List of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states

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This is a list of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states. It consists of the heads of state and government within the Arab League, and of other MENA countries outside it.

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Leaders of Arab League member states

StateRegionImageLeaderTitleIn Office
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Maghreb Abdelmadjid Tebboune (2023) (cropped).jpg Abdelmadjid Tebboune President of Algeria 19 December 2019
Emblem of Algeria.svg Sifi Ghrieb Prime Minister of Algeria 28 August 2025
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Arabian Peninsula Donald Trump meets with King Hamed bin Issa of Bahrain, May 2017 (cropped).jpg Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain 6 March 1999
Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.jpg Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Prime Minister of Bahrain 11 November 2020
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros Indian Ocean [a] Fumio Kishida and Azali Assoumani before the funeral of Shinzo Abe (1) (cropped).jpg Azali Assoumani President of the Comoros 26 May 2016
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Horn of Africa Ismail Omar Guelleh 2018.jpg Ismaïl Omar Guelleh President of Djibouti 8 May 1999
Djiboutian PM Mohamed at the MOD 2019 (1) (cropped).jpg Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti 1 April 2013
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Northeast Africa [b] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.PNG Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt 8 June 2014
Moustafa Madbouly (cropped).jpg Mostafa Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt 14 June 2018
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Fertile Crescent Abdul Latif Rashid 2023 (cropped).jpg Abdul Latif Rashid President of Iraq 13 October 2022
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani 2025 (cropped).jpg Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani Prime Minister of Iraq 27 October 2022
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan King Abdullah II (cropped).jpg Abdullah II of Jordan King of Jordan 7 February 1999
HE Jafar Hassan (cropped).jpg Jafar Hassan Prime Minister of Jordan 15 September 2024
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Arabian Peninsula Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Dec 2024.jpg Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait 16 December 2023
Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah.png Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait 15 May 2024
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Levant Nikos Christodoulides meets with Joseph Aoun (cropped).jpg Joseph Aoun President of Lebanon 9 January 2025
Nawaf Salam.jpg Nawaf Salam Prime Minister of Lebanon 8 February 2025
Flag of Libya.svg Libya Maghreb Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi.jpg Mohamed al-Menfi Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 10 March 2021
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (15-04-2021).jpg Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh [c] Prime Minister of Libya 15 March 2021
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Mukhammed Ul'd Gazuani 02 (18-02-2022).jpg Mohamed Ould Ghazouani President of Mauritania 1 August 2019
lmkhtr wld 'jy 2025 (1).jpg Mokhtar Ould Djay Prime Minister of Mauritania 5 August 2024
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Africa Forum Summit 2015 (cropped).jpg Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco 23 July 1999
Aziz Akhannouch, Joe Biden, Jill Biden (cropped).jpg Aziz Akhannouch Prime Minister of Morocco 7 October 2021
Flag of Oman.svg Oman Arabian Peninsula Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.jpg Haitham bin Tariq Sultan of Oman 11 January 2020
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Levant Mahmoud Abbas September 2014.jpg Mahmoud Abbas President of Palestine 8 May 2005
Mohammad Mustafa January 2025.jpg Mohammad Mustafa Prime Minister of Palestine 12 March 2024
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Arabian Peninsula tmym bn Hmd bn khlyf@ al thny (49759678641) (cropped).jpg Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir of Qatar 25 June 2013
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani (cropped).jpg Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani Prime Minister of Qatar 7 March 2023
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdull aziz December 9, 2013.jpg Salman of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015
Mohammad bin Salman October 2019 (cropped).jpg Mohammed Bin Salman Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia 27 September 2022
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Horn of Africa Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at Djiboutian presidential palace in Djibouti, Djibouti, September 24, 2023 - (cropped).jpg Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of Somalia 9 June 2022
HassanBarre.jpg Hamza Abdi Barre Prime Minister of Somalia 25 June 2022
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Northeast Africa Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan in October 2019 (cropped).jpg Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council 11 November 2021
Emblem of Sudan.svg Kamil Idris Prime Minister of Sudan 19 May 2025
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria Levant Ahmed al-Sharaa in July 2025 (cropped).jpg Ahmed al-Sharaa President of Syria [d] 8 December 2024 [e]
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Maghreb Kais Saied 2023.jpg Kais Saied President of Tunisia 23 October 2019
Sara Zaafarani (cropped).jpg Sara Zaafarani Prime Minister of Tunisia 21 March 2025
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Arabian Peninsula Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.jpg Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates 14 May 2022
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.jpg Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 11 February 2006
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Rashad al-Alimi - 2023 (cropped).jpg Rashad al-Alimi [c] Chairman of the Presidential Leadership
Council of Yemen 		7 April 2022
Emblem of Yemen.svg Salem Saleh bin Braik [c] Prime Minister of Yemen 3 May 2025

Leaders of other states and unrecognised states in the MENA region

StateRegionImageLeaderTitleIn Office
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg Abkhazia Near East and the Caucasus Badra Gunba 2025-05-10 (cropped).jpg Badra Gunba President of Abkhazia 2 April 2025
Coat of arms of Abkhazia.svg Vladimir Delba Prime Minister of Abkhazia 3 April 2025
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Near East Hibatullah Akhundzada OCS wordmark.png Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan 15 August 2021
Hasan Akhund.png Hasan Akhund Prime Minister of Afghanistan 23 August 2025
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Near East and the Caucasus President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan (cropped).jpg Vahagn Khachaturyan President of Armenia 13 March 2022
Nikol Pashinyan 01 (07-04-2021).jpg Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of Armenia 8 May 2018
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev 2020 (cropped).jpg Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 31 October 2003
Ali Asadov (25-08-2022).jpg Ali Asadov Prime Minister of Azerbaijan 8 October 2019
Flag of Chad.svg Chad Central Africa Mahamat Deby.jpg Mahamat Déby President of Chad 20 April 2021 [f]
Premier Ministre, Allamaye Halina.jpg Allamaye Halina Prime Minister of Chad 24 May 2024
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Levant President Christodoulides (cropped).jpg Nikos Christodoulides President of Cyprus 28 February 2023
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea Horn of Africa Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in the Eritrean city of Massawa (cropped).JPG Isaias Afwerki President of Eritrea 24 May 1993
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Taye Atske Selassie MFA Portrait.jpg Taye Atske Selassie President of Ethiopia 7 October 2024
Abiy Ahmed 2019.jpg Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia 2 April 2018
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Near East and the Caucasus Mikheil Kavelashvili 2014.jpg Mikheil Kavelashvili [c] President of Georgia 29 December 2024
Irakli Kobakhidze and Volodymyr Groysman 01 cropped.jpg Irakli Kobakhidze Prime Minister of Georgia 8 February 2023
Flag of Iran.svg Iran Near East Ali Khamenei portrait 2019.jpg Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran 4 June 1989
Masoud Pezeshkian, 2024-6-12 (cropped).jpg Masoud Pezeshkian President of Iran 28 July 2024
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Levant Isaac Herzog.jpg Isaac Herzog President of Israel 7 July 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu 2019 (cropped).jpg Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel 29 December 2022
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus Ilham Aliyev received President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Konya (1) (cropped).jpg Ersin Tatar President of Northern Cyprus 23 October 2020
Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Ünal Üstel Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus 12 May 2022
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Republic Maghreb Brahim Ghali 2.jpeg Brahim Ghali President of the Sahrawi Republic 12 July 2016
Buchraya Hamudi Bayun.png Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 13 January 2020
Flag of South Ossetia.svg South Ossetia Near East and the Caucasus Alan Gagloyev (2023-03-15) 02 (cropped).jpg Alan Gagloyev President of South Ossetia 24 May 2022
Coat of arms of South Ossetia.svg Konstantin Dzhussoyev Prime Minister of South Ossetia 20 June 2022
Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland Horn of Africa Abdirahaamn Abdullahi cirro (cropped).jpg Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi President of Somaliland 12 December 2024
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Anatolia, the Fertile Crescent,
and the Caucasus [g] 		Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2017.jpg Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey 28 August 2014

Notes

  1. ↑ Comoros is entirely outside of the MENA, but is a Member of the Arab League.
  2. ↑ Bulk of Territory; All of North Sinai and South Sinai, as well as parts of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, are in Asia.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Leadership is disputed.
  4. ↑ Leader of the Syrian transitional government under the 2025 interim constitutional declaration.
  5. ↑ As de facto Head of State of Syria until 29 January 2025.
  6. ↑ As President of the Transitional Military Council until 10 October 2022, and Transitional State President until 10 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Bulk of Territory; Hatay is in the Fertile Crescent region; all of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli, as well as parts of Çanakkale and Istanbul, are in the East Thrace / Balkans region, and therefore outside of the MENA

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