List of heads of state and government of Chinese descent explained

This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Chinese descent, other than the heads of state and government of countries of the Greater China. This list does not include acting, interim, transitional, temporary or representative heads of state and government.

Heads of state and heads of governments

S.No.NamePortraitCountryTitleTenureDescent
1
 Philippine RepublicPresident of the Philippines1899–1901Chinese mestizo[1]
2
 Philippine RepublicPrime Minister of the Philippines1899Chinese mestizo[2]
3
Siam/ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1932–1933Thai Chinese[3]
4
Siam/ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1933–1938Thai Chinese[4] [5]
5
 Philippines CommonwealthPresident of the Philippines1935–1944Chinese mestizo[6]
6
 Philippines Commonwealth1944–1946[7]
7
Siam/ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1938–1944,
1948–1957		Thai Chinese[8]
8
 Protectorate of CambodiaPrime Minister of Cambodia1945,
1972		[9]
Khmer Republic
9
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1945–1946,
1975,
1976		Thai Chinese[10]
10
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1946Thai Chinese[11] [12]
11
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1946–1947[13] [14]
12
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1957[15]
13
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1958,
1963–1973
14
 BurmaPrime Minister of Myanmar1958–1960[16]
Burma Socialist RepublicPresident of Myanmar1974–1981
15
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1959–1963[17] [18] [19]
16
 SingaporePrime Minister of Singapore1959–1990Chinese Hakka[20]
17
 PhilippinesPresident of the Philippines1965–1986[21] [22] [23]
Prime Minister of the Philippines1978–1981
18
 Kingdom of CambodiaPrime Minister of Cambodia1966–1967,
1969–1971		[24]
Khmer Republic
President of Cambodia1972–1975
19
 GuyanaPresident of Guyana1970–1980Chinese Guyanese[25] [26]
20
 Khmer RepublicPresident of Cambodia1970–1972[27]
21
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1975–1976
22
 SeychellesPresident of Seychelles1976–1977Chinese on paternal side[28]
23
 KampucheaHead of State of Cambodia1976–1979[29] [30]
24
 KampucheaPrime Minister of Cambodia1976–1979[31]
25
 KampucheaPrime Minister of Cambodia1976[32] [33]
26
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1976–1977Thai Chinese
27
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1977–1980Thai Chinese[34]
28
 Papua New GuineaPrime Minister of Papua New Guinea1980–1982,
1994–1997		Chinese Taishanese father[35]
29
 SurinamePrime Minister of Suriname1980–1982
President of Suriname
30
 Burma Socialist RepublicPresident of Myanmar1981–1988[36] [37]
31
 Kampuchea People's RepublicPrime Minister of Cambodia1982–1984[38]
32
 Kampuchea People's RepublicPrime Minister of Cambodia1984–2023Teochew[39] [40]
State of Cambodia
Cambodia
33
 SingaporePresident of Singapore1985–1993Straits Chinese Hokkien[41]
34
 PhilippinesPresident of the Philippines1986–1992[42]
35
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1988–1991[43]
36
 South KoreaPresident of South Korea1988–1993[44] [45]
37
 SingaporePrime Minister of Singapore1990–2004[46]
38
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1992–1995,
1997–2001		Thai Chinese Hokkien[47] [48]
39
 SingaporePresident of Singapore1993–1999[49]
40
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1996–1997[50]
41
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1991–1992[51] [52]
42
 State of CambodiaPresident of Cambodia1992–1993[53]
43
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1992[54] [55] [56]
44
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand1995–1996Thai Chinese[57]
45
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2001–2006[58]
46
 SingaporePresident of Singapore2011–2017
47
 MalaysiaPrime Minister of Malaysia2003–2009Grandfather is Chinese Born Cham[59] [60]
48
 IndonesiaPresident of Indonesia1999–2001[61] [62]
49
 South KoreaPresident of South Korea2003–2008[63]
50
 Trinidad and TobagoPresident of Trinidad and Tobago2003–2013[64] [65] [66]
51
 KiribatiPresident of Kiribati2003–2016[67]
52
 MyanmarPrime Minister of Myanmar2003–2004[68] [69]
53
 SingaporePrime Minister of Singapore2004–2024[70] [71]
54
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2008
55
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2008[72]
56
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2008–2011[73] [74]
57
 PhilippinesPresident of the Philippines2010–2016[75]
58
 SurinamePresident of Suriname2010–2020[76] [77]
59
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2011–2014
60
 South KoreaPresident of South Korea2013–2017The mother of Park Geun-hye, Yuk Young-soo, was from the Okcheon Yuk clan. The progenitor of the Okcheon Yuk Clan, Yuk Bo, was a Tang Dynasty era immigrant who settled in Silla in 927 AD and married a native Korean woman.
61
 Costa RicaPresident of Costa Rica2014–2018[78]
62
 PhilippinesPresident of the Philippines2016–2022[79]
63
 PhilippinesPresident of the Philippines2022–present
64
 CambodiaPrime Minister of Cambodia2023–present[80]
65
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2023–2024[81]
66
 SingaporePrime Minister of Singapore2024–present[82]
67
 ThailandPrime Minister of Thailand2024–present[83]

See also

Notes and References

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