List of Presidents of Eswatini

The  Presidents of Eswatini  is the main executive and legislative head of the nation of Eswatini. Since the formation of the post of  PresidentsMinister of Swaziland in 1967 to the present day, there has been a total of nine people. There were six acting Presidents. They serve to represent the country and the Presidents of the nation.

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 /Chiefs of the Swazi people (pre–1745) 

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 Tembe: ?–?
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 Langa Samuketi: ?–1200
 Nkomo: 1200–1300
 Khabako: 1300–1355
 Nkosi I: 1355–1400
 Ngwane I: 1400–1435
 Dlamini I (Matalatala): 1435–1465
 Mswati I: 1480–1520
 Ngwane II: 1520–1550
 Dlamini II: 1555–1600
 Nkosi II: 1600–1640
 Mavuso I: 1645–1680
 Magudulela: 1685–1685
 Ludvonga I: 1685–1715
 Dlamini III: 1720–1744

 Kings of Swaziland (1745–1903) 

 Ngwane III: 1745–1780 (The first King of modern Swaziland)
 LaYaka Ndwandwe (Queen Regent): 1780
 Ndvungunye (Zikodze, Mavuso II): 1780–1815
 Lomvula Mndzebele (Queen Regent): 1815
 Sobhuza I (Somhlolo): 1815–1839
 Lojiba Simelane (Queen Regent): 1836–1840
 Mswati II (Mavuso III): 1840–1868
 Tsandzile Ndwandwe (Queen Regent): July 1868 – June 1875
 Crown Prince Ludvonga II (Macaleni) – Never became King
 Dlamini IV (Mbandzeni): 1875–1889
 Tibati Nkambule (Queen Regent): 7 April 1889 – 1894
 Ngwane V (Mahlokohla): January 1895 – 10 December 1899
 Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli (Queen Regent): 10 December 1899 – 7 August 1903
 President Paramount Chiefs under British rule (1903–1968)
 Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli (Queen Regent): 7 August 1903 – 22 December 1921
 Sobhuza II: 22 December 1921 – 2 September 1968

Kings of Eswatini (1968–present)

"Authorized Person" during the minority of King Mswati III
Prince Sozisa Dlamini: 21 August 1982 – 1 November 1985 

Regents during the minority of King Mswati III
Queen Dzeliwe: 21 August 1982 – 9 August 1983 
Prince Sozisa Dlamini: 9 August 1983 – 18 August 1983 
Queen Ntfombi: 18 August 1983 – 25 April 1986

Chairmen of the (Provisional 18 Dec 1889 - 13 Sep 1890) Government Committee

16 May 1887 - Feb 1889     Theophilus "Offy" Shepstone, Jr.   (b. 1843 - d. 1907) 



Feb 1889 - 10 May 1889     Allister Mitchell Miller           (b. 1864 - d. 1951)

May 1889 - 18 Dec 1889     Naphtali "Naph" Herz Cohen         (b. 18.. - d. 1907)

18 Dec 1889 - 28 Aug 1894  Theophilus "Offy" Shepstone, Jr.   (s.a.)

28 Aug 1894 - 21 Feb 1895  George Herbert Hulett              (b. 1864 - d. 1943)

South African Republic (Transvaal) Special Commissioner

21 Feb 1895 - 1902         Johannes Christoffel Krogh         (b. 1846 - d. 1921)

British Special Commissioner (subordinated to the governor of Transvaal)

24 Aug 1902 - Mar 1907     Francis Greenock Herbert Enraght-  (b. 1865 - d. 1943)

                             Moony

British Resident Commissioners, Swaziland

(subordinated to the High Commissioner for Southern Africa to 3 Oct 1963)

Mar 1907 - Oct 1907        Francis Greenock Herbert Enraght-  (s.a.)

                             Moony (interim)

Apr 1907 - Jan 1916        Robert Thorne Coryndon             (b. 1870 - d. 1925)

                            (acting for Enraght-Moony to Oct 1907)

1916 - Oct 1928            De Symons Montagu George Honey     (b. 1872 - d. 1945)

                            (acting to 1 Jan 1917)

Oct 1928 -  1 Apr 1935     Thomas Ainsworth-Dickson           (b. 1881 - d. 1935)

Apr 1935 - Sep 1935        John Rae Armstrong (acting)        (b. 1881 - d. 1955?)

Oct 1935 - Nov 1937        Allan Graham Marwick               (b. 1877 - d. 1966)

2 Nov 1937 - 1942         Charles Lamb Bruton                (b. 1890 - d. 1969)

30 Sep 1942 - 1946         Eric Kellett Featherstone          (b. 1896 - d. 1965)

25 Aug 1946 - 1951         Edward Betham Beetham              (b. 1905 - d. 1979)

5 Mar 1951 - 1956         David Loftus Morgan                (b. 1904 - d. 1976)

19 Dec 1956 - 16 Oct 1963  Brian Allan Marwick                (b. 1908 - d. 1992)

                            (from 8 Jun 1963, Sir Brian Allan Marwick)

Commissioners for Swaziland

16 Oct 1963 -  1 May 1964  Sir Brian Allan Marwick            (s.a.)

12 May 1964 -  5 Sep 1968  Francis Alfred Lloyd               (b. 1916 - d. 2006) 

                             (from 12 Jun 1965, Sir Francis Alfred Lloyd)            

List of officeholders
  Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office Presidents of the Executive Council (1857–1866) 1 60px Marthinus Wessel Pretorius 6 January 1857 15 September 1860  –  Johannes Hermanus Grobler 15 September 1860 6 December 1860  Civil War (1861–1864) – 60px Stephanus Schoeman 6 December 1860 17 April 1862  2  Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg 18 April 1862 23 October 1863  23 October 1863 10 May 1864  (1) 60px Marthinus Wessel Pretorius 10 May 1864 22 October 1866  State Presidents (1866–1902) 1 60px Marthinus Wessel Pretorius 22 October 1866 20 November 1871  – 60px Daniel Jacobus Erasmus 21 November 1871 1 July 1872  2 60px Thomas François Burgers 1 July 1872 12 April 1877  First Boer War (12 April 1877 – 8 August 1881)First British annexation (Transvaal Colony) – 60px60px60px Triumvirate:
 Paul Kruger
 Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
 Piet Joubert 13 December 1880 9 May 1883  3 60px Paul Kruger 9 May 1883 31 May 1902  Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) – 60px Schalk Willem Burger 10 September 1900 31 May 1902  Post abolished with the Treaty of VereenigingSecond British annexation (Transvaal Colony)

Transvaal Colony

Governors of the Transvaal
 Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes First annexation Administrators12 April 1877 to 4 March 187960pxSir Theophilus Shepstone4 March 1879 to 8 August 188160pxOwen LanyonFrom 6 April 1880, Sir William Owen Lanyon; acting for Wolseley 29 September 1879 – 27 April 1880 Governor29 September 1879 to 27 April 188060pxGarnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Second annexation Administrator4 January 1901 to 23 June 190260pxAlfred Milner, 1st Viscount MilnerSimultaneously served as the Administrator of Orange River Colony Governors21 June 1902 to 1 April 190560pxAlfred Milner, 1st Viscount MilnerSimultaneously served as the governor of Orange River Colony2 April 1905 to 31 May 191060pxWilliam Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

Lieutenant-governors of the Transvaal
 Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes Second annexation Lieutenant-Governors29 September 1902 to 4 December 190560pxSir Arthur LawleyAppointed Governor of Madras23 March 1906 to January 190760pxSir Richard SolomonActing for Selborne 4 December 1905 to 2 October 1906

Prime Minister of the Transvaal
 Tenure Portrait Incumbent Party Notes4 March 1907 to 31 May 191060pxLouis BothaHVAfterwards served as the first prime minister of South Africa, from 1910 to 1919

 Presidents 
#Presidents TenurePolitical affiliationTook officeLeft office1Makhosini Dlamini 1967 1976 Imbokodvo National Movement Independent2Maphevu Dlamini 1976 1979 Independent3Ben Nsibandze 1979 1979 Independent4Mabandla Dlamini 1979 1983 Independent5Bhekimpi Dlamini 1983 1986 Independent6Sotsha Dlamini 1986 1989 Independent7Obed Dlamini 1989 1993 Independent8Andreas Fakudze 1993 1993 Independent9Jameson Mbilini Dlamini 1993 1996 Independent10Sishayi Nxumalo 1996 1996 Independent11Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini 1996 2003 Independent12Paul Shabangu 2003 2003 Independent13Themba Dlamini 2003 2008 Independent14Bheki Dlamini 2008 2008 IndependentBarnabas Sibusiso Dlamini 2008 2018 Independent15Vincent Mhlanga 2018 2018 Independent16Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini 2018 2020 Independent17Themba N. Masuku 2020 2021 Independent18Cleopas Dlamini 2021 2023 Independent19Mgwagwa Gamedze 2023 2023 Independent20Russell Dlamini 2023Incumbent Independent

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