List of the last monarchs in Africa

This is a list of the last monarchs in Africa.

Nation / territory	Monarch		Title	Birth	Ruled from	Rule Ceased	Reason	Death	Arms
Burundi		Ntare V	King of Burundi	2 December 1947	8 July 1966	28 November 1966	Deposed	29 April 1972
Central Africa		Bokassa I	Emperor of Central Africa	22 February 1921	4 December 1976	20 September 1979	Deposed	3 November 1996
Dahomey		Agoli-agbo	King of Dahomey	1850	1894	1900	French protectorate, annexation	1940
Egypt		Fuad II	King of Egypt and the Sudan	16 January 1952	26 July 1952	18 June 1953	Deposed	Living
Ethiopia		Haile Selassie I	Emperor of Ethiopia	23 July 1892	2 November 1930	12 September 1974	Deposed	27 August 1975
The Gambia		Elizabeth II	Queen of the Gambia	21 April 1926	18 February 1965 [a]	24 April 1970	Republican constitution adopted	8 September 2022
Ghana			Queen of Ghana		6 March 1957 [a]	1 July 1960	Republican constitution adopted
Kenya			Queen of Kenya		12 December 1963 [a]	12 December 1964	Republican constitution adopted
Kongo		Manuel III	King of Kongo	1872	1911	1914	Portuguese vassal, annexation	1927
Libya		Idris I	King of Libya	12 March 1889	24 December 1951	1 September 1969	Deposed	25 May 1983
Madagascar		Ranavalona III	Queen of Madagascar	22 November 1861	30 July 1883	28 February 1897	Deposed	23 May 1917
Malawi		Elizabeth II	Queen of Malawi	21 April 1926	6 July 1964 [a]	6 July 1966	Republican constitution adopted	8 September 2022
Maoré		Andriantsoly	Sultan of Maoré		1836	25 March 1841	French annexation	1847
Mauritius		Elizabeth II	Queen of Mauritius	21 April 1926	12 March 1968 [a]	12 March 1992	Republican constitution adopted	8 September 2022
Mwali		Salima Machamba	Sultan of Mwali	1 November 1874	1888	1909	French annexation	7 August 1964
Ngazidja		Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore	Sultan of Ngazidja	1855	1875	1912	French annexation	10 February 1916
Nigeria		Elizabeth II	Queen of Nigeria	21 April 1926	1 January 1960 [a]	1 October 1963	Republican constitution adopted	8 September 2022
Rhodesia			Queen of Rhodesia [b]		11 November 1965	2 March 1970	Republican constitution adopted
Rwanda		Kigeli V Ndahindurwa	Mwami of Rwanda	29 June 1936	25 July 1959	28 January 1961	Republican constitution adopted	16 October 2016
Sierra Leone		Elizabeth II	Queen of Sierra Leone	21 April 1926	27 April 1961 [a]	19 April 1971	Republican constitution adopted	8 September 2022
South Africa			Queen of South Africa		6 February 1952	31 May 1961	Republican constitution adopted
Tanganyika			Queen of Tanganyika		9 December 1961 [a]	9 December 1962	Constitutional amendment
Tunisia		Muhammad VIII al-Amin	King of Tunisia	4 September 1881	15 May 1943	25 July 1957	Deposed	30 September 1962
Uganda		Elizabeth II	Queen of Uganda	21 April 1926	9 October 1962 [a]	9 October 1963	Constitutional amendment	8 September 2022
Zanzibar		Jamshid bin Abdullah	Sultan of Zanzibar	16 September 1929	1 July 1963	12 January 1964	Deposed	30 December 2024

Notes

1. Elizabeth II previously reigned over this country as Queen of the United Kingdom , from 6 February 1952 until the nation's independence and the creation of a separate crown.
2. Elizabeth II was proclaimed Queen of Rhodesia following Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, but this was not recognised by the queen herself.

See also

• Monarchies in Africa
• List of the last monarchs in the Americas
• List of the last monarchs in Asia
• List of the last monarchs in Europe
• List of the last monarchs in Oceania