Top 10 Youngest Presidents In Africa (2022)

The list of the youngest Presidents in Africa starts with young and vibrant presidents who were able to handle their office well. Some of the presidents on this list have handled political powers before while some joined politics after retiring from their previous careers.

Africa as a continent has some young presidents who is is ruling fine irrespective of their age. These presidents have created one good impact or the other which their citizens are proud of.

A lot of people are confused and argue about whether there is any African president below 60 years. If you are in this shoe, worry no more because this article will give you the list of the youngest presidents in Africa.

In this article is a compiled list of the top 10 youngest presidents in Africa with their country. The article is meant to quench your thirst for searching for the youngest presidents in Africa.

The table shows the list of the top 10 youngest presidents in Africa:

1. Abiy Ahmed

Abiy Ahmed Ali is the youngest president in Africa. He is an Ethiopian politician and the 4th prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since 2 April 2018.

For 28 years Ahmed was the chairman of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, and he served as the third chairman of the group.

Abiy who was military personnel since the age of 14 before joining politics was born on 15 August 1976.

His political career started as a member of the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) and has been the ruling party in Oromia Region since 1991.

His political career didn’t stop rising till he got to the post of prime minister in 2018.

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2. Andry Rajoelina

Andry Nirina Rajoelina is the second youngest president in Africa. He is a Malagasy born-politician and businessman who has been the president of Madagascar since 2019.

However, he was previously president of a provisional government from 2009 to 2014.

Before joining politics, Rajoelina was a businessman who is involved in a printing and advertising company, a private sector of business.

Rajoelina won the 2018 presidential election and was inaugurated as the president of Madagascar in January 2019.

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3. Evariste Ndayishimiye

The Burundian president Evariste Ndayishimiye who served as a president of Burundi since 2020 is among the youngest presidents in Africa.

Before he was elected the president of Burundi in 2020, he had held a number of political offices under President Pierre Nkurunziza.

His numerous contributions to the affairs of the country made Nkurunziza endorse him as his successor ahead of the 2020 elections which he won with a large majority.

Nkurunziza who was born in 1968 is currently 53 years old.

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4. Mswati III

King Mswati III of Switzerland took over from his father after his death at the age of 18 thereby becoming the first youngest Monarch in the World and the last absolute monarch in Africa.

Mswati III who was born in 1968 and currently has fifteen wives became the president in 1986 and is among the youngest presidents in the world.

However, Mswati rules his country together with his mother Ntfombi Tfwala who is now the Queen Mother with an absolute monarch.

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5. George Weah

George Weah a former footballer and the current president of Liberia is among the youngest president in Africa.

Weah who served as a senator before emerging as a president was born on 1 October 1966 in Monrovia Liberia. He has been serving as the president of Liberia since 2018.

Following his retirement from football, Weah was involved in politics and formed the Congress for Democratic Change.

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6. Faure Gnassingbe

Among the top 10 youngest presidents in Africa is the Togolese president Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Faure Gnassingbé is a Togolese politician born on 6 June 1966 and is 56 years old.

He is the 4th president of Togo and has been president of Togo since 2005.

Before assuming the presidency, he was appointed by his father, President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from 2003 to 2005.

Currently, President Gnassingbe who is 56 years is serving his fourth tenure after defeating all his opponents in all the elections.

7. Adama Barrow

Adama Barrow is the president of Gambia, politician, real estate developer, and one of the youngest presidents in Africa. He has served as President of the Gambia since 2017.

Barrow who was born in Gambia on 15 February 1965 and is currently 57 years won the 2016 presidential election with 43.34% of the vote, defeating long-time incumbent Yahya Jammeh.

He was also re-elected in the 2021 presidential election.

8. Letsie III

58-year-old Letsie III of Lesotho is among the top ten youngest presidents in Africa. The king of Lesotho was born on 17 July 1963 in Scott Hospital Moorija Basutoland now Lesotho.

However, he succeded his father Moshoeshoe II and thereby becoming the king and the ruler of Lesotho.

9. Felix Tshisekedi

On the list of the youngest presidents in Africa is Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. Felix Tshisekedi is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019.

The Congolese president was born in June 1963 and has been serving as the president of Congo since 25 January 2019.

The general election held in 2018 ushered Tshisekedi into the position of president. The election marked the first peaceful transition of power since the state became independent from Belgium in 1960.

10. Macky Sall Senegal

Rounding up the list of the top 10 richest presidents in Africa is Macky Sall, the president of Senegal. He has been serving as the Senegal president since 2012.

Moreover, Macky Sall is the first president born after the Senegalese independence from France. After winning the elections, he was inaugurated on 2 April 2012 as the fourth president of Senegal.

Summary of the top 10 presidents in Africa:

1. Abiy Ahmed
2. Andry Rajoelina
3. Evariste Ndayishimiye
4. Mswati III
5. Faure Gnassingbe
6. George Weah
7. Adama Barrow
8. Letsie III
9. Felix Tshisekedi
10. Macky Sall