African Politics & Government Leaders
Discover the most influential politics & government figures across Africa
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam†
First Prime Minister & Father of Nation
Seretse Khama†
First President & Founding Father
Seyni Kountché†
Ex-President of Niger
Shukri Ghanem†
Ex-Oil Minister & Prime Minister
Siad Barre†
Ex-President (1969-1991)
Siaka Probyn Stevens†
Ex-President
Siaka Stevens†
Ex-President (1971-1985)
Sir Albert Margai†
Second Prime Minister
Sir Milton Margai†
First Prime Minister
Steve Biko†
Black Consciousness Founder; EC; M
Sylvanus Olympio†
First President of Togo
Sékou Touré†
First President of Guinea
Teodora Inácia Gomes†
Women's Leader
Thomas Sankara†
Revolutionary President
Titina Silá†
Female Freedom Fighter
Viriato da Cruz†
Poet & Nationalist
Walter Sisulu†
EC; M; Mentor to Mandela
William R. Tolbert Jr.†
Nineteenth President
William Tolbert Jr.†
Ex-President (1971-1980)
William Tubman†
Ex-President (1944-1971)
William V. S. Tubman†
Eighteenth President
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela†
Activist & Symbol of Resistance; EC; F
Wolde Yohannes†
EPLF Leader
Woldeab Woldemariam†
Father of Eritrean Nationalism