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class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Malawi" title="Cabinet of Malawi">Cabinet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">State House, Lilongwe, Malawi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Kamuzu Palace, Capital Hill, <a href="/wiki/Lilongwe" title="Lilongwe">Lilongwe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Five years, <span style="font-size:85%;">renewable once consecutively</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data">Constitution of Malawi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td 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The current president is <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Chakwera" title="Lazarus Chakwera">Lazarus Chakwera</a>, who has served since being elected in June 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_branch">Executive branch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the 1995 <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_(government_title)" title="President (government title)">president</a>, who is both <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a>, is chosen through universal direct <a href="/wiki/Suffrage" title="Suffrage">suffrage</a> every five years. Malawi has a <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_Malawi" title="Vice-President of Malawi">vice-president</a> who is elected with the president. The president has the option of appointing a second vice-president, who must be from a different party. It also includes a presidentially appointed <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a>. The members of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Malawi" title="Cabinet of Malawi">cabinet of Malawi</a> can be drawn from either within or outside of the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a>. The President is also concurrently the Minister of Defence. </p><p>The current president is <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Chakwera" title="Lazarus Chakwera">Lazarus Chakwera</a> sworn in as president of Malawi on 28 June 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins_of_the_presidency">Origins of the presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins of the presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 July 1964, <a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a> became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi, with <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> as <a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Malawi" title="Queen of Malawi">Queen of Malawi</a>. Under a new constitution in 1966, Malawi became a republic with prime minister <a href="/wiki/Hastings_Banda" title="Hastings Banda">Hastings Banda</a> becoming its first president. Under the country's 1966, 1994 and 1995 constitutions, the president is executive head of state and government, and serves a five-year term. The first president, Banda, was elected by the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Malawi)" title="National Assembly (Malawi)">National Assembly</a>, and was named <a href="/wiki/President_for_life" title="President for life">president for life</a> in 1971. Subsequent presidents have been popularly elected. </p><p>After the restoration of multiparty democracy in 1993, the presidency was hedged about with a number of checks and balances to prevent its total dominance over the political system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_to_the_presidency">Election to the presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election to the presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The president is elected by a majority vote (50% + 1) of the electorate through direct, universal and equal suffrage. All <a href="/wiki/Malawian" class="mw-redirect" title="Malawian">Malawian</a> citizens that have attained the age of 18 are eligible to vote in all elections. Every presidential candidate shall declare who shall be the vice-president if elected at the time of the candidate's nomination. The vice-president shall be elected concurrently with the president, with both names on the ballot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Term_limits">Term limits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Term limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Malawi" title="Constitution of Malawi">Constitution of Malawi</a> limits a president to two consecutive five-year terms. There was an attempt to modify the term limits in 2003 for <a href="/wiki/Bakili_Muluzi" title="Bakili Muluzi">Bakili Muluzi</a>, but it did not materialize.<sup id="cite_ref-termlimits_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-termlimits-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_presidents">List of presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output 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bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_kwacha" title="Malawian kwacha">Kwacha <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_Stock_Exchange" title="Malawi Stock Exchange">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Malawi" title="Communications in Malawi">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Malawi" title="Tourism in Malawi">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Malawi" title="Transport in Malawi">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Malawi" title="Category:Society of Malawi">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/90px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/120px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">President (from 1966)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Banda" title="Hastings Banda">H. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakili_Muluzi" title="Bakili Muluzi">Muluzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bingu_wa_Mutharika" title="Bingu wa Mutharika">B. Mutharika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Banda" title="Joyce Banda">J. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mutharika" title="Peter Mutharika">P. Mutharika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Chakwera" title="Lazarus Chakwera">Chakwera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Africa" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Africa" title="Template:Heads of state and government of Africa"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Africa" title="Template talk:Heads of state and government of Africa"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Africa" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Heads of state and government of Africa"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Heads_of_state_and_government_of_Africa" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Heads of state and government of Africa</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heads_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of state">Heads of state</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">member states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Algeria" title="President of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Angola" title="President of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Benin" title="President of Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Botswana" title="President of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Burkina_Faso" title="List of heads of state of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Burundi" title="President of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Cameroon" title="President of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Cape_Verde" title="List of presidents of Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="List of heads of state of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Chad" title="List of heads of state of Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Comoros" title="List of heads of state of the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="List of presidents of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Djibouti" title="List of presidents of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Egypt" title="President of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="List of presidents of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Eritrea" title="List of heads of state of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Eswatini" title="List of monarchs of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ethiopia" title="President of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Gabon" title="President of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ghana" title="President of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Guinea" title="List of presidents of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="List of presidents of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Ivory_Coast" title="List of heads of state of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Lesotho" class="mw-redirect" title="List of monarchs of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Liberia" title="President of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Libya" title="List of heads of state of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Madagascar" title="List of presidents of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Mali" title="List of heads of state of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Mauritania" title="List of heads of state of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Mauritius" title="President of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Morocco" title="King of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Mozambique" title="List of presidents of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Namibia" title="President of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Niger" title="List of heads of state of Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Rwanda" title="List of presidents of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="List of presidents of São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Senegal" title="President of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Seychelles" title="List of presidents of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sierra_Leone" title="President of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Somalia" title="President of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" title="President of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_South_Sudan" title="List of heads of state of South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Sudan" title="List of heads of state of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Tanzania" title="President of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Togo" title="List of presidents of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Tunisia" title="President of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Uganda" title="President of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zambia" title="President of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Somaliland" title="List of presidents of Somaliland">Somaliland</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heads_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of government">Heads of government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UN member states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Algeria" title="Prime Minister of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Angola" title="President of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Benin" title="President of Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Botswana" title="President of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Burkina_Faso" title="List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Burundi" title="Prime Minister of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Cameroon" title="Prime Minister of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Cape_Verde" title="List of prime ministers of Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="List of heads of government of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Chad" title="List of prime ministers of Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Comoros" title="List of heads of state of the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="List of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Djibouti" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt" title="Prime Minister of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="List of prime ministers of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Eritrea" title="List of heads of state of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Eswatini" title="List of prime ministers of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ethiopia" title="Prime Minister of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Gabon" title="Prime Minister of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ghana" title="President of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Guinea" title="List of prime ministers of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Ivory_Coast" title="List of heads of government of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Lesotho" title="List of prime ministers of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Liberia" title="President of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Libya" title="List of heads of government of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Madagascar" title="Prime Minister of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mali" title="List of prime ministers of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mauritania" title="List of prime ministers of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Mauritius" title="Prime Minister of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Government_of_Morocco" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Government of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mozambique" title="List of prime ministers of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Namibia" title="Prime Minister of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Niger" title="List of prime ministers of Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Rwanda" title="Prime Minister of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Senegal" title="Prime Minister of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Seychelles" title="List of presidents of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sierra_Leone" title="President of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Somalia" title="List of prime ministers of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" title="President of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_South_Sudan" title="List of heads of state of South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Sudan" title="List of heads of government of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Tanzania" title="President of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Togo" title="List of prime ministers of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_Government_of_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="Head of Government of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Uganda" title="Prime Minister of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zambia" title="President of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Somaliland" title="List of presidents of Somaliland">Somaliland</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct states<br />and governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Ashanti Empire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Asante" title="List of rulers of Asante">Monarch</a></li></ul></li> <li>Benin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Benin" title="List of prime ministers of Benin">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Burundi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Burundi" title="List of kings of Burundi">King</a></li></ul></li> <li>Central African Empire <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Central_Africa" title="Emperor of Central Africa">Emperor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dahomey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Dahomey" title="King of Dahomey">King</a></li></ul></li> <li>Egypt <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_dynasty" title="Muhammad Ali dynasty">Muhammad Ali dynasty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_the_Muhammad_Ali_dynasty" title="List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali 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