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The roles, powers, and influence of non-sovereign monarchs throughout Africa vary greatly depending on the state. In some states, such as Angola, the local king may play an integral role in the local governing council of a region, such is the case with the king of Bailundo, [1] or on a smaller level, such as many of the Fons of Cameroon, they may be seen as leaders or heads of a particular ...
Horn of Africa: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: President of Somalia: 9 June 2022 Hamza Abdi Barre: Prime Minister of Somalia: 25 June 2022 Sudan: Northeast Africa: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan: Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council: 11 November 2021 Osman Hussein: Prime Minister of Sudan: 19 January 2022 Syria: Levant: Ahmed al-Sharaa ...
The Low Countries: Zhu Youlang (Yongli Emperor) Emperor of the Southern Ming: Southern Ming: 1661–1662† Burma: Govinda Manikya: Maharaja of Tripura: Twipra Kingdom: 1661–1667 Chittagong Hill Tracts Kingdom of Mrauk U: James II and VII: King of England and Ireland King of Scotland England Scotland Ireland: 1688–1701† France: Chakdor ...
This is a list of current monarchies. As of 2025, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state . There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa.
A map of Africa showing the continent's political systems: three monarchies (in red) and republics (in blue). Monarchy was the prevalent form of government in the history of Africa, where self-governing states, territories, or nations existed in which supreme power resided with an individual who was recognized as the head of state. [1]
For countries in which the head of state and head of government are separate, both offices are listed. For leaders who held the same office prior to their state's independence, the start of their tenure is used, not independence. For a list of heads of state taking dates of independence into account, see List of heads of state by diplomatic ...
Sometimes it's hard to imagine what politicians and dictators were like before they left their marks on the global stage. We collected old photos of major leaders, past and current, to give a ...
Hassanal Bolkiah, the longest-reigning existing monarch. This is a list of reigning monarchs sorted by length of service.. This list includes monarchs who do not reign over entire nations, such as Muhammad V of Kelantan, but does not include former monarchs and pretenders, such as Simeon II of Bulgaria, ex officio monarchs such as Emmanuel Macron who in his capacity as President of France is ...