List of the last monarchs in Africa

This is a list of last monarchs of Africa.

List of Monarchs

Nation / territory	Name	Birth	Ruled from	Rule Ceased	Reason	Death
Botswana	Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdoms	21 April 1926	6 February 1952	30 September 1966	Granted independence by the UK	living
Democratic Republic of Congo	Baudouin of Belgium King of the Belgians	7 September 1930	17 July 1951	30 June 1960	Granted independence by Belgium	31 July 1993
Kingdom of Burundi	Ntare V of Burundi	2 December 1947	8 July 1966	28 November 1966	Monarchy abolished	29 April 1972
Central Africa	Bokassa I Emperor of Central Africa	22 February 1921	4 December 1976	20 September 1979	Military coup d'état overthrew Central African Empire (Republic declared)	3 November 1996
Egypt	Fuad II King of Egypt and the Sudan	16 January 1952	26 July 1952	18 June 1953	Military coup d'état overthrew Kingdom of Egypt (Republic declared)	living
Ethiopia	Haile Selassie I Emperor of Ethiopia	16 January 1952	2 November 1930	12 September 1974	Military coup d'état overthrew (Republic declared)	27 August 1975
The Gambia	Elizabeth II Queen of the Gambia	21 April 1926	18 February 1965 ^[1]	24 April 1970	Republican constitution adopted (Referendum)	living
Ghana	Elizabeth II Queen of Ghana	21 April 1926	6 March 1957 ^[1]	1 July 1960	Republican constitution adopted (Referendum)	living
Kenya	Elizabeth II Queen of Kenya	21 April 1926	12 December 1963 ^[1]	12 December 1964	Republican constitution adopted	living
Libya	Idris I King of Libya	12 March 1889	24 December 1951	1 September 1969	Military coup d'état overthrew (Republic declared)	25 May 1983
Malawi	Elizabeth II Queen of Malawi	21 April 1926	6 July 1964 ^[1]	6 July 1966	Republican constitution adopted	living
Mauritius	Elizabeth II Queen of Mauritius	21 April 1926	12 March 1968 ^[1]	12 March 1992	Constitutional amendment	living
Nigeria	Elizabeth II Queen of Nigeria	21 April 1926	1 October 1960 ^[1]	1 October 1963	Constitutional amendment	living
Rhodesia	Elizabeth II Queen of Rhodesia (Not Recognised)	21 April 1926	11 November 1965	2 March 1970	Republican constitution adopted (Referendum)	living
Rwanda	Kigeli V Ndahindurwa Mwami of Rwanda	June 29, 1936	25 July 1959	28 January 1961	Monarchy abolished	living
Seychelles	Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdoms	21 April 1926	6 February 1952	29 June 1976	Granted independence by the UK	living
Sierra Leone	Elizabeth II Queen of Sierra Leone	21 April 1926	27 April 1961 ^[1]	19 April 1971	Republican constitution adopted	living
South Africa	Elizabeth II Queen of South Africa	21 April 1926	6 February 1952	31 May 1961	Republican constitution adopted (Referendum)	living
Sudan	Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdoms	21 April 1926	6 February 1952	1 January 1956	Granted independence by the UK	living
Tanganyika	Elizabeth II Queen of Tanganyika	21 April 1926	9 December 1961 ^[1]	9 December 1962	Constitutional amendment	living
Tunisia	Muhammad VIII al-Amin King of Tunisia	4 September 1881	15 May 1943	25 July 1957	Kingdom abolished	30 September 1962
Uganda	Elizabeth II Queen of Uganda	21 April 1926	9 October 1962 ^[1]	9 October 1963	Constitutional amendment	living
Zambia	Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdoms	21 April 1926	6 February 1952	24 October 1964	Granted independence by the UK	living
Zanzibar	Jamshid bin Abdullah Sultan of Zanzibar	16 September 1929	July 1, 1963	January 12, 1964	Sultanate abolished	living

Kingdom of Kongo

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.

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List of the last monarchs in Africa