LIST OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR 13.
ETHIOPIA – SAHLE-WORK ZEWDE
PRESIDENTS
14. KENYA – WILLIAM RUTO
PRESIDENTS OF NORTHERN AFRICA
COUNTRIES William Ruto is a Kenyan politician who is
1. ALGERIA – ABDELMADJID TEBBOUNE
serving as the fifth and current president
2. CEUTA – JUAN JESÚS VIVAS (MAYOR)
of Kenya since 13 September 2022.
3. EGYPT – ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI
4. LIBYA – MOHAMED YUNUS 15. MADAGASCAR – ANDRY NIRINA
5. MELILLA – EDUARDO DE CASTRO RAJOELINA
6. MOROCCO – AZIZ AKHANNOUCH 16. MALAWI – LAZARUS MCCARTHY
7. SUDAN – ABDEL FATTAH AL- CHAKWERA
BURHAN (INCUMBENT) 17. MAURITIUS – PRITHVIRAJSING
8. TUNISIA – KAIS SAIED ROOPUN
9. SAHRAWI ARAB DEMOCRATIC 18. MOZAMBIQUE – FILIPE JACINTO
REPUBLIC – BRAHIM GHALI NYUSI
10. BURUNDI – ÉVARISTE 19. REUNION – NASSIMAH DINDAR
NDAYISHIMIYE 20. RWANDA – PAUL KAGAME
11. COMOROS – AZALI ASSOUMANI
DJIBOUTI – ISMAÏL OMAR GUELLEH 21. SEYCHELLES – WAVEL
12. ERITREA – ISAIAS AFWERKI RAMKALAWAN
22. SOMALIA – HASSAN SHEIKH the current and 5th President of the
MOHAMUD Republic of the Congo.
23. SOUTH SUDAN – SALVA KIIR
MAYARDIT 32. EQUATORIAL GUINEA – TEODORO
24. TANZANIA – SAMIA SULUHU OBIANG NGUEMA
HASSAN Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an
25. UGANDA – YOWERI MUSEVENI Equatoguinean politician and former
26. ANGOLA – JOÃO LOURENÇO military officer who has served as the 2nd
27. CAMEROON – PAUL BIYA president of Equatorial Guinea since
28. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – August 1979. He is the longest-serving
FAUSTIN-ARCHANGE TOUADÉRA president of any country ever and the
29. CHAD – MAHAMAT DÉBY second-longest consecutively-serving
30. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF current non-royal national leader in the
CONGO – FÉLIX TSHISEKEDI world.
31. REPUBLIC OF CONGO – DENIS 33. GABON – ALI BONGO ONDIMBA
SASSOU NGUESSO Ali Bongo Ondimba, is a Gabonese
Denis Sassou Nguesso is a Congolese politician who has been the third president
politician and former military leader. He is of Gabon since October 2009.
34. SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE –
CARLOS MANUEL VILA NOVA
Carlos Manuel Vila Nova is a São Toméan
politician who is the fifth and current
president of São Tomé and Príncipe, since
2 October 2021. 35. BOTSWANA – MOKGWEETSI
PRESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN MASISI
COUNTRIES Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is the
fifth and current President of Botswana,
Below are the presidents in the various serving since 2018.
countries in Southern African. 36. SWAZILAND – KING MSWATI III
(KING)
The head of state of Swaziland is the king,
currently King Mswati III, who ascended to
the throne in 1986 after the death of his
father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period
of regency.
37. ZIMBABWE – EMMERSON
MNANGAGWA
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a 40. SOUTH AFRICA – CYRIL
Zimbabwean politician who has served as RAMAPHOSA
President of Zimbabwe since 24 November Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17
2017. November 1952) is a South African
businessman and politician who, since
2018, is serving as the fifth democratically
38. LESOTHO – SAM MATEKANE elected president of South Africa
(PRIME MINISTER)
The current Prime Minister is Sam 41. ZAMBIA – HAKAINDE HICHILEMA
Matekane, who was sworn in on 28 Hakainde Hichilema is a Zambian
October 2022. businessman, farmer, and politician who is
39. NAMIBIA – HAGE GOTTFRIED the seventh and current president of
GEINGOB Zambia since 24 August 2021.
Hage Gottfried Geingob is a Namibian
politician, serving as the third president of PRESIDENTS OF WESTERN AFRICAN
Namibia since 21 March 2015. Geingob COUNTRIES
was the first Prime Minister of Namibia
from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime
minister again from 2012 to 2015.
Ibrahim Traoré is a Burkinabé military
officer who has been the interim leader of
Burkina Faso since the 30 September 2022
coup d’état which ousted democratc
president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
44. CAPE VERDE – JOSÉ MARIA
PEREIRA NEVES
Below are the presidents of the various José Maria Pereira Neves is a Cape
countries located in the west African sub Verdean politician who is currently the
region of Africa. president of Cape Verde, having previously
42. BENIN – PATRICE GUILLAUME served as the Prime Minister of Cape Verde
ATHANASE TALON from 2001 to 2016.
Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon is a 45. CÔTE D’IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) –
Beninese politician and businessman who ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA
has been President of Benin since 6 April Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian
2016. politician who has been President of Ivory
43. BURKINA FASO – IBRAHIM Coast since 2010. At 80, he is one of the
TRAORE oldest serving president in Africa.
46. THE GAMBIA – ADAMA BARROW
Adama Barrow is a Gambian politician and Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló is a Bissau-
real estate developer who has served as Guinean politician serving the president of
President of the Gambia since 2017. Guinea-Bissau since 27 February 2020.
47. GHANA – NANA AKUFO-ADDO 50. LIBERIA – GEORGE WEAH
The current president of Ghana is Nana George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman
Akufo-Addo, who won the 2020 Weah is a Liberian politician and former
presidential election against former professional footballer who is serving as
president, John Dramani Mahama, by a the president of Liberia, in office since
margin of 4.23%. He was sworn into office 2018. He is one of the youngest president
for his second term on 7 January 2021. in Africa.
48. GUINEA – MAMADY DOUMBOUYA 51. MALI – COLONEL ASSIMIGOÏTA
Mamady Doumbouya is a Guinean military Colonel AssimiGoïta is a Malian military
officer serving as the interim president of officer who has been interim President of
Guinea since 1 October 2021. Doumbouya Mali since 28 May 2021.
led a coup d’état on 5 September 2021 52. MAURITANIA – MOHAMED OULD
that overthrew the previous president, GHAZOUANI
Alpha Condé. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, is a
49. GUINEA-BISSAU – UMARO Mauritanian politician and retired
MOKHTAR SISSOCO EMBALÓ Mauritanian Army general who is the 9th
President of Mauritania, having assumed monarch in the United Kingdom’s overseas
office on 1 August 2019. territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and
53. NIGER – GENERAL SALIFOU MODI Tristan da Cunha.
General Salifou Modi, is a Nigerien 56. SENEGAL – MACKY SALL
politician who is the current military Macky Sall is a Senegalese politician who
president of the Republic of Niger after a has been President of Senegal since April
coup that ousted Bazoum. He has been in 2012.
office since 27 July 2023. 57. SIERRA LEONE – JULIUS MAADA
Julius Maada Bio is a Sierra Leonean
54. NIGERIA – BOLA AHMED TINUBU politician, and the current president of
Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the 16th and current Sierra Leone since 4 April 2018.
president of Nigeria, having assumed office
on 29 May 2023. 58. TOGO – FAURE GNASSINGBÉ
55. SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND
TRISTAN DA CUNHA – NIGEL
PHILLIPS
Nigel Phillips is the Governor of Saint
Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
He is the representative of the British
