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t. e. This is a list of the heads of state of South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africain 1910 to the present day. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act 1909was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of the United Kingdomand of the other Dominions/Commonwealth realms.
Head of state Date of birth Date of inauguration Age at inauguration End of term Age at End of term Length of retirement Date of death Lifespan; 1 Charles Robberts Swart: 5 December 1894: 31 May 1961 () 66 years, 177 days 1 June 1967 () 72 years, 178 days 15 years, 45 days 16 July 1982: 31,999 days (87 years, 223 days) 2
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
United States of Africa. All African states are members of the African Union. The United States of Africa is a concept of a federation of some or all of the 54 sovereign states and two disputed states on the continent of Africa. The concept takes its origin from Marcus Garvey 's 1924 poem "Hail, United States of Africa". [ 1][ 2][ 3]
Politics of Uganda. This is a list of the Uganda's Presidents, from the independence in 1962 till now. From 1962 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1962 was the Queen of Uganda, Elizabeth II, who was also the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The queen was represented in Uganda by a governor-general.
5 years, 146 days ABAKO: 2: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (1930–1997) 1970: 24 November 1965 27 October 1971 [2] 5 years, 337 days Military / Popular Movement of the Revolution: Republic of Zaire (1971–1997) (2) Mobutu Sese Seko (1930–1997) [a] 1977 1984: 27 October 1971 [2] 16 May 1997 (deposed) [3] 25 years, 201 days Popular Movement of the ...
Corruption is a severe problem in much of the continent, with the vast majority of African states ranking below a five out of ten in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Five of the ten most corrupt governments are AU member states: Angola (2.0) Côte d'Ivoire (1.9) Equatorial Guinea (1.9) Nigeria (1.9) Chad (1.7)