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World leaders

A few facts on nearly 200 national rulers, heads of state and government leaders

Most people governed

  1. Xi Jinping
    CHINA
    Over 1.37 Billion
  2. Narendra Modi
    INDIA
    Over 1.28 Billion
  3. Joe Biden
    UNITED STATES
    Over 0.32 Billion

Most territory governed

  1. Vladimir Putin
    RUSSIA
    Over 17.098M Km2
  2. Justin Trudeau
    CANADA
    Over 9.984M Km2
  3. Xi Jinping
    CHINA
    Over 9.572M Km2

Most elected

  1. Paul Biya
    CAMEROON
    7 terms since 1982
  2. Hun Sen
    CAMBODIA
    6 terms since 1982
  3. Alexander Lukashenko
    BELARUS
    6 terms since 1994

Table of world leaders

Nation Structure Photo Leader Born Party Year began* First elected* Occasions Re-elected* Government format(s)* Current majority* Previous majority* Next contest* Details
Afghanistan

LEADER˧PM
Hibatullah
Akhundzada
1960s
N/A
2021000000 Status as active leader of the current regime in Afghanistan TBC
Albania

PRES˧PM
Edi
Rama
1964
PS
201300 000
Algeria

PRES˧PM
Abdelmadjid
Tebboune
1945
IND
201900 000
Andorra

SOV˧PM
Xavier E.
Zamora
1979
DA
201920190 000
Angola

PRES
João
Lourenço
1954
MPLA
201700 000
Antigua & Barbuda

SOV UK˧PM
Gaston
Browne
1967
LAB
2014201420180000
Argentina

PRES
Javier
Milei
1970
PL
202320230 000
Armenia

PRES˧PM
Nikol
Pashinyan
1975
CC
201820180 000
Australia

SOV UK˧PM
Anthony
Albanese
1963
LAB
202220220 000
Austria

PRES˧CLR
Karl
Nehammer
1972
ÖVP
2021000000Appointed after the resignation of Sebastian Kurz in October 2021.
Azerbaijan

PRES˧PM
Ilham
Aliyev
1961
NZP
20032003; 2008; 2013; 20180 000
Bahamas

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Philip
Davis
1951
PLP
202100 000
Bahrain

SOV˧PM
KING
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
1950
N/A
199900 000
Bangladesh

PRES˧PM
SHEIKH
Hasina
1947
AL
19961996; 2008; 20180Coalition000
Barbados

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Mia
Mottley
1965
BLP
201820180 000
Belarus

PRES˧PM
Alexander
Lukashenko
1954
IND/BR
199419945 000
Belgium

SOV˧PM
Alexander
De Croo
1975
VLD
202000Coalition000Appointed by King Philippe in September 2020
Belize

SOV UK˧PM
Johnny
Briceño
1960
PUP
202000 000
Benin

PRES
Patrice
Talon
1958
IND
201600 000
Bhutan

SOV˧PM
Lotay
Tshering
1968
IND
201800 000
Bolivia

PRES
Luis
Arce
1963
MAS-IPSP
202020200Majority26.300
Bosnia Herzegovina

HR| C & 2 PRES
Christian
Schmidt
0
TBC
202300 000Each term as Chairman lasts approximately eight months
Botswana

PRES
Mokgweetsi
Masisi
1961
BDP
201800 000
Brazil

PRES
Luiz Inácio Lula
da Silva
1945
PT
202320220 000
Brunei

SOV˧PM
Hassanal
Bolkiah
1946
SOV
196700Absolute monarchy000Also Prime Minister of Brunei
Bulgaria

PRES˧PM
Nikolai
Denkov
1962
PP
202320230Coalition000
Burkina Faso

PRES˧PM
Ibrahim
Traoré
1988
MPP
202200 000 Appointed interim President following coup d'etat in September 2022.
Burundi

PRES
Évariste
Ndayishimiye
1963
CNDD-FDD
202020200 000
Cambodia

SOV˧PM
Hun
Sen
1952
CPP
199800Coalition000
Cameroon

PRES˧PM
Paul
Biya
1933
CPDM
1982198460000
Canada

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Justin
Trudeau
1971
LPC
201520152019Coalition000
Cape Verde

PRES˧PM
Ulisses
Correia e Silva
1962
MpD
201600 000
Central African Republic

PRES˧PM
Faustin-Archange
Touadéra
1957
IND
201600 000
Chad

PRES˧PM
Mahamat
Déby
1984
N/A
202100 000 Assumed office as head of a transitional military council following predecessor Idriss Déby's death in April 2021
Chile

PRES
Gabriel
Boric
1986
AD
202200 000
China

GS/PRES˧PM
Xi
Jinping
1953
CCP
201200 000
Colombia

PRES
Gustavo
Petro
1960
MP
202220220 000
Comoros

PRES
Azali
Assoumani
1959
CRC
199920022016; 2019Coalition000
Congo

PRES˧PM
Denis
Nguesso
1943
PCT
197900 000
Congo (D.R.)

PRES˧PM
Félix
Tshisekedi
1963
UDPS
201800 000
Costa Rica

PRES
Rodrigo
Chaves Robles
1961
PPSD
202220220 000
Croatia

PRES˧PM
Andrej
Plenkovic
1970
HDZ
201600Coalition000
Cuba

FS˧PRES
Miguel
Díaz-Canel
1960
PCC
202100 000
Cyprus

PRES
Nicos
Christodoulides
1973
IND
2023202300000
Czech Republic

PRES˧PM
Petr
Fiala
1964
ANO 2011
202100Minority000
Denmark

SOV˧PM
Mette
Frederiksen
1977
Sd
201920191Coalition000
Djibouti

PRES˧PM
Ismaïl Omar
Guelleh
1947
RPP
199920032008; 2013; 20180000
Dominica

PRES˧PM
Roosevelt
Skerrit
1972
DLP
200400 000
Dominican Republic

PRES
Luis
Abinader
1967
PRM
202000 000
East Timor / Timor-Leste

PRES˧PM
Xanana
Gusmão
1946
CNRT
2022200700000
Ecuador

PRES
Daniel
Noboa
1987
ADN
202320230 000
Egypt

PRES˧PM
Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi
1954
IND
201402018*0000
El Salvador

PRES
Nayib
Bukele
1981
GANA
201920190 000
Equatorial Guinea

PRES˧PM
Teodoro
Mbasogo
1942
PDGE
197900 000
Eritrea

PRES
Isaias
Afwerki
1946
PFDJ
199100 000
Estonia

PRES˧PM
Kaja
Kallas
1977
ER
202100Coalition000
Eswatini (fka Swaziland)

SOV˧PM
KING
Mswati III
1968
SOV
198600 000
Ethiopia

PRES˧PM
Abiy
Ahmed
1976
OPDO
201800 000
Fiji

PRES˧PM
Sitiveni
Rabuka
1948
PA
202220220 Coalition 000
Finland

PRES˧PM
Petteri
Orpo
1969
NCP
202320230Coalition000
France

PRES˧PM
Emmanuel
Macron
1954
PS
201720170Coalition000
Gabon

PRES˧PM
Brice Oligui
Nguema
1975
N/A
202300 000 Appointed interim Chairman and/or President following coup d'etat in 2023.
Gambia

PRES
Adama
Barrow
1965
UDP
201700 000
Georgia

PRES˧PM
Irakli
Garibashvili
1982
DG
202100 000
Germany

PRES˧CLR
Olaf
Scholz
1958
SPD
202120210Coalition000
Ghana

PRES
Nana
Akufo-Addo
1944
NPP
2017020200000
Greece

PRES˧PM
Kyriakos
Mitsotakis
1968
ND
201920190Coalition000
Grenada

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Dickon
Mitchell
1977
NDC
2022202200000
Guatemala

PRES
Bernardo
Arévalo
1958
MS
202320230 000
Guinea

PRES˧PM
Mamady
Doumbouya
TBD
N/A
202100 000 Appointed interim President in October 2021 following coup d'etat in September 2021.
Guinea-Bissau

PRES˧PM
Umaro Sissoco
Embaló
1972
M G15
202020200 000
Guyana

PRES˧PM
Irfaan
Ali
1980
PPP/C
202000Coalition000
Haiti

PRES˧PM
Ariel
Henry
1949
INITE
202100 000 Interim President following the assassination of predecessor Jovenel Moïse
Honduras

PRES
Xiomara
Castro
1959
LIBRE
2022202100000
Hungary

PRES˧PM
Viktor
Orbán
1963
FID.
1998199840000
Iceland

PRES˧PM
Katrín
Jakobsdóttir
1976
VG
201720170Coalition000
India

PRES˧PM
Narendra
Modi
1950
BJP
2014201420190000
Indonesia

PRES
Joko
Widodo
1961
PDI-P
2014201420190000
Iran

SOV E˧PRES
Ali
Khamenei
1939
IND
198900 000
Iraq

PRES˧PM
Mohammed Shia'
Al-Sudani
TBD
ICP
2022000000Appointed in October 2022.
Ireland

PRES˧PM
Leo
Varadkar
1979
FG
202220172 000
Israel

PRES˧PM
Benjamin
Netanyahu
1949
L-NLM
202219965Coalition000
Italy

PRES˧PM
Giorgia
Meloni
1977
FDL
202200Coalition 000
Ivory Coast

PRES˧PM
Alassane
Ouattara
1942
RDR
201020102Majority 95.3 83.72025 2020 election boycotted by opposition parties resulting in a turnout of 54% and an increased high share of the vote for the incumbent.
Jamaica

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Andrew
Holness
1972
JLP
201600 000
Japan

SOV˧PM
Fumio
Kishida
1957
LDP
202100Coalition000
Jordan

SOV˧PM
KING
Abdullah II
1962
SOV
199900 000
Kazakhstan

PRES˧PM
Kassym-Jomart
Tokayev
1953
IND
201900 000
Kenya

PRES
William
Ruto
1966
UDA
2022202200000
Kiribati

PRES
Taneti
Maamau
1960
TKP
201600 000
Korea DPR

C˧PM
Kim
Jong-un
1983
WPK
201100 000
Korea Republic

PRES˧PM
Yoon
Suk Yeol
1960
PPP
202220220 000
Kosovo

PRES˧PM
Avdullah
Hoti
1968
LDK
202000Coalition000
Kuwait

SOV˧PM
EMIR
Al-Sabah
1929
SOV
200600 000
Kyrgyzstan

PRES˧PM
Sadyr
Japarov
1968
PPP
202100Coalition000
Laos

GS˧PRES˧PM
Thongloun
Sisoulith
1945
LPRP
202100 000
Latvia

PRES˧PM
Evika
Siliņa
1975
V
202320230Coalition000
Lebanon

PRES
Najib
Mikati
1955
AZM
202100 000 Designated in July 2021 having previously served as Prime Minsister from April 2005 to July 2005 and from June 2011 to February 2014.
Lesotho

SOV˧PM
Sam
Matekane
1958
TN
202220220 000
Liberia

PRES
Joseph
Boakai
1944
UP
202320231 (2012) 000Also President from 2006 to 2018.
Libya

C &PM
Abdul Hamid
Dbeibeh
1959
IND
202100 000Appointed in February 2021 as leader of a temporary unified executive council pending a Parliamnetary election TBC.
Liechtenstein

SOV HG
REGENT
Alois
1968
SOV
200400 000
Lithuania

PRES˧PM
Ingrida
Šimonytė
1964
TS-LKD
202020200Coalition000Independent until 2022.
Luxembourg

SOV˧PM
Luc
Frieden
1973
CSV
202320230Coalition000
Madagascar

PRES˧PM
Andry
Rajoelina
1974
TGV
201920180 000
Malawi

PRES
Lazarus
Chakwera
1955
MCP
201420190 000
Malaysia

SOV E˧PM
Anwar
Ibrahim
1947
PKR
202200 000
Maldives

PRES
Mohamed
Muizzu
1978
PNC
202320230 000
Mali

PRES˧PM
Assimi
Goïta
1983
N/A
202100 000Interim President - assumed role via military coup
Malta

PRES˧PM
Robert
Abela
1977
LAB
202000 000
Marshall Islands

PRES
Hilda
Heine
1951
IND
202420151 (2023) 000
Mauritania

PRES˧PM
Mohamed
Ghazouani
1956
UPR
201900 000
Mauritius

PRES˧PM
Pravind
Jugnauth
1961
MSM
201700Coalition000
Mexico

PRES
Andrés
Obrador
1953
MRN
201800 000
Micronesia

PRES
Wesley
Simina
1961
IND
202320230 000
Moldova

PRES˧PM
Maia
Sandu
1972
IND
202020200Coalition000
Monaco

SOV˧MS
PRINCE
Albert II
1958
SOV
200500 000
Mongolia

PRES˧PM
Luvsannamsrain
Oyun-Erdene
1980
MPP
202120210 000
Montenegro

PRES˧PM
Milojko
Spajić
1987
PES
202320230Coalition000
Morocco

SOV˧PM
KING
Mohammed VI
1963
SOV
199900 000
Mozambique

PRES˧PM
Filipe
Nyusi
1959
FLM
201500 000
Myanmar

C˧PRES
Min Aung
Hlaing
1951
IND
202100 000
Namibia

PRES˧PM
Hage
Geingob
1956
SWAPO
201500 000
Nauru

PRES
David
Adeang
1969
IND
2023N/A0 000Replaced Russ Kun as President after the former's loss of a vote of no confidence in 2023.
Nepal

PRES˧PM
Pushpa Kamal
Dahal
1954
NC
202220083 000
Netherlands

SOV˧PM
Mark
Rutte
1967
VVD
201000Coalition000
New Zealand

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Christopher
Luxon
1970
NAT
202320230Coalition000
Nicaragua

PRES
Daniel
Ortega
1945
FSLN
1979; 200719842011; 20160000
Niger

PRES˧PM
Mohamed
Bazoum
1960
PNDS-T
202100 000Appointed interim President following coup d'etat in July 2023.
Nigeria

PRES
Bola
Tinubu
1952
APC
2023202300000Year of birth not verified.
North Macedonia

PRES˧PRES G
Abdourahamane
Tchiani
1960
IND
2023N/A0Coalition000
Norway

SOV˧PM
Jonas
Støre
1960
DNA (LAB)
202100Coalition000
Oman

SOV PM
Haitham
bin Tariq
1954
SOV
202000 000
Pakistan

PRES˧PM
Anwaar
ul Haq Kakar
1971
IND
202300 000Appointed in a 'caretaker' role following the dissolution of the Pakistani Parliament in August 2023.
Palau

PRES
Surangel
Whipps
1968
IND
202100 000
Palestine

PRES˧PM
Mahmoud
Abbas
1935
FAT
200500Coalition000
Panama

PRES
Laurentino
Cortizo
1953
PRD
201900Coalition000
Papua New Guinea

SOV UK˧PM
James
Marape
1971
PP
201900 000
Paraguay

PRES
Santiago
Peña
1978
C
202320230 000
Peru

PRES˧PM
Dina
Boluarte
1962
PM
202220220 000
Philippines

PRES
Bongbong
Marcos
1957
PFP
202200 000
Poland

PRES˧PM
Donald
Tusk
1957
PO
202320071Coalition000
Portugal

PRES˧PM
Antonio
Costa
1961
PO
201500 000
Qatar

SOV˧PM
EMIR
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
1980
SOV
201300 000
Romania

PRES˧PM
Klaus
Iohannis
1959
IND
201400Coalition000
Russia

PRES˧PM
Vladimir
Putin
1952
IND
1999200030000
Rwanda

PRES˧PM
Paul
Kagame
1957
FPR
200020032010; 20170000
Saint Kitts & Nevis

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Terrance
Drew
1976
SKNLP
202200 000
Saint Lucia

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Philip J.
Pierre
TBC
SLP
202100 000
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Ralph
Gonsalves
1946
ULP
200100 000
Samoa

HG˧PM
Fiamē Naomi
Mataʻafa
1957
FAST
202100 000
San Marino

CR
Various
0*
MISC.
0*00 000The Regent captaincy of San Marino changes approximately every six months.
São Tomé & Príncipe

PRES˧PM
Patrice
Trovoada
1962
ADI
202220082 000
Saudi Arabia

SOV PM
KING
Salman bin Abdulaziz
1935
SOV
201500 000
Senegal

PRES˧PM
Macky
Sall
1961
APR
2012020180000
Serbia

PRES˧PM
Aleksandar
Vučic
1970
IND
201400Coalition000
Seychelles

PRES
Wavel
Ramkalawan
1961
PL
202000 000
Sierra Leone

PRES
Julius Maada
Bio
1964
SLPP
201820181 000
Singapore

PRES˧PM
Lee Hsien
Loong
1952
PAP
200400 000
Slovakia

PRES˧PM
Robert
Fico
1976
SMER
202320062 000
Slovenia

PRES˧PM
Robert
Golob
1967
GS
202200Coalition000
Solomon Islands

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Manasseh
Sogavare
1964
IND
20002006; 2014; 20190 000
Somalia

PRES˧PM
Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud
1955
XMNH
202200 000
South Africa

PRES
Cyril
Ramaphosa
1952
ANC
201820190 000
South Sudan

PRES
Salva Kiir
Mayardit
1951
SPLM
201100 000
Spain

SOV˧PM
Pedro
Sánchez
1972
PSOE
201820190Coalition000
Sri Lanka

PRES˧PM
Ranil
Wickremesinghe
1949
UNP
202200 000
Sudan

C˧PM
Abdel
al-Burhan
1960
IND
201900 000
Suriname

PRES
Chan
Santokhi
1959
VHP
202000 000
Sweden

SOV˧PM
Ulf
Kristersson
1963
M
202200Coalition000
Switzerland

PRES & 5 FCL
Viola
Amherd
1962
FDP-L
202400Federal Council000
Syria

PRES˧PM
Bashar
al-Assad
1965
ASB
200000 000
Taiwan (aka Republic of China)

PRES˧PM
Tsai
Ing-wen
1956
DPP
201600 000
Tajikistan

PRES˧PM
Emomali
Rahmon
1952
PDP
199200 000
Tanzania

PRES˧PM
Samia Suluhu
Hassan
1960
CCM
202100 Majority 002025
Thailand

SOV˧PM
Srettha
Thavisin
1962
PTP
202300 000Appointed Prime Minister in August 2023.
Togo

PRES˧PM
Faure
Gnassingbé
1966
UNIR
2005020190000
Tonga

SOV˧PM
Siaosi
Sovaleni
1970
IND
202100 000
Trinidad & Tobago

PRES˧PM
Keith
Rowley
1949
PNM
201500Coalition000
Tunisia

PRES HG
Kais
Saied
1958
IND
201900 000
Turkey

PRES˧PM
Recep
Erdoğan
1954
AKP
201420142016; 20180000
Turkmenistan

PRES
Serdar
Berdimuhamedow
1981
TDP
202200 000
Tuvalu

SOV UK˧GEN˧PM
Kausea
Natano
TBC
IND
201900 000
Uganda

PRES˧PM
Yoweri
Museveni
1944
NRM
198619965 Majority 23.3252026
Ukraine

PRES˧PM
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy
1978
IND
201900Coalition000
United Arab Emirates

PRES˧PM
Khalifa
bin Zayed Al Nahyan
1948
SOV
200400 000
United Kingdom

SOV UK˧PM
Rishi
Sunak
1980
CON
202200 000
United States

PRES
Joe
Biden
1942
DEM
202120200 Majority 000
Uruguay

PRES
Luis
Lacalle Pou
1973
PN
202000 000
Uzbekistan

PRES˧PM
Shavkat
Mirziyoyev
1957
LDP
201600 000
Vanuatu

PRES˧PM
Charlot
Salwai
1961
VP
202320160Coalition000Replaced Sato Kilman as Prime Minister after the former's loss of a vote of no confidence in 2023.
Vatican City

SOV E˧PRES-G
Pope
Francis
1936
SOV
201300 000
Venezuela

PRES
Nicolás
Maduro
1962
PSUV
201300 000
Vietnam

GS˧PRES˧PM
Nguyễn Phú
Trọng
1944
CPV
201100 000
Yemen

PRES˧PM
Rashad
al-Alimi
1954
GPC
202200 000
Zambia

PRES
Hakainde
Hichilema
1962
UPND
202100 000
Zimbabwe

PRES
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
1942
ZANU-PF
201720180 000

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