The Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Tuesday elected ANC provincial chairperson Paul Mashatile as its new premier.

"I therefore announce Mr Paul Mashatile as the... premier of Gauteng," said Judge Phineas Mojapelo.

Mashatile was elected at a special sitting of the legislature following the resignation of Mbhazima Shilowa.

Shilowa resigned out of protest against the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC to remove former president Thabo Mbeki from office.

Sapa