This is a list of the last monarchs in Africa.
| Nation / territory | Monarch | Title | Birth | Ruled from | Rule Ceased | Reason | Death | Arms | |
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 Burundi
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Ntare V | King of Burundi | 2 December 1947 | 8 July 1966 | 28 November 1966 | Deposed | 29 April 1972 | 
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 Central Africa
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Bokassa I | Emperor of Central Africa | 22 February 1921 | 4 December 1976 | 20 September 1979 | Deposed | 3 November 1996 | .svg)
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 Dahomey
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Agoli-agbo | King of Dahomey | 1850 | 1894 | 1900 | French protectorate, annexation | 1940 | 
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 Egypt
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Fuad II | King of Egypt and the Sudan | 16 January 1952 | 26 July 1952 | 18 June 1953 | Deposed | Living | .svg)
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 Ethiopia
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Haile Selassie I | Emperor of Ethiopia | 23 July 1892 | 2 November 1930 | 12 September 1974 | Deposed | 27 August 1975 | .svg)
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 The Gambia
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Elizabeth II | Queen of the Gambia | 21 April 1926 | 18 February 1965 [a] |
24 April 1970 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | 
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 Ghana |
Queen of Ghana | 6 March 1957 [a] |
1 July 1960 | Republican constitution adopted | 
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 Kenya |
Queen of Kenya | 12 December 1963 [a] |
12 December 1964 | Republican constitution adopted | .svg)
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 Kongo
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Manuel III | King of Kongo | 1872 | 1911 | 1914 | Portuguese vassal, annexation | 1927 | 
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 Libya
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Idris I | King of Libya | 12 March 1889 | 24 December 1951 | 1 September 1969 | Deposed | 25 May 1983 | .svg)
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 Madagascar
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Ranavalona III | Queen of Madagascar | 22 November 1861 | 30 July 1883 | 28 February 1897 | Deposed | 23 May 1917 | 
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 Malawi
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Elizabeth II | Queen of Malawi | 21 April 1926 | 6 July 1964 [a] |
6 July 1966 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | 
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| Maoré | 
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Andriantsoly | Sultan of Maoré | 1836 | 25 March 1841 | French annexation | 1847 | ||
 Mauritius
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Elizabeth II | Queen of Mauritius | 21 April 1926 | 12 March 1968 [a] |
12 March 1992 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | 
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 Mwali
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Salima Machamba | Sultan of Mwali | 1 November 1874 | 1888 | 1909 | French annexation | 7 August 1964 | |
 Ngazidja
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Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore | Sultan of Ngazidja | 1855 | 1875 | 1912 | French annexation | 10 February 1916 | |
 Nigeria
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Elizabeth II | Queen of Nigeria | 21 April 1926 | 1 January 1960 [a] |
1 October 1963 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | .svg)
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 Rhodesia |
Queen of Rhodesia[b] | 11 November 1965 | 2 March 1970 | Republican constitution adopted | .svg)
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 Rwanda
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Kigeli V Ndahindurwa | Mwami of Rwanda | 29 June 1936 | 25 July 1959 | 28 January 1961 | Republican constitution adopted | 16 October 2016 | 
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 Sierra Leone
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Elizabeth II | Queen of Sierra Leone | 21 April 1926 | 27 April 1961 [a] |
19 April 1971 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | 
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 South Africa |
Queen of South Africa | 6 February 1952 | 31 May 1961 | Republican constitution adopted | .svg)
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 Tanganyika |
Queen of Tanganyika | 9 December 1961 [a] |
9 December 1962 | Constitutional amendment | .svg)
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 Tunisia
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Muhammad VIII al-Amin | King of Tunisia | 4 September 1881 | 15 May 1943 | 25 July 1957 | Deposed | 30 September 1962 | .svg)
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 Uganda
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Elizabeth II | Queen of Uganda | 21 April 1926 | 9 October 1962 [a] |
9 October 1963 | Constitutional amendment | 8 September 2022 | 
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 Zanzibar
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Jamshid bin Abdullah | Sultan of Zanzibar | 16 September 1929 | 1 July 1963 | 12 January 1964 | Deposed | Living | 
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Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Elizabeth II previously reigned over this country as Queen of the United Kingdom, from 6 February 1952 until the nation's independence and the creation of a separate crown.
- ^ Elizabeth II was proclaimed Queen of Rhodesia following Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, but this was not recognised by the queen herself.