Can you name the African heads of state who spent ten years or more in power? by envelopeshat

Can you name the African heads of state who spent ten years or more in power?

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Source: rulers.org
Asterisk (*) indicates that status as head of state was disputed during part of the date range given.
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Country	Leader	Year
Algeria		1965-1978
Algeria		1979-1992
Algeria		1999-
Angola		1979-
Benin		1972-1991, 1996-2006
Botswana		1966-1980
Botswana		1980-1998
Botswana		1998-2008
Burkina Faso		1966-1980
Burkina Faso		1987-
Burundi		1966-1976
Burundi		1976-1987
Burundi		1987-1993, 1996-2003
Cameroon		1960-1982
Cameroon		1982-
Central African Republic		1966-1979
Central African Republic		1981-1993
Central African Republic		1993-2003
Chad		1960-1975
Chad		1990-
Congo-Brazzaville		1979-1992, 1997-
Congo-Kinshasa		1965-1997
Cote d'Ivoire		1960-1993
Cote d'Ivoire*		2000-2011
Egypt		1954-1970
Egypt		1970-1981
Egypt		1981-2011
Eritrea		1993-
Ethiopia		1930-1974

Country	Leader	Year
Ethiopia		1974, 1977-1991
Ethiopia		2001-
Gabon		1967-2009
The Gambia		1970-1994
The Gambia		1994-
Ghana		1979, 1981-2001
Guinea		1958-1984
Guinea		1984-2008
Guinea-Bissau		1980-1999*, 2005-2009
Kenya		1964-1978
Kenya		1978-2002
Lesotho		1967-1990, 1995-1996
Lesotho		1990-1995, 1996-
Liberia		1944-1971
Liberia		1980-1990
Libya		1969-2011
Madagascar		1959-1972
Madagascar		1975-1993, 1997-2002
Malawi		1966-1994
Malawi		1994-2004
Mali		1968-1991
Mali		1992-2002
Mali		1991-1992, 2002-
Mauritania		1960-1978
Mauritania		1984-2005
Morocco		1961-1999
Morocco		1999-
Mozambique		1975-1986
Mozambique		1986-2005

Country	Leader	Year
Namibia		1990-2005
Niger		1960-1974
Niger		1974-1987
Niger		1999-2010
Nigeria		1976-1979, 1999-2007
Rwanda		1961-1973
Rwanda		1973-1994
Rwanda		2000-
Senegal		1960-1980
Senegal		1981-2000
Senegal		2000-
Sierra Leone		1971-1985
Sierra Leone		1996-1997, 1998-2007
Somalia		1969-1991
The Sudan		1969-1985
The Sudan		1989-
Swaziland		1921-1982
Swaziland		1986-
Tanzania		1962-1985
Tanzania		1985-1995
Tanzania		1995-2005
Togo		1967-2005
Tunisia		1957-1987
Tunisia		1987-2011
Uganda		1986-
Zambia		1964-1991
Zambia		1991-2002
Zimbabwe		1987-

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Longest Ruling African Leaders Quiz

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	envelopeshat:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 01:16 GMT		2 points
	If I made any errors or you have any suggestions, please let me know. I know I left a few off, I didn't want the quiz to be too long, but I can put them back in.

	BritishRebel:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 10:35 GMT		1 point
	lol this is going to be hard if you havent leaved there or studyied

	johnlk:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 22:54 GMT		2 points
	Meles Zenawi has led Ethiopia since 1991; that's longer than Mengistu (and "Mengistu", not "Mariam," is the key name there). Bokassa ruled from 1966 to 1981, not 1981-1993. It's Bendjedid, not Benjedid.

	Sesel:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 00:16 GMT		2 points
	A few problems: It's Sangoulé Lamizana, not Maurice Yaméogo in Burkina Faso; André Kolingba should be included for the CAR; "Mubarak" is not accepted for some reason; it's Bakili Muluzi, not Bingu wa Mutharika for Malawi; Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has been in power since 2000; Benjamin Mkapa was President of Tanzania for ten years; Robert Mugabe has ruled since 1980; and you've left out all monarchs except Haile Selassie and the two Moroccans.

	Sesel:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 00:27 GMT		2 points
	You also should add Kérékou of Benin, Tsiranana and Ratsiraka of Madagascar, Pereira, Monteiro, and Pires (as of next Tuesday) of Cape Verde, Pinto da Costa and Trovoada of São Tomé and Príncipe, Abdallah of Comoros, Jugnauth and both Ramgoolams of Mauritius, René of Seychelles, and of course Eyadéma of Togo, Qaddafi of Libya, and Bongo of Gabon. There are probably others missing as well.

	envelopeshat:	Feb 14th, 2012 at 20:35 GMT		1 point
	Hi, I forgot about this quiz, sorry. Thanks for all of your help, I've made the changes (but still need to update for the changes over the last year. The quiz is for Heads of State, which would be presidents and monarchs, not PMs, which is why Meles Zenawi was not included and why Mugabe's date is given as 1987 rather than 1980. As I mentioned, I left some out because I thought the quiz was too long, so I skipped a lot of the islands and a few others. I did not mean to skip Libya though, and have corrected that. I may add a few others in based on your suggestions. Thanks again.