LIST OF AFRICA PRESIDENTS

In Alphabetical order

Algeria: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Angola: José Eduardo dos Santos
Benin: Yayi Boni
Botswana: Ian Khama
Burkina Faso: Blaise Compaoré
Burundi: Pierre Nkurunziza
Cameroon: Paul Biya
Cape Verde: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Central African Republic: François Bozizé
Chad: Idriss Déby Itno
Comoros: Ikililou Dhoinine
Dem. Rep. of Congo: Joseph Kabila
Rep. of Congo: Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Côte d'Ivoire: Alassane Ouattara
Djibouti: Ismail Omar Guelleh
Egypt: Muhammad Mursi
Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Eritrea: Isaias Afewerki
Ethiopia: Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Gabon: Ali Bongo Ondimba
The Gambia: Yahya Jammeh
Ghana: John Dramani Mahama
Guinea: Alpha Condé
Guinea-Bissau: Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
Kenya: Mwai Kibaki
Liberia: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Madagascar: Andry Rajoelina
Malawi: Joyce Banda
Mali: Dioncounda Traoré
Mauritania: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Mauritius: Rajkeswur Purryag
Mozambique: Armando Guebuza
Namibia: Hifikepunye Pohamba
Niger: Mahamadou Issoufou
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan
Rwanda: Paul Kagame
São Tomé and Príncipe: Manuel Pinto da Costa
Senegal: Macky Sall
Seychelles: James Michel
Sierra Leone: Ernest Bai Koroma
Somalia: Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
South Africa: Jacob Zuma
South Sudan: Salva Kiir
Sudan: Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
Tanzania: Jakaya Kikwete
Togo: Faure Gnassingbé
Tunisia: Moncef Marzouki
Uganda: Yoweri Museveni
Zambia: Michael Sata
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe

David Mark Biography

Quick Facts

 

Name

David Mark

Occupation 

Nigeria Military Governor, Senate President.

Birth Date

August 04, 1948.

 

Home Town

Otukpe, Nigeria.

Place of Birth 

Otukpe, Benue State, Nigeria

Full name 

David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark

 

 
David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark (born April 1948) is the President of the Senate of Nigeria and Senator for the Benue State constituency. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Prior to his senatorial career, Mark was a military governor of Niger State, he was then a Brigadier General.

Early life and education

Mark was born in Otukpo in April 1948. He attended St. Francis Catholic Practicing School before attending the Nigerian Military School then he attended the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA.

Senate of Nigeria

Mark was elected to his position as President of the Senate of Nigeria on June 6, 2007.

David Mark ran for re-election to the Senate for Benue South in April 2011 and was elected for a fourth term. David Mark noted that the polls pointed to his decisive victory, and called for his opponents to work together to improve Nigeria.

When leading the review of the Constitution, Mark reportedly urged his colleagues to set their personal interests and focus on the interests of the Nigerian people. After the UK criticized Nigeria's Prohibition of Same-Sex Marriage bill, threatening to pull their foreign aid, Mark responded that they "should keep [their] aid."^[10] Mark called Nigeria's National Football Federation the "centre of corruption in the country", suggesting that they may need to temporarily disband to allow for reconstruction.

Personal life

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Mark and his wife Mrs Hellen Mark have children. He enjoys golf, tennis, and squash. He is an Idoma Christian.