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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule ...
Jean-Bédel Bokassa ([ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa] ⓘ; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996) was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR), after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966.
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga [a] (/ m ə ˈ b uː t uː ˈ s ɛ s eɪ ˈ s ɛ k oʊ / ⓘ mə-BOO-too SESS-ay SEK-oh; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997.
There, African nationalists opposed to Nkomo's leadership had established a new party, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), in August; Ndabaningi Sithole became the group's president, while appointing Mugabe to be the group's secretary-general in absentia. [76]
As president, he for instance did not like to be referred to as either "Your Excellency" or "Dr Nyerere". [431] Most staff members referred to him as "Mzee", a Swahili word meaning "old man". [227] Smith noted that Nyerere had a "respect for spartan living" and an "abhorrence of luxury"; [221] in his later years he always travelled by economy ...
Obiang with other African leaders and US President Joe Biden at the United States–Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022. In a lengthy state visit from March to April 2006, President Obiang sought to reopen the closed embassy in the US, saying that "the lack of a U.S. diplomatic presence is definitely holding back economic growth."
The presidential standard of Jomo Kenyatta, adopted in 1970. In December 1964, Kenya was officially proclaimed a republic. [320] Kenyatta became its executive president, [321] combining the roles of head of state and head of government. [322] Over the course of 1965 and 1966, several constitutional amendments enhanced the president's power. [323]
Insulting or offending the President or his cabinet was punishable by 30 years in prison. On 14 July 1972, a presidential decree merged all existing political parties into the United National Party, later the United National Workers' Party, [citation needed] with Macías Nguema as President for Life of both the nation and the party. [45]