 ==africa== * algeria ** head of state - houari boumediene, president of the revolutionary council of algeria (1965&ndash;1978) * angola (overseas province of portugal) ** high commissioner and governor-general - **# camilo augusto de miranda rebocho vaz, high commissioner and governor-general of angola (1966&ndash;1972) **# fernando augusto santos e castro, high commissioner and governor-general of angola (1972&ndash;1974) * botswana ** president - sir seretse khama, president of botswana (1966&ndash;1980) * burundi ** president - michel micombero, president of burundi (1966&ndash;1976) ** prime minister - albin nyamoya, prime minister of burundi (1972&ndash;1973) * cameroon ** president - ahmadou ahidjo, president of cameroon (1960&ndash;1982) ** prime ministers - ***east cameroon - simon pierre tchoungui, prime minister of east cameroon (1965&ndash;1972) ***west cameroon - salomon tandeng muna, prime minister of west cameroon (1968&ndash;1972) * cape verde islands (overseas province of portugal) ** governor - antonio lopes dos santos, governor of the cape verde islands (1969&ndash;1974) * central african republic **president - jean-bÃ©del bokassa, president for life of the central african republic (1966&ndash;1979)titled emperor bokassa i after 1976. * chad ** president - franÃ§ois tombalbaye, president of chad (1960&ndash;1975) ** prime minister - franÃ§ois tombalbaye, prime minister of chad (1959&ndash;1975)chad only became independent in 1960. * comoros (overseas territory of france) ** high commissioner - jacques mouradian, high commissioner of the comoros (1969&ndash;1975) **head of government - **# said ibrahim ben ali, president of the government council of the comoros (1970&ndash;1972) **# prince said mohamed jaffar, president of the government council of the comoros (1972) **# ahmed abdallah, president of the government council of the comoros (1972&ndash;1975) * congo ** head of state - [[mari
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