African Leaders

Africa

·  Algeria

oPresident – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2012–2014)

2.      Youcef Yousfi, Acting Prime Minister of Algeria (2014)

3.      Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2014–present)

·  Angola

oPresident – José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979–present)

·  Benin

oPresident – Yayi Boni, President of Benin (2006–present)

·  Botswana

oPresident – Ian Khama, President of Botswana (2008–present)

·  Burkina Faso

oPresident

1.       Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso (1987–2014)

2.      Honoré Traoré, Acting President of Burkina Faso (2014)

3.      Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting President of Burkina Faso (2014)

4.      Michel Kafando, Interim president of Burkina Faso (2014–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2011–2014)

2.      Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2014–present)

·  Burundi

oPresident – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi (2005–present)

·  Cameroon

oPresident – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (1982–present)

oPrime Minister – Philémon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon (2009–present)

·  Cape Verde

oPresident – Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde (2011–present)

oPrime Minister – José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (2001–present)

·  Central African Republic

oHead of State -

1.       Michel Djotodia, Head of State of the Transition of the Central African Republic (2013–2014)

2.      Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet, Acting Head of State of the Transition of the Central African Republic (2014)

3.      Catherine Samba-Panza, Head of State of the Transition of the Central African Republic (2014–present)

oPrime Minister –

1.       Nicolas Tiangaye, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (2013–2014)

2.      André Nzapayeké, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (2014)

3.      Mahamat Kamoun, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (2014–present)

·  Chad

oPresident – Idriss Déby, President of Chad (1990–present)

oPrime Minister – Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Prime Minister of Chad (2013–present)

·  Comoros

oPresident – Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Comoros (2011–present)

·  Congo–Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)

oPresident – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo (1997–present)

·  Congo–Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

oPresident – Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001–present)

oPrime Minister – Augustin Matata Ponyo, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2012–present)

·  Côte d'Ivoire

oPresident – Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire (2010–present)

oPrime Minister – Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire (2012–present)

·  Djibouti

oPresident – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti (1999–present)

oPrime Minister - Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Prime Minister of Djibouti (2013–present)

·  Egypt

oPresident –

1.       Adly Mansour, Acting President of Egypt (2013–2014)

2.      Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt (2014–present)

oPrime Minister –

1.       Hazem Al Beblawi, Acting Prime Minister of Egypt (2013–2014)

2.      Ibrahim Mahlab, Prime Minister of Egypt (2014–present)

·  Equatorial Guinea

oPresident – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1979–present)

oPrime Minister – Vicente Ehate Tomi, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (2012–present)

·  Eritrea

oPresident – Isaias Afewerki, President of Eritrea (1991–present)^[1]

·  Ethiopia

oPresident – Mulatu Teshome, President of Ethiopia (2013–present)

oPrime Minister – Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (2012–present)

·  Gabon

oPresident – Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon (2009–present)

oPrime Minister –

1.       Raymond Ndong Sima, Prime Minister of Gabon (2012–2014)

2.      Daniel Ona Ondo, Prime Minister of Gabon (2014–present)

·  The Gambia

oPresident – Yahya Jammeh, President of the Gambia (1994–present)

·  Ghana

oPresident – John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana (2012–present)

·  Guinea

oPresident - Alpha Condé, President of Guinea (2010–present)

oPrime Minister – Mohamed Said Fofana, Prime Minister of Guinea (2010–present)

·  Guinea-Bissau

oPresident

1.       Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau (2012–2014)

2.      José Mário Vaz, President of Guinea-Bissau (2014–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Rui Duarte de Barros, Acting Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (2012–2014)

2.      Domingos Simões Pereira, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (2014–present)

·  Kenya

oPresident – Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya (2013–present)

·  Lesotho

oMonarch – Letsie III, King of Lesotho (1996–present)

oPrime Minister

§ Tom Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho (2012–present)

§ Mothetjoa Metsing, Acting Prime Minister of Lesotho (2014)

·  Liberia

oPresident – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia (2006–present)

·  Libya

oHead of State

1.       Nouri Abusahmain, Chairman of the General National Congress of Libya (2013–2014, co-clamant 2014-present)

2.      Abu Bakr Baira, Acting Chairman of the House of Representatives of Libya (2014)

3.      Aguila Saleh Issa, Chairman of the House of Representatives of Libya (co-clamant 2014–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya (2012–2014)

2.      Abdullah al-Thani, Prime Minister of Libya (co-clamant 2014–present)

3.      Ahmed Maiteeq, Prime Minister of Libya (co-clamant 2014)

4.      Omar al-Hasi, Prime Minister of Libya (co-clamant 2014-present)

·  Madagascar

oHead of State

1.       Andry Rajoelina, President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar (2009–2014)

2.      Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of Madagascar (2014–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Omer Beriziky, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2011–2014)

2.      Roger Kolo, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2014–2015)

·  Malawi

oPresident

1.       Joyce Banda, President of Malawi (2012–2014)

2.      Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi (2014–present)

·  Mali

oPresident – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of Mali (2013–present)

oPrime Minister -

1.       Oumar Tatam Ly, Prime Minister of Mali (2013–2014)

2.      Moussa Mara, Prime Minister of Mali (2014–2015)

·  Mauritania

oPresident - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania (2009–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Prime Minister of Mauritania (2008–2014)

2.      Yahya Ould Hademine, Prime Minister of Mauritania (2014–present)

·  Mauritius

oPresident – Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (2012–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius (2005–2014)

2.      Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius (2014–present)

·  Mayotte (Overseas collectivity of France)

oPrefect

1.       Jacques Witkowski, Prefect of Mayotte (2013–2014)

2.      Seymour Morsy, Prefect of Mayotte (2014–present)

oPresident of the General Council – Daniel Zaïdani, President of the General Council of Mayotte (2011–present)

·  Morocco

oMonarch – Mohammed VI, King of Morocco (1999–present)

oPrime Minister – Abdelilah Benkirane, Prime Minister of Morocco (2011–present)

o Western Sahara (self-declared, partially recognized state)

§ President – Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976–present)

§ Prime Minister – Abdelkader Taleb Oumar, Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (2003–present)

·  Mozambique

oPresident – Armando Guebuza, President of Mozambique (2005–2015)

oPrime Minister - Alberto Vaquina, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2012–2015)

·  Namibia

oPresident – Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of Namibia (2005–present)

oPrime Minister – Hage Geingob, Prime Minister of Namibia (2012–present)

·  Niger

oPresident – Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger (2011–present)

oPrime Minister – Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of Niger (2011–present)

·  Nigeria

oPresident – Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria (2010–present)

·  Rwanda

oPresident – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda (2000–present)

oPrime Minister –

1.       Pierre Habumuremyi, Prime Minister of Rwanda (2011–2014)

2.      Anastase Murekezi, Prime Minister of Rwanda (2014–present)

·  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (British overseas territory)

oGovernor – Mark Andrew Capes, Governor of Saint Helena (2011–present)

·  São Tomé and Príncipe

oPresident – Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of São Tomé and Príncipe (2011–present)

oPrime Minister –

1.       Gabriel Costa, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (2012–2014)

2.      Patrice Trovoada, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (2014–present)

·  Senegal

oPresident – Macky Sall, President of Senegal (2012–present)

oPrime Minister -

1.       Aminata Touré, Prime Minister of Senegal (2013–2014)

2.      Mohamed Dionne, Prime Minister of Senegal (2014–present)

·  Seychelles

oPresident – James Michel, President of Seychelles (2004–present)

·  Sierra Leone

oPresident – Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone (2007–present)

·  Somalia

oPresident – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia (2012–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister of Somalia (2013–2014)

2.      Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia (2014–present)

o Somaliland (unrecognized secessionist state)

§ President – Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, President of Somaliland (2010–present)

o Puntland (self-declared autonomous state)

§ President –

1.       Abdirahman Farole, President of Puntland (2009–2014)

2.      Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, President of Puntland (2014–present)

·  South Africa

oPresident – Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa (2009–present)

·  South Sudan

oPresident – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan (2005–present)^[2]

·  Sudan

oPresident – Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan (1989–present)

·  Swaziland

oMonarch – Mswati III, King of Swaziland (1986–present)

oPrime Minister – Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland (2008–present)

·  Tanzania

oPresident – Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania (2005–present)

oPrime Minister – Mizengo Pinda, Prime Minister of Tanzania (2008–present)

·  Togo

oPresident – Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo (2005–present)

oPrime Minister – Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, Prime Minister of Togo (2012–present)

·  Tunisia

oPresident

1.       Moncef Marzouki, President of Tunisia (2011–2014)

2.      Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia (2014–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Ali Laarayedh, Prime Minister of Tunisia (2013–2014)

2.      Mehdi Jomaa, Head of Government of Tunisia (2014–2015)

·  Uganda

oPresident – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda (1986–present)

oPrime Minister

1.       Amama Mbabazi, Prime Minister of Uganda (2011–2014)

2.      Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda (2014–present)

·  Zambia

oPresident

1.       Michael Sata, President of Zambia (2011–2014)

2.      Guy Scott, Acting President of Zambia (2014–2015)

3.      Edgar Lungu, President of Zambia  (2015 – Present)

·  Zimbabwe

oPresident – Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1987–present)