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
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Ntare V

King of Burundi

2 December 1947

8 July 1966

28 November 1966

Deposed

29 April 1972
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Bokassa I

Emperor of Central Africa

22 February 1921

4 December 1976

20 September 1979

Deposed

3 November 1996
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Agoli-agbo

King of Dahomey

1850

1894

1900

French protectorate, annexation

1940
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Fuad II

King of Egypt and the Sudan

16 January 1952

26 July 1952

18 June 1953

Deposed

Living
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Haile Selassie I

Emperor of Ethiopia

23 July 1892

2 November 1930

12 September 1974

Deposed

27 August 1975
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Elizabeth II

Queen of the Gambia

21 April 1926

18 February 1965

24 April 1970

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022

Queen of Ghana

6 March 1957

1 July 1960

Republican constitution adopted

Queen of Kenya

12 December 1963

12 December 1964

Republican constitution adopted

Kongo
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Manuel III

King of Kongo

1872

1911

1914

Portuguese vassal, annexation

1927
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Idris I

King of Libya

12 March 1889

24 December 1951

1 September 1969

Deposed

25 May 1983
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Ranavalona III

Queen of Madagascar

22 November 1861

30 July 1883

28 February 1897

Deposed

23 May 1917
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Malawi

21 April 1926

6 July 1964

6 July 1966

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022

Maoré
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Andriantsoly

Sultan of Maoré

1836

25 March 1841

French annexation

1847
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Mauritius

21 April 1926

12 March 1968

12 March 1992

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022

Mwali
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Salima Machamba

Sultan of Mwali

1 November 1874

1888

1909

French annexation

7 August 1964

Ngazidja
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Said Ali bin Said Omar of Grande Comore

Sultan of Ngazidja

1855

1875

1912

French annexation

10 February 1916
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Nigeria

21 April 1926

1 January 1960

1 October 1963

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022

Queen of Rhodesia

11 November 1965

2 March 1970

Republican constitution adopted
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Kigeli V Ndahindurwa

Mwami of Rwanda

29 June 1936

25 July 1959

28 January 1961

Republican constitution adopted

16 October 2016
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Sierra Leone

21 April 1926

27 April 1961

19 April 1971

Republican constitution adopted

8 September 2022

Queen of South Africa

6 February 1952

31 May 1961

Republican constitution adopted

Queen of Tanganyika

9 December 1961

9 December 1962

Constitutional amendment

Muhammad VIII al-Amin

King of Tunisia

4 September 1881

15 May 1943

25 July 1957

Deposed

30 September 1962
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Elizabeth II

Queen of Uganda

21 April 1926

9 October 1962

9 October 1963

Constitutional amendment

8 September 2022
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Jamshid bin Abdullah

Sultan of Zanzibar

16 September 1929

1 July 1963

12 January 1964

Deposed

30 December 2024

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

See Also

List of the last monarchs in the Americas

This is a list of the last monarchs in the Americas.