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Elected Heads of State of Former British Commonwealth realms

Status

(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

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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

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind
Military	Mil

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Status

(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

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Status

(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

Party
Independent
Indian National Congress
Janata Party

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Status

(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

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Status

(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

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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

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind
Military	Mil

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind
Military	Mil

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind
Military	Mil

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind
Military	Mil

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Status

(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

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind
Military	Mil

• APC - All People's Congress
• SLPP - Sierra Leone People's Party
• Mil - Military
• n-p - Nonpartisan

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Status

(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

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Status

(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

Party	Code
Independent	Ind

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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

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(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)

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

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Status

(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	[[]]

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.

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

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
	9 October	Independence Day
		Republic Day