Transitional Executive Council

Transitional Executive Council
Transitional Executive Council
; Multiparty Body of the Republic of South Africa
1993–1994
	Coat of arms of South Africa
Date formed	7 December 1993
Date dissolved	10 May 1994
People and organisations
State President	Frederik Willem de Klerk
No. of ministers	19 ministers
Member party	19 political groups
History
Incoming formation	Negotiations to end apartheid
Outgoing formation	1994 election
Predecessor	de Klerk Cabinet
Successor	Mandela Cabinet

The Transitional Executive Council (TEC) was a multiparty body in

first non-racial election in April 1994.^[2]^[3]

As part of the multi-party negotiations that ended apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) pushed for the creation of a body that would ensure a level playing field, arguing that the governing National Party would not be impartial, as it would also be contesting the election.^[3]

The TEC was created by the Transitional Executive Council Act, 1993, and consisted of one member of each of the parties that participated in the negotiations, with the notable exceptions of the

Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); and the Freedom Alliance, an alliance of right-wing and black groups such as the Inkatha Freedom Party who had abandoned the negotiation process.^[3]^[4]

The TEC consisted of 19 people, one each from the 19 groups that participated in the negotiations, and it had a number of subcouncils. The subcouncils focused on particular areas, such as stability and security, intelligence, and law and order, with members appointed because of specific expertise, and they received instructions from the TEC.

Bantustans if it deemed that these laws would hamper the attainment of democratic elections.^[3]

Although

Boputhatswana, along with the South African government, after the government of Lucas Mangope refused to give assurances that it would permit free and fair elections in the territory.^[6]