Jean Ping is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who served as Chair of the African Union Commission from 2008 to 2012. Born to a Chinese father and Gabonese mother,he is the first individual of Chinese descent to lead the executive branch of the African Union.
The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university located in Ubungo District,Dar es Salaam Region,Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1963,shortly after Tanzania gained its independence from the United Kingdom. In 1970,UEA split into three independent universities:Makerere University in Uganda,the University of Nairobi in Kenya,and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
Tertius Zongo was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from June 2007 to April 2011.
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana is a Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea between 21 May 2018 and 5 September 2021.
Zeine Ould Zeidane is a Mauritanian economist and politician. He placed third as a candidate in the March 2007 presidential election,and he subsequently served as Prime Minister from April 2007 to May 2008.
Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou is a Gabonese politician who served as Vice President of Gabon from 2017 to 2019. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party.
Amadou Ali was a Cameroonian politician. Born in Kolofata,he was Minister of Justice since 2001 and a Deputy Prime Minister since 2004. He served as Deputy Prime Minister,Minister Delegate at the presidency in charge of Relations with the Parliament.
Bashir Saleh Bashir is a former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He was head of the Libyan African Portfolio,a sovereign wealth fund that invested Libya's oil wealth mostly in sub-Saharan Africa,and served as an intermediary between Libya,Africa and France. Bashir was captured after the Battle of Tripoli during the Libyan Civil War,but later escaped. Libya demanded that he be extradited because it was believed he was in France. Bashir spent Libya's oil money solely for the Gaddafi family,buying up hotels,mineral resources and shares in companies,eventually becoming what some Libyan officials and financial experts describe as one of the largest single investors in Africa. Libyan authorities believe that finding him is the key to finding a missing $7 billion in Libyan funds. He is a close associate of French businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier.
Samia Suluhu Hassan is a Tanzanian politician who has served as president of Tanzania since 19 March 2021. She is the first woman to serve in the position. She previously served as vice-president of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021,from which she ascended to the presidency following the death of her predecessor,John Magufuli.
Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba is a Tanzanian economist and CCM politician,who serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Iramba West Constituency since 2010. On 31 March 2021,President Samia Suluhu appointed him as the Minister of Finance,replacing Philip Mpango,who was elevated to the position of Vice President of Tanzania. Before his current appointment,he served as the Minister of Law and Constitutional Affairs in the Tanzanian Cabinet,since May 2020.
Naha bint Mouknass is a Mauritanian politician. She was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania,serving in this capacity between 2009 and 2011.
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 24 January 2019. He is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS),the DRC's oldest and largest party,succeeding his late father Étienne Tshisekedi in that role,a three-time Prime Minister of Zaire and opposition leader during the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. Tshisekedi was the UDPS party's candidate for president in the December 2018 general election,which he was awarded,despite accusations of irregularities from several election monitoring organisations and other opposition parties. The Constitutional Court of the DRC upheld his victory after another opposition politician,Martin Fayulu,challenged the result,but Tshisekedi has been accused of making a deal with his predecessor,Joseph Kabila. The election marked the first peaceful transition of power since the state became independent from Belgium in 1960.
Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda is a Gabonese politician who served as the vice president of Gabon from January to August 2023,making her the country's first female vice president. She previously served as Prime Minister of Gabon from July 2020 to January 2023,she was also the country's first female prime minister. She also served as the mayor of Libreville and later as the country's defense minister from February 2019 to July 2020.
Kais Saied is a Tunisian politician,jurist and retired professor of law currently serving as the seventh president of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law from 1995 to 2019.
Kaba Nialé is an Ivorian politician who has been serving as Minister of Planning and Development and President of the Board of Governors of African Development Bank (AFDB) since 2019.
Nadia Fettah Alaoui is a Moroccan entrepreneur and politician. Since October she is the current Minister of Economy and Finance in the Cabinet of Aziz Akhannouch.
The Achi II government governed the Ivory Coast from 20 April 2022 to 6 October 2023.
Anne-Marie Ngouyombo is a Central African politician who served as the Mayor of Bangui in 1995 and ministers in two different positions.
