Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected president unopposed, despite the DA earlier contesting the position of the speaker.
He received a standing ovation from all MPs, including from the opposition benches.
Ramaphosa’s election on Wednesday in the National Assembly paves the way for his inauguration on Saturday.
The president will then appoint his cabinet.
Earlier, Thandi Modise was elected Speaker of the National Assembly following a decision by the DA to field its own candidate to contest the position.
In a majority of 250 votes against 83 for DA MP Richard Majola, Modise was officially elected the new speaker of the House.
Modise succeeds Baleka Mbete.
However, Lechesa Tsenoli was elected unopposed for the position of Deputy Speaker.
The votes for Modise did not only come from the ANC, but other opposition parties.
The ANC has 230 seats in the House, and the other seats belong to opposition parties. There are 14 parties represented in the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, the DA’s Alan Winde was also formally elected as premier during the Western Cape Parliament’s first sitting Wednesday.
The premier hit the ground running announcing that while he is still in consultation on his cabinet, the 10 people chosen will, however, be sworn in today at 10am.
He was elected through a secret ballot during the swearing-in of the provincial parliament members after he went up against the ANC leader in the Western Cape legislature Cameron Dugmore, who received 10 votes against his 24.
There were six spoiled votes.