World Leaders - Current Global Heads of State as of December 31, 2021

 

A Mercator projection map of the world as of December 31, 2021 (click to enlarge).

This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government. In some cases, mainly in presidential systems, there is only one leader being both head of state and head of government. In other cases, mainly in semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of state and the head of government are different people. In semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of government role (i.e. executive branch) is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state. In single-party systems, ruling party's leader (i.e. General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds presidency or premiership.

NOTE: This is an alternate history timeline, please do NOT regard the following information on the world's population in this article as being factual or accurate regarding our own world.

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AFRICA

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Algeria - President – Abdelmadjid Tebboune; Prime Minister – Aymen Benabderrahmane

Angola - President – João Lourenço

Benin - President – Patrice Talon

Botswana - President – Mokgweetsi Masisi

Burkina Faso - President – Roch Marc Christian Kaboré; Prime Minister – Lassina Zerbo

Burundi - President – Évariste Ndayishimiye; Prime Minister – Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni

Cameroon - President – Paul Biya; Prime Minister – Joseph Ngute

Cape Verde - President – José Maria Neves; Prime Minister – Ulisses Correia e Silva

Central African Republic - President – Faustin-Archange Touadéra; Prime Minister – Henri-Marie Dondra

Central Nile Republic - President – Riek Machar

Chad - President – Mahamat Déby; Prime Minister – Albert Pahimi Padacké

Comoros - President – Azali Assoumani

Djibouti - President – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh; Prime Minister – Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed

Egypt - President – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi; Prime Minister – Mostafa Madbouly

Equatorial Guinea - President – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo; Prime Minister – Francisco Pascual Obama Asue

Eswatini - King – Mswati III; Prime Minister – Cleopas Dlamini

Ethiopia - President – Sahle-Work Zewde; Prime Minister – Abiy Ahmed

Gabon - President – Ali Bongo Ondimba; Prime Minister – Rose Christiane Raponda

Gambia, The - President – Adama Barrow

Ghana - President – Nana Akufo-Addo

Guinea - President – Mamady Doumbouya; Prime Minister – Mohamed Béavogui

Guinea-Bissau - President – Umaro Sissoco Embaló; Prime Minister – Nuno Gomes Nabiam

Ivory Coast - President – Alassane Ouattara; Prime Minister – Patrick Achi

Kenya - President – Uhuru Kenyatta

Lesotho - King – Letsie III; Prime Minister – Moeketsi Majoro

Liberia - President – George Weah

Libya - Presidential Council (Chairman – Mohamed al-Menfi; Abdullah al-Lafi (as Member), Musa al-Koni (as Member)); Prime Minister – Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh

Madagascar - President – Andry Rajoelina; Prime Minister – Christian Ntsay

Malawi - President – Lazarus Chakwera

Mali - President – Assimi Goïta; Prime Minister – Choguel Kokalla Maïga

Mauritania - President – Mohamed Ould Ghazouani; Prime Minister – Mohamed Ould Bilal

Mauritius - President – Prithvirajsing Roopun; Prime Minister – Pravind Jugnauth

Morocco - King – Mohammed VI; Prime Minister – Aziz Akhannouch

Mozambique - President – Filipe Nyusi; Prime Minister – Carlos Agostinho do Rosário

Namibia - President – Hage Geingob; Prime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa

Niger - President – Mohamed Bazoum; Prime Minister – Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou

Nigeria - President – Muhammadu Buhari

Rwanda - President – Paul Kagame; Prime Minister – Édouard Ngirente

São Tomé and Príncipe - President – Carlos Vila Nova; Prime Minister – Jorge Bom Jesus

Senegal - President – Macky Sall

Seychelles - President – Wavel Ramkalawan

Sierra Leone - President – Julius Maada Bio; Chief Minister – Jacob Jusu Saffa

Somalia - President – Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed; Prime Minister – Mohamed Hussein Roble

Somaliland - President – Muse Bihi Abdi

South Africa - President – Cyril Ramaphosa

Sudan - Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council – Abdel Fattah al-Burhan; Prime Minister – Abdalla Hamdok

Tanzania - President – Samia Suluhu Hassan; Prime Minister – Kassim Majaliwa

Togo - President – Faure Gnassingbé; Prime Minister – Victoire Tomegah Dogbé

Tunisia - President – Kaïs Saïed; Prime Minister – Najla Bouden

Uganda - President – Yoweri Museveni; Prime Minister – Robinah Nabbanja

Zaire - President – Nzanga Mobutu; Prime Minister – Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde

Zambia - President – Hakainde Hichilema

Zimbabwe - President – Emmerson Mnangagwa

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ASIA (including MIDDLE EAST)

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Afghanistan - Leader – Hibatullah Akhundzada; Prime Minister – Hasan Akhund

Bahrain - King – Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Prime Minister – Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

Bangladesh - President – Abdul Hamid; Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina

Bhutan - King – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; Prime Minister – Lotay Tshering

Brunei - Sultan and Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah

Cambodia - King – Norodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister – Hun Sen

China  - President – Tsai Ing-wen; Premier – Su Tseng-chang

East Timor - President – Francisco Guterres; Prime Minister – Taur Matan Ruak

India - President – Ram Nath Kovind; Prime Minister – Narendra Modi

Indonesia - President – Joko Widodo

Iran - Supreme Leader – Ali Khamenei; President – Ebrahim Raisi

Iraq - President – Barham Salih; Prime Minister – Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Israel - President – Isaac Herzog; Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu

Japan - Emperor – Naruhito; Prime Minister – Fumio Kishida

Jordan - King – Abdullah II; Prime Minister – Bisher Al-Khasawneh

Korea - President – Moon Jae-in; Prime Minister – Kim Boo-kyum

Kuwait - Emir – Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; Prime Minister – Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah

Laos - General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party & President – Thongloun Sisoulith; Prime Minister – Phankham Viphavanh

Lebanon - President – Michel Aoun; Prime Minister – Najib Mikati

Malaysia - Yang di-Pertuan Agong – Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah; Prime Minister – Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Maldives - President – Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Mongolia - President – Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh; Prime Minister – Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene

Myanmar - President – Myint Swe; Chairman of the State Administration Council – Min Aung Hlaing; Prime Minister – Min Aung Hlaing

Nepal - President – Bidhya Devi Bhandari; Prime Minister – Sher Bahadur Deuba

Oman - Sultan and Prime Minister – Haitham bin Tarik

Pakistan - President – Arif Alvi; Prime Minister – Imran Khan

Palestine - President – Mahmoud Abbas; Prime Minister – Mohammad Shtayyeh

Philippines - President – Rodrigo Duterte

Qatar - Emir – Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Prime Minister – Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani

Saudi Arabia - King and Prime Minister  – Salman

Singapore - President – Halimah Yacob; Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong

Sri Lanka - President – Gotabaya Rajapaksa; Prime Minister – Mahinda Rajapaksa

Syria - President – Bashar al-Assad; Prime Minister – Hussein Arnous

Thailand - King – Maha Vajiralongkorn; Prime Minister – Prayut Chan-o-cha

Turkey - President – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

United Arab Emirates - President – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Prime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Vietnam - General Secretary of the Communist Party – Nguyễn Phú Trọng; President – Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Prime Minister – Phạm Minh Chính

Yemen - President – Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi; Prime Minister – Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed

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EUROPE

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Albania - President – Ilir Meta; Prime Minister – Edi Rama

Andorra - Episcopal Co-Prince – Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (Co-Prince's Representative – Josep Maria Mauri); French Co-Prince – Emmanuel Macron (Co-Prince's Representative – Patrick Strzoda); Prime Minister – Xavier Espot Zamora

Austria - President – Alexander Van der Bellen; Chancellor – Karl Nehammer

Belgium - King – Philippe; Prime Minister – Alexander De Croo

Bulgaria - President – Rumen Radev; Prime Minister – Kiril Petkov

Catalonia - President – Artur Mas i Gavarró; Prime Minister – Pere Aragonès i Garcia

Cyprus - President – Nicos Anastasiades

Czechoslovakia - President – Petr Pavel; Prime Minister – Peter Pellegrini

Denmark - Queen – Margrethe II; Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen

Finland - President – Sauli Niinistö; Prime Minister – Sanna Marin

France - President – Emmanuel Macron; Prime Minister – Jean Castex

Germany - President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier; Chancellor – Olaf Scholz

Greece - President – Katerina Sakellaropoulou; Prime Minister – Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Hungary - President – János Áder; Prime Minister – Viktor Orbán

Iceland - President – Guðni Th. Jóhannesson; Prime Minister – Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Ireland - President – Michael D. Higgins; Taoiseach – Micheál Martin

Italy - President – Sergio Mattarella; Prime Minister – Mario Draghi

Liechtenstein - Prince – Hans-Adam II (Regent – Hereditary Prince Alois); Prime Minister – Daniel Risch

Luxembourg - Grand Duke – Henri; Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel

Malta - President – George Vella; Prime Minister – Robert Abela

Monaco - Prince – Albert II; Minister of State – Pierre Dartout

Netherlands, The - King – Willem-Alexander; Prime Minister – Mark Rutte

Norway - King – Harald V; Prime Minister – Jonas Gahr Støre

Poland - President – Andrzej Duda; Prime Minister – Mateusz Morawiecki

Portugal - President – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa; Prime Minister – António Costa

Romania - President – Klaus Iohannis; Prime Minister – Nicolae Ciucă

Russian Federation - President – Ivan Melnikov; Prime Minister – Andrey Belousov

San Marino - Captain Regent – Francesco Mussoni; Captain Regent – Giacomo Simoncini; Secretary for Foreign and Political Affairs – Luca Beccari

Spain - King – Felipe VI; Prime Minister – Pedro Sánchez

Sweden - King – Carl XVI Gustaf; Prime Minister – Magdalena Andersson

Switzerland - Federal Council (President – Guy Parmelin, Vice President – Ignazio Cassis, Ueli Maurer (as Member), Simonetta Sommaruga (as Member), Alain Berset (as Member), Karin Keller-Sutter (as Member), Viola Amherd (as Member))

United Kingdom - Queen – Elizabeth II; Prime Minister – Keir Starmer

Vatican City - Sovereign – Pope Francis; President of the Governorate – Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga

Yugoslavia - President – Aleksandar Vučić; Prime Minister – Đuro Macut

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NORTH AMERICA (including CARIBBEAN, LATIN AMERICA & PACIFICA)

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Antigua and Barbuda - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Sir Rodney Williams); Prime Minister – Gaston Browne

Bahamas, The - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Sir Cornelius A. Smith); Prime Minister – Philip Davis

Barbados - President – Dame Sandra Mason; Prime Minister – Mia Mottley

Belize - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Froyla Tzalam); Prime Minister – Juan Briceño

Canada - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor General – Mary Simon); Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau

Costa Rica - President – Carlos Alvarado Quesada

Cuba - First Secretary of the Communist Party & President – Miguel Díaz-Canel; Prime Minister – Manuel Marrero Cruz

Dominica - President – Charles Savarin; Prime Minister – Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominican Republic - President – Luis Abinader

El Salvador - President – Nayib Bukele

Grenada - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Dame Cécile La Grenade); Prime Minister – Keith Mitchell

Guatemala - President – Alejandro Giammattei

Haiti - President & Prime Minister – Ariel Henry

Honduras - President – Juan Orlando Hernández

Jamaica - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Sir Patrick Allen); Prime Minister – Andrew Holness

Mexico - President – Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Nicaragua - President – Daniel Ortega

Panama - President – Laurentino Cortizo

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Sir Tapley Seaton); Prime Minister – Timothy Harris

Saint Lucia - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Errol Charles); Prime Minister – Philip J. Pierre

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Dame Susan Dougan); Prime Minister – Ralph Gonsalves

Trinidad and Tobago - President – Paula-Mae Weekes; Prime Minister – Keith Rowley

United States - President – Bernard Sanders

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OCEANIA

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Australia - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – David Hurley); Prime Minister – Scott Morrison

Federated States of Micronesia - President – David W. Panuelo

Fiji - President – Ratu Wiliame Katonivere; Prime Minister – Frank Bainimarama

Kiribati - President – Taneti Maamau

Marshall Islands - President – David Kabua

Nauru - President – Lionel Aingimea

New Zealand - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Dame Cindy Kiro); Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern

Palau - President – Surangel Whipps Jr.

Papua New Guinea - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Sir Bob Dadae); Prime Minister – James Marape

Samoa - O le Ao o le Malo – Afioga Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II; Prime Minister – Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Solomon Islands - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Sir David Vunagi); Prime Minister – Manasseh Sogavare

Tonga - King – Tupou VI; Prime Minister – Siaosi Sovaleni

Tuvalu - Queen – Elizabeth II (Governor-General – Tofiga Vaevalu Falani); Prime Minister – Kausea Natano

Vanuatu - President – Tallis Obed Moses; Prime Minister – Bob Loughman

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SOUTH AMERICA

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Argentina - President – Alberto Fernández

Bolivia - President – Luis Arce

Brazil - President – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Chile - President – Sebastián Piñera

Colombia - President – Iván Duque

Ecuador - President – Guillermo Lasso

Guyana - President – Irfaan Ali; Prime Minister – Mark Phillips

Paraguay - President – Mario Abdo Benítez

Peru - President – Pedro Castillo; Prime Minister – Mirtha Vásquez

Suriname - President – Chan Santokhi

Uruguay - President – Luis Lacalle Pou

Venezuela - President – Nicolás Maduro

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