List of African countries and their current presidents 2023
List of African countries and their current presidents 2023
No. |
Country |
Name |
Presidential term |
1. |
Algeria |
Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
2019 – present |
2. |
Angola |
João Lourenço |
2017 – present |
3. |
Benin |
Patrice Talon |
2016 – present |
4. |
Botswana |
Mokgweetsi Masisi |
2018 – present |
5. |
Burkina Faso |
Ibrahim Traore (Interim, Military Junta) |
2022 – present |
6. |
Burundi |
Évariste Ndayishimiye |
2020 – present |
7. |
Cameroon |
Paul Biya |
1982 – present |
8. |
Cape Verde |
José Maria Neves |
2021 – present |
9. |
Central African Republic |
Faustin-Archange Touadéra |
2016 – present |
10. |
Chad |
Mahamat Déby (Interim, Military Junta) |
2021 – present |
11. |
Comoros |
Azali Assoumani |
2016 – present |
12. |
Republic of the Congo |
Denis Sassou Nguesso |
1997 – resent |
13. |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Félix Tshisekedi |
2019 – present |
14. |
Djibouti |
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh |
1999 – present |
15. |
Egypt |
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
2014 – present |
16. |
Equatorial Guinea |
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
1979 – present |
17. |
Eritrea |
Isaias Afwerki |
1991 – present |
18. |
Eswatini |
Mswati III |
1986 – present |
19. |
Ethiopia |
Sahle-Work Zewde |
2018 – present |
20. |
Gabon |
Ali Bongo Ondimba |
2009 – present |
21. |
The Gambia |
Adama Barrow |
2017 – present |
22. |
Ghana |
Nana Akufo-Addo |
2017 – present |
23. |
Guinea |
Mamady Doumbouya (Interim, Military Junta) |
2010 – present |
24. |
Guinea-Bissau |
Umaro Sissoco Embaló |
2020 – present |
25. |
Ivory Coast |
Alassane Ouattara |
2010 – present |
26. |
Kenya |
William Ruto |
2022 – present |
27. |
Lesotho |
Letsie III |
1996 – present |
28. |
Liberia |
George Weah |
2018 – present |
29. |
Libya |
Mohamed al-Menfi |
2021 – present |
30. |
Madagascar |
Andry Rajoelina |
2019 – present |
31. |
Malawi |
Lazarus Chakwera |
2020 – present |
32. |
Mali |
Assimi Goïta (Interim, Military Junta) |
2021 – present |
33. |
Mauritania |
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
2020 – present |
34. |
Mauritius |
Prithvirajsing Roopun |
2019 – present |
35. |
Morocco |
Mohammed VI |
1999 – present |
36. |
Mozambique |
Filipe Nyusi |
2015 – present |
37. |
Namibia |
Hage Geingob |
2015 – present |
38. |
Niger |
Mohamed Bazoum |
2021 – present |
39. |
Nigeria |
Muhammadu Buhari |
2015 – present |
40. |
Rwanda |
Paul Kagame |
2000 – present |
41. |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
Carlos Vila Nova |
2021 – present |
42. |
Senegal |
Macky Sall |
2012 – present |
43. |
Seychelles |
Wavel Ramkalawan |
2020 – present |
44. |
Sierra Leone |
Julius Maada Bio |
2018 – present |
45. |
Somalia |
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
2022 – present |
46. |
South Africa |
Cyril Ramaphosa |
2018 – present |
47. |
South Sudan |
Salva Kiir Mayardit |
2005 – present |
48. |
Sudan |
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (Interim, Military Junta) |
2019 – present |
49. |
Tanzania |
Samia Suluhu Hassan |
2021 – present |
50. |
Togo |
Faure Gnassingbé |
2005 – present |
51. |
Tunisia |
Kais Saied |
2019 – present |
52. |
Uganda |
Yoweri Museveni |
1986 – present |
53. |
Zambia |
Hakainde Hichilema |
2021 – present |
54. |
Zimbabwe |
Emmerson Mnangagwa |
2017 – present |
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