Listofcurrentheadsofstateandgovernment

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Thisisalistofcurrentheadsofstateandgovernment,showingheadsofstateandheadsofgovernmentwhere
different,mainlyinparliamentarysystemsoftenaleaderisbothinpresidentialsystems.Somestateshavesemi
presidentialsystemswheretheheadofgovernmentroleisfulfilledbyboththelistedheadofgovernmentandthe
headofstate.
Thelistincludesthenamesoftherecentlyelectedorappointedheadsofstatewhowilltakeofficeonan
appointeddate.

Contents
1MemberstatesandobserversoftheUnitedNations
2Otherstates
3Othergovernments
4Seealso
5Notes
6References
7Externallinks

MemberstatesandobserversoftheUnitedNations
Legend:Namesinsmallfontgenerallydenoteacting,transitional,temporaryleadersorrepresentatives.
OthernotesandexceptionsareprovidedintheReferencessectionbelow.
State

Headofstate

Headof
government

PresidentAshrafGhani[n1]

ChiefExecutive
Officer
Abdullah
Abdullah

Albania

PresidentBujarNishani

PrimeMinister
EdiRama

Algeria

PresidentAbdelazizBouteflika

PrimeMinister
Abdelmalek
Sellal

Afghanistan

EpiscopalCoPrinceJoanEnricVivesSiclia
Andorra

RepresentativeJosepMariaMauri

FrenchCoPrinceFranoisHollande[n2]
RepresentativeThierryLataste

Angola
Antigua
andBarbuda
Argentina

Headof
Government
AntoniMart

PresidentJosEduardodosSantos
QueenElizabethII[n3]
GovernorGeneralSirRodneyWilliams

PrimeMinister
GastonBrowne

PresidentCristinaFernndezdeKirchner
PrimeMinister

Armenia PresidentSerzhSargsyan

Hovik
Abrahamyan

[n3]
Australia QueenElizabethII

PrimeMinister
TonyAbbott

Austria

FederalPresidentHeinzFischer

Federal
Chancellor
Werner
Faymann

PresidentIlhamAliyev[n1]

PrimeMinister
ArturRasizade

GovernorGeneralSirPeterCosgrove

Azerbaijan

[n3]
Bahamas QueenElizabethII

PrimeMinister
PerryChristie

Bahrain

KingSheikhHamadbinIsaAlKhalifa

PrimeMinister
PrinceKhalifa
binSalmanAl
Khalifa

PresidentAbdulHamid

PrimeMinister
SheikhHasina

GovernorGeneralDameMargueritePindling

Bangladesh

[n3]
Barbados QueenElizabethII

PrimeMinister
FreundelStuart

GovernorGeneralSirElliottBelgrave

Belarus
Belgium
Belize

PresidentAlexanderLukashenko[n1]

PrimeMinister
Andrei
Kobyakov

KingPhilippe

PrimeMinister
CharlesMichel

QueenElizabethII[n3]
GovernorGeneralSirColvilleYoung

Benin
Bhutan

PrimeMinister
DeanBarrow
PresidentYayiBoni

KingJigmeKhesarNamgyelWangchuck

Bolivia

PrimeMinister
Tshering
Tobgay

PresidentEvoMorales
HighRepresentativeValentinInzko

Bosnia
and
Herzegovina

Chairmanofthe
Councilof
Ministers
Vjekoslav
Bevanda

Presidency:[n4]
MladenIvani(Chairman)
BakirIzetbegovi(Member)
Draganovi(Member)

Botswana

PresidentIanKhama

Brazil

PresidentDilmaRousseff

Brunei

SultanandPrimeMinisterHassanalBolkiah
PrimeMinister
BoykoBorisov

Bulgaria PresidentRosenPlevneliev
Burkina
Faso

ActingPrime
MinisterYacouba
IsaacZida

ActingPresidentMichelKafando

Burundi

PresidentPierreNkurunziza
KingNorodomSihamoni

PrimeMinister
HunSen

Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada

PresidentPaulBiya[n1]

PrimeMinister
PhilmonYang

QueenElizabethII[n3]

PrimeMinister
StephenHarper

GovernorGeneralDavidJohnston

Cape
Verde

PresidentJorgeCarlosFonseca

PrimeMinister
JosMaria
Neves

Central
African
Republic

HeadofStateoftheTransitionCatherineSambaPanza[n1]

ActingPrime
Minister
MahamatKamoun

PresidentIdrissDby[n1]

PrimeMinister
Kalzeubet
PahimiDeubet

Chad
Chile
China

PresidentMichelleBachelet
Premierofthe
StateCouncil
LiKeqiang

PresidentXiJinping

Colombia

PresidentJuanManuelSantos

Comoros

PresidentIkililouDhoinine

Congo,
Democratic
Republicof
the

PrimeMinister
AugustinMatata
Ponyo

PresidentJosephKabila

Congo,
Republicof
the

PresidentDenisSassouNguesso

Costa
Rica
Croatia
Cuba

PresidentLuisGuillermoSols
PresidentIvoJosipovi
PresidentelectKolindaGrabarKitarovi

PresidentoftheCouncilofStateandPresidentoftheCouncilofMinistersRalCastro

Cyprus
Czech
Republic

PrimeMinister
ZoranMilanovi

PresidentNicosAnastasiades
PrimeMinister
Bohuslav
Sobotka

PresidentMiloZeman

Denmark QueenMargretheII

PrimeMinister
HelleThorning
Schmidt

Djibouti

PrimeMinister
Abdoulkader
KamilMohamed

PresidentIsmalOmarGuelleh

PrimeMinister
Roosevelt
Skerrit

Dominica PresidentCharlesSavarin

Dominican
Republic

PresidentDaniloMedina

East
Timor

PresidentTaurMatanRuak

PrimeMinister
XananaGusmo

Ecuador
Egypt

PresidentRafaelCorrea

El
Salvador
Equatorial
Guinea

PrimeMinister
IbrahimMahlab

PresidentAbdelFattahelSisi
PresidentSalvadorSnchezCern
PresidentTeodoroObiangNguemaMbasogo[n1]

Eritrea

PrimeMinister
VicenteEhate
Tomi

PresidentIsaiasAfwerki

Estonia

PresidentToomasHendrikIlves

PrimeMinister
TaaviRivas

Ethiopia

PresidentMulatuTeshome

PrimeMinister
Hailemariam
Desalegn

Fiji

PresidentRatuEpeliNailatikau

PrimeMinister
Frank
Bainimarama

Finland

PresidentSauliNiinist

PrimeMinister
AlexanderStubb

France

PresidentFranoisHollande[n2]

PrimeMinister
ManuelValls

Gabon

PresidentAliBongoOndimba[n1]

PrimeMinister
DanielOna
Ondo

Gambia,

PresidentYahyaJammeh

The
Georgia

PrimeMinister
Irakli
Garibashvili

PresidentGiorgiMargvelashvili

Germany FederalPresidentJoachimGauck
Ghana

PresidentJohnDramaniMahama

Greece

PresidentKarolosPapoulias

Grenada

QueenElizabethII[n3]

Guinea
Bissau
Guyana

PrimeMinister
AntonisSamaras

GovernorGeneralDameCcileLaGrenade

PrimeMinister
KeithMitchell

PresidentOttoPrezMolina

Guatemala
Guinea

Federal
Chancellor
AngelaMerkel

PresidentAlphaCond[n1]

PrimeMinister
MohamedSaid
Fofana

PresidentJosMrioVaz

PrimeMinister
Domingos
SimesPereira

PresidentDonaldRamotar

PrimeMinister
SamHinds

Haiti

ActingPrime
MinisterFlorence
Duperval
Guillaume

PresidentMichelMartelly

PrimeMinister
designate
EvansPaul
Honduras

PresidentJuanOrlandoHernndez

Hungary PresidentJnosder

PrimeMinister
ViktorOrbn

Iceland

PresidentlafurRagnarGrmsson

PrimeMinister
Sigmundur
Dav
Gunnlaugsson

India

PresidentPranabMukherjee

PrimeMinister
NarendraModi

Indonesia

PresidentJokoWidodo
SupremeLeaderAyatollahAliKhamenei

Iran

PresidentHassanRouhani

Iraq

PresidentFuadMasum

PrimeMinister
HaiderAlAbadi

Ireland

PresidentMichaelD.Higgins

Taoiseach
EndaKenny

Israel

PresidentReuvenRivlin

PrimeMinister
Benjamin
Netanyahu

ActingPresidentPietroGrasso

Presidentofthe
Councilof
Ministers
MatteoRenzi

PresidentAlassaneOuattara[n1]

PrimeMinister
DanielKablan
Duncan

Italy

Ivory
Coast
Jamaica

PrimeMinister
PortiaSimpson
Miller

QueenElizabethII[n3]
GovernorGeneralSirPatrickAllen

Japan

EmperorAkihito

PrimeMinister
ShinzAbe

Jordan

KingAbdullahII

PrimeMinister
AbdullahEnsour

PresidentNursultanNazarbayev[n1]

PrimeMinister
KarimMasimov

Kazakhstan
Kenya

PresidentUhuruKenyatta

Kiribati

PresidentAnoteTong

Kuwait

EmirSheikhSabahAlAhmadAlJaberAlSabah

PrimeMinister
SheikhJaberAl
MubarakAl
HamadAl
Sabah

PresidentAlmazbekAtambayev

PrimeMinister
Djoomart

Kyrgyzstan
Laos

Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho

Otorbaev
PresidentChoummalySayasone

PrimeMinister
Thongsing
Thammavong

PresidentAndrisBrzi

PrimeMinister
Laimdota
Straujuma

ActingPresidentandPresidentoftheCouncilofMinistersTammamSalam

PrimeMinister
TomThabane

KingLetsieIII

Liberia

PresidentEllenJohnsonSirleaf

Libya

PrimeMinister
disputed
Headofstatedisputed
Abdullahal
AguilaSalehIssa(ChairmanoftheHouseofRepresentatives)(Tobruk)
Thani(Tobruk)
NouriAbusahmain(PresidentoftheNewGeneralNationalCongress)(Tripoli)
OmaralHasi
(Tripoli)
Headof
Government
AdrianHasler

SovereignPrinceHansAdamII
Liechtenstein RegentHereditaryPrinceAlois
Lithuania PresidentDaliaGrybauskait

PrimeMinister
Algirdas
Butkeviius

GrandDukeHenri

PrimeMinister
XavierBettel

PresidentGjorgeIvanov

Presidentofthe
Government
NikolaGruevski

PresidentHeryRajaonarimampianina

PrimeMinister
Jean
Ravelonarivo

Luxembourg
Macedonia

Madagascar
Malawi

PresidentPeterMutharika

Malaysia YangdiPertuanAgongAbdulHalim
Maldives

PrimeMinister
NajibRazak

PresidentAbdullaYameen

Mali

PresidentIbrahimBoubacarKeta

PrimeMinister
ModiboKeita

Malta

PresidentMarieLouiseColeiroPreca

PrimeMinister
JosephMuscat

Marshall
Islands

Mauritania

PresidentChristopherLoeak

PresidentMohamedOuldAbdelAziz

PrimeMinister
SirAnerood
Jugnauth

Mauritius PresidentRajkeswurPurryag
Mexico

PrimeMinister
YahyaOuld
Hademine

PresidentEnriquePeaNieto

PresidentMannyMori

Micronesia
Moldova PresidentNicolaeTimofti

PrimeMinister
IurieLeanc

Monaco

MinisterofState
MichelRoger

SovereignPrinceAlbertII

PrimeMinister
Chimediin
Saikhanbileg

Mongolia PresidentTsakhiagiinElbegdorj

Montenegro

PrimeMinister
Miloukanovi

PresidentFilipVujanovi

PrimeMinister
Abdelilah
Benkirane

Morocco KingMohammedVI

Mozambique

PrimeMinister
Vacant

PresidentFilipeNyusi[n1]

Myanmar
Namibia

PresidentTheinSein
PresidentHifikepunyePohamba
PresidentelectHageGeingob[n1]

Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New
Zealand

PresidentBaronWaqa
PresidentRamBaranYadav

PrimeMinister
SushilKoirala

KingWillemAlexander

PrimeMinister
MarkRutte

QueenElizabethII[n3]

PresidentDanielOrtega

Norway
Oman
Pakistan

PrimeMinister
BrigiRafini

PresidentMahamadouIssoufou

Nigeria
North
Korea

PrimeMinister
JohnKey

GovernorGeneralSirJerryMateparae

Nicaragua
Niger

PrimeMinister
HageGeingob

PresidentGoodluckJonathan
SupremeLeaderKimJongun[n5]
ChairmanofthePresidiumoftheSupremePeople'sAssemblyKimYongnam [n6]

PrimeMinister
ErnaSolberg

KingHaraldV
SultanandPrimeMinisterQaboosbinSaidalSaid

PrimeMinister
NawazSharif

PresidentMamnoonHussain

Palau

PresidentTommyRemengesau
PrimeMinister
RamiHamdallah

Palestine PresidentMahmoudAbbas
Panama
Papua
NewGuinea
Paraguay

Premierofthe
CabinetPak
Pongju

PresidentJuanCarlosVarela
QueenElizabethII[n3]

PrimeMinister
PeterO'Neill

GovernorGeneralSirMichaelOgio

PresidentHoracioCartes
Presidentofthe

Peru

PresidentOllantaHumala[n1]

Councilof
MinistersAna
Jara
PresidentBenignoAquinoIII

Philippines
Poland

PresidentBronisawKomorowski

Presidentofthe
Councilof
MinistersEwa
Kopacz

Portugal

PresidentAnbalCavacoSilva

PrimeMinister
PedroPassos
Coelho

EmirSheikhTamimbinHamadAlThani

PrimeMinister
SheikhAbdullah
binNasserbin
KhalifaAl
Thani

Qatar

Romania PresidentKlausIohannis

PrimeMinister
VictorPonta

Russia

PresidentVladimirPutin

Chairmanofthe
Government
Dmitry
Medvedev

Rwanda

PresidentPaulKagame[n1]

PrimeMinister
Anastase
Murekezi

QueenElizabethII[n3]

PrimeMinister
DenzilDouglas

Saint
Kittsand
Nevis
Saint
Lucia
Saint
Vincentand
the
Grenadines
Samoa

GovernorGeneralSirEdmundLawrence

QueenElizabethII[n3]
GovernorGeneralDamePearletteLouisy

QueenElizabethII[n3]
GovernorGeneralSirFrederickBallantyne

OleAooleMaloTufugaEfi

San
Marino
So
Tomand
Prncipe

PrimeMinister
RalphGonsalves
PrimeMinister
TuilaepaAiono
Sailele
Malielegaoi

CaptainRegentGianfrancoTerenzi
CaptainRegentGuerrinoZanotti
PresidentManuelPintodaCosta

Saudi
Arabia
Senegal

PrimeMinister
KennyAnthony

PrimeMinister
Patrice
Trovoada

KingandPrimeMinisterAbdullah
PresidentMackySall

PrimeMinister
Mohamed
Dionne
Presidentofthe
Government

Serbia

PresidentTomislavNikoli

Aleksandar
Vui
PresidentJamesMichel

Seychelles
Sierra
Leone
Singapore

PresidentErnestBaiKoroma
PrimeMinister
LeeHsien
Loong

PresidentTonyTan

Slovakia PresidentAndrejKiska

PrimeMinister
RobertFico

Slovenia PresidentBorutPahor

Presidentofthe
Government
MiroCerar
PrimeMinister
Manasseh
Sogavare

Solomon QueenElizabethII[n3]
Islands
GovernorGeneralSirFrankKabui

Somalia

PresidentHassanSheikhMohamud

South
Africa
South
Korea

PrimeMinister
Omar
AbdirashidAli
Sharmarke

PresidentJacobZuma
PrimeMinister
JungHongwon

PresidentParkGeunhye[n1]

South
Sudan

PresidentSalvaKiirMayardit

Spain

KingFelipeVI

Presidentofthe
Government
MarianoRajoy

SriLanka

PresidentMaithripalaSirisena[n1]

PrimeMinister
Ranil
Wickremesinghe

Sudan

PresidentOmaralBashir

Suriname

PresidentDsiBouterse

Swaziland
Sweden

KingMswatiIII

PrimeMinister
Barnabas
Sibusiso
Dlamini

KingCarlXVIGustaf

PrimeMinister
StefanLfven
FederalCouncil:[n7]

Switzerland

Syria

DorisLeuthard(Member),EvelineWidmerSchlumpf(Member),UeliMaurer(Member),DidierBurkhalter
(Member),
SimonettaSommaruga(President),JohannSchneiderAmmann(VicePresident),AlainBerset(Member)

PresidentBasharalAssad

Tajikistan PresidentEmomaliiRahmon

PrimeMinister
WaelNaderAl
Halqi
PrimeMinister
Kokhir

Rasulzoda
Tanzania PresidentJakayaKikwete[n1]

PrimeMinister
MizengoPinda

Thailand KingBhumibolAdulyadej

PrimeMinister
PrayuthChan
ocha

Togo

PresidentFaureGnassingb[n1]

PrimeMinister
Kwesi
AhoomeyZunu

Tonga

KingTupouVI

PrimeMinister
AkilisiPohiva
PrimeMinister
KamlaPersad
Bissessar

Trinidad
PresidentAnthonyCarmona
andTobago

Tunisia

PresidentBejiCaidEssebsi

Headof
Government
MehdiJomaa
Headof
Government
designate
HabibEssid

Turkey

PresidentRecepTayyipErdoan

PrimeMinister
Ahmet
Davutolu

PresidentGurbangulyBerdimuhamedow

Turkmenistan
Tuvalu

QueenElizabethII[n3]

Uganda

PresidentYoweriMuseveni[n1]

PrimeMinister
Ruhakana
Rugunda

Ukraine

PresidentPetroPoroshenko

PrimeMinister
Arseniy
Yatsenyuk

PrimeMinister
EneleSopoaga

GovernorGeneralSirIakobaItaleli

United
PresidentSheikhKhalifabinZayedAlNahyan
ArabEmirates

PrimeMinister
Sheikh
Mohammedbin
RashidAl
Maktoum

United
Kingdom

PrimeMinister
DavidCameron

QueenElizabethII[n3]

United
States

PresidentBarackObama
PresidentJosMujica
PresidentelectTabarVzquez

Uruguay

Uzbekistan
Vanuatu

PresidentIslamKarimov[n1]

PrimeMinister
Shavkat
Mirziyoyev

PresidentBaldwinLonsdale

PrimeMinister
JoeNatuman
Presidentofthe

Vatican
City

Governorate
Cardinal
Giuseppe
Bertello

SovereignPopeFrancis

PresidentNicolsMaduro

Venezuela

PrimeMinister
NguynTn
Dng

Vietnam PresidentTrngTnSang
Yemen

PrimeMinister
KhaledBahah

PresidentAbdRabbuhMansurHadi[n1]

Zambia

ActingPresidentGuyScott

PresidentRobertMugabe

Zimbabwe

Otherstates
ThefollowingstatescontroltheirterritoryandarerecognisedbyatleastoneUNmemberstate.
State

Headofstate

Abkhazia
CookIslands[n8]

Headofgovernment

PresidentRaulKhadjimba

PrimeMinisterBeslanButba

QueenElizabethII[n3]

PrimeMinisterHenryPuna

Queen'sRepresentativeTomMarsters

Kosovo

PresidentAtifeteJahjaga

PrimeMinisterIsaMustafa

NagornoKarabakh

PresidentBakoSahakyan

PrimeMinisterArayikHarutyunyan

QueenElizabethII[n3]

Niue[n8]
NorthernCyprus
SahrawiArabDemocratic
Republic

GovernorGeneralSirJerry
Mateparae[n9]

PremierTokeTalagi

PresidentDerviErolu

PrimeMinisterzkanYorgancolu

PresidentMohamedAbdelaziz

PrimeMinisterAbdelkaderTaleb
Omar

Somaliland

PresidentAhmedMohamedMohamoud

SouthOssetia

PresidentLeonidTibilov

PrimeMinisterDomenty
Kulumbegov

Taiwan

PresidentMaYingjeou

PresidentoftheExecutiveYuan
MaoChikuo

Transnistria

PresidentYevgenyShevchuk

PrimeMinisterTatianaTuranskaya

Othergovernments
ThesealternativegovernmentsarerecognizedasasovereignstatebyatleastoneUNmember.
Government
SyrianInterim
Government

Seealso

Alsoclaimedby
Syria

HeadofState
PresidentKhaledKhoja

HeadofGovernment
PrimeMinisterAhmad
Tu'mah