| COUNTRY |
HEADS |
| ALGERIA |
- Abdelaziz Bouleflika (President since 27 April 1999)
- Ahmed Ouyahia (PM) 23 June 2008 -
- Abdelaziz Belkhadem PM 24/05/2006 - 23/06/2008
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| ANGOLA |
- Jose E. DOS SANTOS President since 10 Sept; 1979
- Antonio Paulo KASSOMA PM since 30 Sept; 2008
- Fanando da Piedade Dias dos Santos(PM 2002/12/06 - 2008/09/30)
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| BENIN REPUBLIC |
Yayi Boni. (President and head of government) |
| BOTSWANA |
- Seretse Khama Ian Khama (President since 1st April 2008)
- Mompati MERAFHE (V.P.)
- Festus G. Mogae (1 April 1998 to 1 April 2008)
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| BURKINA FASO |
Blaise Compaore (President),
Paramanga Ernest Yonli (Prime Minister) |
| BURUNDI |
Pierre Nkurunziza (President) |
| CAMEROON |
Paul Biya (President),
Ephraim Inoni (Prime Minister) |
| CAPE VERDE |
Pedro Verona PIRES(President)
Jose Maria Periera NEVES(Prime Minister) |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
Francois BOZIZE (President)
Elie DOTE (Prime Minister) |
| CHAD |
Lt Gen. Idriss DEBY (President)
Pascal YOADIMNADJI (Prime Minister) |
| COMOROS |
Ahmed Abdallah SAMBI (President) |
| CONGO, REPUBLIC of |
Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO (President) |
| CONGO, D.R. of |
Joseph Kabila (President)
Antoine Gizenga(Prime Minister and Head of government) |
| COTE D'IVOIRE |
- Alassane Outtara President from 4 Dec. 2010
- Guillaume Soro 4/4/2007, 11/4/2011 - Prime Minister(resigned from Gbagbo and immediately re-appointed by Outtara 11/4/2011)
- Laurent Gbagbo - President 26/10/2000 - 11/4/2011
- Gilbert Aké - Prime Minister 6/12/2010 - 11/4/2011
- Charles Konan Banny - Prime Minister 7/12/2005 - 4/4/2007
- Seydou Diarra - Prime Minister 10/2/2003 - 7/12/2005
- Pascal Affi N᾿Guessan - Prime Minister 27/10/2000 - 25/1/2003
- Robert Guéi - President 24/12/1999 - 26/10/2000
- Seydou Diarra - Prime Minister 18/5/2000 - 27/10/2000
- Henry Konan Bédié - President 7/12/1993 - 24/12/1999
- Daniel Kablan Duncan - Prime Minister 11/12/1993 - 24/12/1999
- Félix Houphouet-Boigny - President 3/11/1960 - 7/12/1993
- Alassane Outtara - Prime Minister 7/12/1990 - 11/12/1993
4 December 2010 to 11 April 2011 was a period of double Presidency as a result of election dispute. Gbagbo refused to accept defeat in the Nov. election and is officially sworn-in. Outtara swears-in himself and is recognised by the UN and the international community. On 11 April 2011, Outtara forces backed by the UN and French forces in a gun battle arrested Gbagbo ending the season of double presidency. Outtara was officially sworn-in 6 May 2011.
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| DJIBOUTI |
Ismail Omar GUELLEH(President),
Mohamed Dileita DILEITA(Prime Minister) |
| EGYPT |
- Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Acting President from 11 February 2011 -
(Chairman, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and defacto leader following President Mubarak’s resignation)
- Kamal Ganzouri (PM 7 December 2011 - )
- Omar Suleiman (V.P.31/01/2011 to 11/02/2011)
- Hosni Mubarak 14/10/1981 - 11/2/2011
(resigned in response to mass protest by the people of Egypt)
- Sufi Abu Taleb - President(Acting) 06/10/1981 to 14/10/1981
- Anwar El Saddat - President(assassinated) 15/10/1970 - 06/10/1981
- Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein - President 23/06/1956 to 28/09/1970
- Muhammad Naguib President 18/06/1953 to 14/11/1954
- Essam Sharaf PM 07/03/2011 - 07/12/2011
- Ahmed Shafiq - PM 31/1/2011 to 7/3/2011
- Ahmed Nazif - PM 14/7/2004 to 31/1/2011
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| EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
Brig. Gen.(rtd) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (President),
Ricardo Mangue Obama NFUBEA (Prime Minister) |
| ERITREA |
ISAIAS Afworki |
| ETHIOPIA |
- Girma Wolde-Giorgis President since 8 Oct. 2001 -
- Meles Zenawi Prime minister from 23 Aug. 1995 -
- Negasso Gidada, President 22/08/1995 - 08/10/2001
- Meles Zenawi, President 28/05/1991 - 22/08/1995
- Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, President 21/05/1991 - 28/05/1991 (acting)
- Mengistu Haile Mariam, President 03/02/1977 - 21/05/1991
- Tafari Benti, President 28/11/1974 - 03/02/1977 (assassinated)
- Mengistu Haile Mariam, President 17/11/1974 - 28/11/1974
- Aman Mikael Andom, President 12/09/1974 - 17/11/1974 (assassinated>
- Emperor Haile SELASSIE 02/11/1930 -12/09/1974
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| GABON |
- Ali Bongo Ondimba - President from 16 October 2009
- Paul Biyonghé MBA - Prime Minister from 15 July 2009
- Rose Francine Rogombe
(Interim President 8 Jun; 2009 to 16 October 2009 on the death of El Hadj Omar Bongo)
- El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba
(President: 2 Dec. 1967 to 8 Jun; 2009) - Jean Eyeghe NDONG(Prime Minister)
- Léon M’BA - (President 17/08/1960 - 28/11/1967)
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| THE GAMBIA |
Yahya A.J.J. JAMMEH (President and Head of government) |
| GHANA |
John Evans Atta-Mills (President and Head of government, from 7 Jan. 2009)
John Agyekum Kufuor (7/01/2001 to 7/01/2009) |
| GUINEA |
- Alpha Condé - President 21 Dec. 2010 -
- Mohamed Said Fofana 24 Dec. 2010 - (PM)
- Sékouba Konaté - Acting President 3/12/2009 - 21/12/2010
- Capt. Moussa Camara - President 24/12/2008 - 3/12/2009
(Hospitalized due to injury sustained from an assassination attempt in December 2009.)
- Jean Marie Doré - P.M. 26/1/2010 - 21/12/2010
- Aboubacar Samporé - President 22/12/2008 - 24/12/2008
- Kabiné Komara (P.M. 30/12/2008 - 21/1/2010
- Lansana CONTE - President 3/4/1984 - 22/12/2008
- Ahmed Tidiane SOUARE - P.M May to Dec. 2008
- Lansana Kouyate - P.M. from 2007 to 2008
- Louis Lansana Beavogui - President 26/3/1984 - 3/4/1984
- Ahmed Sékou Touré - President 2/10/1958 - 26/3/1984
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| GUINEA BISSAU |
- Malam Bacai Sanha (President from 8 Sept. 2009)
- Carlos Gomes (Prime Minister from 2 Jan. 2009 --)
- Raimundo Pereira (Interim President 3 March 2009 - 8 Sept. 2009)
- Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIERA (President 1980-1999, 2005 - 2009 killed by soldiers on 2 March 2009 in retaliation to a bomb blast that killed the country's military chief, Gen. Batista Tagme Na Waie)
- Aristides GOMES (Prime Minister 2005 - 2007)
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| KENYA |
Mwai Kibaki (President and Head of government)
Raila Odinga (Prime Minister in a power sharing government following violence in an election which many believes he won) |
| LESOTHO |
King Letsie 111, (King)
Pakalitha Mosisili(Prime Minister) |
| LIBERIA |
Ellen Sirleaf Johnson (President and Head of government) |
| LIBYA |
- Mustafa Abdul-Jalil - from 5 March 2011. (Chairman Transitional National Council TNC, serves as head of state)
- Abdurrahim el-Keib acting PM from 31 October 2011
- Ali Tarhouni - acting PM 23/10/2011 - 31/10/2011
- Mahmoud Jibril acting PM 05/03/2011 - 23/10/2011
- Col. Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi - President (01/09/1969 - 20/10/2011)
- King Idris - King (1951 - 01/09/1969
- al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi - PM 05/03/2006 - 2011)
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