List of State Leaders in 1969 - Africa

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 -
    1. Alfred Raoul, Acting Head of State of the Republic of the Congo (1968–1969)
    2. 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)
• 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 -
    1. Émile Derlin Zinsou, President of Dahomey (1968–1969)
    2. Maurice Kouandété, Chief-of-Staff of the Army of Dahomey (1969)
    3. Paul-Émile de Souza, Chairman of the Directory of Dahomey (1969–1970)
• 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 -
    1. Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council of Ghana (1966–1969)
    2. Akwasi Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council of Ghana (1969–1970)
  • Prime Minister - Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of Ghana (1969–1972)
• 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 -
    1. Wanis al-Qaddafi, Prime Minister of Libya (1968–1969)
    2. 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 -
    1. Mohamed Benhima, Prime Minister of Morocco (1967–1969)
    2. 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 -
    1. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia (1967–1969)
    2. Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Interim President of Somalia (1969)
    3. 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 -
    1. Ismail al-Azhari, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan (1965–1969)
    2. Gaafar Nimeiry, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Sudan (1969–1985)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, Prime minister of Sudan (1967–1969)
    2. Babiker Awadalla, Prime minister of Sudan (1969)
    3. Gaafar Nimeiry, Prime minister of Sudan (1969–1976)
• 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)