World Leaders
Country | Head of State | Head of Government |
Afghanistan | President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Akrotiri | Queen ELIZABETH II | Administrator Air Vice Marshall Graham STACEY; note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense; the Chief Officer is responsible for the day-to-day running of the civil government of the Sovereign Bases |
Albania | President of the Republic Bujar NISHANI | Prime Minister Sali BERISHA |
Algeria | President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA | Prime Minister Abdelmakek SELLAL |
American Samoa | President Donald J Trump | Governor Togiola TULAFONO |
Andorra | French Coprince Francois HOLLANDE | Executive Council President (or Cap de Govern) Antoni MARTI PETIT |
Angola | President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
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 (since 10 December 2007); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER (since 10 December 2007); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Armenia | President Serzh SARGSIAN | Prime Minister Tigran SARGSIAN |
Aruba | Queen BEATRIX of the Netherlands | Prime Minister Michiel "Mike" Godfried EMAN |
Australia | Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Anthony John "Tony" ABBOTT |
Austria | President Heinz FISCHER (SPOe) | Chancellor Werner FAYMANN (SPOe) |
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 Mia MOTTLEY |
Belarus | president Aleksandr LUKASHENKO; note - the United States does not recognize the results of the 19 December 2010 elections under which the Central Election Commission of Belarus declared LUKASHENKO president | prime minister Mikhail MYASNIKOVICH |
Belgium | King ALBERT II | Prime Minister Elio DI RUPO |
Belize | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Dean BARROW |
Benin | President Thomas YAYI Boni; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Thomas YAYI Boni; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Bermuda | Queen ELIZABETH II | Premier Craig CANNONIER |
Bhutan | King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK; note - King Jigme Singye WANGCHUCK abdicated the throne on 14 December 2006 and his son immediately succeeded him; the nearly two-year delay between the former King's abdication and his son's coronation on 6 November 2008 was to ensure an astrologically auspicious coronation date and to give the new king, who had limited experience, deeper administrative expertise under the guidance of his father | Prime Minister Jigme THINLEY |
Bolivia | President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Chairman of the Presidency Nebojsa RADMANOVIC (chairman since November 2012; presidency member since 6 November 2006 - Serb) | Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vjekoslav BEVANDA |
Botswana | President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Brazil | President Dilma ROUSSEFF (since 1 January 2011); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Dilma ROUSSEFF (since 1 January 2011); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Queen ELIZABETH II | Commissioner Colin ROBERTS (since July 2008); Administrator John MCMANUS (since April 2011); note - both reside in the UK and are represented by the officer commanding British Forces on Diego Garcia |
British Virgin Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Premier Orlando SMITH |
Brunei | Sultan and Prime Minister Sir HASSANAL Bolkiah; note - the monarch is both the chief of state and head of government | Sultan and Prime Minister Sir HASSANAL Bolkiah; note - the monarch is both the chief of state and head of government |
Bulgaria | President Rosen PLEVNELIEV | Prime Minister Boyko BORISOV |
Burkina Faso | President Blaise COMPAORE | Prime Minister Luc-Adolphe TIAO |
Burma | President THEIN SEIN | President THEIN SEIN |
Burundi | President Pierre NKURUNZIZA - Hutu; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Pierre NKURUNZIZA - Hutu; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Cambodia | King Norodom SIHAMONI | Prime Minister HUN SEN [co-prime minister from 1993 to 1997] |
Cameroon | President Paul BIYA | Prime Minister Philemon YANG |
Canada | Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) | Prime Minister Stephen Joseph HARPER (since 6 February 2006) |
Cape Verde | President Jorge Carlos FONSECA | Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira NEVES |
Cayman Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Premier McKeeva BUSH |
Central African Republic | President Francois BOZIZE (since 15 March 2003 coup) | Prime Minister Faustin-Archange TOUADERA |
Chad | President Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno | Prime Minister Emmanuel NADINGAR |
Chile | President Sebastian PINERA Echenique (since 11 March 2010); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Sebastian PINERA Echenique (since 11 March 2010); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
China | President XI Jinping (since 14 March 2013) | Premier LI Yuanchao (since 16 March 2013) |
Christmas Island | Queen ELIZABETH II | Administrator Brian LACY |
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Administrator (nonresident) Brian LACY |
Colombia | President Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon (since 7 August 2010); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon (since 7 August 2010); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Comoros | President Ikililou DHOININE | President Ikililou DHOININE |
Cook Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Henry PUNA |
Costa Rica | President Laura CHINCHILLA Miranda | President Laure Chinchilla Miranda; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Cote d’Ivoire | President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA | Prime Minister Jeannot Kouadio-AHOUSSOU |
Croatia | President Ivo JOSIPOVIC | Prime Minister Zoran MILANOVIC |
Cuba | President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz (president since 24 February 2008); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz (president since 24 February 2008); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Curacao | Queen BEATRIX of the Netherlands | Prime Minister Emily de JONGH-ELHAGE |
Cyprus | President Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Czech Republic | President Vaclav KLAUS | Prime Minister Petr NECAS |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | President Joseph KABILA | Prime Minister Augustin Matata PONYO Mapon |
Denmark | Queen MARGRETHE II | Prime Minister Helle THORNING-SCHMIDT |
Dhekelia | Queen ELIZABETH II | Administrator Air Vice Marshall Graham STACEY; note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense |
Djibouti | President Ismail Omar GUELLEH | Prime Minister Mohamed Dileita DILEITA |
Dominica | President Nicholas J. O. LIVERPOOL | Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT |
Dominican Republic | President Danilo MEDINA Sanchez; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Danilo MEDINA Sanchez; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Ecuador | President Rafael CORREA Delgado; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Rafael CORREA Delgado; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Egypt | Interim President Adly MANSOUR (since July 2013) | Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-BEBLAWI (since July 2013) |
El Salvador | President Carlos Mauricio FUNES Cartagena; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Carlos Mauricio FUNES Cartagena; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Equatorial Guinea | President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (he seized power in a military coup) | Prime Minister Vicente Ehate TOMI |
Eritrea | President ISAIAS Afworki; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government and is head of the State Council and National Assembly | President ISAIAS Afworki; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government and is head of the State Council and National Assembly |
Estonia | President Toomas Hendrik ILVES | Prime Minister Andrus ANSIP |
Eswatini | King MSWATI III | Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso DLAMINI |
Ethiopia | President GIRMA Woldegiorgis | [Acting] Prime Minister HAILEMARIAM Desalegn; note - Prime Minister HAILEMARIAM assumed office due to the death of former Prime Minister MELES |
Falkland Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Governor Nigel HAYWOOD is the Queen's representative |
Faroe Islands | Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark | Prime Minister Kaj Leo JOHANNESSEN |
Fiji | President Ratu Epeli NAILATIKAU | Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE; note - although QARASE is still the legal prime minister, he has been confined to his home island; former President ILOILOVATU appointed Commodore Voreqe BAINIMARAMA interim prime minister under the military regime |
Finland | President Sauli NINISTO | Prime Minister Jyrki KATAINEN |
France | President Francois HOLLANDE (since 15 May 2012) | Prime Minister Jean-Marc AYRAULT (since 16 May 2012) |
French Guiana | President Nicolas SARKOZY | President of French Polynesia Gaston TONG SANG |
French Polynesia | President Francois HOLLANDE | President of French Polynesia Oscar TEMARU |
Gabon | President Ali Ben BONGO Ondimba | Prime Minister Raymond NDONG SIMA |
Georgia | President Mikheil SAAKASHVILI; the president is the chief of state and serves as head of government for the power ministries of internal affairs and defense | Prime Minister Ivane "Vano" MERABISHVILI; the prime minister is head of government for all the ministries of government except the power ministries of internal affairs and defense |
Germany | President Joachim GAUCK (since 23 March 2012) | Chancellor Angela MERKEL (since 22 November 2005) |
Ghana | President John Dramani MAHAMA; note - President MAHAMA assumed office due to the death of former president MILLS; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President John Dramani MAHAMA; note - President MAHAMA assumed office due to the death of former president MILLS |
Gibraltar | Queen ELIZABETH II | Chief Minister Fabian PICARDO |
Greece | President Karolos PAPOULIAS (since 12 March 2005) | Prime Minister Antonis SAMARAS (since 20 June 2012) |
Greenland | Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark | Prime Minister Kuupik KLEIST |
Grenada | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Tillman THOMAS |
Guam | President Donald J Trump | Governor Eddie CALVO |
Guatemala | President Otto Fernando PEREZ MOLINA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Otto Fernando PEREZ MOLINA |
Guernsey | Queen ELIZABETH II | Chief Minister Peter HARWOOD |
Guinea | President Alpha CONDE | Prime Minister Mohamed Said FOFANA |
Guinea-Bissau | [Transitional] President Manuel Serifo NHAMADJO; note: in the aftermath of the April 2012 coup that deposed the government, an agreement was reached between ECOWAS mediators and the military junta to name NHAMADJO as transitional president with a one year term | [Transitional] Prime Minister Rui Duarte BARROS (since 16 May 2012) |
Guyana | President Donald RAMOTAR | Prime Minister Samuel HINDS (except for a period as chief of state after the death of President Cheddi JAGAN on 6 March 1997) |
Haiti | President Michel MARTELLY | Prime Minister Laurent LAMOTHE |
Holy See | Pope BENEDICT XVI | Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio BERTONE |
Honduras | President Porfirio LOBO Sosa; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Porfirio LOBO Sosa |
Hong Kong | President of China HU Jintao | Chief Executive LEUNG Chun-ying |
Hungary | Janos ADER | Prime Minister Viktor ORBAN |
Iceland | President Olafur Ragnar GRIMSSON | Prime Minister Johanna SIGURDARDOTTIR |
India | President Pranab MUKHERJEE (since 22 July 2012) | Prime Minister elect Nawaz Sharif (since 15 May 2014) |
Indonesia | President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Iran | Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI | President Mahmud AHMADI-NEJAD |
Iraq | President Jalal TALABANI | Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI |
Ireland | President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 29 October 2011) | Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda KENNY (since 9 March 2011) |
Isle of Man | Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II | Chief Minister Allan BELL |
Israel | President Shimon PERES | Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU |
Italy | President Giorgio NAPOLITANO (since 15 May 2006) | Prime Minister Mario MONTI (since 16 November 2011); note - the prime minister is referred to as the President of the Council of Ministers; Mario MONTI resigned on 21 December 2012, but remains as caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed; the 24-25 February 2013 elections proved to be a political stalemate which will be settled by formal talks to form a new government to start on 10 March 2013; as of 15 April 2013 no governing coalition has been formed and MONTI remains prime minister |
Jamaica | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Portia SIMPSON-MILLER |
Japan | Emperor AKIHITO (since 7 January 1989) | Prime Minister Shinzo ABE (since 26 December 2012) |
Jersey | Queen ELIZABETH II | Chief Minister Ian GORST |
Jordan | King ABDALLAH II | Prime Minister Abdullah NSOUR |
Kazakhstan | President Nursultan A. NAZARBAYEV (chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 22 February 1990, elected president 1 December 1991) | Prime Minister Serik AKHMETOV |
Kenya | President Mwai KIBAKI note - according to the 2008 powersharing agreement the role of the prime minister was not well defined; constitutionally, the president remains chief of state and head of government, but the prime minister is charged with coordinating government business |
President Mwai KIBAKI |
Kiribati | President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Kosovo | President Atifete JAHJAGA | Prime Minister Hashim THACI |
Kuwait | Amir SABAH al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah | Prime Minister JABIR AL-MUBARAK al-Hamad al-Sabah |
Kyrgyzstan | President Almazbek ATAMBAEV | Prime Minister Jantoro SATYBALDIEV |
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; note - King LETSIE III formerly occupied the throne from November 1990 to February 1995 while his father was in exile | Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahae THABANE |
Liberia | President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF; note - the President is both the chief of state and head of government | President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF; note - the President is both the chief of state and head of government President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF |
Libya | President Muhammad al-MAQARYAF | Prime Minister Ali ZAYDAN |
Liechtenstein | Prince HANS ADAM II | Head of Government (Prime Minister) 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 Nirina RAJOELINA | Prime Minister Jean Omer BERIZIKY |
Malawi | President Joyce BANDA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; former President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA died on 5 April 2012, Vice President Joyce BANDA was subsequently sworn in on 7 April 2012 | President Joyce BANDA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; former President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA died on 5 April 2012, Vice President Joyce BANDA was subsequently sworn in on 7 April 2012 |
Malaysia | King - Tuanku ABDUL HALIM Mu'adzam Shah (selected on 13 December 2011; installed on 11 April 2012); the position of the king is primarily ceremonial | Prime Minister NAJIB Razak |
Maldives | President Mohamed WAHEED Hassan Maniku; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Mohamed WAHEED Hassan Maniku; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Mali | [Interim] President Dioncounda TRAORE note: in the aftermath of the March 2012 coup, deposed President TOURE, in a brokered deal, resigned to facilitate the naming of an interim president and transition back toward democratic rule |
[Interim] Prime Minister Cheick Modibo DIARRA |
Malta | President George ABELA | Prime Minister Lawrence GONZI |
Marshall Islands | President Christopher J. LOEAK; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Christopher J. LOEAK; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Mauritania | President Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ; note - AZIZ, who deposed democratically elected President Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDELLAHI in a coup and installed himself as President of the High State Council on 6 August 2008, retired from the military and stepped down from the presidency in April 2009 to run for president; he was elected president in an election held on 18 July 2009 | Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed LAGHDAF |
Mauritius | President Rajkeswur Kailash PURRYAG; note - former President Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH resigned on 31 March 2012 | Prime Minister Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM |
Mayotte | President Nicolas SARKOZY | President of the General Council Ahmed Attoumani DOUCHINA |
Mexico | President Enrique PENA NIETO (since 1 December 2012); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Enrique PENA NIETO (since 1 December 2012); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Micronesia | President Emanuel MORI; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Emanuel MORI; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Moldova | President Nicolae TIMOFTI | Prime Minister Vladimir FILAT; reelected/confirmed on 14 January 2011 |
Monaco | Prince ALBERT II | Minister of State Michel ROGER |
Mongolia | President Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ | Prime Minister Norov ALTANKHUYAG |
Montenegro | President Filip VUJANOVIC | Prime Minister Igor LUKSIC |
Montserrat | Queen ELIZABETH II; represented by Governor Adrian DAVIS (since 8 April 2011) | Premier Rueben T. MEADE); note - the office of premier came into effect with the new Constitution Order; he replaces the Chief Minister |
Morocco | King MOHAMMED VI | Prime Minister Abdelilah BENKIRANE |
Mozambique | President Armando Emilio GUEBUZA | Prime Minister Alberto Clementino VAQUINA |
Namibia | President Hifikepunye POHAMBA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Hifikepunye POHAMBA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; Prime Minister Nahas ANGULA (since 21 March 2005) |
Nauru | President Sprent DABWIDO; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Sprent DABWIDO; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Nepal | President Ram Baran YADAV | Prime Minister Baburam BHATTARAI |
Netherlands | King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013) | Prime Minister Mark RUTTE; note - Mark RUTTE tendered his resignation 23 April 2012; new elections will probably be held on 12 September 2012 |
New Caledonia | President Francois HOLLANDE | 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 Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Niger | President ISSOUFOU Mahamadou | Prime Minister Brigi RAFINI; appointed by the president and shares some executive responsibilities with the president |
Nigeria | President Goodluck JONATHAN; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; JONATHAN assumed the presidency on 5 May 2010 following the death of President YAR'ADUA; JONATHAN was declared Acting President on 9 February 2010 by the National Assembly during the extended illness of the former president | President Goodluck JONATHAN; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government; JONATHAN assumed the presidency on 5 May 2010 following the death of President YAR'ADUA; JONATHAN was declared Acting President on 9 February 2010 by the National Assembly during the extended illness of the former president |
Niue | Queen ELIZABETH II | Premier Toke TALAGI |
Norfolk Island | Queen ELIZABETH II | Administrator Owen WALSH |
North Korea | KIM Jong Un; note - the rubberstamp Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) reelected KIM Yong Nam in 2009 president of its Presidium also with responsibility of representing state and receiving diplomatic credentials | Premier CHOE Yong Rim |
Northern Mariana Islands | President Donald J Trump | Governor Benigno R. FITIAL |
Norway | King HARALD V | Prime Minister Jens STOLTENBERG |
Oman | Sultan and Prime Minister QABOOS bin Said Al-Said; note - the monarch is both the chief of state and head of government | 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 Raja Pervaiz ASHRAF |
Palau | President Johnson TORIBIONG; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Johnson TORIBIONG; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Panama | President Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Ricardo MARTINELLI Berrocal; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Papua New Guinea | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Peter Paire O'NEILL |
Paraguay | President Fernando Armindo LUGO Mendez; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Fernando Armindo LUGO Mendez; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Peru | President Ollanta HUMALA Tasso (since 28 July 2011); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Ollanta HUMALA Tasso (since 28 July 2011); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Philippines | President Benigno AQUINO; note - president is both chief of state and head of government | President Benigno AQUINO; note - president is both chief of state and head of government |
Pitcairn Islands | Queen Elizabeth II | Mayor and Chairman of the Island Council Mike WARREN |
Poland | President Bronislaw KOMOROWSKI | Prime Minister Donald TUSK |
Portugal | President Anibal CAVACO SILVA | Prime Minister Pedro Manuel Mamede PASSOS COELHO |
Puerto Rico | President Barack H. OBAMA | Governor Luis FORTUNO |
Qatar | Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani; note - Amir HAMAD also holds the positions of Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | Prime Minister HAMAD bin Jasim bin Jabir Al Thani |
Republic of the Congo | President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (since 25 October 1997, following the civil war in which he toppled elected president Pascal LISSOUBA); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso; note - the position of prime minister was abolished in September 2009 |
Romania | President Traian BASESCU note: President BASESCU has had two suspensions to his presidency since assuming the post on 20 December 2004, the first from 20 April-23 May 2007, the second from 10 July-27 August 2012; he survived a referendum on both occasions |
Prime Minister Victor-Viorel PONTA |
Russia | President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012) | Premier Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV (since 8 May 2012) |
Rwanda | President Paul KAGAME | Prime Minister Pierre Damien HABUMUREMYI |
Saint Helena | Queen ELIZABETH II | Governor Mark CAPES note: the constitution order provides for an administrator for Ascension and Tristan da Cunha appointed by the governor Administrator Ascension Island: Colin WELLS (since 27 Ocotber 2011) Administrator Tristan da Cunha: Sean BURNS (since 15 September 2010) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS |
Saint Lucia | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Kenny Davis ANTHONY |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | President Francois HOLLANDE | President of the Territorial Council Stephane ARTANO |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Ralph E. GONSALVES |
Samoa | TUIATUA Tupua Tamasese Efi | Prime Minister TUILA'EPA Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi |
San Marino | Co-chiefs of State Captain Regent Teodoro LONFERNINI and Captain Regent Denise GRONZETTI (for the period 1 October 2012-1 April 2013) | Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Antonella MULARONI |
Sao Tome and Principe | President Manuel Pinto DA COSTA | Prime Minister Patrice Emery TROVOADA |
Saudi Arabia | King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud; note - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government | King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud; note - the monarch is both chief of state and head of government |
Senegal | President Macky SALL | Prime Minister Abdoul MBAYE |
Serbia | President Tomislav NIKOLIC | Prime Minister Ivica DACIC |
Seychelles | President James Alix MICHEL; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President James Alix MICHEL; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Sierra Leone | President Ernest Bai KOROMA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Ernest Bai KOROMA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Singapore | President Tony TAN Keng Yam | Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong |
Slovakia | President Ivan GASPAROVIC | Prime Minister Robert FICO |
Slovenia | President Danilo TURK | Prime Minister Janez JANSA |
Solomon Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Gordon Darcy LILO |
Somalia | President HASSAN SHEIKH Mahamud | Prime Minister Abdi Farrah Shirdon SAID |
South Africa | President Jacob ZUMA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Jacob ZUMA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
South Korea | President LEE Myung-bak | Prime Minister KIM Hwang-sik |
South Sudan | President Salva KIIR Mayardit; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Salva KIIR Mayardit; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Spain | King JUAN CARLOS I (since 22 November 1975) | President of the Government (Prime Minister equivalent) Mariano RAJOY (since 20 December 2011) |
Sri Lanka | President Mahinda Percy RAJAPAKSA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Mahinda Percy RAJAPAKSA; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Sudan | President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Suriname | President Desire Delano BOUTERSE; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Desire Delano BOUTERSE; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Svalbard | King HARALD V of Norway | Governor Odd Olsen INGERO |
Sweden | King CARL XVI GUSTAF | Prime Minister Fredrik REINFELDT |
Switzerland | President of the Swiss Confederation Eveline WIDMER-SCHLUMPF; note - the president and vice president were elected to office on 14 December 2011 and will take office 1 January 2012; the president is both the chief of state and head of government representing the Federal Council; the Federal Council is the formal chief of state and head of government whose council members, rotating in one-year terms as federal president, represent the Council | President of the Swiss Confederation Eveline WIDMER-SCHLUMPF; note - the president and vice president were elected to office on 14 December 2011 and will take office 1 January 2012; the president is both the chief of state and head of government representing the Federal Council; the Federal Council is the formal chief of state and head of government whose council members, rotating in one-year terms as federal president, represent the Council |
Syria | President Bashar al-ASAD | Prime Minister Wael al-HALQI |
Taiwan | President MA Ying-jeou | Premier Sean C. CHEN (President of the Executive Yuan) |
Tajikistan | President Emomali RAHMON; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19 November 1992) | Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV |
Tanzania | President Jakaya KIKWETE; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Jakaya KIKWETE; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government note: Zanzibar elects a president who is head of government for matters internal to Zanzibar; Ali Mohamed SHEIN elected to that office on 31 October 2010, sworn in 3 November 2010 |
Thailand | King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet, also spelled BHUMIBOL Adulyadej | Prime Minister YINGLAK Chinnawat, also spelled YINGLUCK Shinawatra |
The Bahamas | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Perry CHRISTIE |
The Gambia | President Yahya JAMMEH; note - from 1994 to 1996 he was chairman of the junta; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Yahya JAMMEH; note - from 1994 to 1996 he was chairman of the junta; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Timor-Leste | President Taur Matan RUAK (Jose Maria de VASCONCELOS); 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; note - he formerly used the name Jose Alexandre GUSMAO |
Togo | President Faure GNASSINGBE | Prime Minister Kwesi AHOOMEY-ZUNU |
Tokelau | Queen ELIZABETH II | Foua TOLOA; note - position rotates annually among the 3 Faipule (village leaders) |
Tonga | King TUPOU VI; note - King George TUPOU V died on 18 March 2012 in Hong Kong; he was succeeded by his brother Crown Prince TUPOUTO'A Lavaka, who took the throne name TUPOU VI | Prime Minister Lord Siale'ataonga TU'IVAKANO |
Trinidad and Tobago | President George Maxwell RICHARDS | Prime Minister Kamla PERSAD-BISSESSAR |
Tunisia | President Moncef MARZOUKI note: Tunisia's interim government was appointed in December 2011 and will remain in power pending drafting of a new constitution and holding of general elections in mid-2013 |
Prime Minister Hamadi JEBALI |
Turkey | President Abdullah GUL | Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN |
Turkmenistan | President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Queen ELIZABETH II | Governor Damian (Ric) TODD; note - the office of premier is suspended by the Order in Council, effective 14 August 2009 |
Tuvalu | Queen ELIZABETH II | Prime Minister Willie TELAVI |
Uganda | President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government | President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Ukraine | President Viktor YANUKOVYCH- in exile March 2014 | Prime Minister Mykola AZAROV |
United Arab Emirates | President KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan (since 3 November 2004), ruler of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) (since 4 November 2004) | Prime Minister and Vice President MUHAMMAD bin Rashid Al-Maktum |
United Kingdom | Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) | Prime Minister David CAMERON (since 11 May 2010) |
United States of America | chief of state: President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2017) | chief of state: President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2017) |
Uruguay | President Jose "Pepe" MUJICA Cordano; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Jose "Pepe" MUJICA Cordano; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Uzbekistan | President Islom KARIMOV (since 24 March 1990, when he was elected president by the then Supreme Soviet; elected president of independent Uzbekistan in 1991) | Prime Minister Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV |
Vanuatu | President Iolu Johnson ABBIL | Prime Minister Sato KILMAN |
Venezuela | Past President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government. Hugo CHAVEZ deceased on March 5, 2013. Transition of power in process. | Hugo CHAVEZ deceased on March 5, 2013. Transition of power in process. President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government |
Vietnam | President Truong Tan SANG | Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG |
Virgin Islands | President Barack H. OBAMA | Governor John DeJONGH |
Wallis and Futuna | President Francois HOLLANDE | President of the Territorial Assembly Siliako LAUHEA |
Yemen | President Abd Rabuh Mansur HADI (Field Marshal) | Prime Minister Muhammad Salim BA SINDWAH |
Zambia | President Michael Chilufya SATA; the president is both the chief of state and head of government | President Michael Chilufya SATA; the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Zimbabwe | Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE | Prime Minister Morgan TSVANGIRAI |