Here's a look at the life of Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa.

Personal: Birth date: April 12, 1942

Birth place: Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Birth name: Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

Father: Gcinamazwi Zuma, police officer

Mother: Nobhekisisa Bessie, domestic worker

Marriages: Bongi Ngema (April 20, 2012-present); Thobeka Stacy Mabhija (January 4, 2010-present); Nompumelelo Ntuli (January 5, 2008-present); Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini (1982- 1998, divorce); Kate Mantsho Zuma (1976-2000, her death); Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo Zuma (1973-present)

Children: Reportedly has more than 20 children.

Timeline: 1958 - Joins the African National Congress (ANC) which is banned in South Africa in 1960.

1962 - Becomes a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), the military arm of the ANC.

1963-1973 - Arrested with other Spear of the Nation members and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the South African government. Zuma spends ten years in prison on Robben Island.

1975 - Flees South Africa and lives in exile for fifteen years in Swaziland, Mozambique, Zambia, and several other African countries, while continuing his work with the ANC.

February 1990 - President F. W. de Klerk lifts the ban on the ANC and other opposition groups, and Zuma returns to South Africa.

1990 - At the ANC's first Regional Congress in KwaZulu-Natal province, he is elected chairperson of the Southern Natal region and takes a leading role in fighting violence in the region. This results in peace accords between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party.

December 1994 - He is elected as the National Chairperson of the ANC.

1997-2007 - Deputy President of the ANC.

October 1998 - Awarded the Nelson Mandela Award for Outstanding Leadership in Washington D.C.

1999-2005 - Deputy President of South Africa.

June 2, 2005 - A South African court finds businessman Schabir Shaik guilty of bribing Zuma with over $180,000 between 1995 and 2002.

June 14, 2005 - President Thabo Mbeki fires Zuma over his alleged involvement in the Shaik bribery scandal.