Heds of State/Jefes de Estado - Western Africa Africa Occidental

Benin

1600 – 1868: Kingdom/Royaume
1868 – 1946: France
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/Territoire d' Outre-mer
1958 – 60: Autonomy/Autonomie
1960 – 75: Republic/Republique
1975 – 90: People's Republic/Republique Populaire
1990 -: Republic/Republique
Governors/Governeurs	Foreign Ministers/ Ministres des Affaires étrangères	Tradicional Polities/ Tradicional politiques
1900 – 06: Victor Théophile Liotard	1959 – 60: Chabi Mama	Danhome Kings
1906: Joseph Étienne Gabriel Lhuerre	1960 – 62: Assogba Oké	1894 – 1940: Agoli Agbo I
1906 – 08: Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal	1962 – 63: Émile Zinsou	1940 – 48: Aidododo
1908: Marie Antoine Gaudart	1963: Hubert Maga	1948 – 83: Togni-Ahoussou
1908: Charles Désiré Auguste Brunet	1963 – 64: Chabi Mama	1986 – 89: Joseph Langanfin
1908 – 09: Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne	1964 – 65: Gabriel Lozès	1989 -: Agoli Agbo Dedjalagni
1909 – 11: Henri Jules Jean Baptiste Malan	1965: Tahirou Congacou
1911: Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti	1965 – 67: Émile Zinsou
1911 – 12: Émile Joseph Merwart	1967 – 68: Benoît Sinzogan
Lieutenant-governors/Lieutenant-Gouverneurs	1968 – 69: Dauda Badaru
1912 – 17: Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard	1969 – 70: Benoît Sinzogan
1917 – 28: Gaston Léon Joseph Fourn	1970 – 71: Dauda Badaru
1928 – 29: Lucien Eugène Geay	1971 – 72: Michel Ahouanmenou
1929 – 31: Dieudonné François Joseph Marie Reste	1972 – 80: Michel Alladaye
1931 – 32: Théophile Antione Pascal Tellier	1980 – 82: Simon Ifede Ogouma
1932: Louis Placide Blacher	1982 – 84: Tiamiou Adjibadé
1932 – 33: Louis Aujas	1984 – 87: Frédéric Affo
1933 – 34: Jules Marcel de Coppet	1987 – 89: Guy Landry Hazoumé
1934 – 35: Jean Hyacinthe de Santi	1989 – 90: Daniel Tawéma
1935 – 37: Maurice Léon Bourgine	1990 – 91: Théophile Nata
1937: Henri Étienne Martinet	1991 – 92: Théodore Holo
1937 – 38: Ernest Gayon	1992 – 93: Saturnin Soglo
1938: Henri Étienne Martinet	1993 – 95: Robert Dossou
1938 – 40: Armand Léon Annet	1995 – 96: Edgar Yves Monnou
1940: Pierre Jean André Paliceti	1996 – 98: Pierre Osho
1940 – 43: Léon Hippolyte Truitard	1998 – 2003: Antoine Idji Kolawolé
1943 – 46: Charles André Maurice Assier de Pompignan	2003: Joseph Gnonlonfoun
Governors/Governeurs	2003 – 06: Rogatien Biaou
1946 – 48: Robert Legendre	2006: Frédéric Dohou
1948 – 49: Jean Georges Chambon	2006 – 07: Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
1949: Jacques Alphonse Boissier	2007 – 08: Moussa Okanla
1949 – 51: Claude Valluy	2008 – 11: Jean-Marie Ehouzou
1951 – 55: Charles Henri Bonfils	2011 – 15: Nassirou Bako Arifari
1955 – 58: Marc Casimir Biros	2015 -: Saliou Akadiri
1958: Bernard Hepp
High commissioner/Haute-Commissioners
1958 – 60: René Tirant
Presidents
1960 – 63: Hubert Maga
1963: Hubert Maga,Sourou Apithy,Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
1963 – 64: Christophe Soglo
1964 – 65: Sourou Migan Apithy
1965: Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
1965: Tahirou Congacou
1965 – 67: Christophe Soglo
1967: Jean-Baptiste Hachème
1967: Iropa Maurice Kouandété
1967 – 68: Alphonse Amadou Alley
1968 – 69: Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou
1969: Iropa Maurice Kouandété
1969 – 70: Paul-Émile de Souza
1970 – 72: Hubert Maga
1972: Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
1972 – 91: Mathieu Kérékou
1991 – 96: Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo
1996 – 2006: Mathieu Kérékou
2006 -: Yayi Boni

Burkina Fasso

s. III – s. XIII: Bura-Asinda
s. XIII – 1896: Mossi
1896 – 1958: France
1958 – 60: Autonomy/Autonomie
1960 – 84: Republic of Upper Volta/République de Haute-Volta
1984 -: Republic of Burkina Fasso/République de Burkina Fasso
Lieutenant-governors	Vice President of the Government Council	Traditional Polities
1917 – 27: Frédéric Charles Édouard Alexandre Hesling	1957 – 58: Daniel Ouézzin Coulibaly	Wogodogo Chief
1927 – 28: Robert Arnaud	Prime ministers	1897 – 1905: Naaba Sigiri
1928 – 32: Albéric Auguste Fournier	1958 – 66: Maurice Yaméogo	1905 – 42: Naaba Koom II
1932: Gabriel Omer Descemet	1971 – 74: Gérard Kango Ouédraogo	1942 – 57: Naaba Saaga II
Resident	1974 – 78: Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana	1957 – 82: Naaba Kugri
1938 – 40: Edmond Louveau	1978 – 80: Issoufou Joseph Conombo	1982 -: Naaba Baongo II
1940 – 47: Ivory Coast	1980 – 82: Saye Zerbo	Tenkodogo Chief
Governors	1983: Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara	? – 1933: Naaba Koom
1947 – 48: Gaston Mourgues	1992 – 94: Youssouf Ouédraogo	1933 – 57: Naaba Yamba Sorgo
1948 – 53: Albert Jean Mouragues	1994 – 96: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	1957 - 2001: Naaba Tigre
1953 – 56: Salvador Jean Étcheber	1996 – 2000: Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo	2004 -: Naaba Saaga
1956 – 58: Yvon Bourges	2000 – 2007: Paramanga Ernest Yonli	Pamma Chief
High Commissioners	2007 – 11: Tertius Zongo	1878 – 1918: Baahamma
1958 – 59: Max Guillaume Berthet	2011 – 14: Luc Adolphe Tiao	1918 – 19: Hamicuuri
1959 – 60: Paul Jean Marie Masson	2014 -: Isaac Yacouba Zida	1919 – 29: Yenkoari
Presidents		1919 – 38: Yenhamma
1959 – 66: Maurice Yaméogo		1938 – 52: Huntani
1966 – 80: Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana		1952 – 19.: Yempaabu
1980 – 82: Saye Zerbo		19. -: Fimba Onadja
1982 – 83: Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
1983 – 87: Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
1987 – 2014: Blaise Compaoré
2014: Honoré Nabéré Traoré
2014: Isaac Yacouba Zida
2014 -: Michel Kafando

Cape Verde/Kabu Verdi

1462 – 1974: Portugal
1974 – 75: Autonomy/Autonomia
1975 -: Republic/Republica
Governors	Ruling Council
1901 – 02: Arnaldo de Novalis Guedes de Rebêlo	1974 – 75: Amaro da Luz
1902 – 03: Francisco de Paula Cid	Prime ministres/Primeru-Ministru
1903 – 04: António Alfredo Barjona de Freitas	1975 – 91: Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires
1905 – 07: Amâncio Alpoim de Cerqueira Borges Cabral	1991 – 2000: Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Vega
1907 – 09: Bernardo António da Costa de Sousa de Macedo	2000 – 01: António Gualberto do Rosário
1909 – 10: Martinho Pinto de Queiros Montenegro	2001 -: José Maria Pereira Neves
1910 – 11: António de Macedo Ramalho Ortigão
1911: Artur Marinha de Campos
1911 – 15: Joaquím Pedro Vieira Judice Biker
1915 – 18: Abel Fontoura da Costa
1918 – 19: Teófilo Duarte
1919 – 21: Manuel Firmino de Almeida da Maia Magalhães
1921 – 22: Filipe Carlos Días de Carvalho
1924 – 26: Julio Henríques d'Abreu
1927: João de Almeida
1927 – 31: António Alvares Guedes Vaz
1931 – 41: Amadeu Gomes de Figueiredo
1941 – 43: José Diogo Ferreira Martins
1943 – 49: João de Figueiredo
1950 – 53: Carlos Alberto García Alves Roçadas
1953 – 57: Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral
1957 – 58: António Augusto Peixoto Correia
1958 – 62: Silvino Silvério Marques
1963 – 69: Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro
1969 – 74: António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos
1974: Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta
High Commissioners/Alt
1974 – 75: Vicente Almeida d'Eça
Presidents/Prizidenti
1975 – 91: Aristides Maria Pereira
1991 – 2001: António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro
2001 – 11: Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires
2011 -: Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca

Côte d'Ivoire

? - 1690: Akan
1690 – 1843: Empire
1843 – 1946: France
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/Territoire de Outre-mer
1958 – 60: Autonomy/Autonomie
1960 -: Republic/Republique
Governors/Gouverneurs	Prime ministres/Premier Ministre
1898 – 1902: Henri Charles Victor Amédée Roberdeau	1957 – 59: Auguste Denise
1902: Albert Anatole Nebout	1959 – 90: Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1902 – 07: Marie François Joseph Clozel	1990 – 93: Alassane Dramane Ouattara
1907 – 08: Albert Anatole Nebout	1993 – 99: Daniel Kablan Duncan
1908 – 16: Gabriel Louis Angoulvant	2000: Seydou Elimane Diarra
1916 – 18: Maurice Pierre Lapalud	2000 – 03: Pascal Affi N'Guessan
1918 – 24: Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti	2003 – 05: Seydou Elimane Diarra
1924 – 25: Richard Édmond Maurice Édouard Brunot	2005 – 07: Charles Konan Banny
1925 – 30: Maurice Pierre Lapalud	2007 – 12: Guillaume Kigbafori Soro
1930: Joseph Jules Brévié	2012: Jeannot Kouadio-Ahoussou
1930 – 31: Jean Paul Boutonnet	2012 -: Daniel Kablan Duncan
1931 – 35: Dieudonné François Joseph Marie Reste
1935: Marie Alphonse Flottes de Pouzols
1935 – 36: Adolphe Deitte
1936: Georges Julien Lamy
1936 – 38: Gaston Charles Julien Mondon
1938 – 39: Louis Bressolles
1939 – 41: Horace Valentin Crocicchia
1941 – 42: Hubert Jules Deschamps
1942 – 43: Georges Pierre Rey
1943: Jean François Toby
1943 – 45: André Jean Gaston Latrille
1945 – 46: Henry Jean Marie de Mauduit
1946 – 47: André Jean Gaston Latrille
1947 – 48: Oswald Marcellin Maurice Maruis Durand
1948: Georges Louis Joseph Orselli
1948 – 52: Laurent Élisée Péchoux
1952: Pierre François Pélieu
1952 – 54: Camille Victor Bailly
1954 – 56: Pierre Messmer
1956 – 57: Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami
1957 – 58: Ernest de Nattes
High Commissioners/Haute-Commissaire
1958 – 60: Ernest de Nattes
1960: Yves René Henri Guéna
Presidents
1960 – 93: Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1993 – 99: Aimé Henri Konan Bédié
1999 – 2000: Robert Guéï
2000 – 10: Laurent Koudou Gbagbo
2010 -: Alassane Dramane Ouattara

Gambia/Kambiya

750 – 1068: Ghana
1068 – 1263: Mandinka
1263 – 1645: Mali
1645 – 51: British
1651 – 59: Latvia
1659 – 64: Dutch
1664 – 95: British
1695 – 99: France
1699 – 1779: British
1779 – 83: France
1783 – 1965: British
1965 – 70: State
1970 – 82: Republic
1982 – 89: Confederation
1989 – 96: Republic
1996 -: State
Governors	Foreign Ministers/Mancelankoo
1900 – 1911: George Chardin Denton	1965 – 67: Aliu Badara Njie
1911 – 14: Henry Lionel Galway	1967 – 74: Assan Musa Camara
1914 – 20: Edward John Cameron	1974 – 77: Aliu Badara Njie
1921 – 27: Cecil Hamilton Armitage	1977 – 87: Lamine Kitty Jabang
1927 – 28: John Middleton	1987 – 94: Omar Sey
1928 – 30: Edward Brandis Denham	1994 – 95: Bolong Sonko
1930 – 34: Herbert Richmond Palmer	1995 – 97: Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
1934 – 36: Arthur Frederick Richards	1997 – 98: Omar Njie
1936 – 42: Wilfred Thomas Southorn	1998 – 2001: Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
1942 – 47: Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood	2001 – 04: Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
1947 – 49: Andrew Barkworth Wright	2004 – 05: Sidi Moro Sanneh
1949 – 58: Percy Wyn-Harris	2005: Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
1958 – 62: Edward Henry Windley	2005 – 06: Lamin Kaba Bajo
1962 – 65: John Warburton Paul	2006 – 07: Bala Garba Jahumpa
Governors-general	2007 – 08: Crispin Grey-Johnson
1965 – 66: John Warburton Paul	2008 – 09: Omar Touray
1966 – 70: Farimang Mamadi Singhateh	2009 – 10: Ousman Jammeh
Presidents	2010 – 12: Mamadou Tangara
1970 – 94: Dawda Kairaba Jawara	2012: Mambury Njie
1994 -: Yahya Jammeh	2012: Mamadou Tangara
	2012 – 13: Susan Waffa-Ogoo
	2013 – 14: Aboubacar Senghore
	2014: Mamour Alieu Jagne
	2014 – 15: Bala Garba Jahump
	2015 -: Neneh MacDouall-Gaye

Ghana

? - 300: Soninke
300 – 1200: Empire
1200 – 1600: Mali
1600 – 1874: Ashanti
1874 – 1960: British
1960 -: Republic
Governors/Amrado	Foreign Ministers/Esefo Ananade	Akwamu Chief/Edekuro
1900 – 04: Matthew Nathan	1957 – 58: Kofi Kwame Nkrumah	1936 – 67: Nana Kwafo Akoto II
1904: Herbert Bryan	1958 – 59: Kojo Botsio	1976: Nana Kwantwi Barima II
1904 – 10: John Pickersgill Rodger	1959 – 60: Ebenezer Ako-Adjei	19. – 19.: Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III
1910: Herbert Bryan	1960 – 61: Imoru Egala	1997 – 19.: Nana Owusu Agyare II
1910 – 12: James Jamieson Thorburn	1961 – 62: Ebenezer Ako-Adjei	1999 -: Otumfuo Ansa Sasraku VI
1912: Herbert Bryan	1962 – 63: Kofi Kwame Nkrumah
1912 – 19: Hugh Charles Clifford	1963 – 65: Kojo Botsio
1919: Alexander Ransford Slater	1965 – 66: Alex Quaison-Sackey	Akyem Abuakwa Chief
1919 – 27: Frederick Gordon Guggisberg	1966 – 67: Joseph Arthur Ankrah	1888 – 1911: Nana Amoako Atta II
1927: James Crawford Maxwell	1967 – 68: John Willie Kofi Harlley	1911 – 12: Nana Amoako Atta III
1927: John C. Maxwell	1969: Patrick Dankwa Anin	1912 – 43: Nana Ofori Atta I
1927 – 32: Alexander Ransford Slater	1969: Victor Owusu	1943 – 58: Nana Ofori Atta II
1932: Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote	1969: Patrick Dankwa Anin	1958 – 59: Nana Kwabena Kena II
1932 – 34: Shenton Whitelegge Thomas	1969 – 71: Victor Owusu	1959 – 66: Nana Amoako Atta IV
1934: Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote	1971 – 72: William Ofori-Atta	1966 – 73: Nana Ofori Atta II
1934 – 41: Arnold Wienholt Hodgson	1972: Nathan Apea Aferi	1973 – 76: Nana Ofori Atta III
1941 – 42: George Ernest London	1972 – 75: Kwame R.M. Baah	1976 – 99: Nana Kuntunkununku II
1942 – 47: Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns	1975 – 79: Roger Felli	1999: Osabarima Kena Ampaw II
1948 – 49: Gerald Hallen Creasy	1979: Gloria Amon Nikoi	1999 -: Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin II
1949: Robert Scott	1979 – 81: Isaac K. Chinebuah
1949: Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin	1982 – 97: Obed Asamoah	Asanteman Chief
1949: Robert Scott	1997: Kwamena Ahwoi	1926 – 31: Agyeman Prempe I
1949 – 57: Charles Noble Arden-Clarke	1997 – 2001: Victor Gbeho	1931: Kwaku Dua
Governors-general/Amrado	2001 – 03: Hackman Owu.-Agyemang	1931 – 70: Otumfuo Nana Osei Agyeman
1957 – 60: William Francis Hare	2003 – 07:Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo	1970 – 99: Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II
Presidents	2007 – 09: Akwasi Osei-Adjei	1999: Nana Osei Bonsu II
1960 – 66: Kofi Kwame Nkrumah	2009 – 13: Mohammed Mumuni	1999 -: Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II
1966 – 69: Joseph Ankrah,Akwasi Afrifa,Emmanuel Kotoka	2013 -: Hanna Tetteh
1969 – 70: Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa		Assin Apimenem
1970: Nii Amaa Ollennu		1960 – 19.: Kwame Nkyi XI
1970 – 72: Edward Akufo-Addo		1994 -: Kwame Nkyi XII
1972 – 78: Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
1978 – 79: Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo		Dwaben
1979: Jerry John Rawlings		1959 – 19.: Nana Juaben Serwah II
1979 – 81: Hilla Limann		19. – 71: Yaw Sapon II
1981 – 2001: Jerry John Rawlings		1971 -: Nana Juaben Serwah II
2001 – 09: John Agyekum Kufuor
2009 – 12: John Evans Atta Mills		Dagomba
2012 -: John Dramani Mahama		1899 – 1917: Alasan' Tiparga
		1917 – 38: Abdulai II
		1938 – 48: Mahama II
		1948 – 53: Mahama III
		1953 – 69: Abdulai III
		1969 – 74: Abdulai IV
		1974 – 2002: Yakuba II
		2006 -: Abdulai Andani

Guinea/Guinee

s. XII - 1235: Sosso
1235 – 1645: Mali
1645 – 1725: Bamana
1725 – 1896: Imamate/Imamat
1896 – 1946: France
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/Territoire d' Outre-mer
1958 – 62: United States of West Africa/Etats-Unis d'Afrique de l'Ouest
1962 – 79: Republic/Republique
1979 – 84: People's Revolutionary Republic/République Populaire Révolutionnaire
1984 -:Republic/Republique
Liutenant-Governors/Lieutenant-Gouvernaurs	Prime ministers/Premier Ministre
1900 – 1904: Paul Jean François Cousturier	1957 – 72: Ahmed Sékou Touré
1904 – 06: Marie Antoine Auguste Frezouls	1972 – 84: Louis Lansana Beavogui
1906 – 07: Jules Louis Richard	1984: Diarra Traoré
1907: Joost van Vollenhouven	1996 – 99: Sidya Touré
1907 – 08: Georges Poulet	1999 – 2004: Lamine Sidimé
1908 – 10: Victor Théophile Liotard	2004: François Lonseny Fall
1910: Georges Poulet	2004 – 06: Cellou Dalein Diallo
1910 – 12: Camille Lucien Xavier Guy	2007: Eugène Camara
1912 – 13: Jean Louis Georges Poiret	2007 – 08: Lansana Kouyaté
1913 – 15: Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne	2008 – 09: Ahmed Tidiane Souaré
1915 – 29: Jean Louis Georges Poiret	2009 – 10: Kabiné Komara
1929 – 31: Louis François Antonin	2010: Jean-Marie Doré
1931 - 32: Robert Paul Marie de Guise	2010 -: Mohamed Said Fofana
1932 – 36: Joseph Zébédée Olivier Vadier
Governors/Gouvernaurs
1936 – 40: Louis Placide Blacher
1940 – 42: Antoine Félix Giacobbi
1942 – 44: Horace Valentin Crocicchia
1944 – 46: Jacques Georges Fourneau
1946 – 48: Édouard Louis Terrac
1948 – 51: Roland Pré
1951 – 53: Paul Henri Siriex
1953 – 55: Jean Paul Parisot
1955 – 56: Charles-Henri Bonfils
1956 – 58: Jean Paul Ramadier
1958: Jean Mauberna
Presidents
1958 – 84: Ahmed Sékou Touré
1984: Louis Lansana Beavogui
1984 – 2008: Lansana Conté
2008: Aboubacar Somparé
2008 – 10: Moussa Dadis Camara
2010 -: Alpha Condé

Guinea-Bissau

1250 – 1614: N´Gabu
1614 – 1974: Portugal
1974 – 77: State/Estado
1977 -: Republic/Republica
Governors/ Governadores	Prime Ministers/ Primeiros-ministros
1901 – 03: Joaquim Pedro Vieira Judice Biker	1973 – 78: Francisco Mendès
1903 – 04: Alfredo Cardoso Soveral Martins	1978: Constantino Teixeira
1904: João Mateus Lapa Valente	1978 – 80: João Bernardo Vieira
1904 – 06: Carlos de Almeida Pessanha	1982 - 84: Victor Saúde Maria
1906 – 09: João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty	1991 – 94: Carlos Correia
1909 – 10: Francelino Pimentel	1994 – 97: Manuel Saturnino da Costa
1910 – 13: Carlos de Almeida Pereira	1997 - 98: Carlos Correia
1913 – 14: José António de Andrade Sequeira	1998 – 2000: Francisco José Fadul
1914 – 15: José de Oliveira Duque	2000 – 01: Caetano N'Tchama
1915 – 17: José António de Andrade Sequeira	2001: Faustino Fudut Imbali
1917: Manuel Maria Coelho	2001 – 02: Alamara Ntchina Nhassè
1917 – 19: Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira	2002 – 03: Mário Pires
1919: José de Oliveira Duque	2003 – 04: António Artur Sanhá
1919: José Luis Teixeira Marinho	2004 – 05: Carlos Gomes Júnior
1919 – 20: Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra	2005 – 07: Aristides Gomes
1921 – 26: Jorge Frederico Vélez Caroco	2007 – 08: Martinho Ndafa Kabi
1927 – 31: António Leite de Magalhães	2008 – 09: Carlos Correia
1931 – 32: João José Soares Zilhão	2009 – 12: Carlos Gomes Júnior
1932 – 40: Luís António de Carvalho Viegas	2012: Maria Adiato Djaló Nandigna
1941 – 45: Ricardo Vaz Monteiro	2012 – 14: Rui Duarte de Barros
1945 – 49: Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues	2014 -: Domingos Simões Pereira
1951 – 53: Raimundo Antonio Rodrigues Serrão
1954 – 56: Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim
1957 – 58: Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares
1959 – 62: António Augusto Peixoto Correia
1962 – 65: Vasco António Martínez Rodrigues
1965 – 68: Arnaldo Schulz
1968 – 73: António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola
1973 – 74: José Manuel Bettencourt Rodrigues
1974: Mateus da Silva
1974: San Gouveia
1974: Carlos Fabião
Presidents/ Presidentes
1973 – 80: Luís de Almeida Cabral
1980 – 84: João Bernardo Vieira
1984: Carmen Pereira
1984 – 99: João Bernardo Vieira
1999: Ansumane Mané
1999 – 2000: Malan Bacai Sanhá
2000 – 03: Kumba Ialá
2003: Veríssimo Correia Seabra
2003 – 05: Henrique Pereira Rosa
2005 – 09: João Bernardo Vieira
2009: Raimundo Perreira
2009 – 12: Malam Bacai Sanhá
2012: Raimundo Perreira
2012: Mamadu Ture Kuruma
2012 – 14: Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
2014 -: José Mário Vaz

Liberia

s. XII – 1821: Kru
1821 – 39: USA
1839 – 47: Commonwealth
1847 -: Republic
Presidents	Foreign Ministers
1900 – 1904: Garretson Wilmot Gibson	1912 – 20: Charles Dunbar Burgess King
1904 – 12: Arthur Barclay	1920 – 30: Edwin James Barclay
1912 – 20: Daniel Edward Howard	1930 – 34: Louis Arthur Grimes
1920 – 30: Charles Dunbar Burgess King	1934 – 43: Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
1930 – 44: Edwin James Barclay	1944 – 53: Gabriel Lafayette Dennis
1944 – 71: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman	1954 – 60: Momolu Dukuly
1971 – 80: William Richard Tolbert	1960 – 72: Joseph Rudolph Grimes
1980 – 90: Samuel Kanyon Doe	1972 – 73: Rocheforte Lafayette Weeks
1990: Yormie Johnson,Charles Taylor, Amos Sawyer	1973 – 80: Charles Cecil Dennis
1990 – 94: Amos Claudius Sawyer	1980 – 81: Gabriel Bacchus Matthews
1994 – 95: David Donald Kpormakor	1981 – 83: Henry Boimah Fahnbulleh
1995 – 96: Wilton G. Sengbe Sankawulo	1983 – 86: Ernest Eastman
1996 – 97: Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry	1986 – 87: J. Bernard Blamo
1997 – 2003: Charles Taylor	1987 – 90: J. Rudolph Johnson
2003: Moses Zeh Blah	1990 – 91: Winston Tubman
2003 – 06: Charles Gyude Bryant	1991 – 93: Gabriel Bacchus Matthews
2006 -: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	1993 – 94: Momolu Sirleaf
	1994 – 95: Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper
	1995 – 96: Momolu Sirleaf
	1996 – 2003: Monie Captan
	2003: Lewis Brown
	2003 – 06: Thomas Nimely
	2006 – 07: George Wallace
	2007 – 10: Olubanke King-Akerele
	2010: Sylvester Grigsby
	2010 – 12: Toga McIntosh
	2012 -: Augustine Ngafuan

Mali

?- 750: Soninke
750 – 1068: Ghana
1068 – 1235: Soninke
1235 – 1645: Empire
1645 - 1880: Masina
1880 – 1946: France
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/Territoire d' Outre-mer
1958 – 59: Autonomy/Autonomie
1959 – 60: Federation
1960 – 62: Union of Independent African States/Union des États Aricains Indépendants
1962 -: Republic/Republique
Governors-delegate/ Gouverneurs-délégué /Mara Kɔnferansiden	Pres. of the Prov. Gov./ Prés. du gouv. Prov. /Peresidan ka gofɛrɛnaman
1899 – 1904: William Merlaud-Ponty	1957 – 59: Jean-Marie Koné
Lieutenant governors/Mara	Prime Ministers/ Minisiriɲɛmɔgɔ
1904 – 08: William Merlaud-Ponty	1959 – 68: Modibo Keita
1908 – 15: François Joseph Clozel	1968 – 69: Yoro Diakité
1915: Philippe Henry	1986 – 88: Mamadou Dembelé
1915 – 16: Louis Digue	1991 – 92: Soumana Sacko
1916 – 17: Raphaël Antonetti	1992 – 93: Younoussi Touré
1917: Albert Nebout	1993 – 94: Abdoulaye Sékou Sow
1917 – 18: Louis Periquet	1994 – 2000: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
1918 – 19: Auguste Brunet	2000 – 02: Mande Sidibe
1919 – 21: Marcel Achille Olivier	2002: Modibo Keita Jr.
Governors/Mara	2002 – 04: Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani
1921 – 30: Jean Henri Terrasson de Fougères	2004 – 07: Ousmane Issoufi Maïga
1930 – 31: Joseph Urbain Court	2007 – 11: Modibo Sidibé
1931: Gabriel Omer Descemet	2011 – 12: Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
1931 – 35: Louis Jacques Eugène Fousset	2012: Cheick Modibo Diarra
1935: Félix Sylvestre Adolphe Éboué	2012 – 13: Diango Cissoko
1935 – 36: Matteo Mathieu Maurice Alfassa	2013 – 14: Oumar Tatam Ly
1936 – 38: Ferdinand Jacques Louis Rougier	2014 – 15: Moussa Mara
1938 - 42: Jean Desanti	2015 -: Modibo Keita
1942 – 46: Auguste Calvel
1946 – 52: Edmond Louveau
1952: Camille Victor Bailly
1952 – 53: Salvador Jean Etchéber
1953: Albert Jean Mouragues
1953 – 56: Lucien Eugène Geay
High Commissioners/Haute-Commissioner
1956 – 58: Henri Victor Gipoulon
1958 – 60: Jean Charles Sicurani
Presidents/Peresidan
1960 – 68: Modibo Keita
1968 – 91: Moussa Traoré
1991 – 92: Amadou Toumani Touré
1992 - 2002: Alpha Oumar Konaré
2002 – 12: Amadou Toumani Touré
Chairman of the National Committee for the Re-establishment of Democracy and the Restoration of the State/ Président du Comité national pour le rétablissement de la démocratie et la restauration de l'Etat
2012: Amadou Haya Sanogo
Presidents/Peresidan
2012 – 13: Dioncounda Traoré
2013 -: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Mauritania/ وريتانيا‎ (Mūrītāniyā)

s. III – s. XI: Bereber/ أمازيغ (Mazigh)/Berberes
s. XI – 1640: Arabs/ عرب (Araba)/Arabes
1640 – 1902: Emirate/الإمارات (al-Imārāt)/Emirat
1902 -46: France/ فرنس (Fransa)
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/ أقاليم ما وراء البحار(al-Qalim Mawara al Bahar) /Territoire d' Outre-mer
1958 – 60: Autonomy/ الحكم الذاتي(al-Hokmedaty)/Autonomie
1960 -: Republic/ جمهورية (al- Jumhūrīyāt)/Republique
Commandant/القائد	Prime Ministers/Premier Ministre/ رئيس الوزراء
1903 – 04: Xavier Coppolani كزافيي كبولاني	1957 – 61: Moktar Ould Daddah مختار ولد داداه
Commissioners/ Commissaires/ مفوضي	1979: Ahmed Ould Bouceif اُثئِف احمد ولد
1904 – 05: Xavier Coppolani كزافيي كبولاني	1979: Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi أحمد سالم ولد سيدي
1905: Louis Frèrejean لُوس فرءرءجأَن	1979 – 80: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla محمد خونا ولد هيداله
1905 – 07: Bernard Laurent Montané-Capdebosq بءرنَرد لَُرءنت مُنتَنءثَپدءبُسق	1980 – 81: Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara نئِجَرَ سيد أحمد ولد
1907 – 09: Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud هءنرِ جُسءپه أُغءنء غُورَُد	1981 – 84: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع
1910 – 12: Henri Hippolyte Patey هءنرِ هِپُّليتء پَتءي	1984: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla محمد خونا ولد هيداله
1912 – 14: Charles Paul Isidore Mouret شَرلءس پَُل إسِدُرء مُورءت	1984 – 92: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع
1914 – 16: Louis Jules Albert Obissier لُوس جُلءس البءرت ابِسِّئر	1992 – 96: Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر
1916 – 20: Nicolas Jules Henri Gaden نِثُلَس جُلءس هءنرِ غَدءن	1996 – 97: Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna شيخ العافية ولد محمد خونا
Lieutenant governors/Lieutenant-Gouverneaurs/ ملازم حكام	1997 – 98: Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig محمد لامين ولد جيغ
1920 – 26: Nicolas Jules Henri Gaden نِثُلَس جُلءس هءنرِ غَدءن	1998 – 2003: Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
1926 – 28: Albéric Auguste Fournier البءرِث اُغُستء فُورنِئر	2003 – 05: Sghair Ould M'Bareck اسغير ولد امبارك
1928 – 29: Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau الپهُنسء پَُل الأرت شُتءَُ	2005 – 06: Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر
1929 – 31: René Héctor Émile Chazal رءنء هءثتُر أمِلء شَزَل	2007 – 08: Zeine Ould Zeidane الزين ولد زيدان
1931 – 33: Gabriel Omer Descemet غَبرِئل امءر دءسثءمءت	2008: Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef يحيى ولد أحمد الواقف
1933 – 34: Louis François Antonin لُوس فرَنث}ُِس انتُنِن	2008 – 14: Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf مولاي ولد محمد لغظف
1934: Gabriel Omer Descemet غَبرِئل امءر دءسثءمءت	2014 -: Yahya Ould Hademine يحي ولد حدمين
1934: Adolphe Deitte ادُپلپهء دئِتّء
1934: Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas جأَنبَپتِستء ڤِثتُر شَزءلَس
1934 – 35: Richard Edmond Maurice Édouard Brunot رِشَرد أدمُند مَُرِثء أدُورد رُنُت
1935: Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas جأَنبَپتِستء ڤِثتُر شَزءلَس
1935 – 36: Jules Marcel de Coppet جُلءس مَرثءل دء ثُپّءت
1936: Jean Louis Beyries جأَن لُوس بءيرِئس
1936 – 38: Oswald Durand اسوَلد دُرَند
1938: Charles André Dumas شَرلءس اندرء دُمَس
1938 – 44: Jean Louis Beyries جأَن لُوس بءيرِئس
1944 – 45: Christian Robert Roger Laigret شرِستَِن رُؤرت رُغءر لَِغرءت
1945 – 46: René Babin رءنء بَبِن
1946 – 47: Georges Poirier غؤُرغءس پُِرِئر
1947: Lucien Eugène Geay لُثِئن أُغءنء غأَي
1947 – 49: Henry Jean Marie de Mauduit هءنري جأَن مَرِئ دء مَُدِت
1949 – 50: Édouard Louis Terrac أدُورد لُوس تءرَّث
1950 – 52: Jacques Camille Marie Rogué جَثقُؤس ثَمِلّء مَرِئ رُغُؤ
1952 – 54: Pierre Messmer پِئرّء مءسّمءر
1954 – 55: Albert Jean Mouragues البءرت جأَن مُورَغُؤس
1955 – 56: Jean Paul Parisot جأَن پَُل پَرِسُت
1956 - 58: Albert Jean Mouragues البءرت جأَن مُورَغُؤس
High commissioners /لمفوضين الساميين
1958 – 59: Henri Joseph Marie Bernard هءنرِ جُسءپه مَرِئ بءرنَرد
1959 – 60: Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Pierre Anthonioz امءدآ جُسءپه أمِلء جأَن پِئرّء انثُنُِز
Presidents/ رؤساء (Rais)
1960 – 78: Moktar Ould Daddah مختار ولد داداه
1978 – 79: Mustafa Ould Salek المصطفى ولد محمد السالك‎
1979 – 80: Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly محمد محمود ولد أحمد لولي
1980 – 84: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla محمد خونا ولد هيداله
1984 – 2005: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع
2005 – 07: Ely Ould Mohamed Vall إعلي ولد محمد فال
2007 – 08: Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد ال
Chairman of the High Council of State/ Président du Haut Conseil d'Etat/ رئيس المجلس الأعلى للدولة
2008 – 09: Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz محمد ولد عبد العزيز
Presidents/ رؤساء (Rais)
2009: Ba Mamadou dit M'Baré با مامادو إمباري
2009 -: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz محمد ولد عبد العزيز

Niger/Nijar

500 – 1325: Songhai
1325 – 75: Mali
1375 – 1900: Songhai
1900 – 46: France
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/Territoire d' Outre-mer
1958 – 60: Autonomy/Autonomie
1960 -: Republic/Republique
Commandants	Vice Pres.of the Council of Gov./ Vice President du Conseil de gouvernement/Shugaba Ba-fada Gwamnati
1900 – 01: Étienne Péroz	1957 – 58: Djibo Bakary
1901 – 04: Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud	Pres. of the Gov.Council/ Prés. du Conseil de Gouv. /Shugaba Ba-fada Gwamnati
19. – 19.: Joseph Gauderique Aymerich	1958 – 60: Hamani Diori
19. – 11: Paul Célestin Marie Joseph Venel	Prime Ministers/Premier Ministre/Fira Minista
1912 – 13: Charles Camille Thierry de Maugras	1983: Mamane Oumarou
Commissioners/ Commissaires(Ijara	1983 – 88: Ahmid Algabid
1913 – 15: Paul Célestin Marie Joseph Venel	1988 – 89: Mamane Oumarou
1915 – 18: Charles Henri Mourin	1990 – 91: Aliou Mahamidou
1918 – 19: Marie Joseph Félix Méchet	1991 – 93: Amadou Cheiffou
1919 – 20: Claude Paul Émile Lefebvre	1993 – 94: Mahamadou Issoufou
1920: Maurice Gustave Fernand Renauld	1994 – 95: Souley Abdoulaye
1920 – 21: Lucien Émile Rueff	1995: Amadou Boubacar Cissé
1921 – 22: Joseph Jules Brévié	1995 – 96: Hama Amadou
Lieutenant governors/Lieutenaunt Gouvernaurs	1996: Boukary Adji
1922 – 29: Joseph Jules Brévié	1996 – 97: Amadou Boubacar Cissé
1929: Jean Baptiste Robert Fayout	1997 – 2000: Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki
1929 – 30: Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau	2000 – 07: Hama Amadou
1930 – 31: Louis Placide Blacher	2007 – 09: Seyni Oumarou
1931 – 33: Théophile Antoine Pascal Tellier	2009: Albadé Abouba
1933 – 34: Maurice Léon Bourgine	2009 – 10: Ali Badjo Gamatié
1934 – 35: Léon Charles Alphonse Pêtre	2010 – 11: Mahamadou Danda
1935 – 38: Joseph Urbain Court	2011 -: Brigi Rafini
1938 – 39: Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas
1939 – 40: Jean Alexandre Léon Rapenne
1940: Léon Solomiac
1940 – 42: Maurice Émile Falvy
1942 – 54: Jean-François Toby
1954 – 56: Jean Paul Ramadier
1956 - 58: Paul Camille Bordier
1958: Louis Félix Rollet
High commissioner/Haute-Commissaire/Dogo Ijara
1958 – 60: Jean Colombani
Presidents/Shugaba
1960 – 74: Hamani Diori
1974 – 87: Seyni Kountché
1987 – 93: Ali Saibou
1993 – 96: Mahamane Ousmane
1996 – 99: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
1999: Daouda Malam Wanké
1999 – 2010: Mamadou Tandja
President of Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy/ Président du Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de la Démocratie
2010 – 11: Salou Djibo
President
2011 -: Mahamadou Issoufou

Nigeria/Naìjírìà

1000 a.c – 300 d.c: Nok
300 – 700: Hausa
700 – 1849: Borno
1849 – 1954: British/Biritaniya
1954 – 63: Federation/Tarayya
1963 – 66: Federal Republic/Jam-huriyar Taraiyar
1966: Republic/Jam-huriyar
1966 -: Federal Republic/Jam-huriyar Taraiyar
Northern Nigeria/Ariwaniha Naijiria	Foreign Ministers/Ilu Miiranajeji Iranye Oyelu	Traditional Polities/Abáláyéàtôwödöwö ti Akóso
High commissioners/Ga IfifúnniàÿçIÿêèrè	1960 – 61: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	Abeokuta Chief/Alake
1900 – 06: Frederick John Dealtry Lugard	1961 – 65: Jaja Anucha Wachuku	1898 – 1920: Gbadebo I
1906 – 07: William Wallace	1965: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	1920 – 62: Ladapo Samuel Ademola II
1907 – 08: Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard	1965 - 66: Nuhu Bamali	1962 – 71: Adesiinan Samuel Gbadebo II
Governors/Alabo	1966: Edwin Ogebe Ogbu	1971 – 2005: Samuel Mofolorunsho Lipede
1908 – 09: Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard	1966 – 67: Yakubu Gowon	2005 -: Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III
1909 – 12: Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell	1967 - 75: Okoi Arikpo
1912 – 14: Frederick John Dealtry Lugard	1975 – 78: Joseph Nanven Garba	Adamawa Rulers/ Baban-Lamido
Nigeria Governor-general /Alabo Olórí ogun	1978 – 79: Henry Adefope	1890 – 1901: Zubayru bi Adama
1914 – 19: Frederick John Dealtry Lugard	1979 – 83: Ishaya Audu	1901 – 09: Baba Ahmadu bi Adama
Nigeria Governors/Alabo	1983: Emeka Anyaoku	1909 – 10: Muhammad Yarima Iya bi Sanda
1919 – 25: Hugh Charles Clifford	1983 – 85: Ibrahim Gambari	1910 – 24: Muhammad Abba bi Baba Ahmadu
1925 – 31: Graeme Thomson	1985 – 87: Bolaji Akinyemi	1924 – 28: Muhammad Bello bi Ahmadu
1931 – 35: Donald Charles Cameron	1987 – 89: Ike Nwachukwu	1928 – 46: Muhammad bi Muhammad Abba
1935 – 40: Bernard Henry Bourdillon	1989 – 90: Rilwanu Lukman	1946 – 53: Yarima Ahmadu bi Muhammad Bello
1940 – 42: John Evelyn Shuckburgh	1990 – 93: Ike Nwachukwu	1953 – 2010:Aliyu Mustafa bi Muhammad Mustafa
1942 – 43: Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns	1993: Matthew Mbu	2010 -: Muhammadou Barkindo `Aliyu Musdafa
1943 – 48: Arthur Frederick Richards	1993 – 95: Babagana Kingibe	Borgu Emirs/ Sarkin Bussa
1948 – 54: John Stuart Macpherson	1995 – 98: Tom Ikimi	1954 – 68: Muhammadu Sani dan Dan Toro
Governor-general/Alabo Olórí ogun	1998 – 99: Ignatius C. Olisemeka	1968 – 2000: Musa Muhammadu Kigera III Sani
1954 – 55: John Stuart Macpherson	1999 – 2003: Sule Lamido	2000 – 02: Isiaku Musa Jikantoro
1955 – 60: James Wilson Robertson	1998 – 99: Abdulsalami Abubakar	2002 -:Haliru Dantoro Kitoro III Muhammadu Sani
1960 – 63: Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe	2003 – 06: Oluyemi Adeniji
Presidents/ Aare	2006: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	Edo Rulers/ Oba
1963 – 66: Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe	2006 – 07:Joy Ogwu	1914 – 33: Eweka II
Heads of State/Ori Sàkání ílù	2007 – 10: Ojo Maduekwe	1933 – 78: Akenzua II
1966: Johnson Thomas Umurakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi	2010: Martin Uhomoibhi	1978 -:Erediauwa
1966 – 75: Yakubu Gowon	2010 – 11: Odein Ajumogobia
1975 – 76: Murtala Ramat Muhammad	2011 – 13: Olugbenga Ashiru	Ile Ilfe Rulers/ Ooni Ife
1976 – 79: Olusegun Obasanjo	2013 – 14: Viola Onwuliri	1894 – 1910: Adelekan Olubuse I
Presidents/Aare	2014 -: Aminu Wali	1910 – 30: Ademiluyi Ajagun
1979 – 83: Alhaji Shehu Shagari		1930 – 80: Titus Martins Adesoji Tadeniawo
1983 – 85: Muhammadu Buhari		1980 -:Okunade Adele Sijuwade Olubuse II
1985 – 93: Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
1993: Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan		Ilorin Emir/ Sarkin Ilorin
1993 – 98: Sani Abacha		1896 – 1915: Sulaymanu dan `Aliyu
1998 – 99: Abdulsalami Abubakar		1915 – 19: Shu`aybu Bawa dan Zubayru
1999 – 2007: Olusegun Obasanjo		1920 – 59: Abd al-Qadiri dan Shu`aybu
2007 – 10: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua		1959 – 91: Zulkarnayni Gambari dan Muhammadu
2010 – 15: Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan		1991 – 94: Malam dan `Abd al-Qadiri
2015 -: Muhammadu Buhari		1995 -: Ibrahim Sulu Gambari

		Kazaure Emirs/ Sarkin Ilorin
		1886 – 1914: Muhamman Mayaki dan Dambo
		1914 – 22: Muhammadu dan Muhamman Mayaki
		1922 – 41: Umaru Na'uka dan Muhammadu Tura
		1941 – 69: Adamu dan `Abd al-Mu'mini
		1969 – 74: Ibrahim dan Adamu
		1974 – 19.: Muhammadu dan Adamu
		19. -: Najib Husaini Adamu

		Lagos Rulers/Oba
		1900 – 25: Esuugbayii Eleeko
		1925 – 28: Ibikunle Akintoye
		1928 – 31: Sanunsi Olusi
		1931 – 32: Esuugbayii Eleeko
		1932 – 49: Falolu Dosunmun
		1949 – 64: Musendiku Buraimoh Adeniji Adele II
		1964 – 65: S.A. Agoro
		1965 – 2003: Adeyinka Akinola Oyekan II
		2003: Teslim Jinadu-Eko
		2003 -: Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I

		Opobo Rulers/Amanyanabo
		1893 – 1915: Obiesigha Jaja
		1916 – 36: Dipiri
		1936 – 42: Sodienye Jaja
		1942 – 46: Stephen Ubogu Jaja
		1952 – 80: Sodienye Jaja
		2003 -: Dandeson Jaja

		Oshogbo Rulers/Ataoja
		1893 – 1903: Oyekona
		1903 – 18: Gbeja
		1918 – 20: Latona
		1920 – 35: Lawole
		1935 – 19.: Oyedokin Adente
		1976 – 2010: Iyiola Oyewale Matanmi III
		2010 -: Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun
		Oyo Rulers/Alaafin-onon-ola
		1876 – 1905: Adeyemi I Alowolodu
		1905: Layode
		1905 – 11: Lawani Agogoja
		1911: Dairo
		1911 – 44: Siyanbola Onikepe Oladigbolu I
		1945 – 56: Adeyemi II Adeniran
		1956 – 70: Bello Gbadegesin Oladigbolu II
		1970 -: Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III

		Sokoto Sultan / Sarkin Musulmi/ Amir al-Mu´minin مير المؤمنين;
		1891 – 1902: Abd ar-Rahman dan Abi Bakar Kano عبد الرحمن ع دان أبي بكر ولاية كانو
		1902 – 03: Muhammadu Attahiru I dan Ahmadu لي دان أحمدو اتَّهِرُ محمد
		1903 – 15: Muhammadu Attahiru II dan `Aliyu Baba الثاني دان بابا علييو اتَّهِرُ محمد
		1915 – 24: Muhammadu dan Ahmadu "Mai Turare تُرَرء محمد أحمدو دان "ماي
		1924 – 31: Muhammadu dan Muhammadu "Tambari تَمبَرِ دان محمد محمد
		1931 – 38: Hasan dan Mu'azu Ahmadu أحمدو مَُز´زُ دان حسن
		1938 – 88: Abu Bakar dan `Usuman as-Siddiq اسُسمَن دان `ابو بكر الصديق كما
		1988 – 96: Ibrahim Dasuki dan Khaliru خَلِرُ ابراهيم دسوقي دان
		1996 – 2006: Ibrahim Muhammadu Maccido Abu ابو ابراهيم محمدو مجيدو
		2006 -: Muhammadu Sada dan Abu Bakar محمد السادة دان ابو بكر

		Tiv Rulers/Tor Tiv
		1947 – 56: Makare Dzakpe
		1956 – 79: Malam Gondo Aluor
		1979 – 19.: Orchivirigh James Akperan Orshi
		19.: Alfred Akawe Torkula

		Warri Rulers/Olu
		? – 1921: Okorofianyegbe
		1917 – 32: Dogho Numa
		1929 – 36: Olagbemi Ewolufu
		1936 – 19.: Ginuwa II
		1987 -: Ogiame Atuwatse II

		Zaria Emir/Sarkin Zaria
		1897 – 1903: Muhammad Kwassau ibn `Uthman
		1903: Sulayman
		1903 – 20: Ali ibn `Abd al-Qadir
		1920 – 24: Dallatu ibn `Uthman Yero
		1924 – 36: Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Lawal Kwassau
		1937 – 59: Malam Ja`far ibn Ishaq
		1959 – 75: Muhammad al-Amin ibn `Uthman
		1975 -: Shehu Idris

Saint Helena

1659 – 73: British
1673: Dutch
1673 -: British
Governors	French Conservators	Ascension Administrators
1897 – 1903: Robert Armitage Sterndale	1880 – 1907: Lucien Morilleau	1964 – 68: M.E. Wainwright
1903 – 11: Henry Lionel Gallwey	1907 – 08: Elisabeth Morilleau	1968 – 73: H.W.D. McDonald
1912 – 20: Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux	1908 – 16: Henri Roger	1973 – 76: Geoffrey Colin Guy
1920 – 25: Robert Francis Peel	1916 – 19: Bazett Legg	1976 – 77: G. McDonald
1925 – 32: Charles Henry Harper	1919 – 45: Georges Colin	1977: G.B. Kendal
1932 – 38: Steuart Spencer Davis	1945 – 54: Georges Peugeot	1977 – 79: Simon Gillett
1938 – 41: Henry Guy Pilling	1954 – 56: Steven Strong	1979 – 80: P. Duncan
1941 – 47: William Bain Gray	1956 – 87: Gilbert Martineau	1980 – 82: Bernard Edward Pauncefort
1947 – 54: George Andrew Joy	1987 –: Michel Dancoisne-Martineau	1991 – 95: Brian Norman Connelly
1954 – 58: James Dundas Harford		1995 – 99: Roger C. Huxley
1958 - 62: Robert Edmund Alford		1999 – 2002: Geoffrey Fairhurst
1962 – 68: John Osbaldiston Field		2002: Matt Young
1968 – 71: Dermont Art Pelly Murphy		2002: Adam Henshaw
1971 – 76: Thomas Oates		2002: Matt Young
1976 – 80: Geoffrey Colin Guy		2002 – 05: Andrew Michael Kettlewell
1981 – 84: John Dudley Massingham		2005 – 08: Michael Thomas Hill
1984 – 87: Francis Baker		2008 – 11: Ross Denny
1988 – 91: Robert Frederick Stimson		2011: Miles Miller
1991 – 95: Alan Hoole		2011: Joanne Yeadon
1995 – 99: David Smallman		2011: Miles Miller
1999 – 2004: David Hollamby		2011 – 14: Colin Wells
2004: John Styles		2014 -: Marc Holland
2004 – 07: Michael Clancy		Tristan Da Cunha Chief Islanders
2007: Martin Rupert Hallam		1932 – 70: William Peter Repetto
2007 – 11: Andrew Murray Gurr		1970 – 73: Harold Green
2011: Ken Baddon		1973 – 79: Albert Glass
2011 -: Mark Andrew Capes		1979 – 82: Harold Green
		1982 – 85: Albert Glass
		1985 – 88: Harold Green
		1988 – 91: Anne Green
		1991 – 94: Lewis Glass
		1994 – 2003: James Glass
		2003 – 07: Anne Green
		2007 – 10: Conrad Glass
		2010 -: Ian Lavarello
		Tristan Da Cunha Administrators
		1989 – 92: Bernard Edward Pauncefort
		1992 – 94: Philip H. Johnson
		1994 – 97: Brendan G.P. Dalley
		1997 – 98: B.W. Money
		1998 – 2001: Brian P. Baldwin
		2001 – 04: Bill Dickson
		2004 – 07: Mike Hentley
		2007 – 10: David Morley
		2010 – 13: Sean Burns
		2013 -: Alex Mitham

Senegal/Senegaal

s. IV – 850: Jolof/Djolof
850 – 1664: Fuuta Toro
1664 – 93: France
1693: British/Britannique
1693 – 1765: France
1765 – 83: British/Britannique
1783 – 1809: France
1809 – 17: British/Britannique
1817 – 1946: France
1946 – 58: Overseas Territory/Territoire d' Outre-mer
1958 – 59: Autonomy/Autonomie
1959 – 60: Federation
1960 – 82: Republic/Republique
1982 – 89: Confederation
1989 -: Republic/Republique
French West Africa Governor-general/ Afrique occidentale française gouverneur-général/$Sowwu Afrig	Vice Pres.of the Gov.Council/ Vice Pres. du Conseil de Gouvernement/Ngur
1900 – 1902: Noël Eugène Ballay	1957 – 59: Mamadou Dia
1902: Pierre Paul Marie Capest	Prime Ministers/ Njiitu-Jawri
1902 – 07: Ernest Roume	1959 – 62: Mamadou Dia
1907 – 08: Martial Henri Merlin	1970 – 80: Abdou Diouf
1908 – 15: Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty	1981 – 83: Habib Thiam
1915 – 17: Marie François Joseph Clozel	1983: Moustapha Niasse
1917 – 18: Joost van Vollenhoven	1991 – 98: Habib Thiam
1918 – 19: Gabriel Louis Angoulvant	1998 – 2000: Mamadou Lamine Loum
1919: Charles Désiré Auguste Brunet	2000 – 01: Moustapha Niasse
1919 – 23: Martial Henri Merlin	2001 – 02: Mame Madior Boye
1923 – 30: Jules Gaston Henri Carde	2002 – 04: Idrissa Seck
1930 – 36: Joseph Jules Brévié	2004 – 07: Chérif Macky Sall
1936 – 38: Jules Marcel de Coppet	2007 – 09: Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
1938: Léon Geismar	2009 – 12: Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
1938 – 39: Pierre François Boisson	2012 – 13: Abdoul Mbaye
1939 – 40: Léon Henri Charles Cayla	2013 – 14: Aminata Touré
1940 – 43: Pierre François Boisson	2014 -: Mohamed Dionne
1943 – 46: Pierre Charles Cournarie
1946 – 48: René Victor Marie Barthès
1948 – 51: Paul Léon Albin Béchard
1951 – 52: Paul Louis Gabriel Chauvet
1952 – 56: Bernard Cornut-Gentille
1956 – 57: Gaston Custin
High Commissioners/Hauts-commissaires/Kowewaay
1957 – 58: Gaston Custin
1958: Pierre Messmer
Governors/ Gouverneur
1902 – 07: Camille Lucien Xavier Guy
1907: Joost van Vollenhoven
1907 – 08: Martial Henri Merlin
1908: Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne
1908 – 09: Maurice Gourbeil
1909: Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudard
1909 – 11: Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne
1911 – 14: Henri François Charles Core
1914 – 16: Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti
1917 – 20: Fernand Émile Levêque
1920 – 21: Théophile Antoine Pascal
1921 – 25: Pierre Jean Henri Didelot
1925 – 26: Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet
1926: Joseph Zébédée Olivier Cadier
1926 – 29: Léonce Alphonse Noël Henri Jore
1929 – 30: Maurice Beurnier
1930 – 31: Camille Théodore Raoul Maillet
1931: Benoît Louis Rebonne
1931 – 36: Maurice Beurnier
1936 – 38: Louis Lefebvre
1938 – 40: Jean Paul Parisot
1941 – 42: Georges Pierre Rey
1942 – 43: Hubert Jules Deschamps
1943 – 45: Charles Jean Dagain
1945 – 46: Pierre Louis Maestracci
1946 – 47: Oswald Durand
1947 – 50: Laurent Marcel Wiltord
1950 – 52: Camille Victor Bailly
1952 – 54: Lucien Eugène Geay
1954 – 55: Maxime Marie Antoine Jourdain
1955 – 57: Jean Colombani
1957 – 58: Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami
High Commissioners/ Hauts-commissaires/Kowewaay
1958 – 60: Pierre Auguste Michel Marie Lami
Presidents/ Njiitu-Réew
1960 – 80: Léopold Sédar Senghor
1980 – 2000: Abdou Diouf
2000 – 12: Abdoulaye Wade
2012 -: Macky Sall

Sierra Leone

2500 a.c – 1505 d.c: Mande
1505 – 1787: Kingdom
1787 – 1961: British
1961 – 78: State
1978 -: Republic
Governors	Foreign Ministers	Traditional Polities
1900 – 1904: Charles Anthony King-Harman	1961 – 64: John Karefa-Smart	Kpaa Mende
1904 – 10: Leslie Probyn	1964 – 65: Cyril B. Rogers-Wright	1876 – 1906: Mama Yoko
1910 – 13: Edward Marsh Merewether	1965 – 67: Maigore Kallon	1906 – 17: Lamboi
1913: Claude Hollis	1967 – 68: Leslie William Leigh
1913 – 16: Edward Marsh Merewether	1968 – 69: Luseni A.M. Brewah	Nongowa
1916 – 21: Richard James Wilkinson	1969 – 71: Cyril P. Foray	1898 – 1908: Matolo
1921: John C. Maxwell	1971 – 73: Solomon Athanasius James Pratt	1908 – 18: Humonya
1921 – 22: Richard James Wilkinson	1973 – 75: Desmond Luke	19. 1942:Momh Vangahun
1922 – 27: Alexander Ransford Slater	1975 – 77: Francis Minah	1942 – 56: Alfa Lalugba Kalei-Samba
1927 – 29: Joseph Aloysius Byrne	1977 – 84: Abdulai Conteh	Kaiyamban
1929 – 30: Mark Young	1984 – 85: Sheka Hassan Kanu	? - 1956: Julius Gulama
1930 – 31: Joseph Aloysius Byrne	1985 – 92: Abdul Karim Koroma	1953 – 2006: Ella Koblo Gulama
1931 – 34: Arnold Wienholt Hodgson	1992: Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya
1934 – 37: Henry Monck-Mason Moore	1992 – 93: Mohamed Lamin Kamara
1937 – 41: Douglas James Jardine	1993 – 94: Karefa Kargbo
1941 – 47: Hubert Craddock Stevenson	1992 – 95: Abass Bundu
1947 – 52: George Beresford-Stooke	1995 – 96: Alusine Fofanah
1952 – 56: Robert de Zouche Hall	1996: Louisin Chaluba
1956 – 61: Maurice Henry Dorman	1996: Johnny Paul Koroma
Governors-general	1996: Maigore Kallon
1961 – 62: Maurice Henry Dorman	1996 – 97: Shirley Gbujama
1962 – 67: Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston	1997 – 98: Paolo Bangura
1967 – 68: Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith	1998 – 2001: Sama Banya
1968: John Amadu Bangura	2001 – 02: Ahmed Ramadan Dumbuya
1968 – 71: Banja Tejan-Sie	2002 – 07:Momodu Koroma
1971: Christopher Okoro Eluathan Eustace Cole	2007 – 10: Zainab Bangura
Presidents	2010 – 12: Joseph B. Dauda
1971 – 85: Siaka Probyn Stevens	2012 -: Samura Kamara
1985 – 92: Joseph Saidu Momoh
1992: Yayah Kanu
1992 – 96: Valentine Strasser
1996: Julius Maada Bio
1996 – 97: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
1997 – 98: Johnny Paul Koroma
1998 – 2007: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
2007 -: Ernest Bai Koroma

Togo

s. IV – 1500: Ewe
1500 – 1884: Fon
1884 – 1914: Germany/Allemagne
1914 – 56: France
1956 – 60: Autonomy/Autonomie
1960 -: Republic/Republique
German Governors	Prime Ministers
1898 – 1902: August Köhler	1956 – 58: Nicolas Grunitzky
1902 – 05: Waldemar Horn	1958 – 61: Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio
1905 – 10: Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen	1991 – 94: Joseph Kokou Koffigoh
1911 – 12: Edmund Brückner	1994 – 96: Édouard "Edem" Kodjovi Kodjo
1912 – 14: Adolf von Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1996 – 99: Kwassi Klutse
French Administrators	1999 – 2000: Koffi Eugene Adoboli
1914 – 16: Gaston Léon Joseph Fourn	2000 – 02: Agbeyome Messan Kodjo
Commissioners	2002 – 05: Koffi Sama
1916 – 17: Gaston Léon Joseph Fourn	2005 – 06: Édouard "Edem" Kodjovi Kodjo
1917 – 22: Alfred Louis Woelfel	2006 – 07: Yawovi Agboyibo
1922 – 31: Paul Auguste François Bonnecarrère	2007 – 08: Komlan Mally
1931 – 33: Robert Paul Marie de Guise	2008 – 12: Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo
1933 – 34: Léon Charles Alphonse Pêtre	2012 – 15: Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
1934 – 35: Maurice Léon Bourgine	2015 -: Komi Sélom Klassou
1935 – 36: Léon Geismar
1936 – 41: Michel Lucien Montagné
1941: Léonce Joseph Delpech
1941 – 42: Jean-François de Saint-Alary
1942 – 43: Pierre Salceti
1943 – 44: Albert Mercadier
1944 – 48: Jean Noutary
1948 – 51: Jean Henri Arsène Cédile
1951 – 52: Yves Jean Digo
1952 – 55: Laurent Elysée Péchoux
1955 – 56: Jean Louis Philippe Bérard
High commissioners
1956 – 57: Jean Louis Philippe Bérard
1957: Joseph Édouard Georges Rigal
1957 – 60: Georges Léon Spénale
Presidents
1960 – 63: Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio
1963: Emmanuel Bodjollé
1963 – 67: Nicolas Grunitzky
1967: Kléber Dadjo
1967 – 2005: Étienne Eyadéma
2005: Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
2005: Abass Bonfoh
2005: Emmanuel Akitani-Bob
2005 -: Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé