the representation and participation of women in national politics has increased over the
years africa has not been left behind with a shift from the once only male dominated office
now having some female representation although africa needs more female
leadership we can enjoy the progress already made by celebrating encouraging and welcoming
more female heads of state to the presidency welcome to tinacheki and in today's video we
will look at the top 10 female african presidents before we get into the video remember to subscribe
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number ten ivy matsepa kasaburi served temporarily as the acting president of south africa
when the president and his vice were out of the country for four days in september of 2005.
she was also selected by the cabinet to serve as the constitutional and official head of state for
an entering period of 14 hours on september 25th 2008. this was a period between the resignation
of the current president tambon becky and the taking of office of kalema motlante
number 9 rose francine rogombe interim president of gabon june 2009 to october 2009
rose francine ragombe served as interim president of gabon from june 2000 to october 2000 after the
death of president omar bongo as president of the senate at the time she automatically became the
head of state because she was constitutionally the first in line for presidential succession
number eight sylvie kaningi acting president of burundi february to october 1993.
the first female president in africa was sylvie kaningi
she was a prime minister of burundi from february 10 1993 to october 7 1999. during this period she
served as the acting president of the country from october 27 1993 to february 5th 1994
when the incumbent president melchiorn dadais was shot together with six of his officials
after his death kineengi gathered 15 ministers to continue to govern the country thus technically
making her the fast female president on the continent number seven agnes monique osan belipo
acting president of mauritius march july 2012 and may june 2015. agnes monique or san belepo
was the acting president of mauritius from march 31st 2012 to july 21 2012. this was a transition
period between the resignation of the current president anna root junoth to the integration of
the new president kailash pereig she served again as acting president between the resignation of
pereig and the inauguration of the new president amina gurib from may 29 2015 to june 5th 2015.
number six samia suluhu hassan president of tanzania march 2021 to present samia sulu hassan
is a fast female president of tanzania and joins the ranks of saleh work zoday as the only other
current female president on the continent who are amazingly both from east africa she was sworn into
office on march 19 2021 after the sudden passing of the former tanzanian president john mcfully
prior to being selected as magufuli's running mate hassan was an avid journalist and activist
in tanzania number five joyce hildebanda president of malawi april 2012 to may 2014
joyce hildebanda served as president of malawi from april 7 2012 to may 31 2014 following the
death of president bingo wamutarika she was the country's fourth president she was also the
country's first female vice president may 2009 to april 2012. in 2014 forbes named president
vanda as the 40th most powerful woman in the world and the most powerful woman in africa
number 4 catherine samba acting president of central african republic january 2014 to march
2016. catherine samba panzer was the acting head of state of the central african republic from
2014 to 2016. she became interim president when rebel leader michael jatodia resigned from his
self-appointed presidency before she took on this role she was the mayor of the capital city bangui
from 2013 to 2014. number three amina garib fakim president of mauritius june 2015 to march 2018.
amina garib fakim was the first female president of mauritius from 2015 to 2018. she was selected
to be a presidential candidate in 2014 following the resignation of the president kailash
priyag she was unanimously elected president by the national assembly
number two sales wag zuday president of ethiopia october 2018 to present saleh work zuday is the
first elected female president of ethiopia she took office on october 25th 2018 after being
unanimously elected by members of the national parliamentary assembly prior to her election as
president she worked as special representative of united nations secretary general antonia gutierrez
to the african union and head of the united nations office to the african union
and the number one spot for current female president who served office the longest goes
to ellen johnson sirleaf president of liberia january 2006 to january 2018.
ellen johnson sirleaf is africa's first elected president who served two consecutive terms after
winning the 2005 and 2011 presidential elections she had initially ran for presidential office in
1997 against charles taylor but she lost during her tenure she was also elected chair of the
economic community of west african states in june of 2016. thanks for watching please subscribe
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