 ==africa== *  ** president - chadli bendjedid, president of algeria (1979â1992) ** prime minister - mohamed ben ahmed abdelghani, prime minister of algeria (1979â1984) *  angola ** communist party leader - josÃ© eduardo dos santos, secretary of the popular liberation movement of angola-labor party (1979â1991) ** president - josÃ© eduardo dos santos, president of angola (1979âpresent) *  benin ** communist party leader - mathieu kÃ©rÃ©kou, secretary of the popular revolutionary party of benin (1979â1990) ** president - mathieu kÃ©rÃ©kou, president of benin (1972â1991) *  ** president - **# sir seretse khama, president of botswana (1966â1980) **# quett masire, president of botswana (1980â1998) *  burundi ** president - jean-baptiste bagaza, president of burundi (1976â1987) *  ** president - ahmadou ahidjo, president of cameroon (1960â1982) ** prime minister - paul biya, prime minister of cameroon (1975â1982) *  ** president - aristides pereira, president of cape verde (1975â1991) ** prime minister - pedro pires, prime minister of cape verde (1975â1991) *  ** president - david dacko, president of the central african republic (1979â1981) ** prime minister - **# bernard ayandho, prime minister of the central african republic (1979â1980) **# jean-pierre lebouder, prime minister of the central african republic (1980â1981) *  ** head of state - goukouni oueddei, president of the transitional government of national unity of chad (1979â1982) *  ** president - ahmed abdallah, president of the comoros (1978â1989) ** prime minister - salim ben ali, prime minister of the comoros (1978â1982) *  congo ** communist party leader - denis sassou nguesso, chairman of the presidium of the central committee of the congolese labor party (1979â1991) ** president - denis sassou nguesso, president of congo (1979â1992) ** prime minister - louis sylvain goma, [[heads of government of
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