| TAMBO | Oliver, South African politician who became president of the ANC in 1977 (5) |
| OLIVER | And 20 Dn. South African politician who became acting president of the ANC in 1967 (6,5) |
| ZUMA | Jacob ?, South African politician who was appointed president of the ANC in 2007 (4) |
| MBEKI | He joined the ANC in 1965. Now Thabo ... is president of South Africa |
| SLOVO | Joe, South African politician who opposed the apartheid system (5) |
| EAMON | In 1959 this long-serving politician became President of the Republic of Ireland; ... de Valera |
| PUTIN | He became president of the Russian Federation in 2000 (5) |
| GRANT | Civil War Union general who later became president of the United States |
| FARSI | Africans dismiss ANC, in a manner of speaking (5) |
| PERON | Soldier who became president of Argentina (5) |
| PRINCEWILLIAM | Member of the British royal family who became president of the FA in 2006 (6,7) |
| LULA | Politician who became president of Brazil for the second time in 2023 (4) |
| LYNDONJOHNSON | Who became president of the US on the assassination of John F. Kennedy? (6,7) |
| BRICS | Multination org. named for its first five members (its '23 summit included da Silva, Lavrov, Modi, Xi, and the ANC leader) |
| BETANCOURT | Anticommunist politician who became president of Venezuela after a coup in 1945 |
| EMMANUEL | - Macron, politician who became president of France in 2017 (8) |
| CHAMORRO | Violeta, politician who became president of Nicaragua in 1990 (8) |
| HUERTA | Victoriano ---, Mexican general who became president of the country by coup in 1913 (6) |
| DUBE | John Langalibalele _, first president of the ANC (4) |
| LYNDON | Politician who became president after the assassination of JFK, ___ B. Johnson |
