Africa
- Algeria
- Head of State - Houari Boumediène, President of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria (1965–1978)
- Botswana
- President - Sir Seretse Khama, President of Botswana (1966–1980)
- Burundi
- President - Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966–1976)
- Cameroon
- President - Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (1960–1992)
- Prime Ministers -
- East Cameroon - Simon Pierre Tchoungui, Prime Minister of East Cameroon (1965–1972)
- West Cameroon - Salomon Tandeng Muna, Prime Minister of West Cameroon (1968–1972)
- Central African Republic
- President - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic (1966–1979)
- Chad
- President - François Tombalbaye, President of Chad (1960–1975)
- Prime Minister - François Tombalbaye, Prime Minister of Chad (1959–1975)
- Congo–Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
- Head of State -
- Alfred Raoul, Acting Head of State of the Republic of the Congo (1968–1969)
- Marien Ngouabi, Head of State of the Republic of the Congo (1969–1977)
- Prime Minister - Alfred Raoul, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1968–1969)
- Head of State -
- Congo–Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- President - Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965–1994)
- Dahomey
- Head of State -
- Émile Derlin Zinsou, President of Dahomey (1968–1969)
- Maurice Kouandété, Chief-of-Staff of the Army of Dahomey (1969)
- Paul-Émile de Souza, Chairman of the Directory of Dahomey (1969–1970)
- Head of State -
- Equatorial Guinea
- President - Francisco Macías Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea (1968–1979)
- Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930–1974)
- Prime Minister - Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961–1974)
- Gabon
- President - Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon (1967–2009)
- The Gambia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of The Gambia (1965–1970)
- Governor-General - Sir Farimang Mamadi Singateh, Governor-General of The Gambia (1966–1970)
- Prime Minister - Sir Dawda Jawara, Prime Minister of The Gambia (1962–1970)
- Ghana
- Head of State -
- Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council of Ghana (1966–1969)
- Akwasi Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council of Ghana (1969–1970)
- Prime Minister - Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of Ghana (1969–1972)
- Head of State -
- Guinea
- President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958–1984)
- Ivory Coast
- President - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast (1960–1993)
- Kenya
- President - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964–1978)
- Lesotho
- Monarch - Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho (1960–1970)
- Prime Minister - Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho (1965–1986)
- Liberia
- President - William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944–1971)
- Libya
- the Libyan Arab Republic supersedes the Kingdom of Libya on 1 September 1969
- Monarch - Idris, King of Libya (1951–1969)
- De facto Head of State - Muammar Gaddafi, Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969–2011)
- Nominal Head of State - Muammar Gaddafi, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya (1969–1979)
- Prime Minister -
- Wanis al-Qaddafi, Prime Minister of Libya (1968–1969)
- Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi, Prime Minister of Libya (1969–1970)
- Malagasy Republic
- President - Philibert Tsiranana, President of Malagasy Republic (1959–1972)
- Malawi
- President - Hastings Banda, President of Malawi (1966–1994)
- Mali
- Head of State - Moussa Traoré, Chairman of the Military National Liberation Committee of Mali (1968–1991)
- Prime Minister - Yoro Diakité, Prime Minister of Mali (1968–1969)
- Mauritania
- President - Moktar Ould Daddah, President of Mauritania (1960–1978)
- Mauritius
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Mauritius (1968–1992)
- Governor-General - Sir Leonard Williams, Governor-General of Mauritius (1968–1972)
- Prime Minister - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius (1961–1982)
- Morocco
- Monarch - Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961–1999)
- Prime Minister -
- Mohamed Benhima, Prime Minister of Morocco (1967–1969)
- Ahmed Laraki, Prime Minister of Morocco (1969–1971)
- Niger
- President - Hamani Diori, President of Niger (1960–1974)
- Nigeria
- Head of State - Yakubu Gowon, Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria (1966–1975)
- Biafra (unrecognized secessionist state)
- President - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, President of Biafra (1967–1970)
- Rhodesia (unrecognized, de facto independent country)
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Rhodesia (unacknowledged by her) (1965–1970)
- Governor - Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1959–1969)
- Officer Administering the Government - Clifford Dupont, Officer Administering the Government of Rhodesia (1965–1975)
- Prime Minister - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965–1979)
- Rwanda
- President - Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961–1973)
- Senegal
- President - Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal (1960–1980)
- Sierra Leone
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Sierra Leone (1961–1971)
- Governor-General - Banja Tejan-Sie, Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1968–1971)
- Prime Minister - Siaka Stevens, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (1968–1971)
- Somalia
- Somali Republic superseded by the Somali Democratic Republic on 21 October 1969
- President -
- Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia (1967–1969)
- Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Interim President of Somalia (1969)
- Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969–1991)
- Prime Minister - Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Prime Minister of Somalia (1967–1969)
- South Africa
- President - Jacobus Johannes Fouché, State President of South Africa (1968–1975)
- Prime Minister - B. J. Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966–1978)
- Sudan
- Head of State -
- Ismail al-Azhari, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan (1965–1969)
- Gaafar Nimeiry, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Sudan (1969–1985)
- Prime Minister -
- Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, Prime minister of Sudan (1967–1969)
- Babiker Awadalla, Prime minister of Sudan (1969)
- Gaafar Nimeiry, Prime minister of Sudan (1969–1976)
- Head of State -
- Swaziland
- Monarch - Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (1921–1982)
- Prime Minister - Prince Makhosini Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland (1967–1976)
- Tanzania
- President - Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania (1962–1985)
- Togo
- President - Étienne Eyadéma, President of Togo (1967–2005)
- Tunisia
- President - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957–1987)
- Prime Minister - Bahi Ladgham, Prime Minister of Tunisia (1969–1970)
- Uganda
- President - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966–1971)
- United Arab Republic (Egypt)
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1954–1970)
- Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1967–1970)
- Upper Volta
- President - Sangoulé Lamizana, President of Upper Volta (1966–1980)
- Zambia
- President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964–1991)
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