African Leaders
17 entries in the African Leaders compendium.
African Leaders — Era Chart
Félix TshisekediFifth president of the DRC, first peaceful transfer of power between elected presidents siFilipe NyusiMozambican president who signed peace deals amid fraud allegations.France-Albert RenéPresident of Seychelles who seized power in a 1977 coup.François BozizéCentral African president who took power by coup and fled in 2013.François TombalbayeFirst President of Chad, overthrown and assassinated in 1975.Fulbert YoulouFirst president of the Republic of the Congo, former priest.Gaafar NimeirySudanese head of state who shifted from leftism to Islamism.Grégoire KayibandaFirst President of Rwanda and leader of the Hutu emancipation movement.Habib BourguibaTunisian independence leader and first president.Hastings BandaFirst president of Malawi, ruling from 1964 to 1994.Hissène HabréChadian president convicted of war crimes and human rights abuses.Houari BoumédièneSecond head of state of independent Algeria, ruled 1965–1978.Idi AminUgandan military officer and dictator who ruled from 1971 to 1979.Idris of LibyaIdris (born Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanusi on 13 March 1890, died 25 May 1Idriss DébyChadian president for 30 years, died on the frontline.Isaias AfwerkiEritrean president and independence leader since 1993.Ismaïl Omar GuellehPresident of Djibouti since 1999, re-elected in 2005, 2011, 2016, 2021, and 2026.
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