Government

King Mswati in traditional clothes

King Mswati in formal wear

The Chief of State in the Kingdom of Swaziland is Kind Mswati III. He became kind when his long reigning father, Kind Sobhuza II died in 1982. Sobhuza had been the leader of Swaziland for over 30 years before passing power onto his son. However, it was hard to decide because Sobhuza had 210 children with 70 wives. Two of Sobhuza’s wives ruled the country while Mswati was in school,but in 1986, Mswati was ready to become king. Mswati became the youngest absolute monarch in the world when he ascended the throne at age 18 years and six days old. The kind appoints the prime minister and the representatives. The representatives come from each of the four districts of Shiselweni , Lubombo, Manzini, and Hhohho. Swaziland has a fairly new constitution that was signed by Kind Mswati III in 2005.