Minister Biographies

Modern era

Abdallah Mohamed Kamil

b. 1936

Djiboutian politician

Modern era

Ahmed Dini Ahmed

1932 – September 12, 2004

Prime Minister of Djibouti (1932–2004)

Contemporary era

Francisco Pascual Obama Asue

b. April 21, 1949

Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (2016-present)

Contemporary era

Vicente Ehate Tomi

b. 1968

Equatorial Guinea politician

Modern era

Ignacio Milam Tang

b. June 20, 1940

Equatoguinean politician

Contemporary era

Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea

b. 1961

Equatoguinean politician

Contemporary era

Miguel Abia Biteo

January 11, 1961 – December 6, 2012

Equatorial Guinean politician (1961-2012)

Contemporary era

Mulatu Teshome

b. January 29, 1957

Former President of Ethiopia

Modern era

Negasso Gidada

September 3, 1943 – April 27, 2019

Ethiopian President (1943-2019)

Contemporary era

Hailemariam Desalegn

b. July 19, 1965

Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018

Contemporary era

Tamirat Layne

b. 1955

Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Contemporary era

Hailu Yimenu

c. 2000 – May 26, 1991

Ethiopian politician (19__-1991)

Contemporary era

Fikre Selassie Wogderess

July 13, 1945 – December 12, 2020

Ethiopian Prime Minister (1945-2020)

Contemporary era

Ali Bongo Ondimba

b. February 9, 1959

President of Gabon (2009–2023)

Contemporary era

Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge

b. May 5, 1946

Gabonese politician

Modern era

Omar Bongo

December 30, 1935 – June 8, 2009

Gabonese politician (1935–2009)

Contemporary era

Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze

b. September 16, 1967

Prime Minister of Gabon in 2023

Contemporary era

Rose Christiane Raponda

b. June 30, 1963

Vice President of Gabon in 2023

Contemporary era

Julien Nkoghe Békale

b. August 23, 1958

Prime Minister of Gabon from 2019 to 2020

Contemporary era

Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet

April 2, 1961 – June 11, 2020

Gabonese diplomat and politician (1961–2020)

Contemporary era

Daniel Ona Ondo

b. July 10, 1945

Gabonese politician

Contemporary era

Sékouba Konaté

b. June 6, 1964

President of Guinea

Modern era

Louis Lansana Beavogui

December 28, 1923 – August 19, 1984

President Guinea (1923-1984)

Contemporary era

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana

b. April 15, 1954

Prime Minister of Guinea (2018–2021)

Contemporary era

Mamady Youla

b. November 5, 1961

Guinean politician and economist

Contemporary era

Mohamed Said Fofana

b. 1952

Guinean politician

Contemporary era

Raimundo Pereira

b. August 28, 1956

President unterine of Guinea-Bissau

Contemporary era

Aristides Gomes

b. November 8, 1954

Bissau-Guinean politician

Contemporary era

Artur Silva

b. 1956

Politician

Modern era

Robert Guéï

March 16, 1941 – September 19, 2002

Ivorian politician (1941-2002)

Modern era

Henri Konan Bédié

May 5, 1934 – August 1, 2023

President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999 (1934-2023)

Contemporary era

Hamed Bakayoko

March 8, 1965 – March 10, 2021

Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (2020-2021)

Contemporary era

Amadou Gon Coulibaly

February 10, 1959 – July 8, 2020

Ivorian politician (1959–2020)

Modern era

Daniel Kablan Duncan

b. June 30, 1943

Ivorian politician

Contemporary era

Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio

b. March 6, 1951

Ivorian politician

Contemporary era

Uhuru Kenyatta

b. October 26, 1961

4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)

Modern era

Mwai Kibaki

November 15, 1931 – April 21, 2022

3rd President of Kenya (1931–2022)

Modern era

Daniel arap Moi

September 2, 1924 – February 4, 2020

Kenyan President (2nd) (1924-2020)

Contemporary era

Raimonds Vējonis

b. June 15, 1966

Ninth president of Latvia

Contemporary era

Moeketsi Majoro

b. November 3, 1961

Mosotho politician

Modern era

Tom Thabane

b. May 28, 1939

Prime Minister of Lesotho

Contemporary era

Pakalitha Mosisili

b. March 14, 1945

Prime Minister of Lesotho

Contemporary era

Hae Phoofolo

1947 – August 20, 2025

Prime Minister of Lesotho

Contemporary era

Moses Blah

April 18, 1947 – April 1, 2013

President of Liberia (1947-2013)

Modern era

Bingu wa Mutharika

February 24, 1934 – April 5, 2012

Malawi politician and economist (1934-2012)

Modern era

Bakili Muluzi

b. March 17, 1943

Malawian politician

Contemporary era

Muhyiddin Yassin

b. May 15, 1947

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021

Contemporary era

Bah Ndaw

b. August 23, 1950

President of Mali

Contemporary era

Choguel Kokalla Maïga

b. April 2, 1958

Former Prime Minister and politician of Mali

Contemporary era

Moctar Ouane

b. October 11, 1955

Malian politician

Contemporary era

Boubou Cisse

b. 1974

Malian politician

Contemporary era

Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga

June 8, 1954 – March 21, 2022

Malian politician (1954–2022)

Modern era

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya

b. November 28, 1941

President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005

Contemporary era

Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya

b. March 17, 1961

15th Prime Minister of Mauritania

Contemporary era

Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir

b. December 17, 1962

Mauritanian politician

Contemporary era

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf

b. December 12, 1957

Mauritanian Prime Minister

Al-Ma'mun

d. July 19, 1128

12th-century Fatimid vizier

Modern era

Zhou Enlai

March 5, 1898 – January 8, 1976

1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

Modern era

Saad Zaghloul

1858 – August 23, 1927

Prime Minister of Egypt (1859–1927)

Modern era

C. W. W. Kannangara

October 13, 1884 – September 23, 1969

Sri Lankan politician (1884-1969)