List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence

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Protocol holds that a head of state takes precedence over all other officials, and that heads of state rank in the order that they took office. The following list contains the heads of state for all United Nations member states and non-member observer states.

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Commonwealth realms, other than the United Kingdom, each have a local governor-general appointed to represent the monarch in the realm's government. Governors-general are frequently accorded the status and privileges of a head of state at diplomatic events when considered as representing their absentee monarch, but not as themselves heads of state. The princes of Andorra each have a representative as well. Hereditary Prince Alois is permanent representative for exercising the sovereign powers due to Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II. [1] They are included in the list and are highlighted in blue.

However, in many cases it is not this neutral principle but national rules of protocol that are acted upon, usually by an international event's host nation, as in many bilateral and even certain multilateral occasions. Various international organisations have a system for internal use. Even in the presence of one or more Heads of State, certain occasions are governed by specific protocol, e.g. military. Thus in many cases precedence is given to monarchs over republican heads of state, mostly in monarchies; in some nations, the Pope (himself a monarchical head of state) ranks above secular heads of state, especially in Roman Catholic countries.

States recognised by the United Nations

Current

TitleNameAssumed officeCountry
King Carl XVI Gustaf 15 September 1973Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
President [a] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo [b] 3 August 1979Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
President Paul Biya [c] 6 November 1982Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 1 January 1984 [d] Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
President [e] Yoweri Museveni 26 January 1986Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
King Mswati III 25 April 1986Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini [f]
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [g] 4 June 1989Flag of Iran.svg  Iran [h]
Reigning Prince Hans-Adam II [i] [j] 13 November 1989Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
King Harald V [k] [l] 17 January 1991Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
President Emomali Rahmon 20 November 1992Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
President Isaias Afwerki 24 May 1993 [m] Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
President Alexander Lukashenko 20 July 1994Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
King Letsie III [n] 7 February 1996Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
President Denis Sassou Nguesso [o] 25 October 1997Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo
King Abdullah II 7 February 1999Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
King [p] Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 6 March 1999Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain [q]
President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh [r] 8 May 1999Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
King Mohammed VI 23 July 1999Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
President Paul Kagame 24 March 2000 [s] Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Grand Duke Henri [t] 7 October 2000Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Co-Prince Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília 12 May 2003Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
President Ilham Aliyev [u] [v] 31 October 2003Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Prince Regent Hereditary Prince Alois [j] 15 August 2004Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
King Norodom Sihamoni 14 October 2004Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia
President Mahmoud Abbas 15 January 2005Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Sovereign Prince Albert II [w] 6 April 2005Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
President Faure Gnassingbé [x] [y] 4 May 2005Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck 9 December 2006Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Co-President Daniel Ortega [z] [aa] 10 January 2007Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
(Governor-General) Sir Patrick Allen 26 February 2009Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
President Alassane Ouattara [ab] 4 December 2010Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
President Salva Kiir Mayardit 9 July 2011Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
President Michael D. Higgins 11 November 2011Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
King Tupou VI [ac] 18 March 2012Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
President Vladimir Putin [ad] 7 May 2012Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
(Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince) Josep Maria Mauri 20 July 2012Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
President Nicolás Maduro 5 March 2013 [ae] Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Supreme Pontiff Francis 13 March 2013Flag of the Vatican City - 2001 version.svg  Holy See [af]
President Xi Jinping 14 March 2013Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [ag]
King Willem-Alexander 30 April 2013Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
(Governor-General) Dame Cécile La Grenade 7 May 2013Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani 25 June 2013Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
King Philippe 21 July 2013Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi 8 June 2014Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
King Felipe VI 19 June 2014Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
(Governor-General) Sir Rodney Williams 14 August 2014Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [ah] 28 August 2014Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
King Salman 23 January 2015Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
President Sergio Mattarella 3 February 2015Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
President Andrzej Duda 6 August 2015Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin 1 January 2016Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa 9 March 2016Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
President Taneti Maamau 11 March 2016Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra [ai] 30 March 2016Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
President Patrice Talon 6 April 2016Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
President Azali Assoumani [aj] 26 May 2016Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev [ak] 8 September 2016Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
King Maha Vajiralongkorn 13 October 2016Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand [al]
President Adama Barrow 19 January 2017Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia
President Rumen Radev 22 January 2017Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen 26 January 2017Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
(Governor-General) Sir Bob Dadae 28 February 2017Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier 19 March 2017Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
President Emmanuel Macron 14 May 2017Flag of France.svg  France
Co-Prince Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
(Representative of the French Co-Prince) Patrick Strzoda 14 May 2017Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
President Aleksandar Vučić [am] 31 May 2017Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
O le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II 21 July 2017Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
President João Lourenço 26 September 2017Flag of Angola.svg  Angola [an]
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis 1 November 2017Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa 24 November 2017Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa 15 February 2018Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
President Julius Maada Bio [ao] 4 April 2018Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
President of the Council of State Miguel Díaz-Canel 19 April 2018Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Presidency Member Željko Komšić 20 November 2018Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
President Salome Zourabichvili [ap] 16 December 2018Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Federal Councillor 1 January 2019Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
President Félix Tshisekedi [aq] 24 January 2019Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 20 March 2019Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
President of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-un 11 April 2019 [ar] Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Emperor Naruhito 1 May 2019Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 20 May 2019Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
President Nayib Bukele 1 June 2019Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
President Gitanas Nausėda 12 July 2019Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani 1 August 2019Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
(Governor-General) Susan Dougan 1 August 2019Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
President Kaïs Saïed 23 October 2019Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune [as] 19 December 2019Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq [at] 11 January 2020Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
President Zoran Milanović [au] 18 February 2020Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló [av] 27 February 2020Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
President Luis Lacalle Pou [aw] 1 March 2020Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou 13 March 2020Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
President Évariste Ndayishimiye 18 June 2020Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
President Lazarus Chakwera 28 June 2020Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
President Chan Santokhi 16 July 2020Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
President Irfaan Ali 2 August 2020Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
President Luis Abinader 16 August 2020Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
President Wavel Ramkalawan 26 October 2020Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
President Luis Arce 8 November 2020Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
President Maia Sandu 24 December 2020Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
President Surangel Whipps Jr. 21 January 2021Flag of Palau.svg  Palau
President Sadyr Japarov [ax] 28 January 2021Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi 15 March 2021Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
President Samia Suluhu 17 March 2021Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
President Thongloun Sisoulith [ay] 22 March 2021Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
President [az] Mahamat Déby Itno 20 April 2021Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Acting Interim President: 25 May 2021 – 7 June 2021
Interim President: 7 June 2021 – present [ba] 		Assimi Goïta 25 May 2021Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
(Governor-General) Froyla Tzalam 27 May 2021Flag of Belize.svg  Belize
President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh [bb] 25 June 2021Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
President Isaac Herzog [bc] 7 July 2021Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
(Governor General) Mary Simon 26 July 2021Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Supreme Leader (unrecognized) Hibatullah Akhundzada 15 August 2021Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
President Hakainde Hichilema 24 August 2021Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Interim President [bd] Mamady Doumbouya 5 September 2021Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
(Governor-General) Tofiga Vaevalu Falani 28 September 2021Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
President Carlos Vila Nova 2 October 2021Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe
President Alar Karis 11 October 2021Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
(Governor-General) Dame Cindy Kiro 21 October 2021Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
President José Maria Neves [be] 9 November 2021Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
(Governor-General) Errol Charles [bf] 11 November 2021Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia
Presidency Transitional Sovereignty Council [2] [3] 11 November 2021 [4] Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
President Sandra Mason [bg] 30 November 2021Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
President Xiomara Castro 27 January 2022Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
President Gabriel Boric 11 March 2022Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
President Vahagn Khachaturyan 13 March 2022Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
President Serdar Berdimuhamedow 19 March 2022Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi 7 April 2022Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
President Rodrigo Chaves Robles 8 May 2022Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
President Yoon Suk-yeol [bh] 10 May 2022Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan [bi] 14 May 2022Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
President José Ramos-Horta [bj] 20 May 2022Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud [bk] 23 May 2022Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
President Bongbong Marcos [bl] 30 June 2022Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
President Nikenike Vurobaravu 23 July 2022Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
President Bajram Begaj 24 July 2022Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
President Droupadi Murmu 25 July 2022Flag of India.svg  India
President Gustavo Petro 7 August 2022Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
King Charles III 8 September 2022Flag 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
President William Ruto 13 September 2022Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Interim President [bm] Ibrahim Traoré 30 September 2022Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
President Abdul Latif Rashid 17 October 2022Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Presidency 16 November 2022Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
President Dina Boluarte 7 December 2022Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
President Nataša Pirc Musar 23 December 2022Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [bn] 1 January 2023Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Federal Councillor 1 January 2023Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
(Governor-General) Marcella Liburd 1 February 2023Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis
President Nikos Christodoulides 28 February 2023Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
President Petr Pavel 9 March 2023Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
President Ram Chandra Poudel 13 March 2023Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
President Christine Kangaloo 20 March 2023Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
President Mohammed Shahabuddin 24 April 2023Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
President Wesley Simina 11 May 2023Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia
President Jakov Milatović 20 May 2023Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
President Bola Tinubu 29 May 2023Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
President Edgars Rinkēvičs 8 July 2023Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Abdourahamane Tchiani 26 July 2023Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
President Santiago Peña 15 August 2023Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Head of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema 30 August 2023Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
(Governor General) Cynthia A. Pratt 1 September 2023Flag of the Bahamas.svg  The Bahamas
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam 14 September 2023Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
President Sylvanie Burton 2 October 2023Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica
President David Adeang 30 October 2023Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru
President Mohamed Muizzu 17 November 2023Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
President Daniel Noboa 23 November 2023Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
President Javier Milei 10 December 2023Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 16 December 2023Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
President Andry Rajoelina [bo] 16 December 2023Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Federal Councillor Beat Jans 1 January 2024Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
President Hilda Heine [bp] 3 January 2024Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands
King Frederik X 14 January 2024Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
President Bernardo Arévalo 15 January 2024Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
President Joseph Boakai 22 January 2024Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
President Nangolo Mbumba [bq] 25 January 2024Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
King Ibrahim Iskandar 31 January 2024Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
President Alexander Stubb 1 March 2024Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
President Tamás Sulyok 5 March 2024Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
President Asif Ali Zardari [br] 10 March 2024Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye 2 April 2024Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
President Myriam Spiteri Debono 4 April 2024Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova 12 May 2024Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
President Peter Pellegrini [bs] 15 June 2024Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
(Governor-General) Sam Mostyn 1 July 2024Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
President José Raúl Mulino 1 July 2024Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
(Governor-General) David Tiva Kapu 7 July 2024Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Acting President Min Aung Hlaing 22 July 2024Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
President Masoud Pezeshkian 28 July 2024Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
President Halla Tómasdóttir 1 August 2024Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake 23 September 2024Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Captains Regent Francesca Civerchia 1 October 2024Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Dalibor Riccardi [bt]
President Claudia Sheinbaum 1 October 2024Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
President Taye Atske Selassie 7 October 2024Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
President of the Transitional Presidential Council Leslie Voltaire 7 October 2024Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
President Prabowo Subianto 20 October 2024Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
President Lương Cường 21 October 2024Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
President Duma Boko 1 November 2024Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
President Naiqama Lalabalavu 12 November 2024Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
(Chairwoman of the Presidency) Željka Cvijanović [bu] 16 November 2024Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
President Dharam Gokhool 6 December 2024Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa [bv] 8 December 2024Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria
Acting President Choi Sang-mok 27 December 2024Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
President Mikheil Kavelashvili [bw] 29 December 2024Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
(President) Karin Keller-Sutter 1 January 2025Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
President John Mahama [bx] 7 January 2025Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
President Joseph Aoun 9 January 2025Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
President Daniel Chapo 15 January 2025Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
President Donald Trump [by] 20 January 2025Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Co-President Rosario Murillo [bz] 30 January 2025Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Acting President Ilie Bolojan 12 February 2025Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

States with limited recognition

Current

TitleNameAssumed officeCountry
President Brahim Ghali 12 July 2016Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
President Vadim Krasnoselsky 16 December 2016Flag of Transnistria (state).svg  Transnistria
President Ersin Tatar 23 October 2020Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus
President Vjosa Osmani 4 April 2021Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
President Alan Gagloyev 24 May 2022Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia
President Lai Ching-te 20 May 2024Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (Taiwan)
Acting President Badra Gunba 19 November 2024Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia
President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi 12 December 2024Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland

Disputed governments

The following heads of state represent governments that are recognized as legitimate by at least one UN member state.

Current

TitleNameAssumed officeCountry
Chairman of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat 25 April 2018Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
President of the Coordination Council Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya 14 August 2020Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus
President of the Syrian National Coalition Hadi al-Bahra 12 September 2023Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria
President of the National Assembly Dinorah Figuera 5 January 2023Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo was titled President of the Supreme Military Council until 25 August 1979.
  2. ↑ Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is the nephew of the previous president, Francisco Macías Nguema.
  3. ↑ Paul Biya was previously Prime Minister of Cameroon from 30 June 1975 –6 November 1982.
  4. ↑ Hassanal Bolkiah has been Sultan of Brunei since 5 October 1967, but Brunei was a protectorate of the United Kingdom until 1 January 1984.
  5. ↑ Yoweri Museveni was titled Chairman of the National Resistance Council until 29 January 1986
  6. ↑ The country was the Kingdom of Swaziland before 2018.
  7. ↑ Ali Khamenei was previously President of Iran from 2 October 1981 –4 June 1989.
  8. ↑ In Iran, the Supreme Leader is the head of state and the President is the head of government.
  9. ↑ Hans-Adam II was previously Regent from 26 August 1984 –13 November 1989.
  10. 1 2 Hereditary Prince Alois has been Regent for Hans-Adam II since 15 August 2004.
  11. ↑ Harald V was previously Prince-Regent from 1 June 1990 –17 January 1991.
  12. ↑ Haakon was Prince-Regent from 25 November 2003 –13 April 2004 and from 29 March 2005 –7 June 2005.
  13. ↑ Isaias Afwerki has been the leader of Eritrea (initially titled Secretary-general of the Provisional Government) from 29 May 1991, but the country only became independent on 24 May 1993.
  14. ↑ Letsie III was previously King of Lesotho from 12 November 1990 –25 January 1995.
  15. ↑ Denis Sassou Nguesso was previously President of the People's Republic of the Congo (as the country was named then) from 8 February 1979 –31 August 1992.
  16. ↑ The monarch was titled Emir until 14 February 2002.
  17. ↑ The country was the State of Bahrain before 2002.
  18. ↑ Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is the nephew of the previous president, Hassan Gouled Aptidon.
  19. ↑ Paul Kagame was Acting President until 22 April 2000.
  20. ↑ Henri was previously Regent from 3 March 1998 –7 October 2000.
  21. ↑ Ilham Aliyev was previously Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 4 August 2003 –4 November 2003.
  22. ↑ Ilham Aliyev is the son of the previous president, Heydar Aliyev.
  23. ↑ Albert II was previously Regent from 31 March 2005 –6 April 2005.
  24. ↑ Faure Gnassingbé was previously President of Togo from 5 February 2005 –25 February 2005.
  25. ↑ Faure Gnassingbé is the son of the previous president, Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
  26. ↑ Daniel Ortega was previously President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1985 –25 April 1990 and then from 10 January 2007 –30 January 2025.
  27. ↑ Co-Presidents of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo are married.
  28. ↑ Alassane Ouattara was previously Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 7 November 1990 –9 December 1993.
  29. ↑ Tupou VI – then titled Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata – was previously Prime Minister of Tonga from 3 January 2000 –11 February 2006.
  30. ↑ Vladimir Putin was previously President of Russia from 31 December 1999 –7 May 2008, and Prime Minister of Russia from 9 August 1999 –7 May 2000 and from 8 May 2008 –7 May 2012.
  31. ↑ Maduro was Acting President until 19 April 2013.
  32. ↑ It is the Holy See and not the Vatican City state that maintains diplomatic relations with states and participates in international organisations. The Holy See and the Vatican City state are two separate and distinct entities. Foreign embassies are accredited to the Holy See, not to the Vatican City state, and it is the Holy See that establishes treaties and concordats with other sovereign entities. Also it is the Holy See that has United Nations Observer status not the Vatican City state.
  33. ↑ Chinese President is a ceremonial figurehead, while General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party holds the highest authority of Paramount leader. The presidency has been held simultaneously by the General Secretary since 1993.
  34. ↑ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was previously Prime Minister of Turkey from 14 March 2003 –28 August 2014.
  35. ↑ Faustin-Archange Touadéra was previously Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 22 January 2008 –17 January 2013.
  36. ↑ Azali Assoumani was previously President of the Comoros from 26 May 2001 –26 May 2006.
  37. ↑ Shavkat Mirziyoyev was Interim President until 14 December 2016 and was previously Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 12 December 2003 –14 December 2016.
  38. ↑ Prem Tinsulanonda was Regent of Thailand from 13 October 2016 –1 December 2016.
  39. ↑ Aleksandar Vučić was previously Prime Minister of Serbia from 27 April 2014 –30 May 2017.
  40. ↑ The country was the People's Republic of Angola before 1992.
  41. ↑ Julis Maada Bio was previously Head of State of Sierra Leone (as Leader of the Supreme Council of State) from 16 January 1996 –29 March 1996.
  42. ↑ The office of Head of State of Georgia has been disputed between Salome Zourabichvili and Mikheil Kavelashvili, since 29 December 2024.
  43. ↑ Félix Tshisekedi is the son of former Prime Minister Étienne Tshisekedi
  44. ↑ Though Kim has held this office since 2016, the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly was the head of state until the 14th State Affairs Commission was formed.
  45. ↑ Abdelmadjid Tebboune was previously Prime Minister of Algeria from 25 May 2017 –15 August 2017.
  46. ↑ Haitham bin Tariq is the cousin of the former Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
  47. ↑ Zoran Milanović was previously Prime Minister of Croatia from 23 December 2011 –22 January 2016.
  48. ↑ Umaro Sissoco Embaló was previously Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 18 November 2016 –30 January 2018.
  49. ↑ Luis Lacalle Pou is the son of former President Luis Alberto Lacalle.
  50. ↑ Sadyr Japarov was previously 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; Artem Novikov acted for Japarov.
  51. ↑ Thongloun Sisoulith was previously Prime Minister of Laos from 20 April 2016 –22 March 2021 and is the General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party since 15 January 2021.
  52. ↑ As President of the Transitional Military Council until 10 October 2022, and thereafter as Transitional President until 10 May 2024
  53. ↑ Assimi Goïta was Head of State of Mali (as Chairman of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People of Mali) 19 August 2020 – 27 August 2021 and Acting Head of State of Mali 27 August 2021 – 25 September 2020.
  54. ↑ Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh was previously Prime Minister of Mongolia from 4 October 2017 –27 January 2021.
  55. ↑ Isaac Herzog is the son of President Chaim Herzog.
  56. ↑ As Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development until 1 October 2021
  57. ↑ José Maria Neves was previously Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1 February 2001 –22 April 2016.
  58. ↑ Errol Charles was Acting Governor-General until 1 November 2024.
  59. ↑ Sandra Mason was previously Acting Governor-General of Barbados from 30 May 2012 –1 June 2012 and then Governor-General of Barbados from 8 January 2018 –30 November 2021.
  60. ↑ Powers and duties suspended since 14 December 2024.
  61. ↑ Mohamed bin Zayed is the brother of the previous President, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
  62. ↑ José Ramos-Horta was previously Acting Prime Minister of Timor-Leste from 26 June 2006 –10 July 2006, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste from 10 July 2006 –19 May 2007, and President of Timor-Leste from 20 May 2007 –11 February 2008 and from 17 April 2008 –20 May 2012.
  63. ↑ Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was previously President of Somalia from 16 September 2012 –16 February 2017.
  64. ↑ Bongbong Marcos is the son of former President and Prime Minister Ferdinand Marcos.
  65. ↑ As President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration until 6 October 2022
  66. ↑ Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was previously President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 –31 December 2010.
  67. ↑ Andry Rajoelina was previously Head of State of Madagascar (as President of the High Transitional Authority) from 17 March 2009 –25 January 2014, then the elected President of Madagascar from 19 January 2019 –9 September 2023.
  68. ↑ Hilda Heine was previously President of the Marshall Islands from 28 January 2016 –13 January 2020.
  69. ↑ Nangolo Mbumba was Acting President until 4 February 2024.
  70. ↑ Asif Ali Zardari was previously President of Pakistan from 9 September 2008 –9 September 2013.
  71. ↑ Peter Pellegrini was previously Prime Minister of Slovakia from 22 March 2018 –21 March 2020.
  72. ↑ Dalibor Riccardi is the son of former Captain Regent Marino Riccardi
  73. ↑ Željka Cvijanović was previously Chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 16 November 2022 –16 July 2023.
  74. ↑ Ahmed al-Sharaa was De facto Head of State of Syria until 29 January 2025.
  75. ↑ The office of Head of State of Georgia has been disputed between Mikheil Kavelashvili and Salome Zourabichvili, since 29 December 2024.
  76. ↑ John Mahama was previously President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 –7 January 2017.
  77. ↑ Donald Trump was previously President of the United States from 20 January 2017 –20 January 2021.
  78. ↑ Co-Presidents of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo are married.

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