A detailed list of African presidents’ names, countries, and years in government. Africa is a vast continent housing 54 countries in total, and each state is overseen by a president to control the affairs of the nation and to enable peace reign in each society. According to the saying “where there is no law, there is no sin” actually is true, which is the reason why each country in Africa or each African country has a president to oversee the country’s affairs. In our today’s article will be enlisted the list of African presidents as it has come to our notice that people are eager to know the president in charge of a particular African country, which is why we have decided to bring the African presidents list to you at your convenience.

List Of African Presidents Names And Years In Government

No. President Name Country Starting Year
1. Abdelmadjid Tebboune Algeria 2019–present
2. João Lourenço Angola 2017–present
3. Patrice Talon Benin 2018–present
4. Mokgweetsi Masisi Botswana 2018-present
5. Ibrahim Traore Burkina Faso 2022–present
6. Évariste Ndayishimiye Burundi 2020–present
7. Paul Biya Cameroon 1982–present
8. Jose Maria Neves Cape Verde 2021–present
9. Faustin-Archange Touadéra Central African Republic 2016–present
10. Mahamat Idriss Déby Chad 2021–present
11. Azali Assoumani Comoros 2016–present
12. Denis Sassou Nguesso Republic of the Congo Brazaville 1997–present
13. Félix Tshisekedi Democratic Republic of the Congo 2019-present
14. Félix Tshisekedi Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001–present
15. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Djibouti 1999–present
16. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Egypt 2014–present
17. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Equatorial Guinea 1979–present
18. Isaias Afwerki Eritrea 1991–present
19. Russell Dlamini {Monarch} Eswatini (Swaziland) 2023–present
20. Sahle-Work Zewde Ethiopia 2018–present
21. Brice Oligui Gabon 2023-present
22. Adama Barrow The Gambia 2017–present
23. Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana 2017–present
24. Mamady Doumbouya Guinea 2021–present
25. Umaro Sissoco Embalo Guinea-Bissau 2020–present
26. Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast 2010–present
27. William Ruto Kenya 2022–present
28. Sam Matekane Lesotho 2022–present
29. Joseph Boakai Liberia 2024–present
30. Osama Hammad Libya co-claimant, 2023–present
31. Andry Rajoelina Madagascar 2019–present
32. Lazarus Chakwera Malawi 2020–present
33. Assimi Goita Mali 2021–present
34. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Mauritania 2019–present
35. Prithvirajsing Roopun Mauritius 2019–present
36. Aziz Akhannouch Morocco 2021–present
37. Filipe Nyusi Mozambique 2015–present
38. Hage Geingob Namibia 2015–present
39. Mohamed Bazoum Niger 2023–present
40. Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigeria 2023–present
41. Said Abdullahi Deni Puntland 2019–present
42. Paul Kagame Rwanda 2000–present
43. Nigel Phillips – Governor Saint Helena – UK 2022–present
44. Carlos Vila Nova São Tomé and Príncipe 2021–present
45. Macky Sall Senegal 2012–present
46. Wavel Ramkalawan Seychelles 2020–present
47. Julius Maada Bio Sierra Leone 2018–present
48. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somalia 2022–present
49. Muse Bihi Abdi Somaliland – Unrecognised 2017–present
50. Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa 2018–present
51. Salva Kiir Mayardit South Sudan 2005–present
52. Omar al-Bashir Sudan 1989–present
53. Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania 2021–present
54. Faure Gnassingbé Togo 2005–present
55. Kais Saied Tunisia 2019–present
56. Yoweri Museveni Uganda 1986–present
57. Brahim Ghali Western Sahara- Partially recognized State 2016–present
58. Hakainde Hichilema Zambia 2021–present
59. Emmerson Mnangagwa Zimbabwe 2017–present

 

Here we are, this section will hold up the current list of African presidents names and the country they govern, more also, it will enlist the whole or entire list of an African head of states, head of governments, and other powerful rulers of a particular country, so take a deep breath and ride along as I unfold the list.

List Of African Presidents Names

  • Algeria

Coming up first is Algeria (a country in Africa) the following people rule this country;

Abdelmadjid Tebboune – The president of Algeria ordering from the year 2019 to date.

Nadir Larbaoui – The Algerian prime minister ruling from the year 2023 to date.

  • Angola

Right next we have Angola, Angola is governed by someone named

João Lourenço – João Lourenço is the current president of Angola ruling from the year 2017 till date.

  • Benin

The Republic of Benin has;

Patrice Talon – The current president of the Republic of Benin which has been in power from the year 2016 to date.

  • Botswana

Botswana is another African country overseen or governed by;

Mokgweetsi Masisi – the current president of Botswana from the year 2018 to date.

  • Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is ruled by;

Ibrahim Traore  – the president of Burkina Faso from the year 2022 to date. And

Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla – The Current Prime Minister of Burkina Faso for the year 2022 to date

  • Burundi

Burundi may seem strange, but is a country in Africa which is overseen by;

Évariste Ndayishimiye – The Burundi President from the year 2020 till date.

  • Cameroon

Cameroon is a well-known country in Africa that takes part in almost all the activities of Africa. This country is ruled by;

Paul Biya – The current president of Cameron who has been in power from the year 1982 till date. And

Joseph Ngute – the current year 2019 prime minister

  • Cape Verde

Cape Verde is another country in Africa controlled and overseen by

José Maria Neves – the president of Cape Verde from the year 2021 till date. And aided by;

Ulisses Correia e Silva – As the Prime Minister of the country from the year 2016 till date.

  • The central African Republic

The Central African Republic is controlled by;

Faustin-Archange Touadéra – As the president of the country from the year 2016 till date, this country like other country is also ruled by a prime minister who goes by the name;

Felix Moloua – from the year 2022 till date.

  • Chad

Chad is an African country which shares a border with Africa’s giant country “Nigeria,” this country is governed by;

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno– The President of Chad from the year 2022 till date, and also aided by;

  • Succes Masra – As the Prime Minister in power from the year 2024 till date.
  • Comoros

Comoros is overseen by;

Azali Assoumani – As the president of the country from the year 2016 to date.

  • Republic of the Congo

The Republic of Congo or Congo for short is a country in Africa that has well is active in the Affairs of the continent. The Republic of Congo is ruled by;

Denis Sassou Nguesso – As the president of the country from the year 1997 till date, and aided by;

Anatole Collinet Makosso – As the Prime Minister from the year 2021 to date.

  • Congo–Kinshasa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Here we have Congo being the Democratic Republic and is ruled by;

Félix Tshisekedi – As the president from the year 2001 till date, and also assisted by;

Sama Lukonde – As the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the year 2024 to date.

  • Djibouti

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh – President of the country from the year 1999 till date, with the help of;

Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed- the Prime Minister of the state from the year 2013 to date.

  • Egypt

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi – The President from the year 2014 till date.

Moustafa Madbouly – The Prime Minister from the year 2018 till date

  • Equatorial Guinea

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo – The president from the year 1979 till date

Manuela Roka Botey – The Prime Minister of the country from the year 2023 till date

  • Eritrea

Isaias Afwerki – Eritrea President from the year 1991 till date

  • Eswatini (Swaziland)

Mswati III – monarch and King of Eswatini from the year 1986 till date

Russell Mmemo Dlamini – The Prime Minister of the country from the year 2023 till date.

  • Ethiopia

Sahle-Work Zewde – The president of the country from the year 2018 till date

Abiy Ahmed – Ethiopia Prime Minister from the year 2018 till date

  • Gabon

Brice Oligui – Gabon president from the year 2023 till date

Raymond Ndong Sima – Gabon prime minister from 2023 till date

  • The Gambia

Adama Barrow- the Gambia President from the year 2017 till date

  • Ghana

Nana Akufo-Addo – Ghana’s President from the year 2017 till date.

  • Guinea

Mamady Doumbouya – Guinea’s President from 2021 till date

Bah Oury – Guinea’s Prime Minister from 2024 till date

  • Guinea-Bissau

Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló – Guinea-Bissau’s president from the year 2020 till date

Rui Duarte de Barros – Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister from 2023 till date

  • Ivory Coast

Alassane Ouattara – Ivory Coast’s president from 2010 till date

Robert Beugré Mambé – Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister from 2023 till date

  • Kenya

William Ruto – Kenya’s President from 2022 till date

  • Lesotho

Letsie III – the Monarch and King of Lesotho from 1996 till date

Sam Matekane – Lesotho’s Prime Minister from 2022 till date

  • Liberia

Joseph Boakai – Liberia’s President from 2024 till date

  • Libya

Mohamed al-Menfi – Libya’s Head of State from the year 2021 till date

Abdul Hamid Al-Dbeibeh – Libya’s Prime Minister from 2021 till date

  • Madagascar

Andry Rajoelina – Madagascar’s president for 2019

Christian Ntsay – Madagascar’s Prime Minister from 2018 till date

  • Malawi

Lazarus Chakwera– Malawi’s President from 2020 till date

  • Mali

Assimi Goita – Mali’s President from 2021

Choguel Kokalla Maiga – Mali’s Prime Minister from 2021 till date

  • Mauritania

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani – Mauritania’s President from 2019 till date

Mohamed Ould Bilal – Mauritania’s Prime Minister from the year 2020 till date

  • Mauritius

Prithvirajsing Roopun – The country’s president from the year 2019 till date

Pravind Jugnauth – Mauritius’s Prime Minister from 2017 till date

  • Morocco

Mohammed VI – Monarch and King of Morocco from the year 1999 till date

Aziz Akhannouch – Morocco’s Prime Minister from the year 2021 till date

  • Mozambique

Filipe Nyusi – The president of the country from the year 2015 till date

Adriano Maleiane  – Mozambique’s Prime Minister from 2022 till date

  • Namibia

Hage Geingob – Namibia’s President from 2015 till date

Saara Kuugongelwa – the Prime Minister of Namibia from the year 2015 till date

  • Niger

Mohamed Bazoum -The Niger President from 2021 till date

Ali Lamine Zeine   – Niger’s Prime Minister from 2023 till date

  • Nigeria

Bola Ahmed Tinubu – Nigeria’s President from 2023 till date

  • Puntland (self-declared autonomous state)

Puntland tends to be a self-declared independent state and has a ruler overseeing the affairs of the country, which are;

Said Abdullahi Deni – Current Puntland’s President for the year 2019

  • Rwanda

Paul Kagame – Rwanda’s president from the year 2000 till date

Édouard Ngirente – Rwanda’s Prime Minister from 2017 till date

  • São Tomé and Príncipe

Carlos Vila Nova – the Sao Tome and principle’s President from 2016 till date

Patrice Trovoada – The country’s prime minister from 2022 till date

  • Senegal

Macky Sall – Senegal’s President from the year 2012 till date

Mohammed Dionne – Senegal’s Prime Minister from 2014 till date

  • Seychelles

Wavel Ramkalawan – The current President of Seychelles from the year 2020 till date

  • Sierra Leone

Julius Maada Bio – The president of the country (Sierra Leone) from 2018 till date

David Moinina Sengeh – Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister from 2023 till date

  • Somalia

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – Somalia’s President from 2022 till date

Hamza Abdi Barre – Somalia’s Prime Minister from 2022 till date

  • Somaliland

This country is termed as an unrecognized secessionist state.

Muse Bihi Abdi – Somaliland’s President from 2017 till date

  • South Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa – South Africa’s President from the year 2018 till date

  • South Sudan

Salva Kiir Mayardit – South Sudan’s President from 2005 till date

  • Sudan

Omar al-Bashir – Sudan’s President from 1989 till date

Osama Hussein – Sudan’s Prime Minister from 2022 till date

  • Tanzania

Samia Suluhu Hassan– Tanzania’s President from 2015 till date

Kassim Majaliwa – Tanzania’s Prime Minister from 2015 till date

  • Togo

Faure Gnassingbé – Togo’s President from 2005 till date

Victoire Tomegah Dogbe – Togo’s Prime Minister from the year 2015 till date

  • Tunisia

Kais Saied – Tunisia’s President from 2019 till date

Ahmed Hachani – Tunisia’s Prime Minister from 2023 till date

  • Uganda

Yoweri Museveni Uganda’s president from 1986 till date

Robinah Nabbanja – Uganda’s Prime Minister from 2021 till date

  • Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a self-declared independent state which is partly recognized in Africa

Brahim Ghali – Western Sahara’s President from 2016 till date

Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun – Sahara’s Prime Minister from 2020 till date

  • Zambia

Hakainde Hichilema – Zambia’s President from 2021 till date

  • Zimbabwe

Emmerson Mnangagwa – Zimbabwe’s President from 2017 till date

There you have the list of African Presidents and the country they oversee, now let’s get to know Africa briefly.

Africa (The second Largest Continent)

Africa is known widely across the world majorly as the home of the black, although, Africa is not the only continent to black house people but is the major continent having its majority as black. Africa is a vast and large continent which is known to be the second largest continent in the world after Asia, more also, Africa is also the continent with the second largest population in the world, covering about 30, 300, 000 km2 which is equivalent to 11, 700, 000 square miles which take along adjacent islands as it comprises 16% of the total earth land and 6% of the entire Earth surface.

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Conclusion

We have discussed the list of African presidents and the country they rule, however, while listing out the presidents and their countries, it is discovered that not all African countries are governed by the president as there are some ruled by prime ministers and kings.