2/17/10

PRESIDENTS, AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENTS


COUNTRY HEADS:
ALGERIA :
Abdelaziz Bouleflika - President
Abdelaziz Belkhadem - Prime Minister

ANGOLA :
Jose E. DOS SANTOS President since 10 Sept; 1979
Antonio Paulo KASSOMA PM since 30 Sept; 2008
Fanando da Piedade Dias dos Santos(PM 2002/12/06 - 2008/09/30)

BENIN REPUBLIC :
Yayi Boni. (President and head of government)

BOTSWANA :
Seretse Khama Ian Khama (President since 1st April 2008)
Mompati MERAFHE (V.P.)
Festus G. Mogae (1 April 1998 to 1 April 2008)

BURKINA FASO :
Blaise Compaore (President),
Paramanga Ernest Yonli (Prime Minister)

BURUNDI :
Pierre Nkurunziza (President)
CAMEROON Paul Biya (President),
Ephraim Inoni (Prime Minister)

CAPE VERDE :
Pedro Verona PIRES(President)
Jose Maria Periera NEVES(Prime Minister)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC :
Francois BOZIZE (President)
Elie DOTE (Prime Minister)

CHAD :
Lt Gen. Idriss DEBY (President)
Pascal YOADIMNADJI (Prime Minister)

COMOROS :
Ahmed Abdallah SAMBI (President)

CONGO, REPUBLIC of Denis :
SASSOU-NGUESSO (President)

CONGO D.R. :
Joseph Kabila (President)
Antoine Gizenga(Prime Minister and Head of government)

COTE D'IVOIRE :
Laurent GBAGBO (President),
Charles Konan BANNY (Immediate past Prime Minister)
Guillaume Soro (Prime Minister) since April 4th; 2007

DJIBOUTI :
Ismail Omar GUELLEH(President),
Mohamed Dileita DILEITA(Prime Minister)

EGYPT :
Hosni Mubarak(President)
Ahmed Nazif(Prime minister)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Brig :
Gen.(rtd) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (President),
Ricardo Mangue Obama NFUBEA (Prime Minister)

ERITREA :
ISAIAS Afworki

ETHIOPIA :
Girma Wolde-Giorgis(President)
Meles Zenawi(Prime minister)

GABON :
Ali Bongo Ondimba - President from 16 October 2009
Rose Francine Rogombe
(Interim President 8 Jun; 2009 to 16 October 2009. Senate leader sworn-in to act on the death of President Omar Bongo)
El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba
(President: 2 Dec. 1967 to 8 Jun; 2009)
Jean Eyeghe NDONG(Prime Minister)

THE GAMBIA :
Yahya A.J.J. JAMMEH (President and Head of government)

GHANA :
John Evans Atta-Mills (President and Head of government, from 7 Jan. 2009)
John Agyekum Kufuor (7/01/2001 to 7/01/2009)

GUINEA :
Capt. Moussa Camara
(Military President 2008 Dec. 24 following a military coupe of Dec. 22 after the death of Lansana Conte from illness.)
Kabine Komara (P.M. appointed by the military President 2008 Dec. 30)
Lansana CONTE (Ex-President, came to office by military coupe 5 April 1984, elected 19 Dec. 1993. Died in office 2008 Dec. 22.)
Ahmed Tidiane SOUARE (P.M. and Head of Govt. since 23 May 2008 to Dec.22)
Lansana Kouyate (Ex-Prime Minister 1st march; 2007 to 23rd May 2007)

GUINEA BISSAU :
Malam Bacai Sanha (President from 8 Sept. 2009)
Carlos Gomes (Prime Minister from 2 Jan. 2009 --)
Raimundo Pereira (Interim President 3 March 2009 - 8 Sept. 2009)
Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIERA (President 1980-1999, 2005 - 2009 killed by soldiers on 2 March 2009 in retaliation to a bomb blast that killed the country's military chief, Gen. Batista Tagme Na Waie)
Aristides GOMES (Prime Minister 2005 - 2007)

KENYA :
Mwai Kibaki (President and Head of government)
Raila Odinga (Prime Minister in a power sharing government following violence in an election which many believes he won)

LESOTHO :
King Letsie 111, (King)
Pakalitha Mosisili(Prime Minister)

LIBERIA :
Ellen Sirleaf Johnson (President and Head of government)

LIBYA Col :
Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi,
al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi(Prime Minister)

MADAGASCAR :
Andry Rajoelina
(Named President by the military on Tuesday March 17th; 2009 after forcing Marc Ravalomanana to resign)
Monja Roindefo - Acting Prime Minister
Marc Ravalomanana(Ex President: 6 May 2002 - 17 March 2009),
Jarques Sylla(Ex. Prime Minister: Feb. 2002 - Jan. 2007)

MALAWI :
Bingu wa MUTHARIKA (President)

MALI :
Amadou Toumani Toure(President),
Ousmane Issoufi Maiga(Prime Minister)

MAURITANIA :
Ba Mamadou Mbare - Acting President since April 16th; 2009
(Former Senate president; became President following resignation of General Abdel Aziz who is now seeking legitimate office through election)
General Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz(Ex-President August 6, 2008 to April 2009. Dismissed from the army and as chief of the presidential guard, seized power on August 6; 2008)
Moulaya Ould Mohamed Laghdaf - Prime Minister
Sidi ould Cheikh Abdalahi (Ex-President April 19th 2007 to August 6, 2008)
Yahya Uld Ahmed El Waghef(Ex-Prime Minister, May 6 to August 6; 2008)
Zeine Ould Zeidane (Ex-Prime Minister April 20; 2007 to May 6; 2008)
Col.Ely Ould Mohamed VALL(Ex-President: Aug. 3rd 2005 - Apr. 19; 2007)
Sidi Mohamed Ould BOUBAKAR(Ex-Prime Minister).

MAURITIUS :
Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH (President)
Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM (Prime Minister)

MOROCCO :
King MOHAMED VI (king and head of state),
Driss JETTOU (Prime Minister)

MOZAMBIQUE :
Armando GUEBUZA (President),
Luisa DIOGO (Prime Minister)

NAMIBIA :
Hifikepunye POHAMBA (President),
Nahas ANGULA (Prime Minister)

NIGER :
Mamadou TANDJA (President),
Hama AMADOU (Prime Minister).

NIGERIA :
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
(President and Head of government since May 29, 2007)
Dr Goodluck Jonathan (V.P. from May 29, 2007)
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (President May 1999 - May 2007)
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku (V.P. May 1999 - May 2007)

RWANDA :
Paul KAGAME (President),
Bernard MAKUZA (Prime Minister)

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE :
Fradique DE MENEZES (President),
Tome Vera CRUZ (Prime Minister)

SENEGAL :
Abdoulaiye Wade (President and Head of government)

SEYCHELLES :
James Michel. (President and Head of government)

SIERRA LEONE :
Ernest Bai Koroma
(President and Head of Government since Sept. 17th, 2007 after a tense run-off election)
Ahmad Tejan KABBAH (Out-going President)

SOMALIA :
Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe (Interim President. He assumed the position of President being the Speaker of Parliament at the time of the resignation of former President Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed)
Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed(Ex-President, resigned 2008 Dec 29. He has been the head of a transitional government since 2004),
Nur Hassan Hussein (Prime Minister; 2007 Nov. to date)
Ali Mohamed GEDI(Prime Minister 2004 Nov. 3rd to 2007 Oct. 29).

SOUTH AFRICA :
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma President from May 9th, 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe (President; Sept 25th, 2008 to May 9th 2009)
He replaced Thabo Mbeki who was forced to resign following power tussles with his party, ANC chairman Jacob Zuma.)
Mr Tabo Mbeki (President: 1999 - 2008)
Nelson Mandela (President: 1994 - 1999) The first elected president in a fully democratic South Africa.

SUDAN :
Field Marshal Umar Hassan al-Bashir

SWAZILAND :
King MSATI III (King and head of state),
Absolom Themba DLAMINI (Prime Minister).

TANZANIA :
Julius Nyerere 29 October 1964 5 November 1985 TANU, 1977 CCM
Ali Hassan Mwinyi 5 November 1985 23 November 1995 CCM
Benjamin Mkapa 23 November 1995 21 December 2005 CCM
Jakaya Kikwete 21 December 2005 current CCM (President and Head of state)
Mizengo Pinda (Prime Minister).


TOGO :
Faure GNASSINGBE (President),
Yawovi AGBOYIBO (Prime Minister)

TUNISIA :
Zine el Abidine BEN ALI (President),
Mohamed GHANNOUCHI (Prime Minister)

UGANDA :
Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (President and Head of government)

ZAMBIA :
Rupiah BANDA
(President since November 2nd 2008. Was acting President and Head of Govt. from 19 August to Nov. 2; 2008 after the death of former President MWANAWASA)
George Kunda (Vice President)
Levy MWANASAWA (Ex-President - Died in office August 2008)

ZIMBABWE :
Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since independent, 1980)
Morgan Tsvangirai; Prime Minister(since Feb. 11th 2009) in a power-sharing government

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