[Uncle Chip]

No. A sovereign would be a head of state; a king or prince or president, something like that. To the best of my knowledge Barack Obama, Sr. was not King of Kenya.

But he was or became a Kenyan minister of state. "Sovereign" can also mean "Independent" [Webster's Dictionary], thus one not under the authority of the laws of the US.

[Non-Sequitur]

But he was or became a Kenyan minister of state.

At the time he was just a student.

"Sovereign" can also mean "Independent" [Webster's Dictionary], thus one not under the authority of the laws of the US.

The term for that would be foreign national.