List of current heads of state and government explained

This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government. In some cases, mainly in presidential systems, one leader is head of state and head of government. In other cases, mainly in semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of state and the head of government are different people. In semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of government role (i.e. executive branch) is fulfilled by the listed head of government and the head of state.

In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (i.e. General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or premiership. In some countries like Andorra and Vatican City (Holy See), a clergy member also acts as the head of state for both countries (Bishop of Urgell as Co-Prince of Andorra and the Pope) and head of government for the latter (President of the Governorate of Vatican City State).

The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office on an appointed date, as presidents-elect and prime ministers-designate, and those leading a government in exile if internationally recognised.

Member and observer states of the United Nations

StateHead of stateHead of government
Afghanistan
AlbaniaPresident – Bajram Begaj
AlgeriaPrime Minister – Nadir Larbaoui
AndorraEpiscopal Co-Prince – Joan Enric Vives i Sicília

French Co-Prince – Emmanuel Macron
Angolacolspan="2"
Antigua and BarbudaKing – Charles III
Argentinacolspan="2"
ArmeniaPresident – Vahagn Khachaturyan
AustraliaKing – Charles III
AustriaPresident – Alexander Van der Bellen
AzerbaijanPrime Minister – Ali Asadov
BahamasKing – Charles III
BahrainPrime Minister – Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Bangladesh<-- President – Mohammed Shahabuddin-Prime minister-designate – -->
BarbadosPresident – Dame Sandra Mason
Belaruscolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Roman Golovchenko
Belgium<-- King – Philippe-Prime minister-designate – -->
BelizeKing – Charles III
Benincolspan="2"
BhutanKing – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
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Bosnia and Herzegovinacolspan="2"
Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers – Borjana Krišto
Botswanacolspan="2"
Brazilcolspan="2"
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Bulgaria<-- President – Rumen Radev- -->
Burkina Fasocolspan="2"
BurundiPrime Minister – Gervais Ndirakobuca
Cambodiacolspan="2"
King – Norodom Sihamoni
CameroonPrime Minister – Joseph Ngute
CanadaKing – Charles III
Cape VerdePresident – José Maria Neves
Central African RepublicPrime Minister – Félix Moloua
ChadPrime Minister – Allamaye Halina
Chilecolspan="2"
Chinacolspan="2"
President – Xi JinpingPremier – Li Qiang
Colombiacolspan="2"
Comoroscolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Judith Suminwa
Prime Minister – Anatole Collinet Makosso
Costa Ricacolspan="2"
CroatiaPresident – Zoran Milanović
Cubacolspan="2"
President – Miguel Díaz-CanelPrime Minister – Manuel Marrero Cruz
Cypruscolspan="2"
Czech RepublicPresident – Petr Pavel
DenmarkKing – Frederik X
DjiboutiPrime Minister – Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
DominicaPresident – Sylvanie Burton
Dominican Republiccolspan="2"
President – José Ramos-Horta
Ecuadorcolspan="2"
EgyptPrime Minister – Mostafa Madbouly
El Salvadorcolspan="2"
Equatorial GuineaPrime Minister – Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
Eritreacolspan="2"
EstoniaPresident – Alar Karis
Prime Minister – Russell Dlamini
Ndlovukati – Ntfombi
EthiopiaPresident – Sahle-Work Zewde
FijiPresident – Ratu Wiliame Katonivere
FinlandPresident – Alexander Stubb
FrancePrime Minister – Gabriel Attal
Gaboncolspan="2"
Gambiacolspan="2"
GeorgiaPresident – Salome Zourabichvili
GermanyPresident – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Ghanacolspan="2"
GreecePresident – Katerina Sakellaropoulou
GrenadaKing – Charles III
Guatemalacolspan="2"
Guineacolspan="2"
Guinea-BissauPrime Minister – Rui Duarte de Barros
GuyanaPrime Minister – Mark Phillips
Haitirowspan="3"
Hondurascolspan="2"
HungaryPresident – Tamás Sulyok
IcelandPresident – Halla Tómasdóttir
IndiaPresident – Droupadi Murmu
Indonesiacolspan="2"
President-elect – Prabowo Subianto
IraqPresident – Abdul Latif Rashid
IrelandPresident – Michael D. Higgins
IsraelPresident – Isaac Herzog
ItalyPresident – Sergio Mattarella
Prime Minister – Robert Beugré Mambé
JamaicaKing – Charles III
Japan<-- Emperor – Naruhito-Prime minister-designate – -->
JordanPrime Minister – Bisher Al-Khasawneh
KazakhstanPrime Minister – Oljas Bektenov
Kenyacolspan="2"
Kiribaticolspan="2"
KuwaitPrime Minister – Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
KyrgyzstanChairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Akylbek Japarov
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President – Thongloun SisoulithPrime Minister – Sonexay Siphandone
LatviaPresident – Edgars Rinkēvičs
Lebanon<-- President – Vacant<--
President-elect – Suleiman Frangieh or Jihad Azour -->		-Prime minister-designate – -->
LesothoKing – Letsie III
Liberiacolspan="2"
LibyaChairman of the Presidential Council – Mohamed al-Menfi-

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LiechtensteinPrime Minister – Daniel Risch
LithuaniaPresident – Gitanas Nausėda
LuxembourgGrand Duke – Henri
MadagascarPrime Minister – Christian Ntsay
Malawicolspan="2"
MalaysiaYang di-Pertuan Agong – Ibrahim Iskandar
Maldivescolspan="2"
Mali
MaltaPresident – Myriam Spiteri Debono
Marshall Islandscolspan="2"
MauritaniaPrime Minister – Mokhtar Ould Diaye
MauritiusPresident – Prithvirajsing Roopun
Mexicocolspan="2"
President-elect – Claudia Sheinbaum
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MonacoMinister of State – Pierre Dartout
Minister of state-designate – Didier Guillaume
Mongolia<-- President – Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh-Prime minister-designate – -->
MontenegroPresident – Jakov Milatović
MoroccoPrime Minister – Aziz Akhannouch
MozambiquePrime Minister – Adriano Maleiane
Myanmarcolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Min Aung Hlaing
NamibiaPrime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa
Naurucolspan="2"
NepalPresident – Ram Chandra Poudel
<-- Do not change link to "Netherlands". Netherlands is not a "state"; the Kingdom is. See Kingdom of the Netherlands for more details. -->King – Willem-Alexander
New ZealandKing – Charles III
Nicaraguacolspan="2"
NigerPrime Minister – Ali Lamine Zeine[1]
Nigeriacolspan="2"
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President of the State Affairs Commission – Kim Jong UnPremier – Kim Tok Hun
President – Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
NorwayKing – Harald V
Omancolspan="2"
PakistanPresident – Asif Ali Zardari
Palaucolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Mohammad Mustafa
Panamacolspan="2"
Papua New GuineaKing – Charles III
Paraguaycolspan="2"
PeruPrime Minister – Gustavo Adrianzén
Philippinescolspan="2"
PolandPresident – Andrzej Duda
PortugalPresident – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
QatarPrime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
Romania
Prime Minister – Mikhail Mishustin
RwandaPrime Minister – Édouard Ngirente
Saint Kitts and NevisKing – Charles III
Saint LuciaKing – Charles III
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKing – Charles III
SamoaO le Ao o le Malo – Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
San Marino<--Highlight according to precedence (number of seats) in the Grand and Central Council.-->rowspan="2"
Captain Regent – Milena Gasperoni<-- -Secretary-designate for Foreign and Political Affairs – -->
President – Carlos Vila Nova
Saudi Arabia
SenegalPrime Minister – Ousmane Sonko
Serbia
Seychellescolspan="2"
Sierra LeoneChief Minister – David Moinina Sengeh
SingaporePresident – Tharman Shanmugaratnam
SlovakiaPresident – Peter Pellegrini
SloveniaPresident – Nataša Pirc Musar
Solomon IslandsKing – Charles III
Somalia
South Africacolspan="2"
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Spain<-- King – Felipe VI-Prime minister-designate – -->
Sri LankaPrime Minister – Dinesh Gunawardena
Sudan
Surinamecolspan="2"
SwedenKing – Carl XVI Gustaf
Switzerlandcolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Hussein Arnous
TajikistanPrime Minister – Kokhir Rasulzoda
Prime Minister – Kassim Majaliwa
ThailandKing – Maha Vajiralongkorn
TogoPrime Minister – Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
TongaKing – Tupou VI
Trinidad and TobagoPresident – Christine Kangaloo
TunisiaPrime Minister – Kamel Madouri
Turkeycolspan="2"
Turkmenistancolspan="2"
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TuvaluKing – Charles III
UgandaPrime Minister – Robinah Nabbanja
UkrainePrime Minister – Denys Shmyhal
United Arab EmiratesPrime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United KingdomKing – Charles III
United Statescolspan="2"
Uruguaycolspan="2"
UzbekistanPrime Minister – Abdulla Aripov
VanuatuPresident – Nikenike Vurobaravu
(Holy See)President of the Governorate – Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
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President – Tô LâmPrime Minister – Phạm Minh Chính
YemenPrime Minister – Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
Zambiacolspan="2"
Zimbabwe

Other states

The following states are in free association with another UN member state.

StateAssociated withHead of stateHead of government
Cook Islands New ZealandKing – Charles III
NiueKing – Charles III
The following states control at least part of their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.
StateAlso claimed byHead of stateHead of government
Prime Minister – Aleksander Ankvab
(Taiwan) ChinaPremier – Cho Jung-tai
SerbiaPresident – Vjosa Osmani
CyprusPrime Minister – Ünal Üstel
Moroccocolspan="2"
President – Brahim GhaliPrime Minister – Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Prime Minister – Konstantin Dzhussoyev

The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.

StateAlso claimed byHead of stateHead of government
Somaliacolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Aleksander Rozenberg

Other governments

These alternative governments control part of their territory and are recognised as legitimate by at least one UN member state.

GovernmentStateHead of stateHead of government
 Supreme Political Council Yemencolspan="2"
Prime Minister – Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
 Syrian National CoalitionPrime Minister – Abdurrahman Mustafa

These alternative governments control part of their territory, but are not recognized as legitimate by any UN member states.

GovernmentStateHead of stateHead of government
 Government of National Stability Libyacolspan="2"
Chairman of the Presidential Council – Mohamed al-Menfi
Hamas government in Gazacolspan="2"
Head of the Government Administrative Committee – Essam al-Da'alis
MyanmarPrime Minister – Mahn Win Khaing Than
 Syrian Salvation Governmentcolspan="2"
President of the General Shura Council – Mustafa al-Mousa

These alternative governments do not control their territory but are recognized as legitimate by at least one UN member state.

GovernmentStateHead of stateHead of government
 <--Recognised by Lithuania-->Coordination Council Belaruscolspan="2"
 National Assembly (2015)colspan="2"

Sui generis entities

EntityHead of entityHead of government
President of the European Council – Charles Michel[2]
Sovereign Military Order of MaltaGrand Chancellor – Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Niger military names 21-person cabinet ahead of key West African summit . 14 August 2023 . . 10 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Europese knoop ontward: Charles Michel wordt voorzitter van de Europese Raad. 2019-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413114659/https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20190702_04490461. 2021-04-13.

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