What is Jacob Zuma?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |name = Jacob Zuma |honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] |image =Russian President Vladimir Putin alongside South African President Jacob Zuma (cropped).jpg | caption = Zuma in 2017 | order = 4th |office = President of South Africa |deputy = [[Kgalema Motlanthe]] (2009–2014)<br>[[Cyril Ramaphosa]] (2014–2018) |term_start = 9 May 2009 |term_end = 14 February 2018 |predecessor = [[Kgalema Motlanthe]] |successor = [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] |office2 = [[African National Congress|President of the African National Congress]] |deputy2 = [[Kgalema Motlanthe]] (2007–2012), [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] (2012–2017) |term_start2 = 18 December 2007 |term_end2 = 18 December 2017 |predecessor2 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] |successor2 = [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] |office3 = [[Deputy President of South Africa]] |term_start3 = 14 June 1999 |term_end3 = 14 June 2005 |president3 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] |predecessor3 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] |successor3 = [[Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka]] |office4 = Member of Parliament |term_start4 = 1999 |term_end4 = 2005 |birthname = Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1942|4|12}} |birth_place = [[Inkandla]], [[Natal Province]], [[Union of South Africa]] |nationality = [[South African]] |party = [[African National Congress]] <small>(1959–present)</small> |otherparty = |spouse = Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo<br/><small>(1973–present)</small><br/>Kate Zuma <br/><small>(1976–2000)</small><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/4127176/ANCs-Jacob-Zuma-to-marry-for-fifth-time.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=ANC's Jacob Zuma to marry for fifth time | first=Sebastien | last=Berger | date=5 January 2009 | accessdate=5 May 2010}}</ref><br/>[[Nko