Democratically Retired Heads of State and Government through 2020
- President Nicephore Dieudonne Soglo (Benin) April 1996 – April 1996
- President Mathieu Kerekou (Benin) April 1996 – April 2006
- President Yayi Boni (Benin) April 2006 – April 2016
- President Patrice Talon (Benin) April 2016 to date
- President Seretse Khama (Botswana) September 1966 – July 1980
- President Ketumile Masire (Botswana) July 1980 – March 1998
- President Festus Mogae (Botswana) April 1998 – April 2008
- President Seretse Ian Khama (Botswana) April 2008 – March 2018
- President Mokgweetsi Masisi (Botswana) April 2018 to date
- President Aristides Pereira (Cape Verde) July 1975 – March 1991
- President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro (Cape Verde) March 1991 – March 2001
- President Pedro Pires (Cape Verde) March 2001 – September 2011
- President Jorge Carlos (Cape Verde) September 2011 to date
- President Jerry John Rawlings (Ghana) December 1981 – January 1993
- President John A. Kufuor (Ghana) January 2001 – January 2007
- President John Atta-Mills (Ghana) January 2009 – July 2012
- President John Dramani Mahama (Ghana) July 2012 – January 2017
- President Nana Akufo-Addo (Ghana) January 2017 to date
- President Daniel arap Moi (Kenya) November 1978 – December 2002
- President Mwai Kibaki (Kenya) December 2002 – December 2007
- Prime Minister Raila Odinga (Kenya) December 2007 – April 2013
- President Charles Taylor (Liberia) 1997 - 2003
- President Moses Blah (Liberia) 2003 -2003
- President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Liberia) 2006 – 2018
- President George Weah (Liberia) 2018 to date
- President Bakili Muluzi (Malawi) 2004 -2004
- President Joyce Banda (Malawi) 2012 – 2014
- President Peter Mutharika (Malawi) 2014 to date
- President Alpha Oumar Konare (Mali) 1992 – 2002
- President Amadou Tomani Toure (Mali) 2002 - 2012
- President Ibrahim Bouhacar Keita (Mali) 2013 to date
- Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Mauritius) 1983 - 1985
- President Cassam Uteem (Mauritius) 1992 - 2002
- President Karl Auguste Offmann (Mauritius) 2002 - 2003
- Prime Minister Navimchandra Ramgoolam (Mauritius) 2005 - 2014
- rime Minister/President Anerood Jugnauth (Mauritius) 2014 - 2017
- Prime Minister Paul Berenger (Mauritius) 2003 - 2005
- Prime Minister/President Pravin Jugnauth (Mauritius) 2017 to date
- President Samora Machel (Mozambique) 1933 - 1986
- President Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique) 1986 - 1990
- President Armando Guebuza (Mozambique) 20015 - 2015
- President Fillipe Nyusi (Mozambique) 2015 to date
- President Sam Nujoma (Namibia) 1990 - 2005
- President Hifikepunye Pohamba (Namibia) 2005 – 2015
- President Hage Geingob (Namibia) 2015 to date
- President Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) 1999 - 2007
- President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (Nigeria) 2007 - 2010
- President Goodluck Jonathan (Nigeria) 2010 – 2015
- President Muhammed Buhari (Nigeria) 2015 to date
- President Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) 1960 - 1980
- President Abdou Diouf (Senegal) 1981 - 2000
- President Abdoulave Wade (Senegal) 2000 – 2012
- President Macky Sall (Senegal) 2012 to date
- President Nelson Mandela (S. Africa) 1994 - 1999
- President Thabo Mbeki (S. Africa) 1999 - 2008
- President Kgalema Motlanthe (S. Africa) 2008-2009
- President Jacob Zuma (S. Africa) 2009 – 2018
- President Cyril Ramaphosa (S. Africa) 2018 to date
- President Julius Nyerere (Tanzania) 1962 - 1985
- President Ali Hassan Mwinyi (Tanzania) 1985 - 1995
- President Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania) 1995 - 2005
- Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye (Tanzania) 1995 - 2005
- President Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania) 2005 – 2015
- President John Magafuli (Tanzania) 2017 to date
- President Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) 1964 - 1991
- President Frederick Chiluba (Zambia) 1991 - 2002
- President Levy Mwanawasa (Zambia) 2002 - 2008
- President Rupiah Banda (Zambia) 2008 - 2011
- President Michael Sata (Zambia) 2011 - 2014
- President Guy Scott (Zambia) 2014 - 2015
- President Edgar Lungu (Zambia) 2015 to date
- President Amani Abeid Karume (Zanzibar) 2000 - 2010
- President Ali Mohammed Shein (Zanzibar) 2010 to date
