Political Leader-President
Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924-1989)
Ahmadou Ahidjo was the first president of Cameroon. Ahidjo was born on August 24, 1924, at Garoua in northern Cameroon,...
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (1984- )
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno is the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Chad (de facto President). Déby is the...
Agostinho Neto (1922-1979)
Antonio Agostinho Neto, fondly honored by Angolans as the “Father of Modern Angola” served as the first president of independent...
Milton Obote (1925-2005)
Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of...
Isaias Afwerki (1946- )
Isais Afwerki, a former freedom fighter, has been President of Eritrea since its independence in 1993. Afwerki was born in...
Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951- )
Salva Kiir Mayardit is the first and current President of South Sudan. Salva Kiir Mayardit (often referred to as Salva...
Patrice Talon (1958- )
Patrice Talon was elected President of Benin (formerly known as Dahomey) in 2016 and re-elected for a second term in...
Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999)
Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first prime minister of independent Tanganyika and one of the founders of Tanzania, was born April...
Kenneth Kaunda (1924- )
Kenneth Kaunda, who served as Zambia’s first president from October 24, 1966, to November 2, 1991, was born on April...
