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LIST OF CURRENT HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT

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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; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. 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.


Contents
List of state leaders
List of leaders of unrecognized countries
Notes
See also
External links

List of state leaders


StateGovernmentHead of StateHead of Government
presidential republicPresident Hamid Karzai
parliamentary republicPresident Bamir TopiPrime Minister Sali Berisha
semi-presidential republicPresident Abdelaziz BouteflikaPrime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem
parliamentary monarchyCo-Prince Joan Enric Vives Sicília, represented by Nemesi Marqués Oste and Co-Prince Nicolas Sarkozy, represented by Philippe MassoniHead of Government Albert Pintat
presidential republicPresident José Eduardo dos SantosPrime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
parliamentary monarchy[1]Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Louise Lake-TackPrime Minister Baldwin Spencer
presidential republicPresident Néstor Kirchner
presidential republicPresident Robert KocharianPrime Minister Serzh Sargsyan
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Michael JefferyPrime Minister John Howard
parliamentary republicPresident Heinz FischerChancellor Alfred Gusenbauer
presidential republicPresident İlham AliyevPrime Minister Artur Rasizade
Bahamas, Theparliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Arthur Dion HannaPrime Minister Hubert Ingraham
semi-constitutional monarchyKing Hamad ibn Isa Al KhalifahPrime Minister Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
parliamentary republicPresident Iajuddin AhmedChief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Clifford HusbandsPrime Minister Owen Arthur
presidential republicPresident Aleksandr LukashenkoPrime Minister Sergey Sidorsky
parliamentary monarchyKing Albert IIPrime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Colville YoungPrime Minister Said Musa
presidential republicPresident Yayi Boni
constitutional monarchyKing Jigme Khesar Namgyal WangchuckPrime Minister Kinzang Dorji
presidential republicPresident Evo Morales
federal parliamentary representative democratic republic'Tripartite presidency':[2] Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić, Nebojša Radmanović, Haris SilajdžićPrime Minister Nikola Špirić
presidential republicPresident Festus Mogae
presidential republicPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
absolute monarchySultan Hassanal Bolkiah
parliamentary republicPresident Georgi ParvanovPrime Minister Sergey Stanishev
presidential republicPresident Blaise CompaoréPrime Minister Tertius Zongo
presidential republicPresident Pierre Nkurunziza
parliamentary monarchyKing Norodom SihamoniPrime Minister Hun Sen
presidential republicPresident Paul BiyaPrime Minister Ephraïm Inoni
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor General Michaëlle JeanPrime Minister Stephen Harper
semi-presidential republicPresident Pedro PiresPrime Minister José Maria Neves
presidential republicPresident François BozizéPrime Minister Élie Doté
presidential republicPresident Idriss DébyPrime Minister Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
presidential republicPresident Michelle Bachelet
China, People's Republic ofsocialist republic[3]President Hu JintaoPremier Wen Jiabao
China, Republic of (Taiwan)semi-presidential republicPresident Chen Shui-bianPremier Chang Chun-hsiung
presidential republicPresident Álvaro Uribe
presidential republicPresident Ahmed Abdallah Sambi
Congo, Democratic Republic of thesemi-presidential republicPresident Joseph KabilaPrime Minister Antoine Gizenga
Congo, Republic of thepresidential republicPresident Denis Sassou-Nguesso
presidential republicPresident Óscar Arias
presidential republicPresident Laurent GbagboPrime Minister Guillaume Soro
parliamentary republicPresident Stjepan MesićPrime Minister Ivo Sanader
socialist republicPresident Fidel Castro (away from office) Raúl Castro (acting for Fidel)
presidential republicPresident Tassos Papadopoulos
parliamentary republicPresident Václav KlausPrime Minister Mirek Topolánek
parliamentary monarchyQueen Margrethe IIPrime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
presidential republicPresident Ismail Omar GuellehPrime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita
parliamentary republicPresident Nicholas LiverpoolPrime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
presidential republicPresident Leonel Fernández
parliamentary republicPresident José Ramos HortaPrime Minister Xanana Gusmão
presidential republicPresident Rafael Correa
presidential republicPresident Hosni MubarakPrime Minister Ahmed Nazif
presidential republicPresident Antonio Saca
presidential republicPresident Teodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoPrime Minister Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea
parliamentary republicPresident Isaias Afewerki
parliamentary republicPresident Toomas Hendrik IlvesPrime Minister Andrus Ansip
parliamentary republicPresident Girma Wolde-GiorgisPrime Minister Meles Zenawi
''de jure'' parliamentary republicPresident Josefa IloiloPrime Minister Frank Bainimarama
semi-presidential republicPresident Tarja HalonenPrime Minister Matti Vanhanen
semi-presidential republicPresident Nicolas SarkozyPrime Minister François Fillon
presidential republicPresident Omar BongoPrime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong
Gambia, Thepresidential republicPresident Yahya Jammeh
presidential republicPresident Mikhail SaakashviliPrime Minister Zurab Noghaideli
parliamentary republicPresident Horst KöhlerChancellor Angela Merkel
presidential republicPresident John Kufuor
parliamentary republicPresident Karolos PapouliasPrime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Daniel WilliamsPrime Minister Keith Mitchell
presidential republicPresident Óscar Berger
presidential republicPresident Lansana ContéPrime Minister Lansana Kouyaté
presidential republicPresident João Bernardo VieiraPrime Minister Martinho Ndafa Kabi
presidential republicPresident Bharrat JagdeoPrime Minister Sam Hinds
presidential republicPresident René PrévalPrime Minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis
presidential republicPresident Manuel Zelaya
parliamentary republicPresident László SólyomPrime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
parliamentary republicPresident Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonPrime Minister Geir Haarde
parliamentary republicPresident Pratibha PatilPrime Minister Manmohan Singh
presidential republicPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
presidential republic under theocratic tutelageSupreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
parliamentary republicPresident Jalal TalabaniPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
Irelandparliamentary republicPresident Mary McAleeseTaoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern
parliamentary republicPresident Shimon PeresPrime Minister Ehud Olmert
parliamentary republicPresident Giorgio NapolitanoPrime Minister Romano Prodi
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Kenneth O. HallPrime Minister Portia Simpson Miller
parliamentary monarchyEmperor Akihito[4]Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
semi-constitutional monarchyKing Abdullah IIPrime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit
presidential republicPresident Nursultan NazarbayevPrime Minister Karim Masimov
presidential republicPresident Mwai Kibaki
presidential republicPresident Anote Tong
Korea, Northsocialist republicEternal President[5] (the late) Kim Il-sung;
Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong-il (regarded as "highest administrative authority");
Head of State for Foreign Affairs as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam
Premier Kim Yong-il
Korea, Southpresidential republicPresident Roh Moo HyunPrime Minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo
semi-constitutional monarchyEmir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahPrime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
presidential republicPresident Kurmanbek BakiyevPrime Minister Almazbek Atambayev
socialist republicPresident Choummaly SayasonePrime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh
parliamentary republicPresident Valdis ZatlersPrime Minister Aigars Kalvītis
semi-presidential confessional republicPresident Émile LahoudPrime Minister Fouad Siniora
parliamentary monarchyKing Letsie IIIPrime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili
presidential republicPresident Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
people's republicPresident Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani (official head of state); Leader of the Revolution Muammar al-Gaddafi (''de facto'' head of state)Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi
semi-constitutional monarchySovereign Prince Hans-Adam II;
Prince-Regent Alois
Head of Government Otmar Hasler
parliamentary republicPresident Valdas AdamkusPrime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas
parliamentary monarchyGrand Duke HenriPrime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Macedonia, Republic ofsemi-presidential republicPresident Branko CrvenkovskiPrime Minister Nikola Gruevski
presidential republicPresident Marc RavalomananaPrime Minister Charles Rabemananjara
presidential republicPresident Bingu wa Mutharika
constitutional monarchyYang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Mizan Zainal AbidinPrime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
presidential republicPresident Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
presidential republicPresident Amadou Toumani TouréPrime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maïga
parliamentary republicPresident Edward Fenech AdamiPrime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
presidential republicPresident Kessai Note
parliamentary republicPresident Sidi Ould Cheikh AbdallahiPrime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane
parliamentary republicPresident Anerood JugnauthPrime Minister Navin Ramgoolam
presidential republicPresident Felipe Calderón
presidential republicPresident Manny Mori
semi-presidential republicPresident Vladimir VoroninPrime Minister Vasile Tarlev
constitutional monarchySovereign Prince Albert IIMinister of State Jean-Paul Proust
semi-presidential republicPresident Nambaryn EnkhbayarPrime Minister Miyeegombo Enkhbold
parliamentary republicPresident Filip VujanovićPrime Minister Željko Šturanović
semi-constitutional monarchyKing Muhammad VIPrime Minister Driss Jettou
presidential republicPresident Armando Guebuza
military junta without representative institutionsChairman of the State Peace and Development Council Than ShwePrime Minister Soe Win
Acting Prime Minister Thein Sein
presidential republicPresident Hifikepunye Pohamba
parliamentary republicPresident Ludwig Scotty
interim governmentKing Gyanendra (suspended); acting head of state Girija Prasad KoiralaPrime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala
parliamentary monarchyQueen BeatrixPrime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General of New Zealand Anand SatyanandPrime Minister Helen Clark
presidential republicPresident Daniel Ortega
presidential republicPresident Tandja MamadouPrime Minister Seyni Oumarou
presidential republicPresident Umaru Yar'Adua
parliamentary monarchyKing Harald VPrime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
absolute monarchySultan Qaboos
presidential republicPresident Pervez MusharrafPrime Minister Shaukat Aziz
presidential republicPresident Tommy Remengesau
Palestinesemi-presidential republicPresident Mahmoud Abbas[6]Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
presidential republicPresident Martín Torrijos
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Paulias MatanePrime Minister Michael Somare
presidential republicPresident Nicanor Duarte
presidential republicPresident Alan GarcíaPrime Minister Jorge del Castillo
presidential republicPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
parliamentary republicPresident Lech KaczyńskiPrime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński
parliamentary republicPresident Aníbal Cavaco SilvaPrime Minister José Sócrates
absolute monarchyEmir Hamad ibn Khalifa Al ThaniPrime Minister Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani
semi-presidential republicPresident Traian BăsescuPrime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
semi-presidential republicPresident Vladimir PutinPrime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
presidential republicPresident Paul KagamePrime Minister Bernard Makuza
parliamentary republicPresident Mohamed AbdelazizPrime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Cuthbert SebastianPrime Minister Denzil Douglas
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Pearlette LouisyPrime Minister Stephenson King
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Frederick BallantynePrime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
parliamentary republicO le Ao o le Malo (President) Tupuola Tufuga EfiPrime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
parliamentary republicCaptain-Regent Alessandro Mancini and Captain-Regent Alessandro Rossi
semi-presidential republicPresident Fradique de MenezesPrime Minister Tomé Vera Cruz
absolute monarchyKing Abdullah
presidential republicPresident Abdoulaye WadePrime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
semi-presidential republicPresident Boris TadićPrime Minister Vojislav Koštunica
presidential republicPresident James Michel
presidential republicPresident Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
parliamentary republicPresident Sellapan RamanathanPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
parliamentary republicPresident Ivan GašparovičPrime Minister Robert Fico
parliamentary republicPresident Janez DrnovšekPrime Minister Janez Janša
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Nathaniel WaenaPrime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
''de jure'' semi-presidential statePresident Abdullahi Yusuf AhmedPrime Minister Ali Muhammad Ghedi
presidential republicPresident Thabo Mbeki
parliamentary monarchyKing Juan Carlos IPresident of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
semi-presidential republicPresident Mahinda Rajapakse
presidential republicPresident Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
presidential republicPresident Ronald Venetiaan
absolute monarchyKing Mswati IIIPrime Minister Themba Dlamini
parliamentary monarchyKing Carl XVI GustafPrime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
parliamentary republic 'Swiss Federal Council[7]': Moritz Leuenberger, Pascal Couchepin (Vice-President of the Confederation), Samuel Schmid, Micheline Calmy-Rey (President of the Confederation), Christoph Blocher, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Doris Leuthard
presidential republicPresident Bashar al-AssadPrime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari
presidential republicPresident Emomalii RahmonPrime Minister Oqil Oqilov
presidential republicPresident Jakaya Kikwete
constitutional monarchyKing Bhumibol AdulyadejPrime Minister Surayud Chulanont
presidential republicPresident Faure GnassingbéPrime Minister Yawovi Agboyibo
parliamentary monarchyKing George Tupou VPrime Minister Feleti Sevele
parliamentary republicPresident George Maxwell RichardsPrime Minister Patrick Manning
presidential republicPresident Zine El Abidine Ben AliPrime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
parliamentary republicPresident Abdullah GülPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
presidential republicPresident Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Filoimea TelitoPrime Minister Apisai Ielemia
presidential republicPresident Yoweri Museveni
semi-presidential republicPresident Viktor YushchenkoPrime Minister Viktor Yanukovych
semi-constitutional monarchyPresident Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahayanPrime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
parliamentary monarchyQueen Elizabeth IIPrime Minister Gordon Brown
presidential republicPresident George W. Bush
presidential republicPresident Tabaré Vázquez
presidential republicPresident Islom Karimov
parliamentary republicPresident Kalkot MataskelekelePrime Minister Ham Lini
elective monarchySovereign of the State Benedict XVIGovernor Giovanni Lajolo
presidential republicPresident Hugo Chávez
socialist republicPresident Nguyễn Minh TriếtPrime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
presidential republicPresident Ali Abdullah SalehPrime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawar
presidential republicPresident Levy Mwanawasa
presidential republicPresident Robert Mugabe

List of leaders of unrecognized countries


This list encompass the leaders of geo-political entities that lack general international recognition, or are only recognized by a minority of sovereign states. The degree of control these entities exert over their claimed territories may vary.

StateGovernmentHead of stateHead of government
Abkhaziasemi-presidential republicPresident Sergei BagapshPrime Minister Alexander Ankvab
Kosovounder cooperative administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the Provisional Institutions of Self-GovernmentPresident Fatmir SejdiuPrime Minister Agim Çeku
Nagorno-Karabakhsemi-presidential republicPresident Bako SahakianPrime Minister Anushavan Danielyan
Northern Cyprussemi-presidential republicPresident Mehmet Ali TalatPrime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer
presidential republicPresident Dahir Riyale Kahin
semi-presidential republicPresident Eduard Kokoyty[8]Prime Minister Yury Morozov
Tamil Eelampresidential republicVellupillai Prabhakaran
Transnistriapresidential republicPresident Igor Smirnov

Notes


1. In the Commonwealth Realms (with the exception of the United Kingdom), the head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, is represented by a Governor-General.
2. The Council as a whole makes decisions.
3. The role of the government, China, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved on 21-02-2007.
4. The Constitution of Japan renders the Emperor as the "Symbol of State." While he performs the functions of a Head of State, his lack of reserve powers makes his status as the formal Head of State a subject of debate.
5. The Preface to the Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea states, "The DPRK and the entire 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.
6. Although the Palestinian Authority is the responsible for the administration of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, it is the Palestine Liberation Organization that handles the international affairs regarding the Palestinian people.
7. The President of the Swiss Confederation serves solely in a ''primus inter pares'' capacity for one year.
8. On November 12 2006 the Salvation Union of South Ossetia, opposing the leadership of Eduard Kokoity, held an alternative presidential election, in which former South Ossetian Prime Minister Dmitri Sanakoev was chosen as the president of the alternative government of South Ossetia.

See also



List of state leaders by date

List of current foreign ministers

List of national legislatures

Lists of office-holders

List of political parties

List of women heads of state

State leaders by year

Lists of notable state leaders

External links



Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places

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