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List of current heads of state and government

This is a list of current heads of state and government, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; often a leader is both in presidential systems. Some states have semi-presidential systems where the head of government role is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state.

The list includes the names of the recently elected or appointed heads of state who will take office on an appointed date.

Member states and observers of the United Nations

Legend: Names in small font generally denote acting, transitional, temporary leaders or representatives. Other notes and exceptions are provided in the References section below.
State Head of state Head of government
 Afghanistan President - Ashraf Ghani Prime Minister - Abdullah Abdullah
 Albania President - Bujar Nishani Prime Minister - Edi Rama
 Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika Prime Minister - Abdelmalek Sellal
 Andorra Episcopal Co-Prince - Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Representative - Josep Maria Mauri
French Co-Prince - François Hollande[n 1]
Representative - Sylvie Hubac
Head of Government - Antoni Martí
 Antigua and Barbuda Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Rodney Williams
Prime Minister - Gaston Browne
 Armenia President - Serzh Sargsyan Prime Minister - Hovik Abrahamyan
 Australia Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Peter Cosgrove
Prime Minister - Tony Abbott
 Austria Federal President - Heinz Fischer Federal Chancellor - Werner Faymann
 Azerbaijan President - Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister - Artur Rasizade
 Bahamas Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Dame Marguerite Pindling
Prime Minister - Perry Christie
 Bahrain King - Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prime Minister - Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
 Bangladesh President - Abdul Hamid Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
 Barbados Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Elliott Belgrave
Prime Minister - Freundel Stuart
 Belarus President - Alexander Lukashenko Prime Minister - Mikhail Myasnikovich
 Belgium King - Philippe Prime Minister - Charles Michel
 Belize Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Colville Young
Prime Minister - Dean Barrow
 Bhutan King - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Prime Minister - Tshering Tobgay
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mladen Ivanić (Chairman)
Bakir Izetbegović (Member)
Dragan Čović (Member)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Vjekoslav Bevanda
 Bulgaria President - Rosen Plevneliev Prime Minister - Boyko Borisov
 Burkina Faso Head of State of the Transition - Michel Kafando Acting Prime Minister - Yacouba Isaac Zida
 Cambodia King - Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister - Hun Sen
 Cameroon President - Paul Biya Prime Minister - Philémon Yang
 Canada Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor General - David Johnston
Prime Minister - Stephen Harper
 Cape Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca Prime Minister - José Maria Neves
 Central African Republic Head of State of the Transition - Catherine Samba-Panza Acting Prime Minister - Mahamat Kamoun
 Chad President - Idriss Déby Prime Minister - Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet
 China President - Xi Jinping Premier of the State Council - Li Keqiang
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the President - Joseph Kabila Prime Minister - Augustin Matata Ponyo
 Congo, Republic of the
 Costa Rica
 Croatia President - Ivo Josipović Prime Minister - Zoran Milanović
 Czech Republic President - Miloš Zeman Prime Minister - Bohuslav Sobotka
 Denmark Queen - Margrethe II Prime Minister - Helle Thorning-Schmidt
 Djibouti President - Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Prime Minister - Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
 Dominica President - Charles Savarin Prime Minister - Roosevelt Skerrit
 Dominican Republic
 East Timor President - Taur Matan Ruak Prime Minister - Xanana Gusmão
 Egypt President - Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Prime Minister - Ibrahim Mahlab
 El Salvador
 Equatorial Guinea President - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prime Minister - Vicente Ehate Tomi
 Estonia President - Toomas Hendrik Ilves Prime Minister - Taavi Rõivas
 Ethiopia President - Mulatu Teshome Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn
 Fiji President - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau Prime Minister - Frank Bainimarama
 Finland President - Sauli Niinistö Prime Minister - Alexander Stubb
 France President - François Hollande[n 1] Prime Minister - Manuel Valls
 Gabon President - Ali Bongo Ondimba Prime Minister - Daniel Ona Ondo
 Gambia, The
Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili Prime Minister - Irakli Garibashvili
 Germany Federal President - Joachim Gauck Federal Chancellor - Angela Merkel
 Greece President - Karolos Papoulias Prime Minister - Antonis Samaras
 Grenada Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Dame Cécile La Grenade
Prime Minister - Keith Mitchell
 Guinea President - Alpha Condé Prime Minister - Mohamed Said Fofana
 Guinea-Bissau President - José Mário Vaz Prime Minister - Domingos Simões Pereira
 Guyana President - Donald Ramotar Prime Minister - Sam Hinds
 Haiti President - Michel Martelly Prime Minister - Laurent Lamothe
 Hungary President - János Áder Prime Minister - Viktor Orbán
 Iceland President - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister - Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
 India President - Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
 Iraq President - Fuad Masum Prime Minister - Haider Al-Abadi
 Ireland President - Michael D. Higgins Taoiseach - Enda Kenny
 Israel President - Reuven Rivlin Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu
 Italy Giorgio Napolitano President of the Council of Ministers - Matteo Renzi
 Ivory Coast President - Alassane Ouattara Prime Minister - Daniel Kablan Duncan
 Jamaica Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Patrick Allen
Prime Minister - Portia Simpson-Miller
 Japan Emperor - Akihito Prime Minister - Shinzō Abe
 Jordan King - Abdullah II Prime Minister - Abdullah Ensour
 Kazakhstan President - Nursultan Nazarbayev Prime Minister - Karim Masimov
 Kuwait Emir - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prime Minister - Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
 Kyrgyzstan President - Almazbek Atambayev Prime Minister - Djoomart Otorbaev
 Laos President - Choummaly Sayasone Prime Minister - Thongsing Thammavong
 Latvia President - Andris Bērziņš Prime Minister - Laimdota Straujuma
 Lesotho King - Letsie III Prime Minister - Tom Thabane
 Libya Head of state - disputed
Aguila Saleh Issa (Chairman of the House of Representatives) (Tobruk)
Nouri Abusahmain (President of the General National Congress) (Tripoli)
Prime Minister - disputed
Abdullah al-Thani (Tobruk)
Omar al-Hasi (Tripoli)
 Liechtenstein Sovereign Prince - Hans-Adam II
Regent - Hereditary Prince Alois
Head of Government - Adrian Hasler
 Lithuania President - Dalia Grybauskaitė Prime Minister - Algirdas Butkevičius
 Luxembourg Grand Duke - Henri Prime Minister - Xavier Bettel
 Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov President of the Government - Nikola Gruevski
 Madagascar President - Hery Rajaonarimampianina Prime Minister - Roger Kolo
 Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Abdul Halim Prime Minister - Najib Razak
 Mali President - Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Prime Minister - Moussa Mara
 Malta President - Marie Louise Coleiro Preca Prime Minister - Joseph Muscat
 Marshall Islands
 Mauritania President - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Prime Minister - Yahya Ould Hademine
 Mauritius President - Rajkeswur Purryag Prime Minister - Navin Ramgoolam
 Moldova President - Nicolae Timofti Prime Minister - Iurie Leancă
 Monaco Sovereign Prince - Albert II Minister of State - Michel Roger
 Mongolia President - Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Prime Minister of Mongolia - Chimed Saikhanbileg
 Montenegro President - Filip Vujanović Prime Minister - Milo Đukanović
 Morocco King - Mohammed VI Prime Minister - Abdelilah Benkirane
 Mozambique President - Armando Guebuza
President-elect - Filipe Nyusi
Prime Minister - Alberto Vaquina
 Namibia President - Hifikepunye Pohamba
President-elect - Hage Geingob
Prime Minister - Hage Geingob
   Nepal President - Ram Baran Yadav Prime Minister - Sushil Koirala
 Netherlands King - Willem-Alexander Prime Minister - Mark Rutte
 New Zealand Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Jerry Mateparae[n 3]
Prime Minister - John Key
 Niger President - Mahamadou Issoufou Prime Minister - Brigi Rafini
 North Korea Supreme Leader - Kim Jong-un[n 4]
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly - Kim Yong-nam[n 5]
Premier of the Cabinet - Pak Pong-ju
 Norway King - Harald V Prime Minister - Erna Solberg
 Pakistan President - Mamnoon Hussain Prime Minister - Nawaz Sharif
 Palestine President - Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister - Rami Hamdallah
 Papua New Guinea Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Michael Ogio
Prime Minister - Peter O'Neill
 Peru President - Ollanta Humala President of the Council of Ministers - Ana Jara
 Poland President - Bronisław Komorowski President of the Council of Ministers - Ewa Kopacz
 Portugal President - Aníbal Cavaco Silva Prime Minister - Pedro Passos Coelho
 Qatar Emir - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Prime Minister - Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
 Romania President - Traian Băsescu
President-elect - Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister - Victor Ponta
 Russia President - Vladimir Putin Chairman of the Government - Dmitry Medvedev
 Rwanda President - Paul Kagame Prime Minister - Anastase Murekezi
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Edmund Lawrence
Prime Minister - Denzil Douglas
 Saint Lucia Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Dame Pearlette Louisy
Prime Minister - Kenny Anthony
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Frederick Ballantyne
Prime Minister - Ralph Gonsalves
 Samoa O le Ao o le Malo - Tufuga Efi Prime Minister - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
 San Marino
 São Tomé and Príncipe President - Manuel Pinto da Costa Prime Minister - Patrice Trovoada
 Saudi Arabia
 Senegal President - Macky Sall Prime Minister - Mohamed Dionne
 Serbia President - Tomislav Nikolić President of the Government - Aleksandar Vučić
 Sierra Leone
 Singapore President - Tony Tan Prime Minister - Lee Hsien Loong
 Slovakia President - Andrej Kiska Prime Minister - Robert Fico
 Slovenia President - Borut Pahor President of the Government - Miro Cerar
 Solomon Islands Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Frank Kabui
Prime Minister - Gordon Darcy Lilo
 Somalia President - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Prime Minister - Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
 South Africa
 South Korea President - Park Geun-hye Prime Minister - Jung Hong-won
 South Sudan
 Spain King - Felipe VI President of the Government - Mariano Rajoy
 Sri Lanka President - Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister - D. M. Jayaratne
 Swaziland King - Mswati III Prime Minister - Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
 Sweden King - Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister - Stefan Löfven
 Syria President - Bashar al-Assad Prime Minister - Wael Nader Al-Halqi
 Tajikistan President - Emomalii Rahmon Prime Minister - Kokhir Rasulzoda
 Tanzania President - Jakaya Kikwete Prime Minister - Mizengo Pinda
 Thailand King - Bhumibol Adulyadej Prime Minister - Prayuth Chan-ocha
 Togo President - Faure Gnassingbé Prime Minister - Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
 Tonga King - Tupou VI Prime Minister - Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō
 Trinidad and Tobago President - Anthony Carmona Prime Minister - Kamla Persad-Bissessar
 Tunisia President - Moncef Marzouki Head of Government - Mehdi Jomaa
 Turkey President - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoğlu
 Tuvalu Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Iakoba Italeli
Prime Minister - Enele Sopoaga
 Uganda President - Yoweri Museveni Prime Minister - Ruhakana Rugunda
 Ukraine President - Petro Poroshenko Prime Minister - Arseniy Yatsenyuk
 United Arab Emirates President - Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Prime Minister - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
 United Kingdom Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2] Prime Minister - David Cameron
 United States
 Uzbekistan President - Islam Karimov Prime Minister - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
 Vanuatu President - Baldwin Lonsdale Prime Minister - Joe Natuman
  Vatican City Sovereign - Pope Francis President of the Governorate - Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello
 Vietnam President - Trương Tấn Sang Prime Minister - Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
 Yemen President - Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi Prime Minister - Khaled Bahah

Other states

The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.

State Head of state Head of government
 Abkhazia President - Raul Khadjimba Prime Minister - Beslan Butba
 Cook Islands[n 6] Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Queen's Representative - Tom Marsters
Prime Minister - Henry Puna
 Kosovo President - Atifete Jahjaga Prime Minister - Hashim Thaçi
Prime Minister-designate - Isa Mustafa
 Nagorno-Karabakh President - Bako Sahakyan Prime Minister - Arayik Harutyunyan
 Niue[n 6] Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Jerry Mateparae[n 3]
Premier - Toke Talagi
 Northern Cyprus President - Derviş Eroğlu Özkan Yorgancıoğlu
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic President - Mohamed Abdelaziz Prime Minister - Abdelkader Taleb Omar
 South Ossetia President - Leonid Tibilov Prime Minister - Domenty Kulumbegov
 Taiwan President - Ma Ying-jeou President of the Executive Yuan -
Mao Chi-kuo
 Transnistria President - Yevgeny Shevchuk Prime Minister - Tatiana Turanskaya

Other governments

These alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one UN member.

Government Also claimed by Head of State Head of Government
Syrian Interim Government  Syria President - Hadi al-Bahra[3] Prime Minister - Ahmad Tu'mah

See also


  1. ^ a b The President of France and the French Co-Prince of Andorra are positions held by the same person
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Queen Elizabeth II is separately and equally monarch of 16 sovereign states and 2 associated states sometimes known collectively as the Commonwealth realms. In each of these countries, with the exception of the United Kingdom (where she predominantly resides), she is represented at the national level by a governor-general (unhyphenated in Canada as governor general). In some of these countries, opinion differs as to whether the Queen or governor-general should be designated as head of state; there is no questioning of the Queen's position as sovereign, above the governors-general, however.
  3. ^ a b The Governor-General of New Zealand and the Governor-General of Niue are positions held by the same person.
  4. ^ Supreme Leader is used as a description, for sake of brevity, rather than being an official title of single office. The actual offices held by Kim Jong-un are: First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, First Chairman of the National Defence Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.
  5. ^ The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly accepts the credentials of foreign ambassadors, signs treaties, receives visiting heads of state and represents North Korea on all state visits—the ceremonial functions normally performed by a head of state in other countries. The Chaiman of the Presidium has held these duties since 5 September 1998, when the Constitution of North Korea was revised.
  6. ^ a b States in free association with New Zealand.


  1. ^ The three-member presidency is the head of state collectively.
  3. ^ Mikayla Bouchard (23 September 2014). "'"Syrian Opposition Leader: 'We Need Your Assistance.  

External links

  • United Nations list of heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers
  • List of current heads and State of Government by CIDOB (Spanish)
  • List of rulers throughout time and places
  • List of official websites for heads of state

