly influenced by these ventures.

The opportunity to acquire Soviet training was given to him by joining the South African Communist party.He and 45 other ANC recruits were arrested and imprisoned for 10 years.He was found guilty of conspiring to overthrow the government.

He became a member of the ANC National Executive Committee in 1977.

The ANC's Chief Representative was named after the Nkomati Accord was signed.

In 1987 he relocated to Lusaka, Zambia, where he became the Chief of the Intelligence Department.

He went back to South Africa after the ban on the ANC was lifted and was elected chairperson of the Southern Natal region.

He was nominated as an ANC candidate.He became a member of the Executive Council for Economic Affairs and Tourism in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal.

He was elected national chairperson of the ANC in December.

There were allegations of corruption and fraud related to the $5-billion weapons acquisition deal by the South African government in 1999.

Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as the new President of the ANC at the Nasrec conference.

On February 14, 2018, the day after his resignation was announced, Ramaphosa succeeded him.