The following is a list of spouses of current heads of state.
The following states are in free association with another UN member state.
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Cook Islands | King Charles III | Queen Camilla | |
King's Representative Tom Marsters | Tuaine d'Arorangi | ||
Niue | King Charles III | Queen Camilla | |
Representative of the King Cindy Kiro | Richard Davies |
The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Abkhazia | President Aslan Bzhania | — | |
Kosovo | President Vjosa Osmani | Prindon Sadriu | |
Northern Cyprus | President Ersin Tatar | Sibel Tatar | |
Sahrawi Republic | General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President Brahim Ghali | — | |
South Ossetia | President Alan Gagloyev | ? | |
Taiwan | President Lai Ching-te | Wu Mei-ju |
The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Somaliland | President Muse Bihi Abdi | Zahra Abdilahi Absia | |
Roda Ahmed Omar | |||
Transnistria | President Vadim Krasnoselsky | Svetlana Krasnoselskaya |
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