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Elected Heads of State of Former British Commonwealth realms

Republic of Fiji OFC Finished Complete

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Fiji
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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(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of the Gambia
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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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Ghana
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office

Affiliations to Ghana

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

Co-operative Republic of Guyana CONCACAF Finished Complete

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Co-operative Republic of Guyana
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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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of India
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

Affiliations to India

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Party
  Independent
  Indian National Congress
  Janata Party

Republic of Ireland UEFA Finished Completed

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Ireland
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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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Kenya
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
3
27 December 2007 Party of National Unity

Republic of Malawi CAF Finished Completed

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(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Malawi
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
3
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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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of India
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

Republic of Mauritius CAF

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of India
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

Republic of Nigeria CAF

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of India
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

Islamic Republic of Pakistan AFC

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Islamic Republic of Pakistan
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

Republic of Rhodesia CAF Finished Complete

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Rhodesia
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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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of India
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office
# Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Republic of Sierra Leone
1 [[]], President TANU
Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
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

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

Republic of South Africa CAF Finished Complete

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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of South Africa
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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Status
  Denotes acting President

(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of India
President Term of Office Political Party
(at time of appointment)
# Portrait Name Took Office Left Office
# Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Republic of Sri Lanka
1 [[]], President TANU

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind

Republic of Tanganyika CAF Finished Completed

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(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Tanganyika
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
(1)
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
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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Status
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(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

Republic of Uganda
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 [[]]

Affiliations

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Party Code
  Independent Ind
  Military Mil

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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Country Monarch Successior as Head of State
Dominion of Ceylon Elizabeth II of Ceylon [[]], President of
Fiji Elizabeth II of Fiji [[]], President of
The Gambia Elizabeth II of The Gambia [[]], President of
Ghana Elizabeth II of Ghana [[]], President of
Guyana Elizabeth II of Guyana [[]], President of
India George VI of India [[]], President of
Republic of Ireland George VI of Ireland [[]], President of
Kenya Elizabeth II of Kenya [[]], President of
Malawi Elizabeth II of Malawi [[]], President of
Malta Elizabeth II of Malta [[]], President of
Mauritius Elizabeth II of Mauritius [[]], President of
Nigeria Elizabeth II of Nigeria [[]], President of
Pakistan Elizabeth II of Pakistan [[]], President of
Rhodesia Elizabeth II of Rhodesia [[]], President of
Sierra Leone Elizabeth II of Sierra Leone [[]], President of
South Africa Elizabeth II of South Africa [[]], President of
Tanganyika Territory Elizabeth II of Tanganyika [[]], President of
Trinidad and Tobago Elizabeth II of Trinidad and Tobago [[]], President of
Uganda Elizabeth II of Uganda [[]], President of

National Days

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http://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
Dominion of Ceylon
Fiji
The Gambia
Ghana
Guyana
India
Republic of Ireland
Kenya
Malawi
Malta
Mauritius
Nigeria
Pakistan
Rhodesia
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Tanganyika Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda 9 October Independence Day
Republic Day