2016 in Africa
Incumbents
- President â Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999âÂÂ2019)
- Prime Minister â Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2014âÂÂ2017)
- President â José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979âÂÂ2017)
- President âÂÂ
- #Thomas Boni Yayi, President of Benin (2006âÂÂ2016)
- #Patrice Talon, President of Benin (2016âÂÂpresent)
- President â Ian Khama, President of Botswana (1998âÂÂ2008)
- President â Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi (2005âÂÂ2020)
- President â Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (1982âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Philémon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon (2009âÂÂ2019)
- President â Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde (2011âÂÂ2021)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Jose Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (2001âÂÂ2016)
- #Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (2016âÂÂpresent)
- President âÂÂ
- #Catherine Samba-Panza, Transitional President of Central African Republic (2014âÂÂ2016)
- #Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Transitional President of Central African Republic (2016âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Mahamat Kamoun, Prime Minister of Central African Republic (2014âÂÂ2016)
- #Simplice Sarandji, Prime Minister of Central African Republic (2016âÂÂ2019)
- President â Idriss Déby, President of Chad (1990âÂÂ2021)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Prime Minister of Chad (2013âÂÂ2016)
- #Albert Pahimi Padacké, Prime Minister of Chad (2016âÂÂ2018)
- President âÂÂ
- #Ikililou Dhoinine, President of Comoros (2011âÂÂ2016)
- #Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros (2016âÂÂ2019)
- President â Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo (1997âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Clément Mouamba, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (2016âÂÂ2021)
- President â Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire (2010âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire (2012âÂÂ2017)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- President â Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001âÂÂ2019)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2012âÂÂ2016)
- #Samy Badibanga, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016âÂÂ2017)
- President â Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti (1999âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Prime Minister of Djibouti (2013âÂÂpresent)
- President â Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt (2014âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister of Egypt (2015âÂÂ2018)
- President â Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1982âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (2012âÂÂ2016)
- #Vicente Ehate Tomi, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (2016âÂÂ2023)
- President â Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea (1993âÂÂpresent)
- President â Mulatu Teshome, President of Ethiopia (2013âÂÂ2018)
- Prime Minister â Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (2012âÂÂ2018)
- President â Ali Bongo, President of Gabon (2009âÂÂ2023)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Daniel Ona Ondo, Prime Minister of Gabon (2014âÂÂ2016)
- #Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Prime Minister of Gabon (2016âÂÂ2019)
- President â Yahya Jammeh, President of Gambia (1996âÂÂ2017)
- President â John Mahama, President of Ghana (2012âÂÂ2017)
- President â Alpha Condé, President of Guinea (2010âÂÂ2021)
- President â José Mário Vaz, President of Guinea-Bissau (2014âÂÂ2020)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Carlos Correia, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (2015âÂÂ2016)
- #Baciro Djá, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (2016)
- #Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (2016âÂÂ2018)
- President â Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya (2013âÂÂ2022)
- Monarch â Letsie III, Monarch of Lesotho (1996âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho (2015âÂÂ2017)
- President â Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, President of Liberia (2006âÂÂ2018)
- President â Aguila Saleh Issa, Chairman of the Presidential Council (2014âÂÂ2021)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Abdullah al-Theni, Prime Minister of Libya (2014âÂÂ2016)
- #Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of Libya (2016âÂÂ2021)
- President â Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi (2014âÂÂ2020)
- President â Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of Mali (2013âÂÂ2020)
- Prime Minister â Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of Mali (2015âÂÂ2017)
- President â Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania (2009âÂÂ2019)
- Prime Minister â Yahya Ould Hademine, Prime Minister of Mauritania (2014âÂÂ2018)
- President â Ameenah Gurib, President of Mauritius (2015âÂÂ2018)
- Prime Minister â Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius (2014âÂÂ2017)
- King â Mohammed VI, King of Morocco (1999âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Abdelilah Benkirane, Prime Minister of Morocco (2011âÂÂ2017)
- President â Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique (2015âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2015âÂÂ2022)
- President â Hage Geingob, President of Namibia (2015âÂÂ2024)
- Prime Minister â Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister of Namibia (2015âÂÂpresent)
- President â Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger (2011âÂÂ2021)
- Prime Minister â Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of Niger (2011âÂÂ2021)
- President â Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria (2015âÂÂ2023)
- President â Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda (2000âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Anastase Murekezi, Prime Minister of Rwanda (2014âÂÂ2017)
- President âÂÂ
- #Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of Sao Tome and Principe (2011âÂÂ2016)
- #Evaristo Carvalho, President of Sao Tome and Principe (2016âÂÂ2021)
- Prime Minister â Patrice Trovoada, Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe (2014âÂÂ2018)
- President â Macky Sall, President of Senegal (2012âÂÂ2024)
- Prime Minister â Mahammed Dionne, Prime Minister of Senegal (2014âÂÂ2019)
- President âÂÂ
- #James Michel, President of Seychelles (2004âÂÂ2016)
- #Danny Faure, President of Seychelles (2016âÂÂ2020)
- President â Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone (2007âÂÂ2018)
- President â Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia (2012âÂÂ2017)
- Prime Minister â Omar Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia (2014âÂÂ2017)
- President â Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa (2009âÂÂ2018)
- President â Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan (2011âÂÂpresent)
- President â Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan (1989âÂÂ2019)
- President â John Magufuli, President of Tanzania (2015âÂÂ2021)
- Prime Minister â Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania (2015âÂÂ2025)
- President â Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo (2005âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Komi Sélom Klassou, Prime Minister of Togo (2015âÂÂ2020)
- President â Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia (2014âÂÂ2019)
- Prime Minister âÂÂ
- #Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia (2015âÂÂ2016)
- #Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister of Tunisia (2016âÂÂ2020)
- President â Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda (1986âÂÂpresent)
- Prime Minister â Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda (2014âÂÂ2021)
- President â Edgar Lungu, President of Zambia (2015âÂÂ2021)
- President â Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1987âÂÂ2017)
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- Central African Republic presidential election of 2016
February
March
- March 20 - Republic of Congo presidential election
April
August
September
November
December
Unknown date
See also
References