List of Current Heads of State and Government

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This is a list of current heads of state andgovernment, 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-pres idential 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.

Contents

1 States recognised by the United Nations2 States recognised by at least one United Nations member3 States not recognised by any United Nations members4 See also5 References6 External links

States recognised by the United Nations

State Headof state Head of government

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai

Albania President Bujar Nishani Prime Minister Sali Berisha

Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal

Andorra

Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília

Representative Josep Maria MauriCo -Prince François Hollande

Representative Sylvie Hubac

Prime Minister Antoni Martí

Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos

Antigua and BarbudaQueen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Dame Louise Lake-T ackPrime Minister Baldwin Spencer

Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan

AustraliaQueen Elizabeth II[1][2][3]

Governor-General Quent in BrycePrime Minister Julia Gillard

Austria President Heinz Fischer Chancellor Werner Faymann

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister Artur Rasizade

BahamasQueen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Arthur FoulkesPrime Minister Perry Christie



Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Barbados Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Elliot t BelgravePrime Minister Freundel Stuart

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich

Belgium King Albert II Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo

Belize Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Colville YoungPrime Minister Dean Barrow

Benin President Yayi Boni Prime Minister Pascal Koupaki

Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Prime Minister Jigme Thinley

Bolivia President Evo Morales

Bosnia and Herzegovina

High Representative Valentin Inzko

Presidency :[4]

Nebojša Radmanović (Chairman)

Željko Komšić (Member )

Bakir Izetbegović (Member )

Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda

Botswana President Ian Khama

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

Bulgaria President Rosen Plevneliev Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré Prime Minister Luc-Adolphe Tiao

Burma (Myanmar) President Thein Sein

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza

Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister Hun Sen

Cameroon President Paul Biya Prime Minister Philémon Yang

CanadaQueen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor General David JohnstonPrime Minister Stephen Harper

Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca Prime Minister José Maria Neves

Central African Republic President François Bozizé Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Chad President Idriss Déby Prime Minister Emmanuel Nadingar

Chile President Sebastián Piñera

China, People's Republic of President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos

Comoros President Ikililou Dhoinine

Congo, Democratic Republic of President Joseph Kabila Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo



Congo, Republic of President Denis Sassou Nguesso

Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla

Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan

Croatia President Ivo Josipović Prime Minister Zoran Milanović

Cuba President Raúl Castro

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias

Czech Republic President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Petr Nečas

Denmark Queen Margrethe II Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita

Dominica President Eliud Williams Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina

East Timor President Taur Matan Ruak Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão

Ecuador President Rafael Correa

Egypt President Mohamed Morsi Prime Minister Hesham Qandil

El Salvador President Mauricio Funes

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prime Minister Vicente Ehate Tomi

Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki

Estonia President Toomas Hendrik Ilves Prime Minister Andrus Ansip

Ethiopia President Girma Wolde-Giorgis Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn

Fiji President Epeli Nailatikau Acting Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama

Finland President Sauli Niinistö Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen

France President François Hollande Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault

Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima

Gambia President Yahya Jammeh

Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili

Germany President Joachim Gauck Chancellor Angela Merkel

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama

Greece President Karolos Papoulias Prime Minister Antonis Samaras

Grenada Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Carlyle GleanPrime Minister Tillman Thomas

Guatemala President Otto Pérez Molina

Guinea President Alpha Condé Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana

Guinea-Bissau Acting President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo Acting Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros

Guyana President Donald Ramotar Prime Minister Sam Hinds



Haiti President Michel Martelly Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe

Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa

Hungary President János Áder Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

India President Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Indonesia President Sus ilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iraq President Jalal Talabani Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Taoiseach Enda Kenny

Israel President Shimon Peres Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Italy President Giorgio Napolitano Prime Minister Mario Monti

Jamaica Queen Elizabeth II[1][2][5]

Governor-General Sir Patrick AllenPrime 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 Serik Akhmetov

Kenya President Mwai Kibaki Prime Minister Raila Odinga

Kiribati President Anote Tong

Kuwait Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev

Laos President Choummaly Sayasone Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong

Latvia President Andris Bērziņš Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis

Lebanon President Michel Suleiman Prime Minister Najib Mikati

Lesotho King Letsie III Prime Minister Tom Thabane

Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Libya Chairman of the General National Congress Mohammed Magariaf Prime Minister Ali Zeidan

LiechtensteinPrince Hans-Adam IIPrince-Regent Alois

Prime Minister Klaus Tschütscher

Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius

Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker

Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski

Madagascar President of the High Authority of Transition Andry Rajoelina Prime Minister Omer Beriziky

Malawi President Joyce Banda

Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim Prime Minister Najib Razak



Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan

Mali Acting President Dioncounda Traoré Acting Prime Minister Django Sissoko

Malta President George Abela Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi

Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak

Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf

Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam

Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto

Micronesia, Federated States of President Manny Mori

Moldova President Nicolae Timofti Prime Minister Vlad Filat

Monaco Prince Albert II Minister of State Michel Roger

Mongolia President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag

Montenegro President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Milo Đukanović

Morocco King Mohammed VI Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane

Mozambique President Armando Guebuza Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina

Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba Prime Minister Hage Geingob

Nauru President Sprent Dabwido

Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai

Netherlands Queen Beatrix Prime Minister Mark Rutte

New ZealandQueen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Jerry MateparaePrime Minister John Key

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega

Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou Prime Minister Brigi Rafini

Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan

North KoreaSupreme Leader Kim Jong-un [6]

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam Premier Choe Yong-rim

Norway King Harald V Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

PalauPresident Johnson Toribiong

President-elect Tommy Remengesau

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas

Panama President Ricardo Martinelli

Papua New Guinea Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Michael OgioPrime Minister Peter O'Neill



Paraguay President Federico Franco

Peru President Ollanta Humala Prime Minister Juan Jiménez Mayor

Philippines President Benigno Aquino III

Poland President Bronisław Komorowski Prime Minister Donald Tusk

Portugal President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho

Qatar Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani

Romania President Traian Băsescu Prime Minister Victor Ponta

Russia President Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

Rwanda President Paul Kagame Prime Minister Pierre Habumuremyi

Saint Kitts and NevisQueen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor General Sir Edmund LawrencePrime Minister Denzil Douglas

Saint Lucia Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Dame Pearlet te LouisyPrime Minister Kenny Anthony

Saint Vincent and theGrenadines

Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Frederick BallantynePrime Minister Ralph Gonsalves

Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Tufuga Efi Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

San Marino Captain Regent Teodoro LonferniniCaptain Regent Denise Bronzetti

São Tomé and Príncipe President Manuel Pinto da Costa Prime Minister Gabriel Costa

Saudi Arabia King Abdullah

Senegal President Macky Sall Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye

Serbia President Tomislav Nikolić Prime Minister Ivica Dačić

Seychelles President James Michel

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma

Singapore President Tony Tan Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

Slovakia President Ivan Gašparovič Prime Minister Robert Fico

Slovenia President Borut Pahor Prime Minister Janez Janša

Solomon Islands Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Frank KabuiPrime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon

South Africa President Jacob Zuma

South KoreaPresident Lee Myung-bakPresident-elect Park Geun-hye

Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit

Spain King Juan Carlos I Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy



Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir

Suriname President Dési Bouterse

Swaziland King Mswati III Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

Switzerland Federal Council:[7] Ueli Maurer (Pres .), Didier Burkhalter (VP.), Doris Leuthard, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Simonetta Sommaruga, Johann Schneider-Ammann, AlainBerset

Syria President Bashar al-Assad Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi

Tajikistan President Emomalii Rahmon Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda

Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

Togo President Faure Gnassingbé Prime Minister Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu

Tonga King Tupou VI Prime Minister Siale̒ataongo Tu ʻivakanō

Trinidad and Tobago President George Maxwell Richards Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Tunisia President Moncef Marzouki Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali

Turkey President Abdullah Gül Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Tuvalu Queen Elizabeth II[1][2]

Governor-General Sir Iakoba ItaleliPrime Minister Willy Telavi

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi

Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych Prime Minister Mykola Azarov

United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II[1][2] Prime Minister David Cameron

United States President Barack Obama

Uruguay President José Mujica

Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Vanuatu President Iolu Abil Prime Minister Sato Kilman

Vatican City Pope Benedict XVI President of the Governorate Giuseppe Bertello

Venezuela President Hugo Chávez

Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung

Yemen President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa

Zambia President Michael Sata

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai



States recognised by at least one United Nations member

State Head of state Head of government

Abkhazia President Alexander Ankvab Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaia

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi

Northern Cyprus President Derviş Eroğlu Prime Minister İrsen Küçük

Palestinian National Authority(disputed) President either:Mahmoud Abbas (West Bank) or

Aziz Duwaik (Acting President) (Gaza Strip)[8]

(disputed) Prime Minister either:Salam Fayyad (West Bank) or

Ismail Haniyeh (Gaza Strip)[9]

China, Republic of (Taiwan ) President Ma Ying-jeou Premier Sean Chen

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic President Mohamed Abdelaziz Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar

South Ossetia President Leonid Tibilov Prime Minister Rostislav Khugayev

Syrian Republic President of the Syrian National Coalition Moaz al-Khatib

States not recognised by anyUnited Nations members

This list encompasses the leaders of geo-political entities that lack significant international recognition. The degree of control these entities exert over their claimed territories may vary.

State Head of state Head of government

Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan

Somaliland President Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo

Transnistria President Yevgeny Shevchuk Prime Minister Pyotr Stepanov

See also

List of heads of state by diplomatic precedenceList of current foreign ministersList of current presidents of assemblyList of current vice presidentsList of current dependent territory leadersList of elected or appointed female heads of governmentList of elected or appointed female heads of stateLists of office -holdersList of current state leaders by date of assumption of officeList of current longest ruling non-royal national leadersList of longest ruling non-royal national leaders since 1870Lists of state leaders by yearList of state leaders in 2013Lists of state leadersList of current Permanent Representatives to the United NationsList of countries by system of government



List of leaders of dependent territories

References

1 . ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p

The Royal Household. "Commonwealth members" (http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchAndCommonwealth/Commonwealthmembers/MembersoftheCommonwealth.aspx) . Queen's Printer. ht tp:/ /www.royal. gov.uk/MonarchAndCommonwealth/Commonwealthmembers/MembersoftheCommonwealth.aspx. Retrieved 18 February 2011.

2 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Queen Elizabeth II is separately and equally monarch of 16 sovereign countries somet imes known collect ively as the Commonwealth realms. In each of these countries, with the exception of theUnited Kingdom (where she predominately resides) she is represented by a governor -general (unhyphenated in Canada as governor general) at nat ional level . In some of these countries, opinion differs as to whether the Queenor 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 . ^ Williams, George (31 January 2008). "Speculation on Queen before any choice needs to be made" (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion-old/governor -general-is-still-boss/story-e6frfifo-1111115436569) . Herald Sun . ht tp://www.heraldsun .com.au/opinion-old/governor -general-is-still-boss/story-e6frfifo-1111115436569. Retrieved 18 February 2011.

4 . ^ The three-member presidency is the head of state collect ively .5 . ^ "Jamaica to break links with Queen, says Prime Minister Simpson Miller" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-lat in-america-16449969) . BBC News. 6 January 2012. ht tp: //www.bbc.co .uk/news/world-lat in-america-16449969.

Retrieved 22 January 2012.6 . ^ The Preface to the Constitution of the Democrat ic People's Republic of Korea states, "T he DPRK and the ent ire Korean people will uphold the great leader Comrade Kim Il-sung as the eternal President of the Republic,

defend and carry forward his ideas and exploits and complete the Juche revolution under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea." Kim Il-sung died in 1994.7 . ^ The seven member Swiss Federal Council is the collect ive Head of State and the government of the Swiss Confederat ion. Within the Council, the President of the Swiss Confederat ion serves solely in a primus inter pares

capacity for one year.8 . ^ Abbas's presidency expired on 9 January 2009 but he unilaterally extended his term for another year. Haniyeh, as the Speaker of the House, would succeed Abbas were he to have died or been expelled from office. The two

major political parties in Palestine, Fatah and Hamas disagree about who the legitimate President current ly is.9 . ^ As part of the Fatah -Hamas conflict, essent ially a civil war, Abbas dismissed Haniyeh and chose Fayyed as PM without parliamentary approval. The two major political parties in Palestine, Fatah and Hamas disagree about

who the legitimate Prime Minister current ly is.

External links

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