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{{Infobox official post
|post            = President
|body            = the<br>Republic of Mozambique
|insignia        = Presidential Standard of Mozambique.svg{{!}}border
|insigniasize    = 125px
|insigniacaption = [[Flag of Mozambique|Presidential standard]]
|nativename      =
|image           = Daniel Chapo 2016 (Cropped).jpg
|imagesize       = 165px
|incumbent       = [[Daniel Chapo]]
|incumbentsince  = 15 January 2025
|style           =
|type            = {{ubl|[[Head of state]]|[[Head of government]]|[[Commander-in-chief]]}}
|residence       = [[Palácio da Ponta Vermelha]], [[Maputo]]
|appointer       = 
|termlength      = Five years,
| termlength_qualified    = renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Mozambique]] (2004)
|formation       = {{start date and age|df=y|1975|6|25}}
|succession      = [[Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)#Presidents of the Assembly|President of the Assembly of the Republic]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Azevedo |first=Elisabete |title=The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique: From Enemies to Adversaries? |date=May 2009 |url=https://eisa.org.za/pdf/200905azevedo.pdf |type=Working paper |url-status=dead |via=eisa.org.za |mode=cs1 |access-date=3 April 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809034024/https://eisa.org.za/pdf/200905azevedo.pdf }}</ref>
|inaugural       = [[Samora Machel]]
|deputy          = 
|salary          = 46,800 USD annually<ref name="africabusinessdaily">{{Cite news |last=Odinga |first=Timothy |date=7 October 2017 |title=The Highest and Lowest Paid African Presidents |work=Business Daily |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/The-highest-and-lowest-paid-African-presidents/539546-4129430-cbmf8iz/index.html |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>
|website         =
}}

This article lists the '''presidents of [[Mozambique]]''', since the establishment of the office of president in 1975.

The current president is [[Daniel Chapo]]. Chapo was inaugurated for his first term as the fifth president of Mozambique on 15 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/chapo-sworn-in-following-mozambiques-disputed-presidential-election |title=Chapo sworn in following Mozambique's disputed presidential election |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=Al Jazeera |date=15 January 2025}}</ref>

==Term limits==
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the [[Constitution of Mozambique]]. The first president for whom the term limits applied was [[Joaquim Chissano]] in 2005.<ref name="termlimits">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}</ref>

==Presidents of Mozambique (1975–present)==
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| officeholder_title = President
| showtermlenght     = y
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| party_col          = 1
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=8| [[People's Republic of Mozambique]]
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 1
| image             = Samora Moises Machel detail DF-SC-88-01383.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Samora Machel]]
| officeholder_sort = Machel, Samora
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1933
| died_year         = 1986
| died              = y
| term_start        = 25 June 1975
| term_end          = [[1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash|19 October 1986]]
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1975|06|25|1986|10|19}}
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          = [[1977 Mozambican general election|1977]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = –
| image             = Partido FRELIMO Emblem.svg
| officeholder      = [[Political Bureau of the Central Committee of FRELIMO]]    
| officeholder_sort = Politburo of the CC of FRELIMO
| officeholder_note = 
| acting            = y
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 19 October 1986
| term_end          = 6 November 1986
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1986|10|19|1986|11|06}}
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          = —
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 2
| image             = Joaquim Chissano.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Joaquim Chissano]]
| officeholder_sort = Chissano, Joaquim
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1939
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 6 November 1986
| term_end          = 1 December 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1986|11|06|1990|12|01}}
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          =  [[1986 Mozambican general election|1986]]
}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=8| [[Mozambique|Republic of Mozambique]]
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = (2)
| image             = Joaquim Chissano.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Joaquim Chissano]]
| officeholder_sort = Chissano, Joaquim
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1939
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 1 December 1990
| term_end          = 2 February 2005
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1990|12|01|2005|02|02}}
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          = [[1994 Mozambican general election|1994]]
| election2         = [[1999 Mozambican general election|1999]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 3
| image             = Guebuza2006.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Armando Guebuza]]
| officeholder_sort = Guebuza, Armando
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1943
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 2 February 2005
| term_end          = 15 January 2015
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2005|02|02|2015|01|15}}
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          = [[2004 Mozambican general election|2004]]
| election2         = [[2009 Mozambican general election|2009]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 4
| image             = Filipe Nyusi, President, Republic of Mozambique - 2018 (40689535485) (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Filipe Nyusi]]
| officeholder_sort = Nyusi, Filipe
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1959
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = [[Inauguration of Filipe Nyusi|15 January 2015]]
| term_end          = 15 January 2025
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|2015|01|15|2025|01|15}} years
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          = [[2014 Mozambican general election|2014]]
| election2         = [[2019 Mozambican general election|2019]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 5
| image             = Daniel Chapo 2016 (Cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Daniel Chapo]]
| officeholder_sort = Chapo, Daniel
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1977
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 15 January 2025
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2025|01|15}}
| alt_party         = FRELIMO
| election          = [[2024 Mozambican general election|2024]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Timeline==
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  from: 15/01/2025 till: $today     color:frelimo text:"[[Daniel Chapo]]"

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==Latest election==
{{main|2024 Mozambican general election}}
{{#section-h:2024 Mozambican general election|President}}

==See also==
{{Politics of Mozambique}}
* [[List of prime ministers of Mozambique]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Mozambique]]
* [[List of heads of the National Resistance Government of Mozambique]]

==Sources==
* http://rulers.org/rulm2.html#mozambique
* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mozambique.htm
* '''''African States and Rulers''', John Stewart, McFarland''
* '''''Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen''', Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd''
* '''''Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition''', John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000''

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Presidents of Mozambique}}
{{Years in Mozambique}}
{{Mozambique topics}}
{{Heads of state and government of African states}}

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[[Category:Lists of national presidents|Mozambique, List of presidents of]]
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[[Category:1975 establishments in Mozambique]]
[[Category:Lists of Mozambican people|Presidents]]
[[Category:Mozambique politics-related lists|Presidents]]