Lloyd G. Balfour Leadership Lecturer His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Click to see video of September 25 address at Boston University

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Lloyd G. Balfour African Presidents in Residence Program

The Vision

The Lloyd G. Balfour African Presidents in Residence Program, as the name implies, is an opportunity for former democratically elected African leaders to spend up to two years in residence at Boston University.

The program is designed with two purposes in mind. First, it will provide an opportunity for democratically elected African leaders to transition to civilian status by providing a venue that will value and utilize the experience and expertise of these unique individuals. A desirable corollary to this is that the program will serve as an inducement for leaders to fully support democratic transitions of power.

As one of the few internationally recognized and prestigious forums available where they can continue, in a constructive way, to contribute to Africa's growth and development, the Residency Program itself can serve as an incentive for positive political change.

The second purpose of the program will be to provide the university and broader community with access to these leaders, who by virtue of their positions have a unique perspective on the political and economic dynamics in Africa.

Lloyd G. Balfour Presidents-in-Residence

António Mascarenhas Monteiro, former President of the Republic of Cape Verde, is the fifth Balfour African President-in-Residence at Boston University’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center from April 2007 to November 2007. President Monteiro became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Cape Verde in 1991 and was reelected in 1996. President Monterio has dedicated his life to conflict resolution and prevention, and promotion of good governance and representative democracy.

Sir Q. Ketumile Masire is the fourth Balfour African President in Residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center. On July 18, 1980, President Masire succeeded the late Seretse Khama as the second President of the Republic Botswana and in 1984 won the presidential elections with a landslide of 77% under the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). President Masire served his country as head of state until March 1988. Sir Ketumile Masire will also chair the APARC African Presidential Roundtable 2005 which will be convened in Johannesburg, South and Boston, Massachusetts in April.

Karl Auguste Offmann is the third Balfour African President in Residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center. President Offmann served as president of the Republic of Mauritius from February 2002 to October 2003. Throughout his political carreer he contributed greatly to the economic development and social harmony that is known some ten years later as the "Mauritian Miracle".

Madam Ruth Sando Perry is the second Balfour African President in Residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center. Madam Ruth Perry, the only female African head of state in modern times began leading Liberia in Spetmeber of 1996. On August 7, 1997 she provided for the smooth and peaceful transfer of power to a democratically elected government.

President Kenneth David Kaunda is the first Balfour African President in Residence at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center. Dr. Kaunda led Zambia to independence and served as the first President of the Republic of Zambia. He served as the president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.