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List of Current Heads of State and Government - Wikipedia
List of Current Heads of State and Government - Wikipedia
of state and
government
This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government. In some cases, mainly in
presidential systems, there is only one leader being both 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 both the listed head of government
and the head of state. In single-party systems, ruling party's leader (i.e. General Secretary) is
usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds presidency
or premiership.
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.
Note: Names in small font generally denote acting, transitional, temporary leaders, or
representatives. Other notes and exceptions are provided at § Notes.
State Head of state Head of government
Leader – Hibatullah
Afghanistan Acting Prime Minister – Hasan Akhund
Akhundzada
Albania President – Ilir Meta Prime Minister – Edi Rama
President – Abdelmadjid Prime Minister – Aymen
Algeria
Tebboune Benabderrahmane
Episcopal Co-Prince – Joan
Enric Vives i Sicília
Co-Prince's Representative – Josep
Maria Mauri Prime Minister – Xavier Espot
Andorra
French Co-Prince – Emmanuel Zamora
Macron[α]
Co-Prince's Representative – Patrick
Strzoda
O le Ao o le Malo – Afioga
Prime Minister – Fiamē Naomi
Samoa Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa
Mataʻafa
Sualauvi II
Captain Regent[λ] – Francesco
Mussoni
Captain Regent-elect – Oscar
Mina Secretary for Foreign and
San Marino
[λ]
Captain Regent – Giacomo Political Affairs[3] – Luca Beccari
Simoncini
Captain Regent-elect – Paolo
Rondelli
Prime Minister – Jorge Bom
São Tomé and Príncipe President – Carlos Vila Nova
Jesus
Saudi Arabia King and Prime Minister – Salman
Senegal President – Macky Sall
Serbia President – Aleksandar Vučić Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić
Seychelles President – Wavel Ramkalawan
Chief Minister – Jacob Jusu
Sierra Leone President – Julius Maada Bio[δ]
Saffa
Prime Minister – Lee Hsien
Singapore President – Halimah Yacob
Loong
Slovakia President – Zuzana Čaputová Prime Minister – Eduard Heger
Slovenia President – Borut Pahor Prime Minister – Janez Janša
Queen – Elizabeth II[β] Prime Minister – Manasseh
Solomon Islands
Governor-General – Sir David Vunagi Sogavare
Viola Amherd
Other states
The following states are in free association with another UN member state.
Associated
State Head of state Head of government
with
The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.
State Also claimed by Head of state Head of government
President – Aslan Prime Minister – Aleksander
Abkhazia Georgia
Bzhania Ankvab
Republic of People's President – Tsai
Premier – Su Tseng-chang
China (Taiwan) Republic of China Ing-wen
Donetsk Ukraine
Head – Denis Prime Minister – Vladimir
People's Republic Pushilin Pashkov
President – Vjosa
Kosovo Serbia Prime Minister – Albin Kurti
Osmani
Luhansk Ukraine
Head – Leonid
Prime Minister – Sergey Kozlov
People's Republic Pasechnik
President – Ersin
Northern Cyprus Cyprus Prime Minister – Faiz Sucuoğlu
Tatar
General Secretary of the Polisario Front – Brahim
Ghali
Sahrawi Morocco
Republic President – Prime Minister – Bouchraya
Brahim Ghali Hammoudi Bayoun
President – Prime Minister – Gennady
South Ossetia Georgia
Anatoly Bibilov Bekoyev
The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.
Also claimed
State Head of state Head of government
by
Other governments
These alternative governments are recognised as legitimate by at least one UN member or are in
control of their countries.
Government State Head of state Head of government
Coordination President – Sviatlana Head of National Anti-Crisis
Council Belarus Tsikhanouskaya Management – Pavel Latushko
National President of the National Assembly – Juan Guaidó
Assembly (2015) Venezuela
Supreme President – Mahdi al- Prime Minister – Abdel-Aziz bin
Political Council Yemen Mashat Habtour
Syrian Interim Syria
President – Salem al- Prime Minister – Abdurrahman
Government Meslet Mustafa
See also
Notes
α. The President of France and the French Co-Prince of Andorra are positions held by the same person.
β. Elizabeth II is separately and equally monarch of 15 sovereign states known collectively as the
Commonwealth realms. In each of these states (with the exception of the United Kingdom, where she
permanently resides), she is represented at the national level by a governor-general.
δ. In this state, the president is both head of state and head of government; the office of prime minister may
exist in these states, but it does not direct executive power—nor does the Kyrgyzstani Chairman of the
Cabinet of Ministers, or the Sierra Leonean Chief Minister.
ε. According to articles 89 to 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Supreme Leader of
Iran is the head of state, and the President is the head of government. The President is required to gain
the Supreme Leader's official approval before being sworn in before Parliament, and the Supreme Leader
also has the power to dismiss the elected President at any time.
ζ. The constitution of Japan does not define a formal head of state, but the Emperor by unwritten
constitutional convention fulfills the functions and duties of this role.
η. As part of a cease fire agreement, the three-member Libyan presidency is the head of state collectively.
θ. The Governor-General of New Zealand and the Queen's Representative of Niue are positions held by the
same person.
ι. The term "Supreme Leader" is used as a description (for the sake of brevity) rather than being an official
title of a single office. The four actual offices held by Kim are:
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
President of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK—constitutionally defined as the head of state
of North Korea
λ. The Captain Regent representing the party with a plurality of seats in the legislature of San Marino, the
Grand and General Council, exercises more legislative power than the Captain Regent belonging to the
opposition.
μ. The seven-member Swiss Federal Council is collectively head of state and government. As a party to the
Council, the President serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year.
ν. Elizabeth II is head of state of the Cook Islands and Niue in her capacity as Queen in Right of New
Zealand. She is represented in each of these states by a Queen's Representative.
References
1. "Junta Watch: Old Faces Reappear, Coup Leader Declares Himself Buddhism's Savior and More" (https://i
rrawaddy.com/news/burma/junta-watch-old-faces-reappear-coup-leader-declares-himself-buddhisms-sa
vior-and-more.html) . The Irrawaddy. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. "Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives
Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar" (https://cincds.gov.mm/node/16885) . Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
External links
EmilePhaneuf (https://web.archive.org/web/20151117183952/http://www.emilephaneuf.co
m/?p=164) —an archived, partial list of official websites for heads of state