Heads of state of Ciskei

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent
Ciskei Territoral Authority
November 1968 to 1 August 1972	Justice Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla, Chief Executive Councillor
Ciskei (Self-Rule)
1 August 1972 to 21 May 1973	Justice Thandatha Jongilizwe Mabandla, Chief Minister
21 May 1973 to 1975	Lennox Sebe, Chief Minister
1975	Charles Sebe, acting Chief Minister
1975 to 4 December 1981	Lennox Sebe, Chief Minister
Republic of Ciskei (Independent)
4 December 1981 to 4 March 1990	Lennox Sebe, President
4 March 1990 to 22 March 1994	Joshua Oupa Gqozo, Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State
22 March 1994 to 26 April 1994	Pieter van Rensburg Goosen + Bongani Blessing Finca, Administrators
Ciskei re-integrated into South Africa on 27 April 1994