Political Leader-Prime Minister
Ismail Al-Azhari (1900-1969)
Ismail Al-Azhari was the first Prime Minister of independent Sudan from 1954 to 1956 and, also, served as President of...
Milton Obote (1925-2005)
Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of...
Emperor Menelik II (Sahle Miriam) (1844-1913)
Emperor Menelik II was one of Ethiopia’s greatest leaders, ruling as King and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913....
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...
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019)
Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe from its independence in 1980 until he was forced to step down in 2017. He remained...
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966)
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria before and after Nigerian independence from Great Britain in...
Patrice Emery Lumumba (1925-1961)
Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the independent nation, the Republic of Congo, was born July 2, 1925, in...
