5. Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (Angola)
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Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos was away from his country for the entire month of May, sparking speculations that he was dead or terminally ill.
Authorities were not willing to provide specifics about his whereabouts until they bowed to the pressure from the opposition and civil society groups, forcing the Foreign Minister to clarify that 74-year-old Dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, was in Spain receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
