Mswati III
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Mswati III is the Ngwenyama of Eswatini and head of the Swazi royal family since 1986. He is the head of an absolute monarchy, holding executive authority over all branches of government and constitut
Mswati in 2026
Mswati and Sibonelo Mngometulu with US President Barack Obama on 5 August 2014
Mswati and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Eswatini on 17 April 2018
Some of Mswati's wives with Akie Abe, wife of then-Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, in 2013
Sobhuza II
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Sobhuza II was Ngwenyama of Swaziland for 82 years and 254 days, the longest verifiable reign of any monarch in recorded history.
Mswati III
…outlets operate in the country. Mswati III was born Makhosetive Dlamini on 19 April 1968 at Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, as the son of Sobhuza II (who had 70 wives during his life of 82 years) and Ntfombi. When King Sobhuza II died on 21 August 1982, the Great Council of State (the Liqoqo) selected…
Sobhuza in 1945
1959 Buick LeSabre, owned by Sobhuza II. Photographed at the Sobhuza II Memorial Park in Lobamba.
Mswati III, Sobhuza II's son and eventual successor
King Sobhuza II Memorial Park