Elected Heads of State of Former British Commonwealth realms
Republic of Fiji OFC Finished Complete
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Republic of Fiji | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
Sitiveni Rabuka Head of the Military Government |
7 October 1987 | 5 December 1987 | Military | |||
1 | Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau | 5 December 1987 | 15 December 1993 (Died in Office) |
Independent | ||
2 | Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara | 16 December 1993 | 18 January 1994 | Independent | ||
18 January 1994 | 29 May 2000 (Deposed in a coup d'etat') | |||||
Frank Bainimarama Head of the Interim Military Government |
29 May 2000 | 13 July 2000 | Military | |||
3 | Ratu Josefa Iloilo | 13 July 2000 | 5 December 2006 (Deposed in a coup d'etat') |
Independent | ||
Frank Bainimarama Head of the Interim Military Government |
5 December 2006 | 4 January 2007 | Military | |||
(3) | Ratu Josefa Iloilo | 4 January 2007 (Power Restored) |
30 July 2009 (Resigned) |
Independent | ||
4 | Ratu Epeli Nailatikau | 30 July 2009 | 5 November 2009 | Independent | ||
5 November 2009 |
Republic of the Gambia CAF Finished Complete
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Republic of the Gambia | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | File:Sir dawda Jawara.jpg | Sir Dawda Jawara | 24 April 1970 | 22 July 1994 (Deposed in a coup d'etat) |
People's Progressive Party | |
Yahya Jammeh Chairman |
22 July 1994 | 28 September 1996 | AFPRC | |||
Yahya Jammeh Head of State and Chairman |
28 September 1996 | 18 October 1996 | ||||
2 | Yahya Jammeh | 18 October 1996 | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction |
Republic of Ghana CAF
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# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
Affiliations to Ghana
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Military | Mil |
Co-operative Republic of Guyana CONCACAF Finished Complete
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
Sir Edward Luckhoo | 23 February 1970 | 17 March 1970 | Independent | |||
1 | Arthur Chung | 17 March 1970 | 6 October 1980 | Independent | ||
2 | Forbes Burnham | 6 October 1980 | 6 August 1985 (Died in Office) |
People's National Congress | ||
3 | Desmond Hoyte | 6 August 1985 | 9 October 1992 | People's National Congress | ||
4 | Cheddi Jagan | 9 October 1992 | 6 March 1997 (Died in Office) |
People's Progressive Party | ||
5 | Sam Hinds | 6 March 1997 | 19 December 1997 | People's Progressive Party | ||
6 | Janet Jagan | 19 December 1997 | 11 August 1999 (Resigned) |
People's Progressive Party | ||
7 | Bharrat Jagdeo | 11 August 1999 | 3 December 2011 (Resigned) |
People's Progressive Party | ||
8 | Donald Ramotar | 3 December 2011 | People's Progressive Party |
Republic of India AFC
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Rajendra Prasad | File:Rajendra Prasad portrait.jpg | 26 January 1950 | 13 May 1962 | Indian National Congress | |
2 | Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 13 May 1962 | 13 May 1967 | Independent | ||
3 | Zakir Hussain | 13 May 1967 | 3 May 1969 (Died in Office) |
Independent | ||
Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 3 May 1969 | 20 July 1969 | Independent | |||
Sir Mohammad Hidayatullah | 20 July 1969 | 24 August 1969 | Independent | |||
4 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 24 August 1969 | 24 August 1974 | Independent | ||
5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 24 August 1974 | 11 February 1977 (Died in Office) |
Indian National Congress |
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Republic of Ireland UEFA Finished Completed
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Republic of Ireland | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
Presidential Commission | 29 December 1937 | 25 June 1938 | ||||
1 | Douglas Hyde | 25 June 1938 | 24 June 1945 | Independent | ||
2 | Seán T. O'Kelly | 25 June 1945 | 24 June 1959 | Fianna Fáil | ||
3 | Éamon de Valera | 25 June 1959 | 24 June 1973 | Fianna Fáil | ||
4 | Erskine Hamilton Childers | 25 June 1973 | 17 November 1974 (Died in Office) |
Fianna Fáil | ||
Presidential Commission | 17 November 1974 | 18 December 1974 | ||||
5 | Carroll O'Daly | 19 December 1974 | 22 October 1976 (Resigned) |
Independent | ||
Presidential Commission | 22 October 1976 | 2 December 1976 | ||||
6 | Patrick Hillery | 3 December 1976 | 2 December 1990 | Fianna Fáil | ||
7 | Mary Robinson | 3 December 1990 | 12 September 1997 (Resigned) |
Independent | ||
Presidential Commission | 12 September 1997 | 10 November 1997 | ||||
8 | Mary McAleese | 11 November 1997 | 10 November 2011 | Fianna Fáil | ||
9 | Michael D. Higgins | 11 November 2011 | Labour Party |
Republic of Kenya CAF Finished Completed
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Republic of Kenya | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Jomo Kenyatta | 12 December 1964 | 22 August 1978 (Died in Office) |
Kenya African National Union | ||
2 | Daniel arap Moi | File:Daniel Moi.jpg | 22 August 1978 | 14 October 1978 | Kenya African National Union | |
14 October 1978 | 30 December 2002 (Resigned) | |||||
Mwai Kibaki | 30 December 2002 | 27 December 2007 | National Rainbow Coalition | |||
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27 December 2007 | Party of National Unity |
Republic of Malawi CAF Finished Completed
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Republic of Malawi | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Hastings Banda | 6 July 1966 | 21 May 1994 | Malawi Congress Party | ||
2 | Bakili Muluzi | 21 May 1994 | 24 May 2004 | United Democratic Front | ||
Bingu wa Mutharika | 24 May 2004 | 1 February 2005 | United Democratic Front | |||
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1 February 2005 | 5 April 2012 (Died in Office) |
Democratic Progressive Party | ||||
4 | Joyce Banda | 7 April 2012 | People's Party |
Republic of Malta UEFA
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Republic of Mauritius CAF
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Republic of Nigeria CAF
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan AFC
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Republic of Rhodesia CAF Finished Complete
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Republic of Rhodesia | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Clifford Dupont | 2 March 1970 | 16 April 1970 | Rhodesian Front | ||
16 April 1970 | 31 December 1975 (Resigned) | |||||
Henry Everard | 31 December 1975 | 14 January 1976 | Rhodesian Front | |||
2 | John Wrathall | 14 January 1976 | 31 August 1978 (Died in Office) |
Rhodesian Front | ||
Henry Everard | 31 August 1978 | 1 November 1978 | Rhodesian Front | |||
Jack William Pithey | 1 November 1978 | 5 March 1979 | Rhodesian Front | |||
Henry Everard | 5 March 1979 | 1 June 1979 | Rhodesian Front | |||
Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia | ||||||
President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
3 | Josiah Zion Gumede | 1 June 1979 | 12 December 1979 | United African National Council | ||
Republic of Zimbabwe | ||||||
President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
4 | Canaan Banana | 18 April 1980 | 31 December 1987 | Zimbabwe African National Union | ||
5 | Robert Mugabe | 31 December 1987 | Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front |
Republic of Sierra Leone CAF
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Republic of Sierra Leone | |||||
1 | [[]], President | TANU |
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Republic of Sierra Leone | ||||
19 April 1971 to 21 April 1971 | Christopher Okoro Cole, President | n-p | ||
21 April 1971 to 28 November 1985 | Siaka Stevens, President | APC | Retired | |
28 November 1985 to 29 April 1992 | Joseph Saidu Momoh, President | APC | Deposed in a coup d'état | |
30 April 1992 to 1 May 1992 | Yahya Kanu, Chairman of the National Provisional Defense Council | Mil | ||
1 May 1992 to July 1992 | Valentine Strasser, Chairman of the National Provisional Defense Council | Mil | ||
July 1992 to 17 January 1996 | Valentine Strasser, Chairman of the Supreme Council of State | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
17 January 1996 to 29 March 1996 | Julius Maada Bio, Chairman of the Supreme Council of State | Mil | Returned power to civilian government | |
29 March 1996 to 25 May 1997 | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President | SLPP | 1st Term; deposed in a coup d'état | |
25 May 1997 to 12 February 1998 | Johnny Paul Koroma, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Mil | Removed from office by ECOMOG forces | |
10 March 1998 to 17 September 2007 | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President | SLPP | 2nd Term | |
17 September 2007 to Present | Ernest Bai Koroma, President | APC |
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- APC - All People's Congress
- SLPP - Sierra Leone People's Party
- Mil - Military
- n-p - Nonpartisan
Republic of South Africa CAF Finished Complete
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
Head of State as State President of South Africa | ||||||
1 | Charles Robberts Swart | 31 May 1961 | 31 May 1967 | National Party | ||
Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges | Elected but did not take office because of illness | National Party | ||||
Jozua François Naudé | 1 June 1967 | 10 April 1968 | National Party | |||
2 | Jacobus Johannes Fouché | 10 April 1968 | 9 April 1975 | National Party | ||
Johannes de Klerk | 10 April 1975 | 19 April 1975 | National Party | |||
3 | Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs | 19 April 1975 | 21 August 1978 (Died in Office) |
National Party | ||
Marais Viljoen | 21 August 1978 | 10 October 1978 | National Party | |||
4 | B. J. Vorster | 10 October 1978 | 4 June 1979 (Resigned) |
National Party | ||
5 | Marais Viljoen | 4 June 1979 | 19 June 1979 | National Party | ||
19 June 1979 | 3 September 1984 | |||||
6 | P. W. Botha | 3 September 1984 | 14 September 1984 | National Party | ||
14 September 1989 | 15 August 1989 (Resigned) | |||||
7 | F. W. de Klerk | 15 August 1989 | 20 September 1989 | National Party | ||
20 September 1989 | 10 May 1994 | |||||
Head of State as President of South Africa | ||||||
8 | Nelson Mandela | 10 May 1994 | 16 June 1999 | African National Congress | ||
9 | Thabo Mbeki | 16 June 1999 | 24 September 2008 (Resigned) |
African National Congress | ||
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | 24 September 2008 | 25 September 2008 | African National Congress | |||
10 | Kgalema Motlanthe | 25 September 2008 | 9 May 2009 | African National Congress | ||
11 | Jacob Zuma | 9 May 2009 | African National Congress |
Republic of Sri Lanka AFC
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Republic of Sri Lanka | |||||
1 | [[]], President | TANU |
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Republic of Tanganyika CAF Finished Completed
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Republic of Tanganyika | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Julius Nyerere | 9 December 1962 | 29 October 1964 | Tanganyika African National Union | ||
Republic of Tanzania | ||||||
President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
Julius Nyerere | 29 October 1964 | 5 February 1977 | Tanganyika African National Union | |||
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5 February 1977 | 5 November 1985 | Chama cha Mapinduzi | ||||
2 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | 5 November 1985 | 23 November 1995 | Chama cha Mapinduzi | ||
3 | Benjamin Mkapa | 23 November 1995 | 21 December 2005 | Chama cha Mapinduzi | ||
4 | Jakaya Kikwete | 21 December 2005 | Chama cha Mapinduzi |
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF Finished Complete
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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Sir Ellis Clarke | 1 August 1976 | 13 March 1987 | People's National Movement | ||
Michael J. Williams | 13 March 1987 | 18 March 1987 | National Alliance for Reconstruction | |||
2 | Noor Hassanali | 18 March 1987 | 18 March 1997 | Independent | ||
3 | A. N. R. Robinson | 18 March 1997 | 17 March 2003 | National Alliance for Reconstruction | ||
4 | George Maxwell Richards | 17 March 2003 | People's National Movement |
Republic of Uganda CAF
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President | Term of Office | Political Party (at time of appointment) | ||||
# | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | ||
1 | Sir Frederick Edward Mutesa II | 9 October 1963 | 2 March 1966 | [[]] |
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President of Uganda 9 Oct 1963 - 24 Feb 1966 Edward William Frederick David Walugembe Luwangula Mutebi Mutesa II [1] Prime Minister of Uganda [2] 24 Feb 1966 - 15 Apr 1966 Apollo Milton Opeto Obote Executive President of the Sovereign State of Uganda 15 Apr 1966 - 8 Sep 1967 Apollo Milton Opeto Obote (x) President of Uganda 8 Sep 1867 - 25 Jan 1971 Apollo Milton Opeto Obote (x) Military Head of State 26 Jan 1971 - 21 Feb 1971 Idi Amin Dada Oumee President of Uganda 21 Feb 1971 - 25 Jun 1976 Idi Amin Dada Oumee (x) Life President of Uganda 25 Jun 1976 - 11 Apr 1979 Idi Amin Dada Oumee (x) President of Uganda 13 Apr 1979 - 20 Jun 1979 Yusufu Kironde Lule 20 Jun 1979 - 12 May 1980 Godfrey Lukwonga Binaisa Chairman of the Military Commission of the National Liberation Front 12 May 1980 - 22 May 1980 Paulo Muwanga Presidential Commission 22 May 1980 - 15 Dec 1980 Saulo Musoke 22 May 1980 - 15 Dec 1980 Polycarp Nyamuchoncho 22 May 1980 - 15 Dec 1980 Yoweri Hunter Wacha-Olwol President of Uganda 15 Dec 1980 - 27 Jul 1985 Apollo Milton Opeto Obote (x) Chairman of the Military Commission 27 Jul 1985 - 29 Jul 1985 Basilio Olara Okello Head of State of the Republic of Uganda 29 Jul 1985 - 26 Jan 1986 Tito Lutwa Okello [3] Chairman of the National Resistance Council 26 Jan 1986 - 29 Jan 1986 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of Uganda 29 Jan 1986 - Yoweri Kaguta Museveni [1] The Ssaabasajja Kabaka of Buganda. [2] Formally assumes Presidential functions 2 Mar 1966. [3] Original name: Tito Okello.
Countries
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edithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Sierra_Leone http://www.worldtravelguide.net/sierra-leone/public-holidays Repub Day*
- Trinidad and Tobago Inde Day 31 Aug, Repub Day 24 Sep
- Tanzania Inde Day 9 Dec*
- South Africa Former Union and R Day 31 May
- Sierra Leone
Country | Date | Public Holiday |
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9 October | Independence Day | |
Republic Day |