African Leaders - Despots and Democratic

[Sinbabad 1,155]

49 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Yeah, I think Namibia was one of the last countries to become independent. So, in terms of being the last "father of the nation", he might be up there.

Eritrea became independent one year after Namibia. Its first and only president is Isaias Afwerki, 78 years old.

Kosovo, was, if I’m correct, the last country to became independent, but Ibrahim Rugova died in 2006.

[arghton 6,865]

Not one of the last countries to become independent, but:

Manuel Pinto da Costa, founding President of São Tomé and Príncipe (island country roughly the size of a fly's shit) is still alive, but still young for an African leader at 86. 

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Abdulai Conteh (wiki) dead just days before his 79th birthday.

The last Vice President of Sierra Leone to serve under President Joseph Saidu Momoh (wiki, 1937–2003). They were ousted in a coup in 1992.

Conteh lived in exile in Belize for years, becoming a Chief Justice there, before returning to Sierra Leone.



Would be curious to know if his predecessor Abu Bakar Kamara (wiki, born 1929) is actually still alive.

[drol 12,125]

On 06/05/2010 at 09:16, Tomb raider said:

 

Umaru Yar'Adua's successor is vice-president Goodluck Jonathan. He has not only a quite remarkable name, his clothing style could not be less presidential. He looks as something between a rapper and a blues star.

Umaru Yar'Adua's mother dead at 102.

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On 21/01/2024 at 23:59, arghton said:

Mauritania's former dictator Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla taken abroad for medical treatment this month. He has been circling the drain for a while now and this apparently came days after he was discharged from a local hospital.

Mauritanian dictator Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla discharged. Another waste of oxygen that seems to live forever. 

 

 

Edit, 21st of Sept: Son asking prayers for Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, with talk on Facebook implying he's very ill. Come on!

[Summer in Transylvania 2,208]

On 19/09/2021 at 19:17, arghton said:

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/miscellaneous/djibouti-president-73-returns-home-after-ho-1354490.html

https://news.yahoo.com/djibouti-says-rumours-presidents-health-134853119.html

Djibouti's President since 1999 after his uncle retired, 73-year old Ismaïl Omar Guelleh who recently won the elections with 97.30% of the votes has returned home after a mystery visit in France. Prime Minister saying that this was because of "overwork" but the visit was likely health-related. IOG has never looked like the picture of health.

Ismail Omar Guelleh reportedly hospitalised in France, and there are rumours on Twitter of his subsequent death. 

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21 hours ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

Ismail Omar Guelleh reportedly hospitalised in France, and there are rumours on Twitter of his subsequent death. 

Utter bullshit, as easily predictable.

[Summer in Transylvania 2,208]

On 15/03/2016 at 02:18, Sir Creep said:

Niger’s opposition presidential candidate Hama Amadou has for the second time in less than a week been hospitalized. The 66-year-old former Prime Minister “fainted and was taken for first aid at the Filingué district hospital,” said his personal physician Harouna Yacouba. Dr. Yacouba said the jailed opposition leader needs “proper care” explaining that the Filingué center lacked adequate equipment. Amadou, who is being held for alleged child trafficking is said to be unwell although it is not clear what condition he is suffering.
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Hama Amadou dead from malaria aged 74.

 

He served as PM from 1995-1996 and then again from 2000-2007.

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On 26/04/2021 at 21:54, arghton said:

Living Prime Ministers:

Henri Lopes (b. 1937) Prime Minister 1973-1975 during the tenure of Marien Ngouabi

Louis Sylvain Goma (b. 1941) Prime Minister 1975-1984 during the tenures of Marien Ngouabi, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya (1936-2008) and Sassou Nguesso.

Ange-Édouard Poungui (b. 1942) Prime Minister 1984-1989

Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (b. 1941) Prime Minister 1989-1990

Pierre Moussa (b. 1941) Prime Minister 1990-1991

Louis Sylvain Goma (b. 1941) Prime Minister again 1991

Post abolished 1997-2005 by Sassou Nguesso

Isidore Mvouba (b. 1954) Prime Minister 2005-2009.

Post abolished 2009-2016 by Sassou Nguesso

Clément Mouamba (1944-2021) Prime Minister 2016-2021. Dead of covid and/or other diseases on the 29th of October 2021.

 

Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty (Wiki), Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, dead at 83

[Sir Creep 7,071]

23 hours ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

Hama Amadou dead from malaria aged 74.

 

He served as PM from 1995-1996 and then again from 2000-2007.

 

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Former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon's 90th birthday celebration a couple of days ago. Gowon was President during the Biafra War in the late 60s. 

He looks, seems to be doing amazing for a "larger" guy his age (3:22:00 onwards) and so does President Olusegun Obasanjo (87 with diabetes). Ibrahim Babangida only sent a video message.

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Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017, has died aged 86.

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Recent image of Senegal's former Pres Abdoulaye Wade who was rumored to be undergoing medical treatment a month ago. Judge for yourself.

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Prince Johnson, Liberian warlord, dead aged 72. 

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1 hour ago, time said:

Prince Johnson, Liberian warlord, dead aged 72. 

General Butt Naked is around the same age and likely to get news coverage in the West because of his notoriety. Not sure of his health though.

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If for the same age you mean 20 years younger, you are goddamn right.

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On 03/09/2022 at 13:06, arghton said:

Mwinyi himself looked great at the funeral. Well enough to walk without aid, to hold a shove and overall seemed in great condition for a 97-year-old.

 

 

Here's a (new) list of elderly African despots* - up to 1942. .

*Only Presidents included. Interim, acting ones not underlined.

 

Phelekezela Mphoko (1940) Acting President? of Zimbabwe 2017 after Mugabe's resignation.

Phelekezela Mphoko (wiki) dead at 84.

[drol 12,125]

On 23/06/2021 at 12:08, arghton said:

 

 

Mswati III (b. 1968) might be a good pick sooner or later. The Eswatini/Swaziland king/despot has ruled since 1986, he was the first person born in the 1960s to rule a country and the only person born in the 1960s to rule a country before the 90s (until Lesotho's Letsie III came to power)

The absolute monarch of a feudal country funded by the apartheid government has been reported ill for many times during the last 20 years. Had some mystery illness in 2001 after apparently being poisoned, reportedly critically ill in 2020 (of course this was denied by the royal house) and was hospitalized with COVID at the start of this year. Thanked Taiwan for sending antiviral medication that could have saved his life. Also

He has also outlived 9 of his Prime Ministers.

 

Ntfombi (b. 1950), the Queen Mother of Eswatini is also getting old, seen in new pictures of her. She was in Andy Warhol's "Reigning Queens" portrait along with QEII, Margrethe II and Beatrix.

Letsie III of Lesotho hospitalised and statements about his conditions are very vague.