European Communities, 1979 — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1971 Sierra Leone became a republic within the Commonwealth, with Siaka Stevens becoming the country's first executive president.
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Wang Yu Ching, Taiwan Office of the President — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1968 Mswati III, who has reigned as King of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) since 1986, was born in Mbabane.
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