Africa

Central Africa

Central African Republic

Bernard Ayandho (1930-1993) Prime Minister

Jean-Arthur Bandio (1923-1992) Foreign Minister

Alexandre Banza (1923-1969) Finance Minister

Barthélemy Boganda (1910-1959) Prime Minister

Bokassa I (1921-1996) President / Emperor

Simon Narcisse Bozanga (1942-2010) Prime Minister

François Bozizé (1946- ) President

David Dacko (1930-2003) Prime Minister / President

Antoine Darlan (1915-1974)

Georges Darlan (1920-1965)

Jean-Jacques Démafouth (1959- ) Defense Minister

Michel Djotodia (1949?- ) President

Anicet Georges Dologuélé (1957- ) Prime Minister

Élisabeth Domitien (1925-2005) Prime Minister

Élie Doté (1948- ) Prime Minister

Antonio Franck (1927-2006) Foreign Minister

Édouard Frank (1934- ) Prime Minister

Célestin Gaombalet (1942-2017) Prime Minister

Michel Gbezera-Bria (1946- ) Prime Minister

Abel Goumba (1926-2009) Prime Minister / Vice President

Étienne Goyémidé (1942-1997) Education Minister

Roger Guérillot (1904-1971) Economy Minister

Mahamat Kamoun (1961- ) Prime Minister

Karnou (c.1890-1928)

André Kolingba (1936-2010) President

Nestor Kombot-Naguemon (1934-2004) Foreign Minister

Gabriel Koyambounou (1947- ) Prime Minister

Enoch Dérant Lakoué (1944- ) Prime Minister

Jean-Pierre Lebouder (1944- ) Prime Minister

Henri Maïdou (1936- ) Prime Minister / Vice President

Timothée Malendoma (1935-2010) Prime Minister

Jean-Luc Mandaba (1943-2000) Prime Minister

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (1948-2014) Prime Minister

Firmin Ngrébada (1968- ) Prime Minister

Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga (1967- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bangui

André Nzapayéké (1951- ) Prime Minister

Ange-Félix Patassé (1937-2011) Prime Minister / President

Jeanne-Marie Ruth-Rolland (1937-1995)

Catherine Samba-Panza (1956- ) Transitional Head of State

Simplice Sarandji (1955- ) Prime Minister

Nicolas Tiangaye (1956- ) Prime Minister

Faustin Archange Touadéra (1957- ) Prime Minister / President

Jane Vialle (1906-1953)

Marie-Josèphe Zani-Fé Touam-Bona (1933-2001)

Martin Ziguélé (1957- ) Prime Minister

Chad

Ibrahim Abatcha (1938-1968)

Youssouf Saleh Abbas (1952- ) Prime Minister

Acyl Ahmat Akhbach (1944-1982) Foreign Minister

Agnès Allafi (1959- )

Antoine Bangui (1933- )

Jean Baptiste (1920-1963)

Jean Alingué Bawoyeu (1937- ) Prime Minister

Outel Bono (1934-1973)

Lol Mahamat Choua (1939-2019) President of the Transitional Government of National Union

Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954-2019) Prime Minister

Mahamat Idriss Déby (1984- ) Chairman of the Transitional Military Council

Idriss Déby Itno (1952-2021) President

Kalzeubé Pahimi Deubet (1957- ) Prime Minister

Hassan Djamous (1954?-1989)

Moussa Faki (1960- ) Prime Minister

Hissène Habré (1942-2021) Prime Minister / President

Hadjé Halimé (1930-2001)

Haroun Kabadi (1949- ) Prime Minister

Bourkou Louise Kabo (1934-2019)

Wadal Abdelkader Kamougue (1939-2011) Foreign Minister

Saleh Kebzabo (1947- ) Foreign Minister

Djibrine Kerallah (1926-2001) Foreign Minister

Djimasta Koibla (1950-2007) Prime Minister

Ahmad Koulamallah (1912-1995) President of the Provisional Government

Delwa Kassire Koumakoye (1949- ) Prime Minister

Gabriel Lisette (1919-2001) President of the Government Council

Félix Malloum (1932-2009) Prime Minister / President

Idriss Miskine (1948-1984) Foreign Minister

Fidèle Moungar (1948- ) Prime Minister

Emmanuel Nadingar (1951- ) Prime Minister

Djidingar Dono Ngardoum (1928-2000) Prime Minister

Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido (1947- ) Prime Minister

Goukouni Oueddei (1944- ) President of the Transitional Government of National Union

Albert Pahimi Padacké (1966- ) Prime Minister

Gontchomé Sahoulba (1916-1963) President of the Provisional Government

Joseph Brahim Seid (1927-1980)

Abba Siddick (1924-2017)

Youssouf Togoimi (1953-2002) Defense Minister

N'Garta Tombalbaye (1918-1975) Prime Minister / President

Nagoum Yamassoum (1954- ) Prime Minister

Pascal Yoadimnadji (1950?-2007) Prime Minister

Joseph Yodoyman (1950-1993) Prime Minister

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cyrille Adoula (1921-1978) Prime Minister

Jérôme Anany (?-1966)

Samy Badibanga (1962- ) Prime Minister

Emmanuel Bamba (1920-1966)

Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962- ) Vice President

Faustin Birindwa (1943-1999) First State Commissioner

Barthélemy Bisengimana Rwema (1935- )

André Bo-Boliko Lokonga (1934-2018) First State Commissioner

Jean Bolikango (1909-1982)

Likulia Bolongo (1939- ) First State Commissioner

Paul Bolya (1924-2002)

Justin Bomboko (1928-2014) Chairman of the College of Commissioners-General

Lunda Bululu (1942- ) First State Commissioner

Bernardin Mungul Diaka (1933-1999) First State Commissioner

Émile Adolphe Disengomoka (1915-1965)

Laurent Eketebi (1936-2006)

Cardinal Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930-2007) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa

Jean-Pierre Finant (1922-1961)

Christophe Gbenye (1927-2015)

Antoine Gizenga (1925-2019) Prime Minister

Joseph Iléo (1921-1994) Prime Minister

Sylvestre Ilunga Ilukamba (1947- ) Prime Minister

Joseph Kabila (1971- ) President

Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939-2001) President

Gaëtan Kakudji (1942-2009)

Albert Kalonji (1929-2015)

Cléophas Kamitatu (1931-2008)

Thomas Kanza (1934-2004)

Joseph Kasavubu (1910?-1969) President

Mpinga Kasenda (1937-1994) First State Commissioner

Anicet Kashamura (1928- )

Moïse Katumbi (1964- )

Ferdinand Kazadi (1925-1984)

Kengo wa Dondo (1935- ) First State Commissioner

Évariste Kimba (1926-1966) Prime Minister

Simon Kimbangu (1889?-1951)

Joseph Kiwele (?-1961)

Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza (1938- ) Governor of Katanga

Mario-Philippe Losembe (1933- ) Foreign Minister

Mulumba Lukoji (1943-1997) First State Commissioner

Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) Prime Minister

Victor Lundula (c.1911-1980s?)

Alexandre Mahamba (?-1966)

Cardinal Joseph-Albert Malula (1917-1989) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa

Antoine Mandungu Bula Nyati (1935-2000) Foreign Minister

Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon (1964- ) Prime Minister

Nathaniel Mbumba (?-?)

Mobutu Nzanga (1970- )

Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997) President

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa

Msiri (1843?-1910) King of Katanga

Jonas Mukamba (1931- )

Barthélemy Mukenge (1925-2018)

Léonard Mulamba (1928-1986) Prime Minister

Pierre Mulele (1929-1968)

Mabi Mulumba (1941- ) First State Commissioner

Godefroid Munongo (1925-1992)

Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo (1926-1996) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu

Adolphe Muzito (1957- ) Prime Minister

Sambwa Pida Nbagui (1940-1998) First State Commissioner

Albert Ndele (1930- ) Chairman of the College of Commissioners-General

Athanase Ndjadi (?-?)

Victor Nendaka (1923-2002) Interior Minister

Joseph Ngalula (1928- )

Jean Nguza Karl-I-Bond (1938-2003) First State Commissioner

Laurent Nkunda (1967- )

Marie-Thérèse Nlandu Mpolo Nene (1953- )

Joseph N'singa Udjuu (1934- ) First State Commissioner

Bosco Ntaganda (1973- )

Catherine Nzuzi wa Mbombo (1944- )

Jean-Charles Okoto (1955- ) Foreign Minister

Dominique Sakombi Inongo (1940-2010)

Jason Sendwe (1917-1964)

Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary (1960- )

Gaston Soumialot (1922-2007)

Tippu Tip (1837-1905)

Bruno Tshibala (1956- ) Prime Minister

Étienne Tshisekedi (1932-2017) First State Commissioner

Félix Tshisekedi (1963- ) President

Moïse Tshombe (1919-1969) Prime Minister

Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (1942-2020)

Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi (1933-2019) Vice President

Gabriel Yumbu (1931-1973?)

Republic of the Congo

Pierre Anga (1940-1988)

Cardinal Émile Biayenda (1927-1977) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brazzaville

Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra (1937-2007) Prime Minister

Camille Bongou (?- )

Claude Antoine Dacosta (1931-2007) Prime Minister

Ange Diawara (1941-1973)

Jean Félix-Tchicaya (1903-1961)

David Charles Ganao (1926-2012) Prime Minister

Louis Sylvain Goma (1941- ) Prime Minister

André Hombessa (1935?-2020)

Simon-Pierre Kikhounga-Ngot (1922-2015)

Bernard Kolélas (1933-2009) Prime Minister

Pascal Lissouba (1931-2020) Prime Minister / President

Henri Lopès (1937- ) Prime Minister

Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921-1977) Prime Minister / President

André Matsoua (1899-1942)

André Milongo (1935-2007) Prime Minister

Clément Mouamba (1943-2021) Prime Minister

Isidore Mvouba (1954- ) Prime Minister

Antoine Ndinga Oba (1941-2005) Foreign Minister

Marien Ngouabi (1938-1977) President

Ambroise Noumazalaye (1933-2007) Prime Minister

Pasteur Ntumi (1964- )

Pierre Nze (1939- ) Foreign Minister

Théophile Obenga (1936- ) Foreign Minister

Jacques Opangault (1907-1978) President of the Government Council

Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (1941- ) Prime Minister

Ange Édouard Poungui (1942- ) Prime Minister

Alfred Raoul (1938-1999) Prime Minister

Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1943- ) President

Sony Labou Tansi (1947-1995)

Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard (1938-2009)

Stéphane Tchitchelle (1915-1984) Foreign Minister

Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939-2020) Head of State / Prime Minister

Fulbert Youlou (1917-1972) Prime Minister / President

Equatorial Guinea

Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó (1961-2012) Prime Minister

Vicente Ehate Tomi (1968- ) Prime Minister

Miguel Eyegue Ntutumu (1933-1979) Vice President

Francisco Macías Nguema (1922-1979) President

Malabo Lopelo Melaka (1837-1937) Bubi ruler

Ignacio Milam Tang (1940- ) Prime Minister

Acacio Mañé Ela (?-1959?)

Leandro Mbomio Nsue (1938-2012) Culture Minister

Severo Moto Nsá (1943- )

Cándido Muatetema Rivas (1960-2014) Prime Minister

Atanasio Ndongo Miyone (1928?-1969) Foreign Minister

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (1969- ) First Vice President

Francisco Pascual Obama Asue (?- ) Prime Minister

Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (1961?- ) Prime Minister

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942- ) President

Bonifacio Ondó Edu (1922-1969) Prime Minister

Cristino Seriche Bioko (1940?- ) Prime Minister

Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan (1944- ) Prime Minister

Silvestre Siale Bileka (1940- ) Prime Minister

Gabon

Pierre-Louis Agondjo-Okawé (1936-2005)

Laurent Anchouey (1896/97-1929)

André Gustave Anguilé (1920-1999) Foreign Minister

Jean-Hilaire Aubame (1912-1989) Foreign Minister

Julien Nkoghe Bekale (1962- ) Prime Minister

Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959- ) President

Omar Bongo Ondimba (1935-2009) President

Pascaline Mferri Bongo Ondimba (1956- ) Foreign Minister

Roland Bru (1916-1997)

Georges Aleka Damas (1902-1982) President of the National Assembly

Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane (1939- ) Prime Minister

Félicien Endame Ndong (1890?-1971)

Paul Gondjout (1912-1990) President of the National Assembly

Émile Issembé (1908?-?)

Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (1961-2020) Prime Minister

Pierre Mamboundou (1946-2011)

Germain Mba (1932-1971) Interior Minister

Léon M'ba (1902-1967) President

Paul Biyoghé Mba (1953- ) Prime Minister

Paul M'ba Abessole (1939- )

André Mba Obame (1957-2015) Interior Minister

Léon Mébiame (1934-2015) Prime Minister

Jean Eyeghe Ndong (1946- ) Prime Minister

Vincent de Paul Nyonda (1918-1995) Justice Minister

Paulin Obame-Nguema (1934- ) Prime Minister

Daniel Ona Ondo (1945- ) Prime Minister

Casimir Oyé-Mba (1942- ) Prime Minister

Jean Ping (1942- ) Foreign Minister

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda (1964- ) Prime Minister

Georges Rawiri (1932-2006) Foreign Minister

Joseph Rendjambé (1937-1990)

Rose Francine Rogombé (1942-2015) President of the Senate

Marc-Louis Ropivia (1951- ) Education Minister

Raymond Ndong Sima (1955- ) Prime Minister

Paul-Marie Yembit (1917-1978) Vice President

São Tomé and Príncipe

Armindo Vaz d'Almeida (1953- ) Prime Minister

Damião Vaz d'Almeida (1951- ) Prime Minister

Leonel Mário d'Alva (1935- ) Prime Minister

Rei Amador (?-1596)

Alda Bandeira (1949- ) Foreign Minister

Jorge Bom Jesus (1962- ) Prime Minister

Raul Bragança (1946-2014) Prime Minister

Joaquim Rafael Branco (1953- ) Prime Minister

Evaristo Carvalho (1941- ) President

Gabriel Costa (1954- ) Prime Minister

Norberto José d'Alva Costa Alegre (1951- ) Prime Minister

Celestino Rocha da Costa (1938-2010) Prime Minister

Guilherme Posser da Costa (1953- ) Prime Minister

Manuel Pinto da Costa (1937- ) President

Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio (1947- ) Prime Minister

Maria das Neves (1958- ) Prime Minister

Alda do Espírito Santo (1926-2010) President of the National Assembly

Carlos da Graça (1931-2013) Prime Minister

Fradique de Menezes (1942- ) President

Delfim Neves (?- )

Maria do Carmo Silveira (1961- ) Prime Minister

Francisco José Tenreiro (1921-1963)

Miguel Trovoada (1936- ) President

Patrice Trovoada (1962- ) Prime Minister

Tomé Vera Cruz (1956- ) Prime Minister

Carlos Vila Nova (1956- ) President

East Africa

Mirambo (c.1840-1884)

Mkwawa (1855-1898)

Burundi

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946-2016) President

Joseph Bamina (1925-1965) Prime Minister

Pierre Baranyanka (18…-1962)

Antoinette Batumubwira (1956- ) Foreign Minister

Prince Léopold Biha (1919-2003) Prime Minister

Gilles Bimazubute (1937-1993) Foreign Minister

Pascal Bubiriza (1932-1972) Interior Minister

Alain Guillaume Bunyoni (1972- ) Prime Minister

Pierre Buyoya (1949-2020) President

Joseph Cimpaye (1932-1972) Prime Minister

Rémy Gahutu (?-1990)

Anatole Kanyenkiko (1952- ) Prime Minister

Sylvie Kinigi (1953- ) Prime Minister

Cyprien Mbonimpa (1946- ) Foreign Minister

Michel Micombero (1940-1983) Prime Minister / President

Paul Mirerekano (1921-1965)

André Muhirwa (1920-2003) Prime Minister

Mwambutsa IV Bangilicenge (1912-1977) King

Mwezi IV Gisabo (1840-1908) King

Melchior Ndadaye (1953-1993) President

Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968- ) President

Domitien Ndayizeye (1953- ) President

Pascal-Firmin Ndimira (1956- ) Prime Minister

Antoine Nduwayo (1942- ) Prime Minister

Pierre Ngendandumwe (1930-1965) Prime Minister

Pierre Nkurunziza (1964-2020) President

Ntare V Ndizeye (1947-1972) King

Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955-1994) President

Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (1956- ) President

Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza (1926-1963)

Michel Ntuyahaga (1912-2002) Roman Catholic Bishop of Bujumbura

Albin Nyamoya (1924-2001) Prime Minister

Édouard Nzambimana (1945-2015) Prime Minister

Joachim Ruhuna (1933-1996) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Gitega

Prince Louis Rwagasore (1932-1961) Prime Minister

Agathon Rwasa (1964- )

Albert Shibura (1939- ) Interior Minister

Adrien Sibomana (1953- ) Prime Minister

Artémon Simbananiye (1935- ) Foreign Minister

Alexis Sinduhije (1967- )

Djibouti

Ahmed Dini Ahmed (1932-2004) Prime Minister

Ali Aref Bourhan (1934- ) President of the Government Council

Dileita Mohamed Dileita (1958- ) Prime Minister

Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916-2006) Prime Minister / President

Ismail Omar Guelleh (1947- ) President

Barkat Gourad Hamadou (1930-2018) Prime Minister

Mahamoud Harbi Farah (1921-1960) Vice President of the Government Council

Abdallah Mohamed Kamil (1936- ) Prime Minister

Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (1951- ) Prime Minister

Eritrea

Ali Said Abdella (1949-2005) Foreign Minister

Haile Woldetensae (1947- ) Foreign Minister

Isaias Afewerki (1946- ) President

Mahmoud Sherifo (1947- ) Foreign Minister

Osman Saleh (1948- ) Foreign Minister

Petros Solomon (1951- ) Foreign Minister

Ethiopia

Abebe Aragai (1903-1960) Prime Minister

Abiy Ahmed (1976- ) Prime Minister / 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Abiye Abebe (1918-1974) Defense Minister

Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold (1912-1974) Prime Minister

Ras Alula Engida (1847-1897)

Aman Mikael Andom (1924-1974) Chairman of the Derg

Ambachew Mekonnen (1971-2019) President of the Executive Committee of Amhara Region

Ras Andargachew Messai (1902-1981) Emperor's Representative in Eritrea

Asfaha Woldemikael (1914-2002) Chief Executive of Eritrea

Ras Asrate Kassa (1922-1974)

Hamid Idris Awate (1910-1962)

Debretsion Gebremichael (1960?- ) President of the Executive Committee of Tigray Region

Endalkachew Makonnen (1927-1974) Prime Minister

Ezana (?-?) Emperor

Fikre Selassie Wogderess (1941?-2020) Prime Minister

Germame Neway (1924-1960)

Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924-2018) President

Haddis Alemayehu (1910-2003) Foreign Minister

Haile Selassie (1892-1975) Emperor

Hailemariam Desalegn (1965- ) Prime Minister

Hailu Yimenu (?-1991) Acting Prime Minister

Blattengeta Heruy Woldeselassie (1878-1938) Foreign Minister

Ibrahim Sultan Ali (1909-1987)

Ras Imru (1892-1980) Regent

Lij Iyasu (1898-1935) uncrowned Emperor

Iyasu I (1662-1706) Emperor

Kifle Wodajo (1936-2004) Foreign Minister

Blattengeta Lorenzo Taezaz (1900-1947) Foreign Minister

Makonnen Endalkachew (1890-1963) Prime Minister

Meles Zenawi (1955-2012) Prime Minister

Menelik II (1844-1913) Emperor

Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937?- ) President

Mengistu Neway (1919-1961)

Mikael Imru (1929-2008) Prime Minister

Mikael Sehul (1692?-1784) Regent

Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (1957- ) President

Negasso Gidada (1943-2019) President

Osman Saleh Sabbe (1932-1987)

Abune Petros (18…-1936) Ethiopian Orthodox Bishop of Dessie

Sahle-Work Zewde (1950- ) President

Senedu Gebru (1916-2009)

Seyoum Mesfin (1949-2021) Foreign Minister

Tamrat Layne (1955- ) Prime Minister

T'aytu Bet'ul (1853-1918) Empress

Tedla Bairu (1914-1981) Chief Executive of Eritrea

Tedros Adhanom (1965- ) Foreign Minister

Teferi Benti (1921-1977) Chairman of the Derg

Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariam (1884-1977)

Ras Tesemma (?-1911) Regent

Tesfaye Dinka (1939-2016) Acting Prime Minister

Tesfaye Gebre-Egzy (1935-1974)

Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935-2004) Vice President

Tewodros II (1818?-1868) Emperor

Yekuno Amlak (?-1283?) Emperor

Yohannes IV (1837-1889) Emperor

Zauditu (1876-1930) Empress

Dejazmatch Zewde Gabre-Selassie (1926-2008) Foreign Minister

Kenya

C.M.G. Argwings-Kodhek (1923-1969) Foreign Minister

Nicholas Biwott (1940-2017)

Sir Michael Blundell (1907-1993)

Gwladys Cholmondeley, Baroness Delamere (1898-1943) Mayor of Nairobi

Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere (1870-1931)

Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll (1901-1941)

James Gichuru (1914-1982) Defence Minister

Sir Wilfrid Havelock (1912-2003) Agriculture Minister

Bildad Kaggia (1921-2005)

Josiah Mwangi Kariuki (1929-1975)

Kung'u Karumba (1902-1978?)

Jomo Kenyatta (1891-1978) President

Margaret Kenyatta (1928-2017) Mayor of Nairobi

Uhuru Kenyatta (1961- ) President

Mwai Kibaki (1931- ) President

Dedan Kimathi (1920-1957)

Mbiyu Koinange (1907-1981) Foreign Minister

Wesley Korir (1982- )

Fred Kubai (1917-1996)

Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) environmental activist / 1984 Right Livelihood Award / 2004 Nobel Peace Prize

Stanley Mathenge (1919?-?)

Kenneth Matiba (1932-2018)

Tom Mboya (1930-1969)

Bruce McKenzie (1919-1978) Agriculture Minister

Daniel arap Moi (1924-2020) President

Njoroge Mungai (1926-2014) Foreign Minister

Joseph Murumbi (1911-1990) Vice President

Kalonzo Musyoka (1953- ) Vice President

John Harun Mwau (1948- )

Ronald Ngala (1923-1972)

Paul Ngei (1923-2004)

Charity Ngilu (1952- )

Charles Njonjo (1920-2022) Justice Minister

Simeon Nyachae (1932-2021) Finance Minister

Barack Obama, Sr. (1934-1982)

Oginga Odinga (1911?-1994) Vice President

Raila Odinga (1945- ) Prime Minister

Bethwell Allan Ogot (1929- )

Grace Ogot (1930-2015)

Achieng Oneko (1920-2007)

Grace Onyango (1924- ) Mayor of Kisumu

Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga (1923-2003) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nairobi

Robert Ouko (1932-1990) Foreign Minister

Pio Gama Pinto (1927-1965)

Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1889-1980)

William Ruto (1966- ) Deputy President

George Saitoti (1945-2012) Vice President

Makhan Singh (1913-1973)

Harry Thuku (1895-1970)

Sir Ernest Albert Vasey (1901-1984)

Michael Kijana Wamalwa (1944-2003) Vice President

Rwanda

Théoneste Bagosora (1941-2021)

Augustin Bizimana (1954-2000) Defense Minister

Pasteur Bizimungu (1950- ) President

Joseph Gitera (1919-?)

Pierre Damien Habumuremyi (1961- ) Prime Minister

Agathe Habyarimana (1942- ) First Lady

Juvénal Habyarimana (1937-1994) President

James Kabarebe (1959- ) Defense Minister

Alexis Kagame (1912-1981)

Paul Kagame (1957- ) President

Jean Kambanda (1955- ) Prime Minister

Patrick Karegeya (1960-2013)

Grégoire Kayibanda (1924-1976) Prime Minister / President

Kigeri IV Rwabugiri (1860-1895) King

Kigeri V Ndahindurwa (1936-2016) King

Bernard Makuza (1961- ) Prime Minister

Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921-1986) President

Anastase Murekezi (1952- ) Prime Minister

Mutara III Rudahigwa (1913-1959) King

Édouard Ngirente (1973- ) Prime Minister

Boniface Ngulinzira (1950-1994) Foreign Minister

Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936- ) Prime Minister

Dismas Nsengiyaremye (1945- ) Prime Minister

Thaddée Nsengiyumva (1949-1994) Roman Catholic Bishop of Kabgayi

Vincent Nsengiyumva (1936-1994) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kigali

Joseph Ruzindana (1943-1994) Roman Catholic Bishop of Byumba

Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (1953- ) Prime Minister

Fred Rwigyema (1957-1990)

Joseph Sebarenzi (1963- )

Seth Sendashonga (1951-1998) Interior Minister

Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928-1998?) President of the National Development Council

Faustin Twagiramungu (1945- ) Prime Minister

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza (1968- )

Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953-1994) Prime Minister

Somalia

Muse Bihi Abdi (1948- ) President of Somaliland

Abdulkadir Muhammad Aden "Zoppo" (1919-2002) Interior Minister

Ahmad Gran (1506?-1543)

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (1959- ) Prime Minister

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934-2012) President

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964- ) President

Abdirahman Ahmed Ali "Tuur" (1931-2003) President of Somaliland

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (1965- ) Prime Minister

Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (1935- ) Head of the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia

Hussein Aydid (1962- ) President

Muhammad Farah Aydid (1936-1996) President

Muhammad Siad Barre (1919?-1995) President

Salvatore Colombo (1922-1989) Roman Catholic Bishop of Mogadishu

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar "Aden Adde" (1908-2007) President

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928-2002) Prime Minister of Somalia / President of Somaliland

Hassan Abshir Farah (1945-2020) Prime Minister

Ali Khalif Galaid (1941-2020) Prime Minister

Umar Arteh Ghalib (1930-2020) Prime Minister

Ali Muhammad Ghedi (1952- ) Prime Minister

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (1941- ) President

Abdirizak Haji Hussein (1924-2014) Prime Minister

Nur Hassan Hussein (1938-2020) Prime Minister

Edna Adan Ismail (1937- ) Foreign Minister of Somaliland

Sheikh Ali Jimale (1905-1979)

Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952- ) President of Somaliland

Hassan Ali Kheyre (1968- ) Prime Minister

Muhammad Hawadle Madar (1939-2005) Prime Minister

Michael Mariano (1914-1987)

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmajo" (1962- ) Prime Minister / President

Abdullahi Issa Mohamud (1922-1988) Prime Minister of Italian Somaliland

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955- ) President

Ali Mahdi Muhammad (c.1939-2021) President

Sayyid Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (1864-1920)

Hassan Muhammad Nur "Shatigadud" (1945?-2013) Finance Minister

Mohamed Hussein Roble (1963- ) Prime Minister

Muhammad Ali Samatar (1931-2016) Prime Minister

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (1960- ) Prime Minister

Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1919-1969) Prime Minister / President

Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958- ) Prime Minister

Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo (1936- ) President of Somaliland

Faysal Ali Warabe (1948- )

Muse Sudi Yalahow (?- ) Minister of Trade

Muhammad Abdi Yusuf (1941- ) Prime Minister

South Sudan

Francis Deng (1938- ) Ambassador to the United Nations

Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951- ) President

Riek Machar (1952- ) Vice President

Sudan

Ibrahim Abboud (1900-1983) Prime Minister / President

Abdullahi (1846-1899) Mahdist Caliph

Lam Akol (1950- ) Foreign Minister

Ali Dinar (c.1865-1916) Sultan of Darfur

Abel Alier (1933- ) Vice President

Yasir Arman (1962- )

Hashim al-Atta (1936-1971)

Babiker Awadalla (1917-2019) Prime Minister

Mohamed Tahir Ayala (1951- ) Prime Minister

Ismail al-Azhari (1900-1969) Prime Minister / Chairman of the Sovereignty Council

Rashid Bakr (1930-1988) Prime Minister

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944- ) President

Abdel Fattah Burhan (1960- ) Chairman of the Sovereignty Council

al-Jazuli Dafalla (1935- ) Prime Minister

William Deng (1929-1968)

John Garang (1945-2005) Vice President

Joseph Garang (1930?-1971)

Abdalla Hamdok (1956- ) Prime Minister

Aggrey Jaden (1924-1985)

Sirr al-Khatim al-Khalifa (1919-2006) Prime Minister

Abdullah Khalil (1892-1970) Prime Minister

Joseph Lagu (1931- ) Second Vice President

Sayyid Sir Abdel Rahman al-Mahdi (1885-1959)

Sayyid Hadi al-Mahdi (1915-1970)

Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935-2020) Prime Minister

Sayyid Siddiq al-Mahdi (1911-1961)

Abdel Khalek Mahgoub (1927-1971)

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908-1976) Prime Minister

Minni Minawi (1970?- )

Ahmad al-Mirghani (1941-2008) Chairman of the Supreme Council

Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885) Mahdi

Mutaz Musa (1967- ) Prime Minister

Gaafar Nimeiry (1930-2009) President / Prime Minister

Bakri Hassan Saleh (1949- ) Prime Minister

Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934-2018) Chairman of the Transitional Military Council

Mahmud Muhammad Taha (1909-1985)

Hassan al-Turabi (1932-2016) Foreign Minister

Tanzania

Idris Abdul Wakil (1925-2000) President of Zanzibar

Abushiri (c.1845-1889)

Salmin Amour (1948- ) President of Zanzibar

Paul Bomani (1925-2005) Finance Minister

Rajabu Diwani (1910-1978)

Solomon Nkya Eliufoo (1920-1971)

Fundikira III (1921-2007)

Seif Sharif Hamad (1943-2021) Chief Minister of Zanzibar

Amir H. Jamal (1922-1995) Finance Minister

Sheikh Aboud Jumbe (1920-2016) President of Zanzibar

George Kahama (1929-2017)

Oscar Kambona (1928-1997) Foreign Minister

Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume (1905-1972) President of Zanzibar

Amani Abeid Karume (1948- ) President of Zanzibar

Rashidi Kawawa (1926-2009) Prime Minister

Martin Kayamba (1891-1939)

Jakaya Kikwete (1950- ) President

Joseph Kimalando (c.1900-1980)

Elias Amos Kisenge (1912-1980)

Lucy Lameck (1934-1993)

Ibrahim Lipumba (1952- )

Edward Lowassa (1953- ) Prime Minister

Job Lusinde (1930-2020)

John Magufuli (1959-2021) President

Kassim Majaliwa (1960- ) Prime Minister

John Malecela (1934- ) Prime Minister

Benjamin Mkapa (1938-2020) President

Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella (1945- )

Augustino Mrema (1944- ) Home Affairs Minister

Cleopa David Msuya (1931- ) Prime Minister

Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925- ) President

Hussein Mwinyi (1966- ) President of Zanzibar

Julius Nyerere (1922-1999) President

Peter K. Palangyo (1939-1993)

Mizengo Pinda (1948- ) Prime Minister

Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa (1912-1997) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dar es Salaam

Salim Ahmed Salim (1942- ) Prime Minister

Mrisho Sarakikya (1934- )

Ali Mohamed Shein (1948- ) President of Zanzibar

Willibrod Slaa (1948- )

Edward Moringe Sokoine (1938-1984) Prime Minister

Frederick Sumaye (1950- ) Prime Minister

Joseph Warioba (1940- ) Prime Minister

Uganda

George Cosmas Adyebo (1945-2000) Prime Minister

Otema Allimadi (1929-2001) Prime Minister

Idi Amin (1925?-2003) President

John Babiiha (1913-1982) Vice President

Princess Elizabeth Bagaya (1936- ) Foreign Minister

Kizza Besigye (1956- )

Godfrey L. Binaisa (1920-2010) President

Cwa II Kabalega (c.1853-1923) Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara

Sir Apolo Kagwa (1864-1927) Prime Minister of Buganda

John Kakonge (1934-1972)

Specioza Kazibwe (1954- ) Vice President

Samson Kisekka (1912-1999) Prime Minister

Festo Kivengere (1919-1988) Anglican Bishop of Kigezi

Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922-1972) Prime Minister

Joseph Kiwanuka (1899-1966) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Rugaba

Joseph William "Jolly Joe" Kiwanuka (1915-1972)

Eliphaz Laki (1920-1972)

Yusufu K. Lule (1912-1985) President

Janani Luwum (1922-1977) Anglican Archbishop of Uganda

Amama Mbabazi (1949- ) Prime Minister

Joyce Mpanga (1934- )

Yoweri Museveni (1944?- ) President

Kintu Musoke (1938- ) Prime Minister

Mutesa I (1838?-1884) Kabaka of Buganda

Mutesa II (1924-1969) President

Paulo Muwanga (1924-1991) Prime Minister

Mwanga II (1868-1903) Kabaka of Buganda

Apolo Nsibambi (1938-2019) Prime Minister

Cardinal Emmanuel Nsubuga (1914-1991) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kampala

Milton Obote (1924?-2005) Prime Minister / President

Tito Okello (1914-1996) Chairman of the Military Council

Ruhakana Rugunda (1947- ) Prime Minister

Robert Serumaga (1939-1980)

Paul Ssemogerere (1932- ) Foreign Minister

Abraham Waligo (1928-2000) Prime Minister

Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala (1926- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kampala

Bobi Wine (1982- )

Zanzibar

Sheikh Abdulrahman Muhammad Babu (1924-1996) Foreign Minister

Sheikh Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907-1969?) Prime Minister

Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932-1969) Prime Minister

Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah (1929- ) Sultan

Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume (1905-1972) President

Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub (1879-1960) Sultan

Maghreb

Hannibal (247 BC-183 BC?)

Hamilcar Barca (?-229 BC?)

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Algeria

Ferhat Abbas (1899-1985) President of the Provisional Government

Abd al-Qadir (1808-1883)

Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani (1927-1996) Prime Minister

Belaid Abdessalam (1928-2020) Prime Minister

Saïd Abid (1933-1967)

Hocine Aït Ahmed (1926-2015)

Ahmed Attaf (1953- ) Foreign Minister

Noureddine Bedoui (1959- ) Prime Minister

Ali Belhadj (1965- )

Krim Belkacem (1922-1970) Foreign Minister in exile

Abdelaziz Belkhadem (1945- ) Prime Minister

Larbi Belkheir (1938-2010) Interior Minister

Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889-1940)

Ahmed Ben Bella (1918-2012) Prime Minister / President

Mostefa Ben Boulaïd (1917-1956)

Benyoucef Ben Khedda (1920-2003) President of the Provisional Government

Larbi Ben M'hidi (1923-1957)

Ahmed Benbitour (1946- ) Prime Minister

Chadli Bendjedid (1929-2012) President

Ali Benflis (1944- ) Prime Minister

Malek Bennabi (1905-1973)

Lakhdar Bentobal (1923-2010) Interior Minister in exile

Mohamed Seddik Benyahia (1932-1982) Foreign Minister

Rabah Bitat (1925-2000) Interim President

Georges Blachette (1900-1980)

Henri Borgeaud (1895-1963)

Saïd Boualam (1906-1982)

Mohamed Boudiaf (1919-1992) Chairman of the High State Committee

Houari Boumedienne (1932?-1978) President

Ahmed Boumendjel (1908-1982)

Abdelhafid Boussouf (1926-1980)

Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937-2021) President

Saïd Bouteflika (1958- )

Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936- ) Prime Minister

Lakhdar Brahimi (1934- ) Foreign Minister

Mohamed Chabani (1934-1964)

Pierre Claverie (1938-1996) Roman Catholic Bishop of Oran

Mourad Didouche (1927-1955)

Abdallah Djaballah (1956- )

Abdelaziz Djerad (1954- ) Prime Minister

Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval (1903-1996) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Algiers

Sid Ahmed Ghozali (1937- ) Prime Minister

Cherif Guellal (1932-2009) Ambassador to the United States

Smail Hamdani (1930-2017) Prime Minister

Mouloud Hamrouche (1943- ) Prime Minister

Louisa Hanoune (1954- )

Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi (1932- ) Foreign Minister

Gaston-Marie Jacquier (1904-1976) Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Algiers

Ali Kafi (1928-2013) Chairman of the High State Committee

Ahmed Kaïd (1921-1978) Finance Minister

Émir Khaled (1875-1936)

Mohamed Khemisti (1930-1963) Foreign Minister

Mohamed Khider (1912-1967)

Pierre Lagaillarde (1931-2014)

Mohamed Lamari (1939-2012) Army Chief of Staff

Abbassi Madani (1931-2019)

Ali Mahsas (1923-2013)

Redha Malek (1931-2017) Prime Minister

Mohamed Mediène (1939/41- )

Abdelhamid Mehri (1926-2012)

Kasdi Merbah (1938-1993) Prime Minister

Messali Hadj (1898-1974)

Mahfoud Nahnah (1942-2003)

Khaled Nezzar (1937- ) Defense Minister

Joseph Ortiz (1917-1995)

Ahmed Ouyahia (1952- ) Prime Minister

Amar Ouzegane (1910-1981) Agriculture Minister

Abane Ramdane (1920-1957)

Saïd Saadi (1947- )

Abdelmalek Sellal (1948- ) Prime Minister

Alain de Sérigny (1912-1986)

Chérif Sid Cara (1902-1999)

Nafissa Sid Cara (1910-2002)

Mokdad Sifi (1940- ) Prime Minister

Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945- ) Prime Minister / President

Khalida Toumi (1958- )

Mohamed Salah Yahiaoui (?- )

M'hamed Yazid (1923-2003) Information Minister in exile

Yazid Zerhouni (1937-2020) Interior Minister

Liamine Zéroual (1941- ) President

Libya

Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952- ) Chairman of the National Transitional Council

Nouri Abusahmain (1956- ) Chairman of the General National Congress

Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921-2003) Prime Minister

Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1933-2007) Prime Minister

Suleiman al-Baruni (1870?-1940)

Mustafa Ben Halim (1921-2021) Prime Minister

Abuzed Omar Dorda (1944- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Mohieddin Fikini (1925-1994) Prime Minister

Shukri Ghanem (1942-2012) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Khalifa Haftar (1943- )

Idris I (1890-1983) King

Akila Saleh Issa (1944- ) President of the House of Representatives

Abdul Salam Jalloud (1944- ) Prime Minister

Mahmoud Jibril (1952-2020) Interim Prime Minister

Muftah Muhammad Kaiba (?- ) Secretary of the General People's Congress

Abdel Rahim al-Kib (1950-2020) Interim Prime Minister

Mansur Kikhia (1931-1994?) Foreign Minister

Umar Mansur Kikhia (1880-1962) Prime Minister of Cyrenaica

Abdul Majid Kubar (1909-1988) Prime Minister

Musa Kusa (1949?- ) Foreign Minister

Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi (1935-2009) Prime Minister

al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi (1945?- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (?- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Hussein Maziq (1918-2006) Prime Minister

Muhammad al-Megarif (1940- ) Chairman of the General National Congress

Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931)

Mahmud al-Muntasir (1903-1970) Prime Minister

Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1939-2001) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1939- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee / Secretary of the General People's Congress

Muammar al-Qaddafi (1942-2011) Leader of the Revolution

Wanis al-Qaddafi (1922-1986) Prime Minister

Abdul Majid al-Qa'ud (1943- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Muhammad al-Zaruq Rajab (1940- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee / Secretary of the General People's Congress

Muhammad Osman Said (1922-2007) Prime Minister

Muhammad Sakizli (1892-1976) Prime Minister

Sayyid Muhammad bin Ali al-Sanusi (1787-1859)

Fayez al-Sarraj (1960- ) Prime Minister / Chairman of the Presidential Council

Abdul Razzaq al-Sawsa (?- ) Secretary of the General People's Congress

Mubarak Abdallah al-Shamikh (1950- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee / Secretary of the General People's Congress

Jadallah Azzuz al-Talhi (1939- ) Secretary of the General People's Committee

Abdullah al-Thani (1954- ) Prime Minister

Mifta al-Usta Umar (1935- ) Secretary of the General People's Congress

Zanati Muhammad al-Zanati (?- ) Secretary of the General People's Congress

Ali Zidan (1950- ) Prime Minister

Muhammad Abul-Qasim al-Zwai (?- ) Secretary of the General People's Congress

Morocco

Abd al-Krim (1882-1963) Head of State of the Rif Republic

Ahmed Bahnini (1909-1971) Prime Minister

Ahmed Balafrej (1908-1990) Prime Minister

Driss Basri (1938-2007) Interior Minister

M'barek Bekkai (1907-1961) Prime Minister

Mehdi Ben Barka (1920-1965)

Mahjoub Ben Seddik (1922-2010)

Mohamed Benhima (1924-1992) Prime Minister

Omar Benjelloun (1934?-1975)

Abdelilah Benkirane (1954- ) Prime Minister

Maati Bouabid (1927-1996) Prime Minister

Ahmed Dlimi (1931-1983)

Abbas El Fassi (1940- ) Prime Minister

Allal El Fassi (1910-1974)

Thami El Glaoui (1879-1956)

Saadeddine El Othmani (1956- ) Prime Minister

Abdellatif Filali (1928-2009) Prime Minister

Hassan I (1827/28-1894) Sultan

Hassan II (1929-1999) King

Abdallah Ibrahim (1918-2005) Prime Minister

Ismail bin Sharif (1645?-1727) Sultan

Driss Jettou (1945- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Karim Lamrani (1919-2018) Prime Minister

Ahmed Laraki (1931-2020) Prime Minister

Azzedine Laraki (1929-2010) Prime Minister

Mohamed Lyazidi (1902-1990)

Driss M'Hammedi (1912-1969) Foreign Minister

Muhammad V (1909-1961) King

Muhammad VI (1963- ) King

Ahmed Osman (1930- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Oufkir (1920-1972) Defense Minister

Raisuli (1871-1925)

Abraham Serfaty (1926-2010)

Ali Yata (1920-1997)

Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924-2020) Prime Minister

Tunisia

Hassouna Ayachi (1873-1958)

Hédi Baccouche (1930-2020) Prime Minister

Hassan Belkhodja (1916-1981) Foreign Minister

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936-2019) President

Tahar Ben Ammar (1885-1985) Prime Minister

Ahmed Ben Salah (1926-2020) Finance Minister

Salah Ben Youssef (1907-1961) Justice Minister

Habib Bourguiba (1903?-2000) President

Youssef Chahed (1975- ) Prime Minister

Néjib Chebbi (1944- )

Béji Caïd Essebsi (1926-2019) President

Habib Essid (1949- ) Prime Minister

Elyes Fakhfakh (1972- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941- ) Prime Minister

Rached Ghannouchi (1941- )

Farhat Hached (1914-1952)

Hammuda (1759-1814) Bey

Tunuslu Hayreddin Paşa (1822-1890) Prime Minister

Hamadi Jebali (1949- ) Prime Minister

Mehdi Jomaa (1962- ) Prime Minister

Hamed Karoui (1927-2020) Prime Minister

Chedly Khairallah (1898-1972)

Mustapha Khaznadar (1817-1878) Prime Minister

Hédi Khefacha (1916-1976) Defense Minister

Bahi Ladgham (1913-1998) Prime Minister

Ali Larayedh (1955- ) Prime Minister

Moncef Marzouki (1945- ) President

Hichem Mechichi (1974- ) Prime Minister

Muhammad al-Amin (1881-1962) Bey

Mohamed Mzali (1925-2010) Prime Minister

Hédi Nouira (1911-1993) Prime Minister

Kaïs Saïed (1958- ) President

Rachid Sfar (1933- ) Prime Minister

Abdelaziz Thâalbi (1876-1944)

Western Sahara

Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947-2016) President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (1948- ) Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Mohamed Wali Akeik (1950- ) Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Mohamed Bassiri (1942-1970)

Mahfoud Ali Beiba (1953-2010) Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Bouchraya Beyoun (?- ) Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Brahim Ghali (1949- ) President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Aminatou Haidar (1967- ) human rights activist / 2019 Right Livelihood Award

Abdelkader Taleb Omar (?- ) Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

El Wali Mustafa Sayed (1947?-1976) Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Southern Africa

Piet Retief (1780-1838)

Soshangane (c.1780-c.1858) Gaza ruler

Shaka (1787-1828) King of the Zulu

Mzilikazi (1790?-1868) Ndebele ruler

Sebetwane (1790?-1851) Kololo ruler

Dingane (1795-1840) King of the Zulu

Mpande (1798-1872) King of the Zulu

Sekhukhune I (1814-1882) Pedi ruler

Sandile (1820-1878) Rharhabe ruler

Cetshwayo (1832-1884) King of the Zulu

Lobengula (1836-1894) Ndebele ruler

Cioko (?-1902) Karanga ruler

Gungunhana (1850?-1906) Gaza ruler

Dinuzulu (1868-1913) King of the Zulu

Mandume (c.1894-1917) Kanhama ruler

Angola

Nito Alves (1945-1977) Interior Minister

Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928-1990)

Mário António (1934-1989)

Américo Boavida (1923-1968)

Boaventura Cardoso (1944- )

Iko Carreira (1933-2000) Defense Minister

Daniel Chipenda (1931-1996)

Viriato da Cruz (1928-1973)

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (1952- ) Prime Minister

Isabel dos Santos (1973- )

José Eduardo dos Santos (1942- ) President

António Jacinto (1924-1991) Minister of Education and Culture

Paulo Kassoma (1951- ) Prime Minister

Lúcio Lara (1929-2016)

João Lourenço (1954- ) President

Ilídio Machado (1914-1983)

Saidy Mingas (1943-1977) Finance Minister

Marcolino Moco (1953- ) Prime Minister

Lopo do Nascimento (1942- ) Prime Minister

Agostinho Neto (1922-1979) President

Pepetela (1941- ) Deputy Minister of Education

Holden Roberto (1923-2007) rebel leader

Deolinda Rodrigues (1939-1967)

Manuel Rui (1941- )

Isaías Samakuva (1946- )

Jonas Savimbi (1934-2002) rebel leader

Sita Valles (1951-1977)

Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (1934- ) Prime Minister

José Van-Dúnem (?-1977)

Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem (1948- )

Pedro de Castro Van-Dúnem (1942-1997) Foreign Minister

Uanhenga Xitu (1924-2014) Health Minister

Botswana

Bathoen II (1908-1990) Chief of baNgwaketse

Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe (1922- ) Foreign Minister

Unity Dow (1959- ) Foreign Minister

Gaborone a Matlapeng (c.1825-1931) Chief of baTlôkwa

Baledzi Gaolathe (1942-2010) Finance Minister

Christopher "Quill" Hermans (1936- )

Khama III "the Good" (1837-1923) Chief of baNgwato

Ian Khama (1953- ) President

Ruth Khama (1923-2002) First Lady

Sir Seretse Khama (1921-1980) Prime Minister / President

Tshekedi Khama (1905-1959) Regent of baNgwato

Kenneth Koma (1923-2007)

Sir Quett Ketumile Joni Masire (1925-2017) President

Mokgweetsi Masisi (1962- ) President

Philip Matante (1912-1977)

Festus Mogae (1939- ) President

Archibald Mogwe (1921-2021) Foreign Minister

Thomas Tlou (1932-2010)

Comoros

Ahmed Abdallah (1919-1989) President

Mouzaoir Abdallah (1941-2020) Foreign Minister

Abderremane (?-1842) Sultan of Mohéli

Ahmed Abdou (1936- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Ahmed (1917-1984) Co-Chairman of the Directorate

Azali Assoumani (1959- ) President

Ahmed Ben Cheikh Attoumane (1938- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Bacar (1962- ) President of Anjouan

Said Ibrahim Ben Ali (1911-1975) President of the Government Council

Salim Ben Ali (1918?-2002) Prime Minister

Nourdine Bourhane (1958- ) Prime Minister

Said Mohamed Cheikh (1904-1970) President of the Government Council

Ikililou Dhoinine (1962- ) President

Said Mohamed Djohar (1918-2006) President

Abbas Djoussouf (1942-2010) Prime Minister

Caabi El-Yachroutu (1948?- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Said Fazul (1960- ) President of Mohéli

Ibrahim Halidi (1954-2020) Prime Minister

Halifa Houmadi (1948?- ) Prime Minister

Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918-1993) Chairman of the National Executive Council

Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane (1836?-1878) Sultana of Mohéli

Hamada Madi (1965- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Abdou Madi (1956- ) Prime Minister

Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde (1933-2004) Prime Minister

Abdallah Mohamed (?-2000) Prime Minister

Said Ali Mohamed (1946- ) Prime Minister

Ali Mroudjae (1939-2019) Prime Minister

Salima Machamba (1874-1964)

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi (1958- ) President

Ali Soilih (1937-1978) President

Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936-1998) President

Bianrifi Tarmidi (1958- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Toihiri (1955- ) Ambassador to the United Nations

Eswatini

Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini (1968-2020) Prime Minister

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini (1942-2018) Prime Minister

Prince Bhekimpi Dlamini (1924-1999) Prime Minister

Prince Jameson Mbilini Dlamini (1932-2008) Prime Minister

Prince Mabandla N.F. Dlamini (1930- ) Prime Minister

Prince Makhosini Dlamini (1914-1978) Prime Minister

Maphevu Dlamini (1922-1979) Prime Minister

Obed Dlamini (1937-2017) Prime Minister

Sotsha Dlamini (1940-2017) Prime Minister

Themba Dlamini (1950- ) Prime Minister

Mario Masuku (1951-2021)

Mswati II (1821?-1868) Paramount Chief

Mswati III (1968- ) King

J.J. Nquku (1899-?)

Sobhuza II (1899-1982) King

Ambrose Zwane (1924-1998)

Lesotho

Leabua Jonathan (1914-1987) Prime Minister

Bennett Makalo Khaketla (1913-2000)

Potlako Leballo (1915-1986)

Clement Mooki Leepa (?-1970)

Josiel Lefela (1885-1965)

Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938-2021) Chairman of the Military Council

Letsie III (1963- ) King

Moeketsi Majoro (1961- ) Prime Minister

Kelebone Albert Maope (1945- ) Foreign Minister

Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918-1986) Prime Minister

Emmanuel 'Mabathoana (1904-1966) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Maseru

Ntsu Mokhehle (1918-1999) Prime Minister

Moshoeshoe I (1786?-1870) Paramount Chief

Moshoeshoe II (1938-1996) King

Pakalitha Mosisili (1945- ) Prime Minister

Elias Phisoana Ramaema (1933-2015) Chairman of the Military Council

Tom Thabane (1939- ) Prime Minister

Madagascar

Richard Andriamanjato (1930-2013) President of the National Assembly

Andrianampoinimerina (1745?-1810) King

Tantely Andrianarivo (1954- ) Prime Minister

Jean Bemananjara (1943-1997) Foreign Minister

Omer Beriziky (1950- ) Prime Minister

Alexis Bezaka (1916-1998)

Monja Jaona (1910-1994)

Roger Kolo (1943- ) Prime Minister

Jean Lahiniriko (1956- ) President of the National Assembly

Solonandrasana Olivier Mahafaly (1964- ) Prime Minister

Eugène Mangalaza (1950- ) Prime Minister

Cécile Manorohanta (?- ) Prime Minister

Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka (1929-1997) President of the National Assembly

Christian Ntsay (1961- ) Prime Minister

Hajasoa Vololona Picard (1956- )

Charles Rabemananjara (1947- ) Prime Minister

Jacques Rabemananjara (1913-2005) Vice President

Gisèle Rabesahala (1929-2011)

Radama I (1792-1828) King

Radama II (1829-1863) King

Rainiharo (17…-1852) Prime Minister

Rainilaiarivony (1828-1896) Prime Minister

Rainivoninahitriniony (1821-1869) Prime Minister

Hery Rajaonarimampianina (1958- ) President

Pierrot Rajaonarivelo (1946- ) Foreign Minister

Andry Rajoelina (1974- ) President

Désiré Rakotoarijaona (1934- ) Prime Minister

Cardinal Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala (1913-1975) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tananarive

Joël Rakotomalala (1929-1976) Prime Minister

Pascal Rakotomavo (1934-2010) Prime Minister

Justin Rakotoniaina (1933-2001) Prime Minister

Manandafy Rakotonirina (1938-2019)

Emmanuel Rakotovahiny (1938-2020) Prime Minister

Jean Ralaimongo (1884-1943)

Victor Ramahatra (1945- ) Prime Minister

Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906-1979) Prime Minister / Head of State

Hyppolite Ramaroson (1951- ) Head of the Military Directorate

Ranavalona I (1785?-1861) Queen

Ranavalona II (1829-1883) Queen

Ranavalona III (1861-1917) Queen

Joseph Raseta (1886-1979)

Richard Ratsimandrava (1931-1975) Head of State

Norbert Ratsirahonana (1938- ) Prime Minister

Didier Ratsiraka (1936-2021) President

Roland Ratsiraka (1966- )

Marc Ravalomanana (1949- ) President

Jean Ravelonarivo (1959- ) Prime Minister

Joseph Ravoahangy (1893-1970)

Francisque Ravony (1942-2003) Prime Minister

Herizo Razafimahaleo (1955-2008) Foreign Minister

Guy Razanamasy (1928-2011) Prime Minister

André Resampa (1934-1993) First Vice President

Monja Roindefo (1965- ) Prime Minister

Albert Sylla (1909-1967) Foreign Minister

Jacques Sylla (1946-2009) Prime Minister

Philibert Tsiranana (1910-1978) Prime Minister / President

Albert Camille Vital (1952- ) Prime Minister

Albert Zafy (1927-2017) President

Malawi

Aleke Banda (1939-2010) Finance Minister

Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898?-1997) Prime Minister / President

Joyce Banda (1950- ) President

Thamar Dillon Thomas Banda (1910-?)

Sir Malcolm Palliser Barrow (1900-1973)

Michael Hill Blackwood (1917-2005)

Augustine Bwanausi (1930-1973)

Gwanda Chakuamba (1935-2016) Home Affairs Minister

Lazarus Chakwera (1955- ) President

Rose Chibambo (1928-2016)

Chakufwa Chihana (1939-2006) Second Vice President

John Chilembwe (1860?-1915) anticolonial rebel

Henry Masauko Blasius Chipembere (1930-1975)

Orton Chirwa (1919-1992)

Vera Chirwa (1932- )

Wellington Chirwa (1916-2005)

Dunduzu Chisiza (1930-1962)

Yatuta Chisiza (1926-1967)

Kanyama Chiume (1929-2007) Foreign Minister

Aaron Gadama (1934-1983)

Willard Gomani III (1915-2006)

Cecilia Kadzamira (1938- ) de facto First Lady

Dick Tennyson Matenje (1929-1983) Finance Minister

Attati Mpakati (1932?-1983)

Bakili Muluzi (1943- ) President

Bingu wa Mutharika (1934-2012) President

Peter Mutharika (1940- ) President

David Rubadiri (1930-2018)

John Tembo (1932- )

Mauritius

Emmanuel Anquetil (1885-1946)

Paul Bérenger (1945- ) Prime Minister

Sir Satcam Boolell (1920-2006) Foreign Minister

Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay (1919-1999) Governor-General

Maurice Curé (1886-1977)

Sir Gaëtan Duval (1930-1996) Foreign Minister

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (1959- ) President

Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930-2021) Prime Minister / President

Pravind Jugnauth (1961- ) Prime Minister

Cardinal Jean Margéot (1916-2009) Roman Catholic Bishop of Port Louis

Édouard J. Maunick (1931- ) High Commissioner to South Africa

Karl Offmann (1940- ) President

Sir Raman Osman (1902-1992) Governor-General

Radha Poonoosamy (1924-2008) Minister of Women's Affairs, Price Controls, and Consumer Protection

Rajkeswur Purryag (1947- ) President

Navin Ramgoolam (1947- ) Prime Minister

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900-1985) Prime Minister / Governor-General

Prega Ramsamy (1950- ) Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community

Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920-2000) Governor-General / President

Pradeep Roopun (1959- ) President

Guy Rozemont (1915-1956)

Pandit Sahadeo (1899-1978)

Renganaden Seeneevassen (1910-1958)

Cassam Uteem (1941- ) President

Mayotte

Andriantsoly (?-1845) Sultan

Younoussa Bamana (1935-2007) President of the General Council

Marcel Henry (1926-2021)

Mozambique

Aires Ali (1955- ) Prime Minister

Joaquim Chissano (1939- ) Prime Minister / President

Afonso Dhlakama (1953-2018) rebel leader

Luísa Diogo (1958- ) Prime Minister

Marcelino dos Santos (1929-2020)

Armando Guebuza (1943- ) President

Luís Bernardo Honwana (1942- ) Culture Minister

Francisco Langa (?-1980)

Sebastião Marcos Mabote (1941-2001)

Graça Machel (1945- ) First Lady

Josina Machel (1945-1971)

Samora Machel (1933-1986) President

Mário da Graça Machungo (1940-2020) Prime Minister

André Matsangaissa (1952-1979)

Pascoal Mocumbi (1941- ) Prime Minister

Eduardo Mondlane (1920-1969) anticolonial revolutionary

Filipe Nyusi (1959- ) President

Jorge Rebelo (1940- )

Sebastião Soares de Resende (1906-1967) Roman Catholic Bishop of Beira

Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954- ) Prime Minister

Uria Simango (1926-?)

Alberto Vaquina (1961- ) Prime Minister

Namibia

Nahas Angula (1943- ) Prime Minister

Hans Diergaardt (1927-1998) Chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity

Filemon Elifas (1932-1975) Ondonga chief

Justus ǁGaroëb (1942- ) Damara chief

Hage Geingob (1941- ) Prime Minister / President

Theo-Ben Gurirab (1939-2018) Prime Minister

Tobias Hainyeko (1932-1967)

Hidipo Hamutenya (1939-2016) Foreign Minister

Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (1952- ) Home Affairs Minister

Clemens Kapuuo (1923-1978) Herero paramount chief

Moses Katjikuru Katjiuongua (1942-2011) Chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity

Markus Kooper (1918-2005)

Fanuel Kozonguizi (1932-1995) Chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity

Hosea Kutako (1870-1970) Herero paramount chief

Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (1967- ) Prime Minister

Anton Lubowski (1953-1989)

Maharero ua Tjamuaha (1820-1890) Herero paramount chief

Samuel Maharero (1856-1923) Herero paramount chief

Kaire Mbuende (1953- ) Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Jakobus Morenga (1875-1907) guerrilla leader

Dirk Mudge (1928-2020) Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Sam Nujoma (1929- ) President

Utoni Nujoma (1952- ) Foreign Minister

Hifikepunye Pohamba (1935- ) President

Kuaima Riruako (1935-2014) Herero paramount chief

Andimba Toivo ja Toivo (1924-2017) Labour Minister

Hendrik Witbooi (1830-1905) Witbooi chief

Orange Free State

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (1808-1881) State President

Johannes Henricus Brand (1823-1888) State President

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (1854-1922)

Abraham Fischer (1850-1913) Prime Minister

Josias Philippus Hoffman (1807-1879) State President

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901) State President

Francis William Reitz (1844-1934) State President

Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1857-1916) State President

Réunion

Paul Vergès (1925-2016) President of the Regional Council

Raymond Vergès (1882-1957)

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Conrad Glass (1961- ) Chief Islander of Tristan da Cunha

Willie Repetto (1902-1976) Chief Islander of Tristan da Cunha

Seychelles

Joachim Arissol (1888-1953)

Ogilvy Berlouis (1950-2018) Defence Minister

Charles Collet (1900-1962)

Ernest de Coulhac-Mazérieux (1899-1962)

Danny Faure (1962- ) President

Maxime Ferrari (1930- ) Foreign Minister

Gérard Hoarau (1950-1985)

Jacques Hodoul (1943- ) Foreign Minister

Sir James R. Mancham (1939-2017) Prime Minister / President

James Michel (1944- ) President

Félix Paul (1935-2001) Roman Catholic Bishop of Victoria

Wavel Ramkalawan (1961- ) President

France-Albert René (1935-2019) Prime Minister / President

Danielle de St. Jorre (1941-1997) Foreign Minister

Guy Sinon (1933-1991) Foreign Minister

South Africa

Abdullah Abdurahman (1872-1940)

William Guybon Atherstone (1814-1898)

Margaret Ballinger (1894-1980)

Japie Basson (1918-2012)

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld (1916-1988)

Stephen Biko (1946-1977)

Louis Botha (1862-1919) Prime Minister

P.W. Botha (1916-2006) Prime Minister / State President

Roelof "Pik" Botha (1932-2018) Foreign Minister

Peter Brown (1924-2004)

Brian Bunting (1920-2008)

Sidney Bunting (1873-1936)

Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928- ) Chief Minister of KwaZulu / Home Affairs Minister

Edwin Cameron (1953- ) Justice of the Constitutional Court

Albert van der Sandt Centlivres (1887-1966) Chief Justice

John William Colenso (1814-1883) Anglican Bishop of Natal

Geoffrey Cronjé (1907-1992)

Yusuf Dadoo (1909-1983)

Zach de Beer (1928-1999) Ambassador to the Netherlands

Joost de Blank (1908-1968) Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town

F.W. de Klerk (1936-2021) State President / 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers (1842-1914) Chief Justice

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1873-1960) Chief Justice

Clive Derby-Lewis (1936-2016)

Nico Diederichs (1903-1978) State President

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949- ) Foreign Minister

Theophilus "Eben" Dönges (1898-1968) State President-elect

John Langalibalele Dube (1871-1946) President-General of the African National Congress

Sir Patrick Duncan (1870-1943) Governor-General

Colin Eglin (1925-2013)

Ruth First (1925-1982)

Bram Fischer (1908-1975)

Jacobus Johannes "Jim" Fouché (1898-1980) State President

Goodwill Zwelithini (1948-2021) King of the Zulu

Sir De Villiers Graaff, 2nd Baronet (1913-1999)

Josiah Tshangana Gumede (1867-1946) President-General of the African National Congress

Harry Gwala (1920-1995)

Chris Hani (1942-1993) General Secretary of the South African Communist Party

Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga (1882-1957) Finance Minister

Allan Hendrickse (1927-2005)

Albert Hertzog (1899-1982)

J.B.M. Hertzog (1866-1942) Prime Minister

Chris Heunis (1927-2006) Interior Minister

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894-1948) Interior Minister

Bantu Holomisa (1955- ) Head of the Military Council of Transkei

Denis Eugene Hurley (1915-2004) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Durban

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (1885-1959)

John Tengo Jabavu (1859-1921)

Ernest George Jansen (1881-1959) Governor-General

Clements Kadalie (1896-1951)

Sam Kahn (1911-1987)

Ronnie Kasrils (1938- )

Adam Kok III (1811-1875) Chieftain of Griqualand East

Moses Kotane (1905-1978)

Jimmy Kruger (1917-1987) Justice Minister

Mosiuoa Lekota (1948- ) Defence Minister / Premier of Free State

Anton Lembede (1914-1947)

Albert Lutuli (1898-1967) President-General of the African National Congress / 1960 Nobel Peace Prize

Moses Mabhida (1923-1986)

Enos John Mabuza (1939-1997) Chief Minister of KaNgwane

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1934?-2018) First Lady

Zaccheus R. Mahabane (1881-1970)

Mmusi Maimane (1980- )

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho (1861-1951)

Daniel F. Malan (1874-1959) Prime Minister

Magnus Malan (1930-2011) Defence Minister

Julius Malema (1981- )

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) President / 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

Lucas Mangope (1923-2018) President of Bophuthatswana

Trevor Manuel (1956- ) Finance Minister

Thomas Mtobi Mapikela (1869-1945)

Jaap Marais (1922-2000)

J.B. Marks (1903-1972)

George Matanzima (1918-2000) Prime Minister of Transkei

K.D. Matanzima (1915-2003) President of Transkei

Z.K. Matthews (1901-1968)

Govan Mbeki (1910-2001)

Thabo Mbeki (1942- ) President

Tito Mboweni (1959- ) Finance Minister

Cardinal Owen McCann (1907-1994) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Town

Mcwayizeni Zulu (1931-1999) Regent of the Zulu

John X. Merriman (1841-1926) Prime Minister of Cape Colony

Roelf Meyer (1947- ) Defence Minister

Raymond Mhlaba (1920-2005) Premier of Eastern Cape

Joe Modise (1929-2001) Defence Minister

Silas Molema (1892-1965)

Tsiame Kenneth Mopeli (1930-2014) Chief Minister of QwaQwa

James Moroka (1891-1985)

Zephania Mothopeng (1913-1990)

Kgalema Motlanthe (1949- ) President

Patrick Mphephu (1926-1988) President of Venda

Connie Mulder (1925-1988) Interior Minister

Hilgard Muller (1914-1985) Foreign Minister

Griffiths Mxenge (1938-1981)

Victoria Mxenge (1941-1985)

Stephen Naidoo (1937-1989) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Town

Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi (1920-1993) Chief Minister of Gazankulu

Piet Ntuli (?-1986) Interior Minister of KwaNdebele

Alfred Nzo (1925-2000) Foreign Minister

Dullah Omar (1934-2004) Justice Minister

Alan Paton (1903-1988)

Cedric Namedi Phatudi (1912-1987) Chief Minister of Lebowa

Mathews Phosa (1952- ) Premier of Mpumalanga

Navi Pillay (1941- ) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Oswald Pirow (1890-1959) Defence Minister

Sol Plaatje (1876-1932)

Cyril Ramaphosa (1952- ) President

Mamphela Ramphele (1947- )

Ambrose Reeves (1899-1980) Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg

Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) Prime Minister of Cape Colony

Eschel Rhoodie (1933-1993)

Sir James Rose-Innes (1855-1942) Chief Justice

Albie Sachs (1935- ) Justice of the Constitutional Court

Alwyn Schlebusch (1917-2008) Vice State President

Harry Schwarz (1924-2010) Ambassador to the United States

Charles Sebe (?-1991) Acting Chief Minister of Ciskei

Lennox Sebe (1926-1994) President of Ciskei

Jackie Selebi (1950-2015) President of INTERPOL

Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1882-1951) President-General of the African National Congress

Tokyo Sexwale (1953- ) Premier of Gauteng

David Sibeko (1938-1979)

Stella Sigcau (1937-2006) Prime Minister of Transkei

Ray Simons (1913-2004)

Albertina Sisulu (1918-2011)

Walter Sisulu (1912-2003)

Simon S. Skosana (1927-1986) Chief Minister of KwaNdebele

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (1940-2010)

Joe Slovo (1926-1995) General Secretary of the South African Communist Party

Jan Smuts (1870-1950) Prime Minister

Robert Sobukwe (1924-1978)

Johannes G. Strijdom (1893-1958) Prime Minister

Helen Suzman (1917-2009)

Charles Robberts Swart (1894-1982) Governor-General / State President

Isaac Bangani Tabata (1909-1990)

Oliver Tambo (1917-1993)

Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941?-2010)

Andries Treurnicht (1921-1993)

Dimitri Tsafendas (1918-1999) assassin of Hendrik F. Verwoerd

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (1940-2009) Health Minister

Steve Tshwete (1938-2002) Minister of Safety and Security

Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town / 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

Hendrik van den Bergh (1914-1997)

Marthinus van Schalkwyk (1959- ) Premier of Western Cape

Gideon Brand van Zyl (1873-1956) Governor-General

Hendrik F. Verwoerd (1901-1966) Prime Minister

Marais Viljoen (1915-2007) State President

Adriaan Vlok (1937- )

B.J. Vorster (1915-1983) Prime Minister / State President

Alfred Bitini Xuma (1893-1962)

Helen Zille (1965- ) Premier of Western Cape

Jacob Zuma (1942- ) President

Transvaal

Louis Botha (1862-1919) Prime Minister

Thomas François Burgers (1834-1881) State President

S.J. du Toit (1847-1911)

Piet Joubert (1831-1900)

Paul Kruger (1825-1904) State President

Hendrik Potgieter (1792-1852)

Andries Pretorius (1798-1853)

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901) State President

Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (1818-1865) State President

Zambia

Rupiah Banda (1937- ) President

Frederick Chiluba (1943-2011) President

Mainza Chona (1930-2001) Prime Minister

Sir Stewart Gore-Browne (1883-1967)

Hakainde Hichilema (1962- )

Simon Kapwepwe (1922-1980) Vice President

Lawrence Katilungu (1914-1961)

Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021) Prime Minister / President

Tilyenji Kaunda (1954- )

Lewanika I (1842-1916) Litunga of Barotseland

Lewanika II (1907-1977) Litunga of Barotseland

Daniel Lisulo (1930-2000) Prime Minister

Edgar Lungu (1956- ) President

Malimba Masheke (1941- ) Prime Minister

Anderson Mazoka (1943-2006)

Emmanuel Milingo (1930- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka

Elijah Mudenda (1927-2008) Prime Minister

Nalumino Mundia (1927-1988) Prime Minister

Dean Mung'omba (1953-2005)

Kebby Musokotwane (1946-1996) Prime Minister

Kafula Musungu (1890-1965) Citimukulu of Bemba

Levy Mwanawasa (1948-2008) President

Harry Nkumbula (1916-1983)

Michael Sata (1937-2014) President

Guy Scott (1944- ) Vice President

Christon Tembo (1944-2009) Vice President

Sir Roy Welensky (1907-1991) Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Zimbabwe

Canaan Banana (1936-2003) President

Roy Bennett (1957-2018)

Bernard Chidzero (1927-2002) Finance Minister

Josiah Chinamano (1922-1984)

Ruth Chinamano (1925-2005)

Herbert Chitepo (1923-1975)

Victoria Chitepo (1928-2016)

Constantino Chiwenga (1956- ) Vice President

Margaret Dongo (1960- )

Clifford Dupont (1905-1978) President of Rhodesia

Chenjerai "Hitler" Hunzvi (1949-2001)

Simba Makoni (1950- ) Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community

Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern (1883-1971) Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia / Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Alfred Nikita Mangena (1943-1978)

Kadungure Mapondera (?-1904)

Lookout Masuku (1940-1986)

Simon Mazorodze (1933-1981)

Emmerson Mnangagwa (1946- ) President

James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907-1992) Foreign Minister of Rhodesia

Jason Moyo (1927-1977)

Jonathan Moyo (1957- ) Information Minister

Grace Mugabe (1965- ) First Lady

Robert Mugabe (1924-2019) Prime Minister / President

Sally Mugabe (1931-1992) First Lady

Joice Mujuru (1955- ) Vice President

Solomon Mujuru (1949-2011)

Didymus Mutasa (1935- )

Simon Muzenda (1922-2003) Vice President

Abel T. Muzorewa (1925-2010) Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia

Pius Ncube (1946- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo

Welshman Ncube (1961- )

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999) Vice President

Maurice Nyagumbo (1924-1989)

George Nyandoro (1926-1994)

Ndabaningi Sithole (1920-2000) anticolonial leader

Ian Smith (1919-2007) Prime Minister of Rhodesia

Edgar Tekere (1937-2011)

Josiah Tongogara (1940-1979)

Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-2018) Prime Minister

P.K. van der Byl (1923-1999) Foreign Minister of Rhodesia

John Wrathall (1913-1978) President of Rhodesia

West Africa

Sundiata Keita (?-1255) Mansa of Mali

Musa (?-1332?) Mansa of Mali

Ewuare "the Great" (?-1473) Oba of Benin

Ozolua "the Conqueror" (?-1504) Oba of Benin

Askia Muhammad (?-1538) ruler of Songhay

Idris Alooma (1539?-1596?) Mai of Borno

Okomfo Anokye (1655?-1717?)

Osei Tutu I (1660?-1717?) Asantehene

Usuman dan Fodio (1754-1817) Emir of Sokoto

Modibo Adama (c.1771-1848) Baban-Lamido of Adamawa

Shehu Ahmadu (1775-1844) Imam of Dina

Sheikh Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi (1776-1837)

Umar Tall (1797?-1864) Imam of Ségou

Samory Touré (1830?-1900) ruler of Wassoulou

Ahmadu Tall (1840?-1898) Imam of Ségou

Rabih al-Zubayr (1840?-1900) Shehu of Borno

Prempeh I (1872?-1931) Asantehene

Benin

Adandozan (?-?) King of Dahomey

Agaja (1673?-1727) King of Dahomey

Justin Ahomadegbé (1917-2002) Prime Minister / Chairman of the Presidential Council

Michel Aïkpé (1942-1975) Interior Minister

Alphonse Alley (1930-1987) Head of State

Bruno Amoussou (1939- )

Sourou Migan Apithy (1913-1989) President

Martin Dohou Azonhiho (?- ) Defense Minister

Béhanzin (1844-1906) King of Dahomey

Yayi Boni (1952- ) President

Gratien Tonakpon Capo-Chichi (1928-2010) Minister of Literacy and Popular Culture

Tahirou Congacou (1911-1993) Acting President

Isidore de Souza (1934-1999) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cotonou

Paul-Émile de Souza (1930?-1999) Chairman of the Directory

Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (1922-2008) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cotonou

Marie-Élise Gbèdo (1954- )

Gezo (?-1858) King of Dahomey

Glele (?-1889) King of Dahomey

Jean-Baptiste Hachème (1929-1998) Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee

Paul Hazoumé (1890-1980)

Adrien Houngbédji (1942- ) Prime Minister

Paulin J. Hountondji (1942- )

Louis Hunkanrin (1886-1964)

Mathieu Kérékou (1933-2015) President

Maurice Kouandété (1932-2003) Prime Minister / Head of State

Pascal Koupaki (1951- ) Prime Minister

Hubert Maga (1916-2000) Prime Minister / President

Basile Adjou Moumouni (1922-2019)

Jean Pliya (1931-2015) Minister of Information and Tourism

Élisabeth Kayissan Pognon (1937- ) President of the Constitutional Court

Eustache Prudencio (1922-2001)

Christophe Soglo (1909-1983) President

Nicéphore Soglo (1934- ) Prime Minister / President

Rosine Soglo (1934-2021) First Lady

Patrice Talon (1958- ) President

Albert Tévoédjrè (1929-2019) Information Minister

Émile Zinsou (1918-2016) President

Lionel Zinsou (1954- ) Prime Minister

Burkina Faso

Nazi Boni (1912-1969)

Blaise Compaoré (1951- ) President

François Compaoré (1954- )

Simon Compaoré (1952- )

Joseph Conombo (1917-2008) Prime Minister

Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (1909-1958) President of the Government Council

Christophe Dabiré (1948- ) Prime Minister

Hama Arba Diallo (1939-2014) Foreign Minister

Salif Diallo (1957-2017) President of the National Assembly

Gilbert Diendéré (1958- ) Head of the National Council of Democracy

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957- ) Prime Minister / President

Michel Kafando (1942- ) Transitional President

Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922-2006) historian / 1997 Right Livelihood Award

Lompolo Koné (1921-1974) Foreign Minister

Naaba Koom II (1889-1942) Moogo-naaba of Ouagadougou

Sangoulé Lamizana (1916-2005) President / Prime Minister

Jean-Baptiste Lingani (?-1989)

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925-2014) Prime Minister

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942- ) Head of State

Joseph Ouédraogo (1919-1988) President of the National Assembly

Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo (1953- ) Prime Minister

Philippe Ouédraogo (1942- )

Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952-2017) Prime Minister

Thomas Sankara (1949-1987) Prime Minister / Head of State

Valère Somé (1950-2017)

Paul Kaba Thieba (1960- ) Prime Minister

Luc Adolphe Tiao (1954- ) Prime Minister

Honoré Traoré (1957- ) Head of State

Hermann Yaméogo (1948- )

Maurice Yaméogo (1921-1993) Prime Minister / President

Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956- ) Prime Minister

Gabriel Somé Yoryan (1935-1983)

Saye Zerbo (1932-2013) Chairman of the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress / Prime Minister

Isaac Zida (1965- ) Prime Minister / Head of State

Henri Zongo (?-1989)

Tertius Zongo (1957- ) Prime Minister

Cardinal Paul Zoungrana (1917-2000) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ouagadougou

Cabo Verde

Germano Almeida (1945- )

Ulisses Correia e Silva (1962- ) Prime Minister

Abílio Duarte (1931-1996) Foreign Minister

Jorge Carlos Fonseca (1950- ) President

António Mascarenhas Monteiro (1944-2016) President

José María Neves (1960- ) Prime Minister / President

Aristides Pereira (1923-2011) President

Pedro Pires (1934- ) Prime Minister / President

Gualberto do Rosário (1950- ) Prime Minister

Carlos Veiga (1949- ) Prime Minister

Cameroon

Simon Achidi Achu (1934- ) Prime Minister

Issa Adoum (?-1984)

Osende Afana (1930-1966)

Vincent de Paul Ahanda (1918-1975) Prime Minister of East Cameroon

Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924-1989) Prime Minister / President

Charles Assalé (1911-1999) Prime Minister

Charles Atangana (c.1880-1943)

Louis-Paul Aujoulat (1910-1973)

Luc Ayang (1947- ) Prime Minister

Alexandre Douala Manga Bell (1897-1966)

Rudolf Duala Manga Bell (1873-1914)

Paul Biya (1933- ) Prime Minister / President

Yondo Mandengue Black (?- )

Sadou Daoudou (1926-2002) Defense Minister

Robert Jabea Kum Dibongue (1896-1974)

Samuel Eboua (1928-2002)

Titus Edzoa (1945- )

Nzo Ekangaki (1934-2005) Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity

Emmanuel Endeley (1916-1988) Premier of British Cameroons

William Eteki (1933-2016) Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity

Jean Fochivé (1931-1997)

John Ngu Foncha (1916-1999) Premier of British Cameroons / Vice President

Bernard Fonlon (1924-1986) writer

Ni John Fru Ndi (1941- ) presidential candidate

Vincent Samdala Galega II (1903-1985) Fon of Bali Nyonga

Vincent Ganty (1881-1957)

Mbara Goulongo Guérandi (1954- )

Sadou Hayatou (1942-2019) Prime Minister

Ephraïm Inoni (1947- ) Prime Minister

Augustine Ngom Jua (1929-1977) Prime Minister of West Cameroon

Paul Kale (1910-1966)

Abel Kingué (1923-1964)

Bello Bouba Maigari (1947- ) Prime Minister

Mboua Massock (1953- )

Théodore Mayi-Matip (1927-2003)

André-Marie Mbida (1917-1980) Prime Minister of French Cameroons

Nerius Namaso Mbile (1923-2003)

Célestin Monga (1960- )

Félix Moumié (1926-1960) anticolonial revolutionary

Victor Mukete (1918-2021)

Albert Mukong (1933-2004)

Salomon Tandeng Muna (1912-2002) Prime Minister of West Cameroon

Peter Mafany Musonge (1942- ) Prime Minister

Albert Ndongmo (1926-1992) Roman Catholic Bishop of Nkongsamba

Victor Anomah Ngu (1926-2011)

Joseph Dion Ngute (1954- ) Prime Minister

Adamou Ndam Njoya (1942- )

Ibrahim Njoya (1876-1933) Sultan of Bamoun

Ndeh Ntumazah (1926-2010)

Charles Okala (1910-1973) Foreign Minister

Ernest Ouandié (1924-1971)

Joseph Owona (1945- )

Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (1929-2010) Foreign Minister

Guillaume Oyônô-Mbia (1939-2021)

Martin-Paul Samba (1875?-1914)

François Sengat-Kuo (1931-1997) Minister of Information and Culture

Paul Soppo Priso (1913-1996)

Vroumsia Tchinaye (1932-1982)

Simon Pierre Tchoungui (1916-1997) Prime Minister of East Cameroon

Cardinal Christian Tumi (1930- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Douala

Ruben Um Nyobé (1913-1958) anticolonial revolutionary

Philemon Yang (1947- ) Prime Minister

Sarkifada Moussa Yaya (1924-2002)

Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935-2020)

Jean Zoa (1924-1998) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Yaoundé

Côte d'Ivoire

Gilbert Marie N'gbo Aké (1955- ) Prime Minister

Siméon Aké (1932-2003) Foreign Minister

Camille Alliali (1926- ) Foreign Minister

Hamed Bakayoko (1965-2021) Prime Minister

Charles Konan Banny (1942-2021) Prime Minister

Henri Konan Bédié (1934- ) President

Ernest Boka (1928-1964)

Charles Blé Goudé (1972- ) militia leader

Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959-2020) Prime Minister

Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916-2019) Minister of Culture and Information

Gabriel Dadié (1891-1953)

Auguste Denise (1906-1991) President of the Government Council

Henriette Diabaté (1935- )

Seydou Diarra (1933-2020) Prime Minister

Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943- ) Prime Minister

Amara Essy (1944- ) Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity

Laurent Gbagbo (1945- ) President

Simone Gbagbo (1949- ) First Lady

Jeanne Gervais (1922-2012)

Robert Guéi (1941-2002) President

Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905-1993) Prime Minister / President

Jeannot Kouadio-Ahoussou (1951- ) Prime Minister

Jean-Baptiste Mockey (1915-1981)

Pascal Affi N'Guessan (1953- ) Prime Minister

Alassane Ouattara (1942- ) Prime Minister / President

Raphaël Saller (1899-1976) Finance Minister

Guillaume Soro (1972- ) Prime Minister

Philippe Yacé (1920-1998)

Cardinal Bernard Yago (1916-1997) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abidjan

The Gambia

Adama Barrow (1965- ) President

Fatou Bensouda (1961- ) Justice Minister

Ousainou Darboe (1948- ) Vice President

Sheriff Mustapha Dibba (1937-2008) Vice President

Ibrahima Momodou Garba-Jahumpa (1912-1994)

Hassan Bubacar Jallow (1951- ) Chief Justice

Yahya Jammeh (1965- ) President

Sidia Jatta (1945- )

Sir Dawda Jawara (1924-2019) Prime Minister / President

Louise N'Jie (1922-2014)

Pierre Sarr N'Jie (1909-1993) Chief Minister

Isatou Njie-Saidy (1952- ) Vice President

Halifa Sallah (1953- )

Kukoi Samba Sanyang (1952-2013)

Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh (1912-1977) Governor-General

Edward Francis Small (1891-1958)

Ghana

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931-1979) Chairman of the Supreme Military Council

Tawia Adamafio (?-?)

Amishadai Larson Adu (1914-1977)

Akwasi Afrifa (1936-1979) Chairman of the Presidential Commission

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (1948- ) First Lady

Ama Ata Aidoo (1942- ) Education Minister

Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (1916-2002) Foreign Minister

Fred W.K. Akuffo (1937-1979) Chairman of the Supreme Military Council

Edward Akufo-Addo (1906-1979) President

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (1944- ) President

Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915-1992) Chairman of the National Liberation Council

Kofi Annan (1938-2018) Secretary-General of the United Nations / 2001 Nobel Peace Prize

Joe Appiah (1918-1990)

Raphael Armattoe (1913-1953)

Sir Edward Asafu-Adjaye (1903-1976)

Obed Asamoah (1936- ) Foreign Minister

John Atta Mills (1944-2012) President

Kofi Awoonor (1935-2013) Ambassador to the United Nations

Bankole Awoonor-Renner (1898-1970)

Kofi Baako (1926-1984) Defence Minister

Geoffrey Bing (1909-1977) Attorney General

Albert Adu Boahen (1932-2006)

Kwaku Boateng (1925?-2006) Interior Minister

Kwesi Botchwey (1942- ) Finance Minister

Kojo Botsio (1916-2001) Foreign Minister

Kofi Busia (1913-1978) Prime Minister

Archie Casely-Hayford (1898-1977)

Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford (1866-1930)

Mohamed Ibn Chambas (1950- )

J.B. Danquah (1895-1965)

Mabel Dove Danquah (1905-1984)

Simon Diedong Dombo (1923-1998) Interior Minister

Krobo Edusei (1915-1984) Interior Minister

Roger Felli (1941-1979) Foreign Minister

K.A. Gbedemah (1913-1998) Finance Minister

R.J. Ghartey (c.1820-1897) President of the Fanti Confederation

George Alfred Grant (1878-1956)

Sir Arku Korsah (1894-1967) Chief Justice

Emmanuel Kotoka (1926-1967) Army officer

Hannah Kudjoe (1918-1986)

John Agyekum Kufuor (1938- ) President

Nana Kuntunkununku II (1942-1999) Okyenhene of Akyem Abuakwa

Hilla Limann (1934-1998) President

Edward Mahama (1945- )

John Dramani Mahama (1958- ) President

Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) Prime Minister / President

Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey (1902-1963)

William Ofori-Atta (1910-1988) Foreign Minister

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II (1919-1999) Asantehene

Otumfuo Nana Osei Agyeman Prempeh II (1892-1970) Asantehene

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II (1950- ) Asantehene

Victor Owusu (1923-2000) Foreign Minister

Jerry John Rawlings (1947-2020) President

Cardinal Peter Turkson (1948- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast

Yakubu II (1945-2002) ruler of Dagomba

Hawa Yakubu (1948-2007)

Guinea

Mafory Bangoura (1910-1976)

Ibrahima Barry "Barry III" (1924-1971)

Lansana Beavogui (1923-1984) Prime Minister

Mohamed Béavogui (1953- ) Prime Minister

Eugène Camara (1942-2019) Prime Minister

Moïse Dadis Camara (1964- ) President

Alpha Condé (1938- ) President

Lansana Conté (1934-2008) President

Cellou Dalein Diallo (1952- ) Prime Minister

Saifoulaye Diallo (1923-1981) Foreign Minister

Yacine Diallo (1897-1954)

Lansana Diané (1922-1985) Justice Minister

Jean-Marie Doré (1938-2016) Prime Minister

Mamady Doumbouya (?- ) Transitional President

François Lonseny Fall (1949- ) Prime Minister

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (1954- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Said Fofana (1952- ) Prime Minister

Fodéba Keïta (1921-1969) Defense Minister

Kabiné Komara (1950- ) Prime Minister

Sékouba Konaté (1966- ) Acting President

Lansana Kouyaté (1950- ) Prime Minister

Camara Laye (1928-1980) Ambassador to Ghana

Achkar Marof (1930-1971) Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Jeanne Martin Cissé (1926-2017)

Cardinal Robert Sarah (1945- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Conakry

Lamine Sidimé (1944- ) Prime Minister

Aboubacar Somparé (1944-2017) President of the National Assembly

Ahmed Tidiane Souaré (1951- ) Prime Minister

Diallo Telli (1925-1977) Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity

Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984) President

Sidya Touré (1945- ) Prime Minister

Diarra Traoré (1935-1985) Prime Minister

Mamady Youla (1961- ) Prime Minister

Guinea-Bissau

Júlio de Almeida (1926-?)

Rafael Barbosa (1924-2007)

Rui Duarte de Barros (1960- ) Transitional Prime Minister

Benjamin Pinto Bull (1916-2005)

Martinho Ndafa Cabi (1957- ) Prime Minister

Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973) anticolonial revolutionary

Luís Cabral (1931-2009) Chairman of the Council of State

Vasco Cabral (1926-2005)

Carlos Correia (1933-2021) Prime Minister

Paulo Correia (1942-1986) First Deputy Chairman of the Council of State

Manuel Saturnino da Costa (1942- ) Prime Minister

Baciro Djá (1973- ) Prime Minister

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (1972- ) Prime Minister / President

Francisco Fadul (1953- ) Prime Minister

Domingos Fernandes (?-2013)

Fernando Fortes (1929-?)

Aristides Gomes (1954- ) Prime Minister

Carlos Gomes Júnior (1949- ) Prime Minister

Paulo Gomes (?- )

Kumba Ialá (1953-2014) President

Faustino Imbali (1956- ) Prime Minister

Henri Labéry (?-?)

Ansumane Mané (1940?-2000) Commander of the Military Junta

Victor Saúde Maria (1939-1999) Prime Minister

Francisco "Chico Té" Mendes (1939-1978) Prime Minister

François Kankoila Mendy (1925-2012)

Nuno Gomes Nabiam (1966- ) Prime Minister

Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (1958-2020) Transitional President

Alamara Nhassé (1957- ) Prime Minister

Caetano N'Tchama (1955- ) Prime Minister

Carmen Pereira (1937-2016) President of the National People's Assembly

Domingos Simões Pereira (1963- ) Prime Minister

Raimundo Pereira (1956- ) Interim President

Mário Pires (1949?- ) Prime Minister

Henrique Rosa (1946-2013) Interim President

Artur Sanhá (1965?- ) Prime Minister

Malam Bacai Sanhá (1947-2012) President

Veríssimo Correia Seabra (1947-2004) Interim President

Artur Silva (1956?- ) Prime Minister

Constantino Teixeira (?-1988) Prime Minister

Elisée Turpin (1930-?)

José Mário Vaz (1957- ) President

João Bernardo Vieira (1939-2009) Prime Minister / President

Liberia

Benjamin Anderson (1835-1910) explorer

Jehudi Ashmun (1794-1828) Colonial Agent

Arthur Barclay (1854-1938) President

Edwin J. Barclay (1882-1955) President

Stephen A. Benson (1816-1865) President

Moses Blah (1947-2013) President

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) Secretary of State

Joseph Boakai (1944- ) Vice President

Angie Brooks-Randolph (1916-2007)

Charles Brumskine (1951-2019)

Gyude Bryant (1949-2014) Chairman of the National Transitional Government

Lott Carey (1780?-1828)

Joseph J. Cheeseman (1843-1896) President

William D. Coleman (1842-1908) President

Sekou Conneh (1960- )

Charles Cecil Dennis (1931-1980) Foreign Minister

Jackson Doe (1934-1990)

Samuel K. Doe (1951-1990) President

Enoch Dogolea (1951?-2000) Vice President

H. Boima Fahnbulleh (1949- ) Foreign Minister

Anthony W. Gardner (1820-1885) President

Garretson W. Gibson (1832-1910) President

James Edward Greene (1915?-1977) Vice President

Joseph Rudolph Grimes (1923-2007) Secretary of State

Richard Abrom Henries (1908-1980)

Daniel E. Howard (1861-1935) President

Elijah Johnson (1787-1849)

Hilary R.W. Johnson (1837-1901) President

Prince Johnson (1952- ) warlord

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (1938- ) President / 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

Edward Kesselly (1937-1993)

Charles D.B. King (1871-1961) President

Gabriel Kpolleh (?-?)

Gabriel Bacchus Matthews (1948-2007) Foreign Minister

James S. Payne (1819-1882) President

Ruth Perry (1939-2017) Chairman of the Council of State

Thomas Quiwonkpa (1955-1985)

Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876) President

Edward J. Roye (1815-1872) President

Alfred F. Russell (1817-1884) President

John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) Governor of Maryland

Amos Sawyer (1945- ) President of the Interim Government of National Unity

James S. Smith (1825-?) President

Charles Taylor (1948- ) President

Jewel Taylor (1963- ) Vice President

Togba-Nah Tipoteh (1941- )

Frank E. Tolbert (1910-1980) President pro tempore of the Senate

William R. Tolbert, Jr. (1913-1980) President

William V.S. Tubman (1895-1971) President

Winston Tubman (1941- ) Justice Minister

Didwho Twe (1879-1961)

Daniel B. Warner (1815-1880) President

George Weah (1966- ) President

Mali

Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani (1942- ) Prime Minister

Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901?-1991) Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire

Boubou Cissé (1974- ) Prime Minister

Soumaïla Cissé (1949-2020) Finance Minister

Diango Cissoko (1948- ) Interim Prime Minister

Mamadou Dembélé (1936-2016) Prime Minister

Yoro Diakité (1932-1973) Prime Minister

Cheick Modibo Diarra (1952- ) Interim Prime Minister

Hamadoun Dicko (1924-1964)

Assimi Goïta (1983?- ) Transitional President

Mamadou El Béchir Gologo (1924-2009)

Aoua Kéita (1912-1980)

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (1945- ) Prime Minister / President

Modibo Keita (1915-1977) Prime Minister / President

Modibo Keita (1942-2021) Prime Minister

Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946- ) President

Mamadou Konaté (1897-1956)

Tiéoulé Konaté (1933-1995)

Jean-Marie Koné (1913-1988) President of the Government Council

Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928-2018)

Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté (1902-1944)

Oumar Tatam Ly (1963- ) Prime Minister

Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga (1958- ) Prime Minister

Ousmane Issoufi Maïga (1946- ) Prime Minister

Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (1954- ) Prime Minister

Moussa Mara (1975- ) Prime Minister

Bah N'Daw (1950- ) Transitional President

Moctar Ouane (1955- ) Interim Prime Minister

Soumana Sacko (1950- ) Interim Prime Minister

Amadou Haya Sanogo (1972?- ) Chairman of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State

Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé (1948-2021) Prime Minister

Mandé Sidibé (1940-2009) Prime Minister

Modibo Sidibé (1952- ) Prime Minister

Fily Dabo Sissoko (1900-1964)

Abdoulaye Sékou Sow (1931-2013) Prime Minister

Mountaga Tall (1956- )

Amadou Toumani Touré (1948-2020) President

Dioncounda Traoré (1942- ) Interim President

Moussa Traoré (1936-2020) President

Younoussi Touré (1941- ) Prime Minister

Mauritania

Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938-2020) President

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956- ) President

Biram Dah Abeid (1965- )

Horma Ould Babana (1912-1980)

Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (1962- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963- ) Prime Minister

Sid'Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947-2017) Prime Minister

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957- ) Prime Minister

Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934-1979) Prime Minister

Messaoud Ould Boulkheir (1943?- ) President of the National Assembly

Ahmed Ould Daddah (1942- ) Finance Minister

Moktar Ould Daddah (1924-2003) Prime Minister / President

Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani (1956- ) President

Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (1960- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (1959- ) Prime Minister

Yahya Ould Hademine (1953- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940- ) Prime Minister / Head of State

Aïssata Kane (1938-2019)

Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1956- ) Prime Minister

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957- ) Prime Minister

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943-2019) Head of State

Sheikh Ma al-Aynayn (1840-1910) anticolonial rebel

Sghair Ould M'Bareck (1954- ) Prime Minister

Sidi El Moktar N'Diaye (1916-1997) President of the National Assembly

Mustafa Ould Salek (1936-2012) Head of State

Ahmed Salem Ould Sidi (1939-1981) Acting Prime Minister

Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya (1961- ) Prime Minister

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941- ) Prime Minister / President

Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953-2017) Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Development

Zeine Ould Zeidane (1966- ) Prime Minister

Niger

Souley Abdoulaye (1965- ) Prime Minister

Boukary Adji (1939-2018) Prime Minister

Hamid Algabid (1941- ) Prime Minister

Hama Amadou (1950- ) Prime Minister

Djibo Bakary (1922-1998) President of the Government Council

Mohamed Bazoum (1960- ) Foreign Minister / President

Amadou Cheiffou (1942- ) Prime Minister

Amadou Cissé (1948- ) Prime Minister

Barcourgné Courmo (1916-1993) Foreign Minister

Mahamadou Danda (1951- ) Prime Minister

Hamani Diori (1916-1989) Prime Minister / President

Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye (1939-2009) Foreign Minister

Salou Djibo (1965- ) Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy

Ali Badjo Gamatié (1957- ) Prime Minister

Boubou Hama (1906-1982) President of the National Assembly

Mahamadou Issoufou (1952- ) Prime Minister / President

Kaocen (c.1880-1919)

Seyni Kountché (1931-1987) Chairman of the Supreme Military Council

Aliou Mahamidou (1936-1996) Prime Minister

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949-1999) President

Abdoulaye Mamani (1932-1993)

Ibrahim Assane Mayaki (1951- ) Prime Minister

Ide Oumarou (1937-2002) Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity

Mamane Oumarou (1945- ) Prime Minister

Seyni Oumarou (1950- ) Prime Minister

Mahamane Ousmane (1950- ) President

Brigi Rafini (1953- ) Prime Minister

Ali Saibou (1940-2011) President

Mamadou Tandja (1938-2020) President

Daouda Malam Wanké (1954-2004) Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council

Nigeria

Sani Abacha (1943-1998) Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council

Sir Kofo Abayomi (1896-1979)

Oyinkan, Lady Abayomi (1897-1990)

Kudirat Abiola (1951-1996)

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (1937-1998) presidential candidate

Abubakar III (1903-1988) Sultan of Sokoto

Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942- ) Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council

Atiku Abubakar (1946- ) Vice President

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

Dauda Soroye Adegbenro (1909-1975) Premier of Western Region

Adegoke Adelabu (1915-1958)

Adeniji Adele II (1893-1964) Oba of Lagos

Sir Adetokunbo Ademola (1906-1993) Chief Justice

Ladapo Samuel Ademola II (1872-1962) Alake of Abeokuta

Crispin Adeniyi-Jones (1876-1957)

Adesoji Aderemi I (1889-1980) Ooni of Ife

Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye (1929-2012) Anglican Primate of Nigeria

Adeoye Adisa (1920-2015)

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924-1966) Head of the National Military Government

Sir Kitoye Ajasa (1866-1937)

Claude Ake (1939-1996)

Akenzua II (1899-1978) Oba of Edo

Peter Akinola (1944- ) Anglican Primate of Nigeria

Samuel Akintola (1910-1966) Premier of Western Region

Sir Isaac Babalola Akinyele (1882-1964) Olubadan of Ibadan

Sir Adeyemo Alakija (1884-1952)

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (1952-2015) Governor of Bayelsa State

Ambrose Alli (1929-1989) Governor of Bendel State

Lawrence Anionwu (1921-1980)

Emeka Anyaoku (1933- ) Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

Frederick Uzoma Anyiam (1914-?)

John Anyogu (1898-1967) Roman Catholic Bishop of Enugu

Okoi Arikpo (1916-1995) Foreign Minister

Cardinal Francis Arinze (1932- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha

Abdul Aziz Atta (1920-1972)

Muhammadu Attahiru I (18…-1903) Sultan of Sokoto

Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) Premier of Western Region

Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904-1996) Governor-General / President

Ibrahim Babangida (1941- ) Chairman of the Armed Forces Ruling Council

Audu Bako (1924-1980) Governor of Kano State

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966) Prime Minister

Abdullahi Bayero (1883-1953) Sarki of Kano

Sir Ahmadu Bello (1909-1966) Premier of Northern Region

Muhammadu Bello (1781-1837) Sultan of Sokoto

T.O.S. Benson (1917-2008)

Saburi Biobaku (1918-2001)

Isaac Adaka Boro (1938-1968)

Wenike Opurum Briggs (1918-1987)

Muhammadu Buhari (1942- ) President

Henry Rawlingson Carr (1863-1945)

Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c.1806-1891)

H.O. Davies (1905-1989)

Muhammad Dikko (1865-1944) Sarki of Katsina

R.A.B. Dikko (1912-1977)

Umaru Dikko (1936-2014) Minister of Transport

Zanna Bukar Dipcharima (1917-1969)

Oladipo Diya (1944- ) Governor of Ogun State

Philip Effiong (1924-2003) Acting President of the Republic of Biafra

Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991) Chief Justice

Anthony Enahoro (1923-2010)

Eyo Esua (1901-1973)

Sir Joseph Odeleye Fadahunsi (1901-1986) Governor of Western Region

Adekunle Fajuyi (1926-1966) Governor of Western Region

Olu Falae (1938- ) Finance Minister

Gani Fawehinmi (1938-2009)

Ibrahim Gambari (1944- ) Foreign Minister

Joseph Nanven Garba (1943-2002) Foreign Minister

Yusuf Gobir (1934-1975)

Joseph Gomwalk (1935-1976) Governor of Benue-Plateau State

Yakubu Gowon (1934- ) Head of the Federal Military Government

Nabo Graham-Douglas (1926-1983)

Eyo Honesty II (?-1858) Edidem of Obioko

Adolphus Williamson Howells (1866-1938) Anglican Bishop on the Niger

Dan Onuorah Ibekwe (1919-1978)

Akanu Ibiam (1906-1995) Governor of Eastern Region

Sir Kashim Ibrahim (1910-1990) Governor of Northern Region

Waziri Ibrahim (1926-1992)

Tunde Idiagbon (1943-1999) Governor of Borno State

Bola Ige (1930-2001) Governor of Oyo State

Alvan Ikoku (1900-1971)

Ernest Ikoli (1893-1960)

Eyo Ita (1902-1972)

Douglas Jaja (1915-1980) Amanyanabo of Opobo

James Johnson (c.1838-1917)

Goodluck Jonathan (1957- ) President

Jubo Jubogha (1821-1891) Amanyanabo of Opobo

Shehu Kangiwa (1939-1981) Governor of Sokoto State

Mallam Aminu Kano (1920-1983) Health Commissioner

Nnamdi Kanu (1967- )

Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII (c.1853-1898) Amanyanabo of Ogbolomab'iri

Kosoko (?-1872) Oba of Lagos

Fela Kuti (1938-1997) musician

Rashidi Ladoja (1944- ) Governor of Oyo State

Herbert Macaulay (1864-1946) nationalist leader

Maitatsine (?-1980)

Aliyu Makama Bida (1907-1980)

Abdul Maliki (1914-1969)

Jereton Mariere (1906-1971) Governor of Midwest Region

K.O. Mbadiwe (1917-1990)

Sam Mbakwe (c.1922-2004) Governor of Imo State

Sir Louis Mbanefo (1911-1977)

Murtala Mohammed (1938-1976) Head of the Federal Military Government

Christopher Chukwuemeka Mojekwu (1919-1982)

Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa (1936-2020) Governor of Kaduna State

Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu (1937-1967) Army officer

Olusegun Obasanjo (1937- ) President

Mbonu Ojike (1914-1956) traditionalist politician

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933-2011) President of the Republic of Biafra

Henry Okah (1965- )

Pius Okigbo (1924-2000) Ambassador to the European Economic Community

Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936- ) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lagos

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954- ) Director-General of the World Trade Organization

Festus Okotie-Eboh (1912-1966) Finance Minister

Michael Okpara (1920-1984) Premier of Eastern Region

Nana Eriomala Olomu (c.1852-1916) Governor of the River

Gamaliel Onosode (1933-2015)

Dennis Osadebay (1911-1994) Premier of Midwest Region

Yemi Osinbajo (1957- ) Vice President

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978) women's rights activist

Muhammadu Ribadu (1910-1965) Defence Minister

Nuhu Ribadu (1960- )

Namadi Sambo (1954- ) Vice President

Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995) environmental activist / 1994 Right Livelihood Award

Shehu Shagari (1925-2018) President

Ernest Shonekan (1936-2022) Chairman of the Transitional Council

Wole Soyinka (1934- ) playwright / 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature

Bashir Tofa (1947- )

Mamman Vatsa (1940-1986) Minister for the Federal Capital Territory

Jaja Anucha Wachuku (1918-1996) Foreign Minister

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua (1943-1997) Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951-2010) President

Sabo Bakin Zuwo (1934-1989) Governor of Kano State

Senegal

Gabriel d'Arboussier (1908-1976)

Maba Diakhou Bâ (c.1809-1867) Almaami of Saloum

Amadou Bamba (1850-1927) Islamic leader

Mame Madior Boye (1940- ) Prime Minister

Seydou Cissokho (1929-1986)

Jean Collin (1924-1993) Interior Minister

Amadou Cissé Dia (1915-2002) President of the National Assembly

Mamadou Dia (1910-2009) Prime Minister

Blaise Diagne (1872-1934)

Lamine Diakhaté (1928-1987) Information Minister

Ousmane Tanor Dieng (1947-2019) presidential candidate

Mohamed Dionne (1959- ) Prime Minister

Alioune Diop (1910-1980)

Birago Diop (1906-1989) Ambassador to Tunisia

Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986)

Majhemout Diop (1922-2007)

Ousmane Socé Diop (1911-1973) Ambassador to the United Nations

Abdou Diouf (1935- ) Prime Minister / President

Galandou Diouf (1875-1941)

Lamine Guèye (1891-1968)

Djibo Kâ (1948-2017) Foreign Minister

Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928- )

Lat Dior (c.1842-1886) Damel of Cayor

Mamadou Lamine Loum (1952- ) Prime Minister

Abdoulaye Ly (1919-2013) Health Minister

Abdoul Ahad Mbacké (?-1989)

Abdoul Mbaye (1953- ) Prime Minister

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921- ) Director-General of UNESCO

Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958- ) Prime Minister

Valdiodio N'diaye (1923-1984) Defense Minister

Youssou N'Dour (1959- )

Mame Bassine Niang (1951-2013) High Commissioner for Human Rights

Moustapha Niasse (1939- ) Prime Minister

Macky Sall (1961- ) Prime Minister / President

Assane Seck (1919-2012) Foreign Minister

Awa Marie Coll Seck (1951- ) Health Minister

Idrissa Seck (1959- ) Prime Minister

Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) President

Ousmane Sonko (1974- ) presidential candidate

Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951- ) Prime Minister

Doudou Thiam (1926-1999) Foreign Minister

Habib Thiam (1933-2017) Prime Minister

Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum (1921-2004) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dakar

Aminata Touré (1962- ) Prime Minister

Abdoulaye Wade (1926- ) President

Karim Wade (1968- )

Sierra Leone

John Amadu Bangura (1930-1971)

Thaimu Bangura (?-1999?) Finance Minister

Herbert Bankole-Bright (1883-1958)

John Benjamin (1952- ) Chairman of the Council of State Secretaries

Solomon Berewa (1938-2020) Vice President

Julius Maada Bio (1964- ) President

Sam Bockarie (1964-2003)

Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston (1898-1969) Governor-General

Luseni A.M. Brewah (1924-1978) Foreign Minister

Bai Bureh (1840-1908)

Christopher Okoro Cole (1921-af.1990) President

Patrick Conteh (?-?) Chairman of the National Interim Council

Constance Cummings-John (1918-2000) Mayor of Freetown

John Ezzidio (?-1872)

William Henry Fitzjohn (1915-1990?)

David J. Francis (1965- ) Chief Minister

Ambrose Patrick Genda (1927-2001) Chairman of the National Reformation Council

Akim A. Gibril (1946- ) Chairman of the Council of State Secretaries

Ella Koblo Gulama (1921-2006)

Africanus Horton (1835-1883)

Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith (1933-1996) Chairman of the National Reformation Council

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932-2014) President

Samura Kamara (1963- ) Foreign Minister

Christian A. Kamara-Taylor (1917-1985) Prime Minister

Yayah Kanu (?-1992) Chairman of the National Provisional Defence Council

John Karefa-Smart (1915-2010) Foreign Minister

Ernest Bai Koroma (1953- ) President

Johnny Paul Koroma (1960-2003) Head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council

Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (1930-1994) Prime Minister

David Lansana (1922-1975) Army Chief of Staff

Sir Samuel Lewis (1843-1903)

Sir Emile Fashole Luke (1895-1980)

Sir Albert Margai (1910-1980) Prime Minister

Charles Margai (1945- ) Interior Minister

Sir Milton Margai (1895-1964) Prime Minister

Francis Minah (1929-1989) First Vice President

Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937-2003) President

Solomon Anthony James Musa (?-1998)

Davidson Nicol (1924-1994) Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Sam Hinga Norman (1940-2007) Interior Minister

Jacob Jusu Saffa (?- ) Chief Minister

Foday Sankoh (1937-2003) rebel leader

Issa Sesay (1970- )

Siaka Stevens (1905-1988) Prime Minister / President

Valentine Strasser (1966- ) Head of State

Sir Banja Tejan-Sie (1917-2000) Governor-General

I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson (1894-1965)

Togo

Eugène Koffi Adoboli (1934?- ) Prime Minister

Yawovi Agboyibo (1943-2020) Prime Minister

Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu (1958- ) Prime Minister

Martin Aku (1913-1970)

Emmanuel Akitani Bob (1930-2011) presidential candidate

Emmanuel Bodjollé (1928- ) Chairman of the Insurrection Committee

Félix Couchoro (1900-1968)

Kléber Dadjo (1914-1979) Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee

Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (1959- ) Prime Minister

Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1937?-2005) President

Jean-Pierre Fabre (1952- ) presidential candidate

Faure Gnassingbé (1966- ) President

Nicolas Grunitzky (1913-1969) Prime Minister / President

Gilbert Houngbo (1961- ) Prime Minister

Komi Selom Klassou (1960- ) Prime Minister

Kwassi Klutse (1945- ) Prime Minister

Agbéyomé Kodjo (1954- ) Prime Minister

Edem Kodjo (1938-2020) Prime Minister

Joseph Kokou Koffigoh (1948- ) Prime Minister

Komlan Mally (1960- ) Prime Minister

Théophile Mally (1913-1973) Interior Minister

Antoine Meatchi (1925-1984) Vice President

Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba (1945-2010) President of the National Assembly

Gilchrist Olympio (1936- ) presidential candidate

Pedro Olympio (1898-1969)

Sylvanus Olympio (1902-1963) Prime Minister / President

Koffi Sama (1944- ) Prime Minister