He succeeded Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, who resigned after complaining of poor health.

He was considered to be more conservative and less charismatic than most post-colonial African leaders, but his policies allowed Cameroon to attain comparative prosperity.

Nguema may refer to two different post-colonial leaders of Equatorial Guinea:

The hudud are rarely applied and arise mostly when insecure post-colonial leaders try to bolster their legitimacy by playing the amputation card.

The policies of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, compared with the post-colonial leaders of other African countries, were more pro-Western.

Although Ahidjo's rule was characterised as authoritarian, he was seen as noticeably lacking in charisma in comparison to many post-colonial African leaders.

During his rule, Banda was one of the very few post-colonial African leaders to maintain diplomatic relations with apartheid South Africa.

French troops even helped depose the country's first post-colonial leader, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, in 1979.

In 1960, he traveled extensively in Africa making a series of documentaries on the independence movement, interviewing many of the post-colonial leaders including Patrice Lumumba.

A courtly businessman with little feel for politics, Mr. Tung, 64, has lost popularity since he became Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader in 1997.