List of Presidents of Mozambique

President of the; Republic of Mozambique
	Presidential standard
	Incumbent; Filipe Nyusi ; since 15 January 2015
Residence	Palácio da Ponta Vermelha, Maputo
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Samora Machel
Formation	25 June 1975
Succession	President of the Assembly of the Republic [1]

Last updated July 01, 2019

The following is a list of Presidents of Mozambique , since the establishment of the office of President in 1975.

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo while Matola is the largest city, being a suburb of Maputo.

Presidents of Mozambique (1975–present)

№	President	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Election
People's Republic of Mozambique
1	Machel, Samora Samora Machel (1933–1986) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	25 June 1975	19 October 1986 †	11 years, 116 days	FRELIMO	1977
–	Politburo of the CC of FRELIMO Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO Membership in 1986 Marcelino dos Santos . Joaquim Chissano . Alberto Chipande . Armando Guebuza . Jorge Rebelo . Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe . Sebastião Marcos Mabote . Jacinto Soares Veloso . Mário da Graça Machungo . José Óscar Monteiro . Acting	19 October 1986	6 November 1986	18 days	FRELIMO	—
2	Chissano, Joaquim Joaquim Chissano (born 1939)	6 November 1986	1 December 1990	4 years, 25 days	FRELIMO	—
Republic of Mozambique
(2)	Chissano, Joaquim Joaquim Chissano (born 1939)	1 December 1990	2 February 2005	14 years, 63 days	FRELIMO	1994 1999
3	Guebuza, Armando Armando Guebuza (born 1943)	2 February 2005	15 January 2015	9 years, 347 days	FRELIMO	2004 2009
4	Nyusi, Filipe Filipe Nyusi (born 1959)	15 January 2015	Incumbent	4 years, 166 days	FRELIMO	2014

Timeline

Notes

↑ Killed in the 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash.

Latest election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Filipe Nyusi	FRELIMO	2,778,497	57.03
	Afonso Dhlakama	RENAMO	1,783,382	36.61
	Daviz Simango	MDM	309,925	6.36
Invalid/blank votes			461,861	–
Total			5,333,665	100
Registered voters/turnout			10,964,978	48.64
Source: Mozambique News Agency

Sources

http://rulers.org/rulm2.html#mozambique
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mozambique.htm
African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000

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References

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[2] Killed in the 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash.

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