World Leaders

Country Head of State Head of Government
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai President Hamid Karzai
Akrotiri Queen ELIZABETH II Administrator Air Vice Marshall Graham STACEY
Albania President Bamir Topi Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia
American Samoa President Barack Obama Governor Togiola TULAFONO
Andorra French Coprince Nicolas SARKOZY and Spanish Coprince Archbishop Joan-Enric VIVES i Sicilia Executive Council President (or Cap de Govern) Antoni MARTI PETIT
Angola President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS
Anguilla Queen ELIZABETH II Chief Minister Hubert Hughes
Antigua and Barbuda Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Winston Baldwin SPENCER
Argentina President Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER President Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER
Armenia President Serzh SARGSIAN Prime Minister Tigran SARGSIAN
Aruba Queen BEATRIX of the Netherlands Prime Minister Michiel Godfried
Australia Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Julia Eileen GILLARD
Austria President Heinz FISCHER Chancellor Werner FAYMANN
Azerbaijan President Ilham ALIYEV Prime Minister Artur RASIZADE
Bahrain King HAMAD bin Isa al-Khalifa Prime Minister KHALIFA bin Salman al-Khalifa
Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Barbados Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Fruendel STUART
Belarus President Aleksandr LUKASHENKO Prime Minister Mikhail MYASNIKOVICH
Belgium King ALBERT II Prime Minister Yves LETERME; note - the king accepted the resignation of LETERME on 26 April 2010; LETERME remains as caretaker
Belize Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Dean BARROW
Benin President Thomas YAYI Boni President Thomas YAYI Boni
Bermuda Queen ELIZABETH II Premier Paula COX
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK Prime Minister Jigme THINLEY
Bolivia President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma
Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman of the Presidency Nebojsa RADMANOVIC Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola SPIRIC
Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA
Brazil President Dilma ROUSSEFF President Dilma ROUSSEFF
British Indian Ocean Territory Queen ELIZABETH II Administrator Joanne YEADON
British Virgin Islands Queen ELIZABETH II Premier Ralph T. O NEAL
Brunei Sultan and Prime Minister Sir HASSANAL Bolkiah Sultan and Prime Minister Sir HASSANAL Bolkiah
Bulgaria President Georgi PARVANOV Prime Minister Boyko Borissov
Burkina Faso President Blaise COMPAORE Prime Minister Luc-Adolphe TIAO
Burma President THEIN SEIN Prime Minister THEIN SEIN
Burundi President Pierre NKURUNZIZA President Pierre NKURUNZIZA
Cambodia King Norodom SIHAMONI Prime Minister HUN SEN
Cameroon President Paul BIYA Prime Minister Philemon Yang
Canada Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General David JOHNSTON (since 1 October 2010) Prime Minister Stephen HARPER
Cape Verde President Pedro Verona PIRES Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira NEVES
Cayman Islands Queen ELIZABETH II Premier McKeeva Bush
Central African Republic President Francois BOZIZE Prime Minister Faustin-Archange TOUADERA
Chad President Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno Prime Minister Emmanuel NADINGAR
Chile President Sebastian Pinera Echenique President Sebastian Pinera Echenique
China President HU Jintao Premier WEN Jiabao
Christmas Island Queen ELIZABETH II Administrator Brian Lacy
Clipperton Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Queen ELIZABETH II Administrator Neil LUCAS (nonresident)
Colombia President Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon President Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon
Comoros President Ikililou DHOININE President Ikililou DHOININE
Cook Islands Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Henry PUNA
Costa Rica President Laure Chinchilla Miranda President Laure Chinchilla Miranda
Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane OUATTARA Prime Minister Guillaume SORO
Croatia President Ivo Jospiovic Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor
Cuba President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz
Cyprus President Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS President Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS
Czech Republic President Vaclav KLAUS Prime Minister Petr NECAS
Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph KABILA Prime Minister Adolphe MUZITO
Denmark Queen MARGRETHE II Prime Minister Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN
Dhekelia Queen ELIZABETH II Administrator Air Vice Marshall Graham STACEY
Djibouti President Ismail Omar GUELLEH Prime Minister Mohamed Dileita DILEITA
Dominica President Nicholas J. O. LIVERPOOL Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Reyna President Leonel Fernandez Reyna
East Timor President Jose RAMOS-HORTA; note - the president plays a largely symbolic role but is able to veto legislation, dissolve parliament, and call national elections Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO
Ecuador President Rafael CORREA Delgado President Rafael CORREA Delgado
Egypt Past President Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK (Resigned) note - following the resignation of President Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK in February 2011, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, headed by Defense Minister Muhammad Hussein TANTAWI, assumed control of the government Prime Minister Essam Abdel Aziz SHARAF
El Salvador President Mauricio Funes Cartagena President Mauricio Funes Cartagena
Equatorial Guinea President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (military coup) Prime Minister Ignacio Milan TANG
Eritrea President ISAIAS Afworki President ISAIAS Afworki
Estonia President Toomas Hendrik ILVES Prime Minister Andrus ANSIP
Ethiopia President GIRMA Woldegiorgis Prime Minister MELES Zenawi
Falkland Islands Queen ELIZABETH II Governor Nigel HAYWOOD
Faroe Islands Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark Prime Minister Kaj Leo JOHANNESSEN
Fiji President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE
Finland President Tarja HALONEN Prime Minister Jyrki KATAINEN
France President Nicolas SARKOZY Prime Minister Francois FILLON
French Guiana President Nicolas SARKOZY President of French Polynesia Gaston TONG SANG
French Polynesia President Nicolas SARKOZY President of French Polynesia Oscar TEMARU
Gabon President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba Prime Minister Paul Biyoghe Mba
Georgia President Mikheil SAAKASHVILI Prime Minister Nikoloz GILAURI
Germany President Christian WULFF ( since Wednesday, June 30, 2010 ) Chancellor Angela MERKEL
Ghana President John Evans Atta MILLS President John Evans Atta MILLS
Gibraltar Queen ELIZABETH II Chief Minister Peter CARUANA
Greece President Karolos PAPOULIAS Prime Minister Yeoryios(George) Papandreou
Greenland Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist
Grenada Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Tillman THOMAS
Guam President Barack H. OBAMA Governor Eddie CALVO
Guatemala President Alvaro COLOM Caballeros President Alvaro COLOM Caballeros
Guernsey Queen ELIZABETH II Chief Minister Lyndon TROTT
Guinea President Alpha CONDE Prime Minister Mohamed Said FOFANA
Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Nino VIEIRA Prime Minister Carlos GOMES Junior
Guyana President Bharrat JAGDEO Prime Minister Samuel HINDS
Haiti President Michel MARTELLY Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive
Holy See Pope BENEDICT XVI Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio BERTONE
Honduras President Porfirio LOBO Sosa President Porfirio LOBO Sosa
Hong Kong President of China HU Jintao Chief Executive Donald TSANG
Hungary President Pal SCHMITT Prime Minister Viktor Orban
Iceland President Olafur Ragnar GRIMSSON Prime Minister Johanna SIGURDARDOTTIR
India President Pratibha PATIL Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH
Indonesia President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI President Mahmud AHMADI-NEJAD
Iraq President Jalal TALABANI Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
Ireland President Mary MCALEESE Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda KENNY
Isle of Man Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II Chief Minister Tony BROWN
Israel President Shimon PERES Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Italy President Giorgio NAPOLITANO Prime Minister Silvio BERLUSCONI (referred to in Italy as the president of the Council of Ministers)
Jamaica Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Bruce GOLDING
Japan Emperor AKIHITO Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Jersey Queen ELIZABETH II Chief Minister Terry LE SUEUR
Jordan King ABDALLAH II Prime Minister Marouf al-BAKHIT
Kazakhstan President Nursultan A. NAZARBAYEV Prime Minister Karim MASIMOV
Kenya President Mwai KIBAKI President Mwai KIBAKI
Kiribati President Anote TONG President Anote TONG
Kosovo President Atifete JAHJAGA Prime Minister Hashim THACI
Kuwait Amir SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah Prime Minister (acting) NASIR al-MUHAMMAD al-Ahmad al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbaeva Prime Minister Almazbek ATAMBAEV
Laos President Lt. Gen. CHOUMMALI Saignason Prime Minister THONGSING Thammavong
Latvia President Andris BERZINS Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis
Lebanon President Michel SULAYMAN Prime Minister Najib MIQATI
Lesotho King LETSIE III Prime Minister Pakalitha MOSISILI
Liberia President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF
Libya Transitional National Council Chairman Mustafa Abd al-JALIL Transitional National Council Executive Committee Chairman Mahmoud JIBRIL
Liechtenstein Prince HANS ADAM II Head of Government Klaus Tschuetscher
Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaite Prime Minister Andrius KUBILIUS
Luxembourg Grand Duke HENRI Prime Minister Jean-Claude JUNCKER
Macau President of China HU Jintao Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai-on
Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina Prime Minister Albert Camille Vital
Malawi President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA
Malaysia King - Sultan MIZAN Zainal Abidin Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin Abdul Razak
Maldives President Mohamed "Anni" NASHEED President Mohamed "Anni" NASHEED
Mali President Amadou Toumani TOURE Prime Minister CISSE Mariam Kaidama Sidibe
Malta President Edward George Abela Prime Minister Lawrence GONZI
Marshall Islands President Jurelang Zedkaia President Jurelang Zedkaia
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed LAGHDAF
Mauritius President Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH Prime Minister Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM
Mayotte President Nicolas SARKOZY President of the General Council Ahmed Attoumani DOUCHINA
Mexico President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa
Micronesia President Emanuel Mori President Emanuel Mori
Moldova Acting President Marian LUPU; note: Vladimir VORONIN, president since 4 April 2001, resigned on 11 September 2009; during the first AEI government, Speaker of Parliament Mihai GHIMPU served as acting president; Marian LUPU, the Speaker of Parliament, is serving as acting president until new elections can be held Prime Minister Vladimir Filat; note: Vladimir Filat resigned on 27 December 2010, but was reappointed on 31 December 2010
Monaco Prince ALBERT II Minister of State Michel Roger
Mongolia President Tsakhia Elbegdorj Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold
Montenegro President Filip VUJANOVIC Prime Minister Igor LUKSIC
Montserrat Queen ELIZABETH II Chief Minister Rueben Meade
Morocco King MOHAMMED VI Prime Minister Abbas EL FASSI
Mozambique President Armando GUEBUZA Prime Minister Aires Bonificio Ali
Namibia President Hifikepunye POHAMBA Prime Minister Nahas ANGULA
Nauru President Marcus STEPHEN President Marcus STEPHEN
Nepal President Ram Baran YADAV Prime Minister Jhala Nath KHANAL
Netherlands Queen BEATRIX Prime Minister Mark RUTTE
Netherlands Antilles Queen BEATRIX of the Netherlands Prime Minister Emily de JONGH-ELHAGE
New Caledonia President Nicolas SARKOZY President of the Government Harold MARTIN; note - since 3 March 2011, three different governments of Harold MARTIN have collapsed over the choice of a flag that will be used while it is being decolonized; President MARTIN is head of a caretaker government
New Zealand Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister John KEY
Nicaragua President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra
Niger President Issoufou MAHAMADOU Prime Minister Brigi RAFINI
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan
Niue Queen ELIZABETH II Acting Administrator Owen WALSH
North Korea Kim Jong Un Premier Choe Yong Rim
Northern Mariana Islands President Barack H. OBAMA Governor Benigno R. FITIAL
Norway King HARALD V Prime Minister Jens STOLTENBERG
Oman Sultan and Prime Minister QABOOS bin Said al-Said (sultan since 23 July 1970 and prime minister since 23 July 1972) Sultan and Prime Minister QABOOS bin Said al-Said (sultan since 23 July 1970 and prime minister since 23 July 1972)
Pakistan President Asif Ali ZARDARI Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza GILANI
Palau President Johnson TORIBIONG President Johnson TORIBIONG
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
Papua New Guinea Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare
Paraguay Fernando Armindo LUGO Mendez Fernando Armindo LUGO Mendez
Peru Alan GARCIA Perez Alan GARCIA Perez
Philippines President Benigno AQUINO President Benigno AQUINO
Pitcairn Islands Queen Elizabeth II Governor George Fergusson
Poland President Bronislaw KOMOROWSKI Prime Minister Donald TUSK
Portugal President Anibal CAVACO SILVA Prime Minister Jose SOCRATES Carvalho Pinto de Sousa; note - Prime Minister SOCRATES resigned 23 March 2011; new legislative elections are called for on 5 June
Puerto Rico Barack H. OBAMA Luis FORTUNO
Qatar Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa al-Thani HAMAD bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Than
Republic of the Congo President Joseph Denis Sassou-Nguesso President Joseph Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The position of Prime Minister was abolished in 2009
Romania Traian BASESCU Emil BOC
Russia Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN
Rwanda Paul KAGAME Bernard MAKUZA
Saint Helena ELIZABETH II
Saint Kitts and Nevis ELIZABETH II Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS
Saint Lucia ELIZABETH II Stephenson KING
Saint Pierre and Miquelon President Nicolas SARKOZY President of the Territorial Council Stephane ARTANO
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ELIZABETH II Ralph E. GONSALVES
Samoa TUIATUA Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime Minister TUILA'EPA Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
San Marino Co-chiefs of State Captain Regent Maria Luisa BERTI and Captain Regent Filippo TAMAGNINI (for the period 1 April 2011-1 October 2011) Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Antonella MULARONI
Sao Tome and Principe Fradique DE MENEZES Joachim Rafael BRANCO
Saudi Arabia ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Senegal President Abdoulaye WADE Prime Minister Soulayamane Ndene Ndiaye
Serbia James Alix MICHEL James MICHEL
Seychelles President James Alix Michel President James Alix Michel
Sierra Leone Ernest Bai KOROMA Ernest Bai KOROMA
Singapore President S R NATHAN Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong
Slovakia President Ivan GASPAROVIC Prime Minister Iveta RADICOVA
Slovenia Danilo TURK Borut PAHOR
Solomon Islands Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Danny PHILIP
Somalia Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abdirashid Ali SHARMARKE
South Africa President Jacob Zuma President Jacob Zuma
South Korea President LEE Myung-bak Prime Minister KIM Hwang-sik
South Sudan President Salva KIIR Mayardit President Salva KIIR Mayardit
Spain JUAN CARLOS I Jose Luis Rodriguez ZAPATERO
Sri Lanka President Mahinda RAJAPAKSA President Mahinda RAJAPAKSA
Sudan Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR
Suriname President Desire Delano BOUTERSE President Desire Delano BOUTERSE
Svalbard King Harold V of Norway Governor Odd Olsen Ingero
Swaziland MSWATI III Barnabas Sibusiso DLAMINI
Sweden King CARL XVI GUSTAF Prime Minister Fredrik REINFELDT
Switzerland President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline CALMY-REY President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline CALMY-REY
Syria Bashar al-ASAD Muhammad Naji al-UTRI
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Premier Wu Deny-yih
Tajikistan Emomali RAHMON Minister Oqil OQILOV
Tanzania President Jakaya KIKWETE President Jakaya KIKWETE
Thailand King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet Prime Minister ABHISIT Wetchachiwa
The Bahamas Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister Hubert A. INGRAHAM
The Gambia President Yahya A. J. J. JAMMEH President Yahya A. J. J. JAMMEH
Togo Faure GNASSINGBE Gilbert HOUNGBO
Tokelau Queen ELIZABETH II Foura Toloa
Tonga King George TUPOU V Prime Minister Lord Siale'ataonga TU'IVAKANO
Trinidad and Tobago President George Maxwell RICHARDS Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia Interim President Fouad M'BAZAA; note - an interim government took office on 17 January 2011 to replace the government of former President Zine el Abidine BEN ALI Prime Minister Beji Caid ESSEBSI
Turkey Abdullah GUL Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN
Turkmenistan Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW
Turks and Caicos Islands Queen ELIZABETH II Governor Gordon Wetherell
Tuvalu ELIZABETH II Apisai IELEMIA
Uganda Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
United Arab Emirates President KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid Al-Maktum
United Kingdom Queen ELIZABETH II Prime Minister David Cameron
United States of America Barack H. OBAMA Barack H. OBAMA
Uruguay President Jose "Pepe" Mujica Cordano President Jose "Pepe" Mujica Cordano
Uzbekistan Islom KARIMOV Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV
Vanuatu President Iolu Johnson Abbil Prime Minister Sato KILMAN
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez Frias President Hugo Chavez Frias
Vietnam Nguyen Minh TRIET Nguyen Tan DUNG
Virgin Islands Barack H. OBAMA John DeJONGH
Wallis and Futuna Nicolas SARKOZY Pesamino TAPUTAI
Yemen Ali Abdallah SALIH Ali Muhammad MUJAWWAR
Zambia Rupiah BANDA Rupiah BANDA
Zimbabwe President Robert Gabriel Mugabe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai

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