List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office

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The longest-serving current leader, Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, has ruled since 1967. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah - 53857993945.jpg
The longest-serving current leader, Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, has ruled since 1967.

This is a list of current state leaders ordered by their continuous tenure in a position of national leadership. For countries in which the head of state and head of government are separate, both offices are listed. For leaders who held the same office prior to their state's independence, the start of their tenure is used, not independence. For a list of heads of state taking dates of independence into account, see List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence.

Contents

Acting presidents are included in this list, but if a leader has non-consecutive terms, only the current period of service is listed.

States where head of state differs from head of government are mainly parliamentary systems. Often a leader holds both positions in presidential systems or dictatorships. Some states have semi-presidential systems where the head of government role is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state.

List of state leaders by date of assuming office

Prior to 2000

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
5 October 1967 [1] Hassanal Bolkiah Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Sultan: 5 October 1967 –present
Prime Minister: 1 January 1984 –present
15 September 1973 Carl XVI Gustaf Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden King
30 June 1975 Paul Biya Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Prime Minister: 30 June 1975 –6 November 1982
President: 6 November 1982 –present
3 August 1979 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo [2] Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council: 3 August 1979 –25 August 1979
Chairman of the Supreme Military Council: 25 August 1979 –12 October 1982
President: 12 October 1982 –present
13 October 1981 Ali Khamenei Flag of Iran.svg  Iran President: 13 October 1981 –2 August 1989
Supreme Leader: 4 June 1989 –present
25 March 1983 Ntfombi Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini [3] Queen Regent: 25 March 1983 –25 April 1986
Queen Mother: 25 April 1986 –present
26 August 1984 Hans-Adam II Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein Prince-Regent: 26 August 1984 –13 November 1989
Prince: 13 November 1989 –present [4]
29 January 1986 Yoweri Museveni Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda President [5]
25 April 1986 Mswati III Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini [3] King
1 June 1990 Harald V Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Prince-Regent: 1 June 1990 –17 January 1991
King: 17 January 1991 –present [6]
27 April 1991 [7] Isaias Afwerki Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Secretary-General of the Provisional Government: 27 April 1991 –23 May 1993
President: 23 May 1993 –present
Chairman of the People's Front: 1 March 1994 –present
19 November 1992 Emomali Rahmon Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Acting Chairman of the Supreme Council: 19 November 1992 –27 November 1992
Chairman of the Supreme Council: 27 November 1992 –16 November 1994
President: 16 November 1994 –present
20 July 1994 Alexander Lukashenko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus President: 20 July 1994 –present [8]
Chairman of the People's Assembly: 24 April 2024 –present
7 February 1996 Letsie III Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho King [9]
25 October 1997 Denis Sassou Nguesso Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo-Brazzaville President [10]
3 March 1998 Henri Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Lieutenant-Representative: 3 March 1998 –7 October 2000
Grand Duke: 7 October 2000 –present [11]
25 January 1999 Abdullah II Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Prince-Regent: 25 January 1999 –7 February 1999
King: 7 February 1999 –present
6 March 1999 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain [12] Emir: 6 March 1999 –14 February 2002
King: 14 February 2002 –present
8 May 1999 Ismaïl Omar Guelleh [13] Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti President
23 July 1999 Mohammed VI Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco King
9 August 1999 Vladimir Putin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Acting Prime Minister: 9 August 1999 –16 August 1999
Prime Minister: 16 August 1999 –7 May 2000
Acting President: 31 December 1999 –7 May 2000
President: 7 May 2000 –7 May 2008
Prime Minister: 8 May 2008 –7 May 2012
President: 7 May 2012 –present

2000–2009

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
24 March 2000 Paul Kagame Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Acting President: 24 March 2000 –22 April 2000
President: 22 April 2000 –present
29 March 2001 Ralph Gonsalves Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister
14 March 2003 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Prime Minister: 14 March 2003 –28 August 2014
President: 28 August 2014 –present
12 May 2003 Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra Episcopal Co-Prince [14]
4 August 2003 Ilham Aliyev [15] Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Prime Minister: 4 August 2003 –4 November 2003 [16]
President: 31 October 2003 –present
12 December 2003 Shavkat Mirziyoyev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Prime Minister: 12 December 2003 –14 December 2016
Acting President: 8 September 2016 –14 December 2016
President: 14 December 2016 –present
8 January 2004 Roosevelt Skerrit Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica Prime Minister
15 August 2004 Alois Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein Prince-Regent [4]
14 October 2004 Norodom Sihamoni Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia King
15 January 2005 Mahmoud Abbas Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine President [17]
31 March 2005 Albert II Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Prince-Regent: 31 March 2005 –6 April 2005
Prince: 6 April 2005 –present
4 May 2005 Faure Gnassingbé [18] Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo President [19]
30 July 2005 [20] Salva Kiir Mayardit Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan [21] President of the Regional Government: 30 July 2005 –9 July 2011
President: 9 July 2011 –present
11 February 2006 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum [22] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Prime Minister
9 December 2006 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan King
10 January 2007 Daniel Ortega [23] Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua President [24]
26 February 2009 Patrick Allen Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Governor-General [25]

2010–2014

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
29 May 2010 Viktor Orbán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Prime Minister [26]
4 December 2010 Alassane Ouattara Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast President [27]
11 November 2011 Michael D. Higgins Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland President
17 December 2011 Kim Jong Un [28] Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Supreme Leader [29]
18 March 2012 Tupou VI Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga King [30]
20 July 2012 Josep Maria Mauri Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra Personal Representative
of the Episcopal Co-Prince [14]
15 November 2012 Xi Jinping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China General Secretary of the Communist Party: 15 November 2012 –present
President: 14 March 2013 –present
5 March 2013 Nicolás Maduro Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Acting President: 5 March 2013 –19 April 2013
President: 19 April 2013 –present [31]
13 March 2013 Pope Francis Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City Sovereign
1 April 2013 Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Prime Minister
30 April 2013 Willem-Alexander Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands King
7 May 2013 Cécile La Grenade Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Governor-General [25]
25 June 2013 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Emir
21 July 2013 Philippe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium King
15 September 2013 Edi Rama Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Prime Minister
23 November 2013 Kokhir Rasulzoda Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Prime Minister
25 January 2014 Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan [32] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates de facto President: 25 January 2014 –13 May 2022 [33]
President: 14 May 2022 –present
27 April 2014 Aleksandar Vučić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Prime Minister: 27 April 2014 –30 May 2017
President: 31 May 2017 –present
26 May 2014 Narendra Modi Flag of India.svg  India Prime Minister
8 June 2014 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt President
13 June 2014 Gaston Browne Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister
19 June 2014 Felipe VI Flag of Spain.svg  Spain King
14 August 2014 Rodney Williams Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Governor-General [25]
21 December 2014 Klaus Iohannis Flag of Romania.svg  Romania President

2015–2017

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
23 January 2015 Salman Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia King: 23 January 2015 –present
Prime Minister: 23 January 2015 –27 September 2022
3 February 2015 Sergio Mattarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy President
6 February 2015 [34] Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen (Supreme
Political Council) 		Leader of Ansar Allah
21 March 2015 Saara Kuugongelwa Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Prime Minister
6 August 2015 Andrzej Duda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland President
9 September 2015 Keith Rowley Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister
4 November 2015 Justin Trudeau [35] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Prime Minister
20 November 2015 Kassim Majaliwa Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Prime Minister
1 January 2016 Guy Parmelin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Federal Councilor: 1 January 2016 –present
President: 1 January 2021 –31 December 2021 [36]
3 March 2016 Andrew Holness Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Prime Minister [37]
9 March 2016 Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal President
11 March 2016 Taneti Maamau Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati President
30 March 2016 Faustin-Archange Touadéra Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic President [38]
6 April 2016 Patrice Talon Flag of Benin.svg  Benin President
20 April 2016 Thongloun Sisoulith Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Prime Minister: 20 April 2016 –22 March 2021
General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party:
15 January 2021 –present
President: 22 March 2021 –present
22 April 2016 Ulisses Correia e Silva Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Prime Minister
26 May 2016 Azali Assoumani Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros President [39]
12 July 2016 Brahim Ghali Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Republic General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President
13 October 2016 Vajiralongkorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand King [40]
19 October 2016 Andrej Plenković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Prime Minister
14 December 2016 Abdulla Aripov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Prime Minister
16 December 2016 Vadim Krasnoselsky Flag of Transnistria (state).svg  Transnistria President
19 January 2017 Adama Barrow Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia President
22 January 2017 Rumen Radev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria President
26 January 2017 Alexander Van der Bellen Flag of Austria.svg  Austria President
28 February 2017 Bob Dadae Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Governor-General [25]
19 March 2017 Frank-Walter Steinmeier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany President
14 May 2017 Emmanuel Macron Flag of France.svg  France President
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra French Co-Prince [14]
15 May 2017 Patrick Strzoda Personal Representative
of the French Co-Prince [14]
21 July 2017 Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa O le Ao o le Malo [41]
30 August 2017 Édouard Ngirente Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Prime Minister
26 September 2017 João Lourenço Flag of Angola.svg  Angola President
1 October 2017 Ahmed al-Sharaa Flag of the Syrian Salvation Government.svg  Syria (Salvation
Government)
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria 		Commander-in-Chief of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham: 1 October 2017 –29 January 2025
De facto Head of State of Syria: 8 December 2024 –29 January 2025
Transitional President: 29 January 2025 –present
1 November 2017 Ignazio Cassis Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Federal Councilor: 1 November 2017 –present
President: 1 January 2022 –31 December 2022 [36]
24 November 2017 Emmerson Mnangagwa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe President

2018–2019

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
8 January 2018 Sandra Mason Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Governor-General: 8 January 2018 –30 November 2021 [42]
President: 30 November 2021 –present
14 February 2018 Cyril Ramaphosa Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Acting President: 14 February 2018 –15 February 2018
President: 15 February 2018 –present
2 April 2018 Abiy Ahmed Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Prime Minister
4 April 2018 Julius Maada Bio Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone President [43]
19 April 2018 Miguel Díaz-Canel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba President: 19 April 2018 –present [44]
President of the Council of Ministers: 19 April 2018 –21 December 2019 [45]
First Secretary of the Communist Party: 19 April 2021 –present
25 April 2018 Mahdi al-Mashat Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen (Supreme Political
Council) 		Chairman of the Supreme Political Council
6 May 2018 Abdurrahman Mustafa Syrian revolution flag.svg  Syria (opposition) President of the Syrian National Coalition: 6 May 2018 –29 June 2019
Prime Minister: 30 June 2019 –present
8 May 2018 Nikol Pashinyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Prime Minister
25 May 2018 Mia Mottley Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Prime Minister
2 June 2018 Pedro Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Prime Minister
6 June 2018 Christian Ntsay Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Prime Minister
7 June 2018 Mostafa Madbouly Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Acting Prime Minister: 7 June 2018 –14 June 2018
Prime Minister: 14 June 2018 –present [46]
20 November 2018 Željko Komšić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Member: 20 November 2018 –present [47]
Chairman of the Presidency: 20 July 2019 –20 March 2020;
20 July 2021 –20 March 2022;
16 July 2023 –16 March 2024 [48]
16 December 2018 Salome Zourabichvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 		President: 16 December 2018 –29 December 2024
President: 29 December 2024 –present
1 January 2019 Viola Amherd Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Federal Councilor: 1 January 2019 –present
President: 1 January 2024 –31 December 2024 [36]
Karin Keller-Sutter Federal Councilor: 1 January 2019 –present
President: 1 January 2025 –present [36]
4 January 2019 Joseph Ngute Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Prime Minister
24 January 2019 Félix Tshisekedi [49] Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo-Kinshasa President
20 March 2019 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan President: 20 March 2019 –present
Chairman of the Security Council: 5 January 2022 –present [50]
12 April 2019 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Chairman of the Transitional Military Council: 12 April 2019 –21 August 2019
Chairman of the Sovereignty Council: 21 August 2019 –25 October 2021
de facto Head of State: 25 October 2021 –11 November 2021
Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council: 11 November 2021 –present
1 May 2019 Naruhito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Emperor
16 May 2019 Xavier Espot Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra Prime Minister
20 May 2019 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine President
22 May 2019 Ersin Tatar Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus Prime Minister: 22 May 2019 –23 October 2020
President: 23 October 2020 –present
30 May 2019 James Marape Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Prime Minister
1 June 2019 Nayib Bukele Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador President
27 June 2019 Mette Frederiksen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Prime Minister
12 July 2019 Gitanas Nausėda Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania President
1 August 2019 Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania President
Susan Dougan Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Governor-General [25]
8 October 2019 Ali Asadov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Prime Minister
23 October 2019 Kais Saied Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia President
19 December 2019 Abdelmadjid Tebboune Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria President [51]
21 December 2019 Manuel Marrero Cruz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Prime Minister

2020–2021

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
8 January 2020 Luca Beccari Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Secretary for Foreign and Political Affairs [52] [53]
11 January 2020 Haitham bin Tariq Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Sultan and Prime Minister
13 January 2020 Robert Abela [54] Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Prime Minister
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Republic Prime Minister [55]
16 January 2020 Mikhail Mishustin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Prime Minister [56]
18 February 2020 Zoran Milanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia President [57]
27 February 2020 Umaro Sissoco Embaló Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau President [58]
1 March 2020 Luis Lacalle Pou [59] Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay President
4 March 2020 Denys Shmyhal Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Prime Minister
13 March 2020 Katerina Sakellaropoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece President
4 June 2020 Roman Golovchenko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Prime Minister
18 June 2020 Évariste Ndayishimiye Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi President
28 June 2020 Lazarus Chakwera Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi President
16 July 2020 Chan Santokhi Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname President
2 August 2020 Irfaan Ali Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana President
Mark Phillips Prime Minister
14 August 2020 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus (opposition) President of the Coordination Council: 14 August 2020 –present
Head of the United Transitional Cabinet: 9 August 2022 –present
16 August 2020 Luis Abinader Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic President
28 September 2020 Victoire Tomegah Dogbé Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Prime Minister
1 October 2020 Alexander De Croo Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Prime Minister
26 October 2020 Wavel Ramkalawan Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles President
8 November 2020 Luis Arce Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia President
11 November 2020 Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa [60] Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Prime Minister
12 November 2020 Johnny Briceño Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Prime Minister
24 December 2020 Maia Sandu Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova President [61]
21 January 2021 Surangel Whipps Jr. Flag of Palau.svg  Palau President
28 January 2021 Sadyr Japarov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan President [62]
29 January 2021 Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Prime Minister
2 February 2021 Min Aung Hlaing Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Chairman of the State Administration Council: 2 February 2021 –present
Prime Minister: 1 August 2021 –present
Acting President: 22 July 2024 –present
9 March 2021 Mahn Win Khaing Than Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (opposition) Acting President: 9 March 2021 –16 April 2021
Prime Minister: 16 April 2021 –present
15 March 2021 Mohamed al-Menfi Flag of Libya.svg  Libya Chairman of the Presidential Council [63]
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Prime Minister [64]
19 March 2021 Samia Suluhu Hassan Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania President
22 March 2021 Albin Kurti Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Prime Minister [65]
25 March 2021 Daniel Risch Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein Prime Minister
4 April 2021 Vjosa Osmani Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo President [66]
5 April 2021 Phạm Minh Chính Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Prime Minister
16 April 2021 Duwa Lashi La Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (opposition) Acting President
20 April 2021 Mahamat Déby [67] Flag of Chad.svg  Chad President of the Transitional Military Council: 20 April 2021 –10 October 2022
Transitional President: 10 October 2022 –23 May 2024
President: 23 May 2024 –present
18 May 2021 Anatole Collinet Makosso Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo-Brazzaville Prime Minister
24 May 2021 Assimi Goïta Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Acting Interim President: 24 May 2021 –7 June 2021
Interim President: 7 June 2021 –present [68]
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa [69] Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Prime Minister
27 May 2021 Froyla Tzalam Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Governor-General [25]
14 June 2021 Essam al-Da'alis Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (Hamas
government in Gaza) 		Head of the Government Administrative Committee
21 June 2021 Robinah Nabbanja Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Prime Minister
25 June 2021 Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia President [70]
7 July 2021 Isaac Herzog [71] Flag of Israel.svg  Israel President
26 July 2021 Mary Simon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Governor General [25]
28 July 2021 Philip J. Pierre Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Prime Minister
1 August 2021 Christian Schmidt Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina High Representative
15 August 2021 Hibatullah Akhundzada Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Supreme Leader
24 August 2021 Hakainde Hichilema Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia President
5 September 2021 Mamady Doumbouya Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development:
5 September 2021 –present
Interim President: 1 October 2021 –present
7 September 2021 Hasan Akhund Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Acting Prime Minister
10 September 2021 Najib Mikati Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Prime Minister [72]
17 September 2021 Philip Davis Flag of the Bahamas.svg  The Bahamas Prime Minister
29 September 2021 Tofiga Vaevalu Falani Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu Governor-General [25]
1 October 2021 Fernando Vérgez Alzaga Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City President of the Governorate
2 October 2021 Carlos Vila Nova Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe President
7 October 2021 Aziz Akhannouch Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Prime Minister
11 October 2021 Alar Karis Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia President
14 October 2021 Jonas Gahr Støre Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Prime Minister
21 October 2021 Cindy Kiro Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Governor-General [25]
9 November 2021 José Maria Neves Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde President [73]
11 November 2021 Errol Charles Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Acting Governor-General: 11 November 2021 –1 November 2024
Governor-General: 1 November 2024 –present [25]
8 December 2021 Olaf Scholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Chancellor
17 December 2021 Petr Fiala Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prime Minister

2022

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
19 January Osman Hussein Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Acting Prime Minister
27 January Xiomara Castro Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras President
9 February Félix Moloua Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Prime Minister
11 March Gabriel Boric Flag of Chile.svg  Chile President
13 March Vahagn Khachaturyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia President
19 March Serdar Berdimuhamedow [74] Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan President
7 April Rashad al-Alimi Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council [75]
8 May Rodrigo Chaves Robles Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica President
10 May Yoon Suk Yeol Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea President [76]
12 May Ünal Üstel Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus Prime Minister
20 May José Ramos-Horta Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor President [77]
Han Duck-soo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Prime Minister: 20 May 2024 –present [78]
Acting President: 14 December 2024 –27 December 2024
23 May Anthony Albanese Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Prime Minister
24 May Alan Gagloyev Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia President
30 May Aleksander Rozenberg Flag of Transnistria (state).svg  Transnistria Prime Minister
1 June Robert Golob Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Prime Minister
9 June Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia President [79]
20 June Konstantin Dzhussoyev Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia Prime Minister
24 June Dickon Mitchell Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Prime Minister
25 June Hamza Abdi Barre Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Prime Minister
30 June Bongbong Marcos [80] Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines President
23 July Nikenike Vurobaravu Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu President
24 July Bajram Begaj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania President
25 July Droupadi Murmu Flag of India.svg  India President
6 August Terrance Drew Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister
7 August Gustavo Petro Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia President
7 September Gervais Ndirakobuca Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Prime Minister
8 September Charles III [25] Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda King
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia King
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  The Bahamas King
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize King
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada King
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada King
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica King
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand King
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea King
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis King
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia King
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines King
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands King
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu King
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom King
13 September William Ruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya President
27 September Mohammed bin Salman [81] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Prime Minister
30 September Ibrahim Traoré Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration:
30 September 2022 –present
Interim President: 6 October 2022 –present
17 October Abdul Latif Rashid Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq President
18 October Ulf Kristersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Prime Minister
22 October Giorgia Meloni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Prime Minister
27 October Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Prime Minister
Musalia Mudavadi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Prime Cabinet Secretary
28 October Sam Matekane Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Prime Minister
16 November Denis Bećirović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Member: 16 November 2022 –present
Chairman of the Presidency: 16 March 2024 –16 November 2024 [48]
Željka Cvijanović Presidency Member: 16 November 2022 –present
Chairwoman of the Presidency: 16 November 2022 –16 July 2023;
16 November 2024 –present [48]
24 November Anwar Ibrahim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Prime Minister
7 December Dina Boluarte Flag of Peru.svg  Peru President
22 December Nataša Pirc Musar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia President
24 December Sitiveni Rabuka Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Prime Minister [82]
29 December Benjamin Netanyahu Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Prime Minister [83]
30 December Sonexay Siphandone [84] Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Prime Minister

2023

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
1 January Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil President [85]
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Federal Councilor [36]
Albert Rösti Federal Councilor [36]
25 January Borjana Krišto Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Prime Minister
1 February Marcella Liburd Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Governor-General [25]
16 February Dorin Recean Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Prime Minister
28 February Nikos Christodoulides Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus President
7 March Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Prime Minister
9 March Petr Pavel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic President
11 March Li Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Premier
13 March Ram Chandra Poudel Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal President
20 March Christine Kangaloo Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago President
24 April Mohammed Shahabuddin Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh President
11 May Wesley Simina Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia President
16 May Osama Hammad Flag of Libya.svg  Libya (Government of
National Stability) 		Acting Prime Minister
20 May Jakov Milatović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro President
29 May Bola Tinubu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria President
15 June Marcel Ciolacu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Prime Minister
20 June Petteri Orpo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Prime Minister
26 June Kyriakos Mitsotakis [86] Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Prime Minister [87]
1 July Xanana Gusmão Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor Prime Minister [88]
8 July Edgars Rinkēvičs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia President
10 July David Moinina Sengeh Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Chief Minister
26 July Abdourahamane Tchiani Flag of Niger.svg  Niger President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
8 August Ali Lamine Zeine Acting Prime Minister
15 August Santiago Peña Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay President
22 August Hun Manet [89] Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Prime Minister
30 August Brice Oligui Nguema [90] Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions:
30 August 2023 –present
Transitional President: 4 September 2023 –present
1 September Cynthia A. Pratt Flag of the Bahamas.svg  The Bahamas Governor-General [25] [91]
7 September Raymond Ndong Sima Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Interim Prime Minister [92]
12 September Hadi al-Bahra Syrian revolution flag.svg  Syria (opposition) President of the Syrian National Coalition [93]
14 September Tharman Shanmugaratnam Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore President
15 September Evika Siliņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Prime Minister
2 October Sylvanie Burton Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica President
6 October Charlot Salwai Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Prime Minister [94]
17 October Robert Beugré Mambé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Prime Minister
25 October Robert Fico Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Prime Minister [95]
30 October David Adeang [96] Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru President
31 October Milojko Spajić Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Prime Minister
3 November Russell Dlamini Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini Prime Minister
11 November Nadir Larbaoui Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Prime Minister
17 November Luc Frieden Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Prime Minister
Mohamed Muizzu Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives President
23 November Daniel Noboa Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador President
27 November Christopher Luxon Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Prime Minister
10 December Javier Milei Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina President
13 December Donald Tusk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Prime Minister [97]
16 December Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Emir
Andry Rajoelina Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar President [98]
20 December Rui Duarte de Barros Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister [99]

2024

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
1 January Beat Jans Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Federal Councilor [36]
Viktor Rossi Federal Chancellor
3 January Hilda Heine Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands President [100]
13 January Mohammed al-Bashir Flag of the Syrian Salvation Government.svg  Syria (Salvation
Government)
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria 		Prime Minister of the Salvation Government: 13 January 2024 –9 December 2024
Transitional Prime Minister of Syria: 9 December 2024 –present
14 January Frederik X Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark King
15 January Bernardo Arévalo [101] Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala President
22 January Joseph Boakai Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia President
25 January Nangolo Mbumba Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Acting President: 25 January 2024 –4 February 2024
President: 4 February 2024 –present
28 January Tshering Tobgay Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Prime Minister [102]
31 January Ibrahim Iskandar Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong
5 February Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Prime Minister [103]
6 February Oljas Bektenov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Prime Minister
8 February Irakli Kobakhidze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Prime Minister
26 February Feleti Teo [104] Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu Prime Minister
27 February Bah Oury Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Prime Minister
1 March Alexander Stubb Flag of Finland.svg  Finland President [105]
4 March Shehbaz Sharif [106] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Prime Minister [107]
5 March Tamás Sulyok Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary President
6 March Gustavo Adrianzén Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Prime Minister
10 March Asif Ali Zardari [108] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan President [109]
14 March Mohammad Mustafa Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Prime Minister
2 April Luís Montenegro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Prime Minister
Bassirou Diomaye Faye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal President
3 April Ousmane Sonko Prime Minister
4 April Myriam Spiteri Debono Flag of Malta.svg  Malta President
2 May Miloš Vučević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Prime Minister
Jeremiah Manele Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Prime Minister
12 May Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia President
15 May Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah [110] Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Prime Minister
Lawrence Wong Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Prime Minister
20 May Lai Ching-te Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan President [111]
Cho Jung-tai Premier
22 May Tô Lâm Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam President: 22 May 2024 –21 October 2024
Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party: 19 July 2024 –3 August 2024
General Secretary of the Communist Party: 3 August 2024 –present
24 May Allamaye Halina Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Prime Minister
12 June Judith Suminwa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo-Kinshasa Prime Minister
15 June Peter Pellegrini Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia President [112]
23 June Hristijan Mickoski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Prime Minister
1 July Sam Mostyn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Governor-General [25]
José Raúl Mulino Flag of Panama.svg  Panama President
2 July Dick Schoof Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Prime Minister
5 July Keir Starmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Prime Minister
7 July David Tiva Kapu Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Governor-General [25]
15 July K.P. Sharma Oli Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Prime Minister [113]
23 July Kristen Michal Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Prime Minister
28 July Masoud Pezeshkian Flag of Iran.svg  Iran President
1 August Halla Tómasdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland President
5 August Mokhtar Ould Djay Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania Prime Minister
7 August Kamel Madouri Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Prime Minister
8 August Muhammad Yunus Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Chief Adviser
10 August Ahmad al-Rahawi Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen (Supreme
Political Council) 		Prime Minister
16 August Paetongtarn Shinawatra [114] Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Prime Minister
17 August Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Prime Minister
15 September Jafar Hassan Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Prime Minister
23 September Anura Kumara Dissanayake Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka President
24 September Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister
1 October Shigeru Ishiba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Prime Minister
Claudia Sheinbaum Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico President
Francesca Civerchia Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Captain Regent
Dalibor Riccardi [115]
7 October Taye Atske Selassie Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia President
Leslie Voltaire Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti President of the Transitional Presidential Council
8 October Guillaume Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Lieutenant-Representative [11]
16 October Hamas temporary committee Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (Hamas
government in Gaza) 		Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip
20 October Prabowo Subianto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia President
21 October Lương Cường Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam President
1 November Duma Boko Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana President
10 November Alix Didier Fils-Aimé Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Acting Prime Minister
12 November Naiqama Lalabalavu Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji President
13 November Navin Ramgoolam [116] Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Prime Minister [117]
19 November Badra Gunba Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia Acting President
Valeri Bganba Acting Prime Minister [118]
21 November Abdoulaye Maïga Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Acting Prime Minister [119]
6 December Dharam Gokhool Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius President
7 December Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Interim Prime Minister
12 December Gintautas Paluckas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Prime Minister
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland President
13 December François Bayrou Flag of France.svg  France Prime Minister
16 December Adylbek Kasymaliev Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Acting Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers: 16 December 2024 –18 December 2024
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers: 18 December 2024 –present
21 December Kristrún Frostadóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Prime Minister
27 December Choi Sang-mok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Acting President and Acting Prime Minister
29 December Mikheil Kavelashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia President [120]
Pak Thae-song Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Premier

2025

Assumed officeLeaderStateOffice
7 January John Mahama Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana President [121]
9 January Joseph Aoun Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon President
10 January Alexander Schallenberg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Acting Chancellor [122]
Isabelle Berro-Amadeï Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Acting Minister of State
Edmundo González Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (opposition) President
14 January Américo Ramos Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister
15 January Daniel Chapo Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique President
Maria Benvinda Levy Prime Minister
16 January Rosen Zhelyazkov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Prime Minister
20 January Donald Trump Flag of the United States.svg  United States President [123]
22 January ʻAisake Eke Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Prime Minister
23 January Micheál Martin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Taoiseach [124]

List of upcoming leaders

Taking officeLeaderStateOffice
TBD Nawaf Salam Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Prime Minister
Rosario Murillo [23] Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Co-President
March Raffaella Petrini Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City President of the Governorate
1 March Yamandú Orsi Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay President
21 March Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia President
August Stuart Young Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Brunei was a British protected state until 1 January 1984.
  2. ↑ President Obiang is the nephew of the previous president, Francisco Macías Nguema.
  3. 1 2 The country was called the Kingdom of Swaziland until 19 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 Hereditary Prince Alois has been the Prince-Regent for his father, Prince Hans-Adam II since 15 August 2004.
  5. ↑ Yoweri Museveni was the de facto head of state of Uganda as Commander of the National Resistance Army from 26 January 1986 –29 January 1986.
  6. ↑ Haakon was Prince-Regent of Norway from 25 November 2003 –13 April 2004 and 29 March 2005 –7 June 2005.
  7. ↑ The country gained independence from Ethiopia on 23 May 1993.
  8. ↑ Lukashenko's presidency has been disputed since 23 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Letsie III was previously King of Lesotho from 12 November 1990 –25 January 1995.
  10. ↑ Denis Sassou Nguesso was previously President of the People's Republic of the Congo / Republic of the Congo from 8 February 1979 –31 August 1992. Sassou Nguesso was the de facto head of state of the Republic of the Congo as a militia leader from 15 October 1997 –25 October 1997.
  11. 1 2 Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume has been Lieutenant-Representative for his father, Grand Duke Henri since 8 October 2024.
  12. ↑ The country was called the State of Bahrain before 14 February 2002.
  13. ↑ President Guelleh is the nephew of the previous president, Hassan Gouled Aptidon.
  14. 1 2 3 4 The Representatives of Andorra each represent their respective Co-Prince. Josep Maria Mauri represents Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, while Patrick Strzoda represents Emmanuel Macron.
  15. ↑ President Aliyev is the son of the previous president, Heydar Aliyev.
  16. ↑ Artur Rasizade was Acting Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 6 August 2003 –4 November 2003.
  17. ↑ Mahmoud Abbas was Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 19 March 2003 – 6 September 2003.
  18. ↑ President Gnassingbé is the son of the previous president, Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
  19. ↑ Faure Gnassingbé was previously President of Togo from 5 February 2005 –25 February 2005.
  20. ↑ The country gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011.
  21. ↑ It was the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region until 9 July 2011.
  22. ↑ Sheikh Mohammed is the brother of the previous Prime Minister Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and son of the Prime Minister before that, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
  23. 1 2 President Daniel Ortega and Co-President Rosario Murillo are married.
  24. ↑ Daniel Ortega was a member (and during 4 March 1981 –10 January 1985 the Coordinator) of the Junta of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua 18 July 1979 –10 January 1985; he was President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1985 –25 April 1990.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The Governors-General of each Commonwealth realm outside of the United Kingdom represent Charles III.
  26. ↑ Viktor Orbán was Prime Minister of Hungary from 6 July 1998 –27 May 2002.
  27. ↑ Alassane Ouattara was Prime Minister of Ivory Coast from 7 November 1990 –9 December 1993.
  28. ↑ Kim Jong-un is the son and grandson of the two previous supreme leaders, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.
  29. ↑ The late Kim Il Sung has been designated "Eternal President of North Korea" and the post of President has not been filled since his death on 8 July 1994, making Kim Il-sung in his de jure capacity the only deceased person considered a current head of state in the world.
    The term Supreme Leader is used as a description, for the sake of brevity, rather than being an official title of a single office. The actual offices held by Kim Jong-un are: General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the DPRK. The office of President of the State Affairs Commission was formalized as head of state by a constitutional amendment proclaimed on 11 April 2019.
  30. ↑ Tupou VI (then known as Prince ʻUlukālala Lavaka Ata) was Prime Minister of Tonga from 3 January 2000 –11 February 2006.
  31. ↑ The office of Head of State of Venezuela has been in dispute between Nicolás Maduro and the President of the National Assembly, Dinorah Figuera, since 5 January 2023.
  32. ↑ Mohamed bin Zayed is the brother of the previous President, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
  33. ↑ Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed was regent for his brother, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan from 25 January 2014 –13 May 2022.
  34. ↑ Leader of Ansar Allah as an insurgency since 2004, until the successful takeover in 2015
  35. ↑ Prime Minister Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Swiss Federal Council is a collective seven-member Head of State. The President of Switzerland serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year.
  37. ↑ Andrew Holness was Prime Minister of Jamaica from 23 October 2011 –5 January 2012.
  38. ↑ Faustin Touadéra was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 22 January 2008 –17 January 2013.
  39. ↑ Azali Assoumani was Chief of Staff of the National Development Army (de facto leader of the Comoros) from 30 April 1999 –6 May 1999, Head of State of the Comoros from 6 May 1999 –21 January 2002, then the elected President from 6 May 2002 –26 May 2006.
  40. ↑ Prem Tinsulanonda was Regent of Thailand from 13 October 2016 –1 December 2016.
  41. ↑ Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II was Acting O le Ao o le Malo from 11 May 2007 –20 June 2007.
  42. ↑ When Barbados had a monarch as head of state, the Governor-General of Barbados represented Elizabeth II, who was Queen of the country. Sandra Mason was Acting Governor-General of Barbados from 30 May 2012 –1 June 2012.
  43. ↑ Julius Maada Bio was Head of State of Sierra Leone (as leader of the Supreme Council of State) from 16 January 1996 –29 March 1996.
  44. ↑ The office of Head of State of Cuba was styled as President of the Council of State from 2 December 1976 –10 October 2019, then as President of the Republic 10 October 2019 –present.
  45. ↑ The office of Head of Government of Cuba was styled as President of the Council of Ministers from 2 December 1976 –21 December 2019, then as Prime Minister from 21 December 2019 –present.
  46. ↑ Mostafa Madbouly was Acting Prime Minister of Egypt from 23 November 2017 –27 January 2018.
  47. ↑ Željko Komšić was a Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 6 November 2006 –17 November 2014, and served as the Chairman of the Presidency from 6 July 2007 –6 March 2008, 6 July 2009 –6 March 2010, 10 July 2011 –10 March 2012, and 10 July 2013 –10 March 2014.
  48. 1 2 3 In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Presidency is a Tripartite council, with the Chairman of the Presidency rotating every eight months.
  49. ↑ Félix Tshisekedi is the son of former Prime Minister Étienne Tshisekedi.
  50. ↑ Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was Acting Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 1 October 1999 –12 October 1999, then Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 12 October 1999 –28 January 2002.
  51. ↑ Abdelmadjid Tebboune was Prime Minister of Algeria from 25 May 2017 –15 August 2017.
  52. ↑ The Secretary for Foreign Affairs is the de facto head of government of San Marino.
  53. ↑ Luca Beccari was a Captain Regent of San Marino from 1 April 2014 –1 October 2014.
  54. ↑ Robert Abela is the son of former president George Abela.
  55. ↑ Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun was Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic from 19 September 1993 –8 September 1995 and 10 February 1999 –29 October 2003.
  56. ↑ Andrey Belousov was acting as Prime Minister for Mikhail Mishustin from 30 April 2020 –19 May 2020.
  57. ↑ Zoran Milanović was Prime Minister of Croatia from 23 December 2011 –22 January 2016.
  58. ↑ Umaro Sissoco Embaló was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 18 November 2016 –30 January 2018.
  59. ↑ Luis Lacalle Pou is the son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle.
  60. ↑ Prime Minister Salman is the son of the current King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
  61. ↑ Maia Sandu was Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 –14 November 2019.
  62. ↑ Sadyr Japarov was Acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 6 October 2020 –10 October 2020, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 10 October 2020 –21 January 2021, and Acting President of Kyrgyzstan from 15 October 2020 –14 November 2020. Japarov took a leave of absence from the office of Prime Minister from 14 November 2020 –11 January 2021 to compete in the 2021 Kyrgyz presidential election, and Artem Novikov acted for Japarov.
  63. ↑ As part of a ceasefire agreement, the office of Head of State of Libya consists of a Tripartite presidential council.
  64. ↑ The office of Prime Minister of Libya has been in dispute between Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Fathi Bashagha/Osama Hamada, the interim prime minister of the Government of National Stability supported by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives, since 3 March 2022.
  65. ↑ Albin Kurti was Prime Minister of Kosovo from 3 February 2020 –3 June 2020.
  66. ↑ Vjosa Osmani was Acting President of Kosovo from 5 November 2020 –22 March 2021.
  67. ↑ Mahamat Déby is the son of the previous President, Idriss Déby.
  68. ↑ Assimi Goïta was Head of State of Mali (as Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People of Mali) from 19 August 2020 –27 August 2020 and Acting Head of State of Mali from 27 August 2020 –25 September 2020.
  69. ↑ Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa is the daughter of former Prime Minister Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II.
  70. ↑ Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh was Prime Minister of Mongolia from 4 October 2017 –27 January 2021.
  71. ↑ Isaac Herzog is the son of former president Chaim Herzog.
  72. ↑ Najib Mikati was Prime Minister of Lebanon from 19 April 2005 –19 July 2005 and 13 June 2011 –15 February 2014.
  73. ↑ José Maria Neves was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1 February 2001 –22 April 2016.
  74. ↑ Serdar Berdimuhamedow is the son of the previous President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
  75. ↑ The office of Head of State of Yemen has been in dispute between Rashad Al-Alimi and the Leader of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, since 7 April 2022.
  76. ↑ Yoon Suk Yeol has been suspended from the office of President of South Korea from 14 December 2024 –present.
  77. ↑ José Ramos-Horta was Acting Prime Minister of East Timor from 26 June 2006 –10 July 2006, Prime Minister of East Timor from 10 July 2006 –19 May 2007 and President of East Timor from 20 May 2007 –11 February 2008 and 17 April 2008 –20 May 2012.
  78. ↑ Han Duck Soo was Acting Prime Minister of South Korea from 14 March 2006 –19 April 2006, and Prime Minister of South Korea from 2 April 2007 –29 February 2008. Han has been suspended from the offices of Prime Minister of South Korea and Acting President of South Korea from 27 December 2024 –present.
  79. ↑ Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was President of Somalia from 16 September 2012 –16 February 2017.
  80. ↑ Bongbong Marcos is the son of former President and Prime Minister Ferdinand Marcos.
  81. ↑ Mohammed bin Salman is the son of the current King, Salman.
  82. ↑ Sitiveni Rabuka was Acting Head of State of Fiji (as President of the Interim Military Government) from 14 May 1987 –5 December 1987, then Prime Minister of Fiji from 2 June 1992 –19 May 1999.
  83. ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel from 18 June 1996 –6 July 1999 and 31 March 2009 –13 June 2021.
  84. ↑ Sonexay Siphandone is the son of Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Party, President, and Prime Minister Khamtai Siphandone.
  85. ↑ Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 –31 December 2010.
  86. ↑ Kyriakos Mitsotakis is the son of former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis.
  87. ↑ Kyriakos Mitsotakis was Prime Minister of Greece from 8 July 2019 –25 May 2023.
  88. ↑ Xanana Gusmão was President of East Timor from 20 May 2002 –20 May 2007 and Prime Minister of East Timor from 8 August 2007 –16 February 2015.
  89. ↑ Hun Manet is the son of the previous prime minister, Hun Sen.
  90. ↑ Brice Oligui Nguema is the cousin of the previous President, Ali Bongo Ondimba.
  91. ↑ Cynthia A. Pratt was Acting Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 4 May 2005 –22 June 2005.
  92. ↑ Raymond Ndong Sima was Prime Minister of Gabon from 27 February 2012 –27 January 2014.
  93. ↑ Hadi al-Bahra was President of the Syrian National Coalition from 9 July 2014 –4 January 2015.
  94. ↑ Charlot Salwai was Prime Minister of Vanuatu from 11 February 2016 –20 April 2020.
  95. ↑ Robert Fico was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 4 July 2006 –8 July 2010 and 4 April 2012 –22 March 2018.
  96. ↑ David Adeang is the son of former president Kennan Adeang.
  97. ↑ Donald Tusk was Prime Minister of Poland from 16 November 2007 –22 September 2014.
  98. ↑ Andry Rajoelina was Head of State of Madagascar (as President of the High Transitional Authority) from 17 March 2009 –25 January 2014, then the elected President from 19 January 2019 –9 September 2023.
  99. ↑ Rui Duarte de Barros was Acting Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 16 May 2012 –3 July 2014.
  100. ↑ Hilda Heine was President of the Marshall Islands from 28 January 2016 –13 January 2020.
  101. ↑ Bernardo Arévalo is the son of former president Juan José Arévalo.
  102. ↑ Tshering Tobgay was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 27 July 2013 –9 August 2018.
  103. ↑ The office of Prime Minister of Yemen has been in dispute since 10 August 2024 with Ahmad al-Rahawi, prime minister of the Supreme Political Council government.
  104. ↑ Feleti Teo is the son of former Governor-General Fiatau Penitala Teo.
  105. ↑ Alexander Stubb was Prime Minister of Finland from 24 June 2014 –29 May 2015.
  106. ↑ Shehbaz Sharif is the brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
  107. ↑ Shehbaz Sharif was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 11 April 2022 –13 August 2023.
  108. ↑ Asif Ali Zardari is the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
  109. ↑ Asif Ali Zardari was President of Pakistan from 9 September 2008 –9 September 2013.
  110. ↑ Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah is the fifth son of Sheikh Abdullah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, and the grandson of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the tenth Emir of Kuwait.
  111. ↑ Lai Ching-te was Premier of Taiwan from 8 September 2017 –14 January 2019.
  112. ↑ Peter Pellegrini was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 22 March 2018 –21 March 2020.
  113. ↑ K.P. Sharma Oli was Prime Minister of Nepal from 12 October 2015 –24 August 2016 and 15 February 2018 –13 July 2021.
  114. ↑ Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the niece of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
  115. ↑ Dalibor Riccardi is the son of former Captain Regent Marino Riccardi.
  116. ↑ Navin Ramgoolam is the son of Prime Minister and Governor-General, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.
  117. ↑ Navin Ramgoolam was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 27 December 1995 –11 September 2000 and 5 July 2005 –17 December 2014.
  118. ↑ Valeri Bganba was Acting President of Abkhazia from 1 June 2014 –25 September 2014 and 13 January 2020 –23 April 2020, and Prime Minister of Abkhazia from 18 September 2018 –23 April 2020.
  119. ↑ Abdoulaye Maïga was Acting Prime Minister of Mali from 21 August 2022 –5 December 2022.
  120. ↑ The office of Head of State of Georgia has been disputed between Mikheil Kavelashvili and Salome Zourabichvili, since 29 December 2024.
  121. ↑ John Mahama was President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 –7 January 2017.
  122. ↑ Alexander Schallenberg was Chancellor of Austria from 11 October 2021 –6 December 2021.
  123. ↑ Donald Trump was President of the United States from 20 January 2017 –20 January 2021.
  124. ↑ Micheál Martin was Taoiseach from 27 June 2020 –17 December 2022.

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Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is the current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the minister of presidential court and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the brother of the current president of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is married to Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. A billionaire, he holds stakes in a variety of football clubs through City Football Group, including current Premier League winners Manchester City F.C.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darod</span> Somali clan family

The Darod is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan is Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darod. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries, the Somali hinterlands adjacent to Oromia (Ogaden), and both sides of the Kenya–Somalia border. The Darod clan is the largest Somali clan family in the Horn of Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani</span> Emir of Qatar since 2013

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is Emir of Qatar, reigning since 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Omar Sharmarke</span> Former Prime Minister of Somalia

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, popularly known as Omar Sharmarke, is a Somali diplomat and politician. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Prime Minister of Somalia. He subsequently briefly served as Somalia's Ambassador to the United States in 2014. In December 2014, Sharmarke was reappointed Prime Minister of Somalia. His term ended on 1 March 2017, and he was replaced by Hassan Ali Khaire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani (prime minister)</span> Prime Minister of Qatar (2013–2020)

Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani is a Qatari politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Qatar from 26 June 2013 until his resignation on 28 January 2020. A member of the ruling family, he was Minister of State for Internal Affairs from 2005 to 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beji Caid Essebsi</span> President of Tunisia from 2014 to 2019

Beji Caid Essebsi served as the fifth president of Tunisia from 31 December 2014 until his death on 25 July 2019. Previously, he served as minister of foreign affairs from 1981 to 1986 and prime minister from February to December 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hwang Kyo-ahn</span> South Korean politician and prosecutor (born 1957)

Hwang Kyo-ahn is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as acting president of South Korea from 9 December 2016 to 10 May 2017 and the prime minister of South Korea from 18 June 2015 to 11 May 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani</span> Prime Minister of Qatar since 2023

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani is a Qatari diplomat, economist, and politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Qatar since 7 March 2023 and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2016. He has also been serving as Chairman of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) since 2014, and is a member of Qatar's Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investments (SCEAI) since 2014.

Shamma bint Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrui is an Emirati politician who is currently serves as the minister of community empowerment of the United Arab Emirates. She previously served as the minister of state for youth affairs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah</span> Emir of Kuwait since 2023

Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is Emir of Kuwait, reigning since 2023. Mishal spent most of his career in Kuwait's security and intelligence apparatus. Prior to becoming Emir at age 83, he was the oldest crown prince in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah</span> Prime Minister of Kuwait from 2022 to 2023

Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician and military officer who served as the Prime Minister of Kuwait from 24 July 2022 until his resignation on 20 December 2023. He is the eldest son of the late Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the former Emir of Kuwait.

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