The first President of Honduras was Marco Aurelio Soto, who served from 1876 to 1883. He was born on October 28, 1846, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Soto was of mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry. He studied law at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala and later became a lawyer and politician. Soto’s presidency was marked by a number of significant achievements. He established a national...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines, born September 20, 1758, was the first President of Haiti. His life was marked by struggle, leadership, and a profound impact on Haitian history. Dessalines was born enslaved on a plantation in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). Background and Early Life: Born into slavery, Jean-Jacques Dessalines endured harsh conditions and...
Arthur Raymond Chung was the first President of Guyana, serving from 1970 to 1980. He was born on January 10, 1918, in Queenstown, Georgetown, British Guiana, to parents of Chinese descent. Chung was educated at St. Joseph’s High School and Queen’s College in British Guiana. After graduating, he worked as a clerk in the civil service and later as a teacher. In 1953, Chung was elected...
Upon Guinea-Bissau’s independence on September 24, 1973, AmÃlcar Cabral, the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was poised to become the country’s first president. However, just months before independence, Cabral was assassinated. Therefore, LuÃs Cabral, AmÃlcar’s half-brother, assumed the presidency. Born on April 12, 1931, in...
The first President of Guinea was Ahmed Sékou Touré, who served from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984. He was born on January 9, 1922, in Faranah, French Guinea, and was a member of the Malinke ethnic group, the largest in Guinea. Touré’s father was a trader and his mother a farmer. He attended Koranic school and later studied at the École Normale William Ponty in Senegal. After...
The first President of Guatemala was Mariano Gálvez, a prominent figure in Central American history known for his reformist policies and liberal ideology during his tenure from 1831 to 1838. Mariano Gálvez was born in Guatemala City on July 21, 1794, to a prominent local family. From an early age, he demonstrated a keen interest in intellectual pursuits, studying law at the University of San...
Sir Eric Matthew Gairy was the first Prime Minister of Grenada, serving twice from 1967 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1984. He was born on February 18, 1922, in St. Andrew’s, Grenada, to James Gairy and Olga Gairy. His ethnicity was Afro-Grenadian. Gairy’s political career began in 1950 when he was elected to the Grenada Legislative Council. He founded the Grenada United Labour Party...
Ioannis Kapodistrias was the first President of Greece. He was born on February 11, 1776, on the island of Corfu, which was then part of the Venetian Republic. His father, Count Antonio Maria Kapodistrias, was a prominent Greek aristocrat, and his mother, Countess Diamantina Gonemo, was a Venetian noblewoman. Kapodistrias was educated at the University of Padua, where he studied law and diplomacy...
Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, was born on September 21, 1909, in Nkroful, a village in the western part of the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). He was an influential figure in the Pan-African movement and a key figure in the fight against colonialism in Africa. Nkrumah’s father, Kojo Nkrumah, was a goldsmith, and his mother, Elizabeth Nyaniba, was a farmer. He received his...
Friedrich Ebert was the first President of Germany, serving from 1919 until his death in 1925. He was a prominent figure in the German labor movement and social democracy, and played a key role in the establishment of the Weimar Republic after World War I. Ebert was born in Heidelberg in 1871. He worked as a saddler and later as a journalist before becoming active in the Social Democratic Party...
