This is a list of current state leaders ordered by their continuous tenure in a position of national leadership. For countries in which the head of state and head of government are separate, both offices are listed. For leaders who held the same office prior to their state's independence, the start of their tenure is used, not independence. For a list of heads of state taking dates of independence into account, see List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence.
Acting presidents are included in this list, but if a leader has non-consecutive terms, only the current period of service is listed.
States where head of state differs from head of government are mainly parliamentary systems. Often a leader holds both positions 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.
List of state leaders by date of assuming office
Prior to 2000
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 October 1967 | Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | Sultan: 5 October 1967 – present Prime Minister: 1 January 1984 – present |
| 15 September 1973 | Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | King |
| 30 June 1975 | Paul Biya | Cameroon | Prime Minister: 30 June 1975 – 6 November 1982 President: 6 November 1982 – present |
| 3 August 1979 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Equatorial Guinea | Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council: 3 August 1979 – 25 August 1979 Chairman of the Supreme Military Council: 25 August 1979 – 12 October 1982 President: 12 October 1982 – present |
| 13 October 1981 | Ali Khamenei | Iran | President: 13 October 1981 – 2 August 1989 Supreme Leader: 4 June 1989 – present |
| 10 August 1983 | Ntfombi | Eswatini | Queen Regent: 10 August 1983 – 25 April 1986 Queen Mother: 25 April 1986 – present |
| 26 August 1984 | Hans-Adam II | Liechtenstein | Prince-Regent: 26 August 1984 – 13 November 1989 Prince: 13 November 1989 – present |
| 29 January 1986 | Yoweri Museveni | Uganda | President |
| 25 April 1986 | Mswati III | Eswatini | King |
| 1 June 1990 | Harald V | Norway | Prince-Regent: 1 June 1990 – 17 January 1991 King: 17 January 1991 – present |
| 27 April 1991 | Isaias Afwerki | Eritrea | Secretary-General of the Provisional Government: 27 April 1991 – 23 May 1993 President: 23 May 1993 – present Chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice: 1 March 1994 – present |
| 19 November 1992 | Emomali Rahmon | Tajikistan | Acting Chairman of the Supreme Council: 19 November 1992 – 27 November 1992 Chairman of the Supreme Council: 27 November 1992 – 16 November 1994 President: 16 November 1994 – present |
| 20 July 1994 | Alexander Lukashenko | Belarus | President: 20 July 1994 – present Chairman of the People's Assembly: 24 April 2024 – present |
| 7 February 1996 | Letsie III | Lesotho | King |
| 25 October 1997 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | Congo-Brazzaville | President |
| 25 January 1999 | Abdullah II | Jordan | Prince-Regent: 25 January 1999 – 7 February 1999 King: 7 February 1999 – present |
| 6 March 1999 | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Bahrain | Emir: 6 March 1999 – 14 February 2002 King: 14 February 2002 – present |
| 8 May 1999 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Djibouti | President |
| 23 July 1999 | Mohammed VI | Morocco | King |
| 9 August 1999 | Vladimir Putin | Russia | Acting prime minister: 9 August 1999 – 16 August 1999 Prime Minister: 16 August 1999 – 7 May 2000 Acting president: 31 December 1999 – 7 May 2000 President: 7 May 2000 – 7 May 2008 Prime Minister: 8 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 President: 7 May 2012 – present |
2000–2009
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2000 | Paul Kagame | Rwanda | Acting president: 24 March 2000 – 22 April 2000 President: 22 April 2000 – present |
| 14 March 2003 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Turkey | Prime Minister: 14 March 2003 – 28 August 2014 President: 28 August 2014 – present |
| 4 August 2003 | Ilham Aliyev | Azerbaijan | Prime Minister: 4 August 2003 – 4 November 2003 President: 31 October 2003 – present |
| 12 December 2003 | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | Uzbekistan | Prime Minister: 12 December 2003 – 14 December 2016 Acting president: 8 September 2016 – 14 December 2016 President: 14 December 2016 – present |
| 8 January 2004 | Roosevelt Skerrit | Dominica | Prime Minister |
| 15 August 2004 | Alois | Liechtenstein | Prince-Regent |
| 14 October 2004 | Norodom Sihamoni | Cambodia | King |
| 15 January 2005 | Mahmoud Abbas | Palestine | President |
| 31 March 2005 | Albert II | Monaco | Prince-Regent: 31 March 2005 – 6 April 2005 Prince: 6 April 2005 – present |
| 4 May 2005 | Faure Gnassingbé | Togo | President: 4 May 2005 – 3 May 2025 Prime Minister: 3 May 2025 – present |
| 30 July 2005 | Salva Kiir Mayardit | South Sudan | President of the Regional Government: 30 July 2005 – 9 July 2011 President: 9 July 2011 – present |
| 11 February 2006 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | United Arab Emirates | Prime Minister |
| 9 December 2006 | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Bhutan | King |
| 10 January 2007 | Daniel Ortega | Nicaragua | President: 10 January 2007 – 18 February 2025 Co-President: 18 February 2025 – present |
| 26 February 2009 | Patrick Allen | Jamaica | Governor-General |
2010–2014
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2010 | Viktor Orbán | Hungary | Prime Minister |
| 4 December 2010 | Alassane Ouattara | Ivory Coast | President |
| 17 December 2011 | Kim Jong Un | North Korea | Supreme Leader |
| 18 March 2012 | Tupou VI | Tonga | King |
| 15 November 2012 | Xi Jinping | China | General Secretary of the Communist Party: 15 November 2012 – present President: 14 March 2013 – present |
| 5 March 2013 | Nicolás Maduro | Venezuela | Acting president: 5 March 2013 – 19 April 2013 President: 19 April 2013 – present |
| 1 April 2013 | Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | Djibouti | Prime Minister |
| 30 April 2013 | Willem-Alexander | Netherlands | King |
| 7 May 2013 | Cécile La Grenade | Grenada | Governor-General |
| 25 June 2013 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Qatar | Emir |
| 21 July 2013 | Philippe | Belgium | King |
| 15 September 2013 | Edi Rama | Albania | Prime Minister |
| 23 November 2013 | Kokhir Rasulzoda | Tajikistan | Prime Minister |
| 25 January 2014 | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates | de facto President: 25 January 2014 – 13 May 2022 President: 14 May 2022 – present |
| 27 April 2014 | Aleksandar Vučić | Serbia | Prime Minister: 27 April 2014 – 30 May 2017 President: 31 May 2017 – present |
| 26 May 2014 | Narendra Modi | India | Prime Minister |
| 8 June 2014 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Egypt | President |
| 13 June 2014 | Gaston Browne | Antigua and Barbuda | Prime Minister |
| 19 June 2014 | Felipe VI | Spain | King |
| 14 August 2014 | Rodney Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | Governor-General |
2015–2017
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 January 2015 | Salman | Saudi Arabia | King: 23 January 2015 – present Prime Minister: 23 January 2015 – 27 September 2022 |
| 3 February 2015 | Sergio Mattarella | Italy | President |
| 6 February 2015 | Abdul-Malik al-Houthi | Yemen (Supreme Political Council) | Leader of Ansar Allah |
| 1 January 2016 | Guy Parmelin | Switzerland | Federal Councilor: 1 January 2016 – present President: 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021 |
| 3 March 2016 | Andrew Holness | Jamaica | Prime Minister |
| 9 March 2016 | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | Portugal | President |
| 11 March 2016 | Taneti Maamau | Kiribati | President |
| 30 March 2016 | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | Central African Republic | President |
| 6 April 2016 | Patrice Talon | Benin | President |
| 20 April 2016 | Thongloun Sisoulith | Laos | Prime Minister: 20 April 2016 – 22 March 2021 General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party: 15 January 2021 – present President: 22 March 2021 – present |
| 22 April 2016 | Ulisses Correia e Silva | Cape Verde | Prime Minister |
| 26 May 2016 | Azali Assoumani | Comoros | President |
| 12 July 2016 | Brahim Ghali | Sahrawi Republic | General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President |
| 13 October 2016 | Vajiralongkorn | Thailand | King |
| 19 October 2016 | Andrej Plenković | Croatia | Prime Minister |
| 14 December 2016 | Abdulla Aripov | Uzbekistan | Prime Minister |
| 16 December 2016 | Vadim Krasnoselsky | Transnistria | President |
| 19 January 2017 | Adama Barrow | The Gambia | President |
| 22 January 2017 | Rumen Radev | Bulgaria | President |
| 26 January 2017 | Alexander Van der Bellen | Austria | President |
| 28 February 2017 | Bob Dadae | Papua New Guinea | Governor-General |
| 19 March 2017 | Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Germany | President |
| 14 May 2017 | Emmanuel Macron | Andorra | French Co-Prince |
| France | President | ||
| 21 July 2017 | Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II | Samoa | O le Ao o le Malo |
| 26 September 2017 | João Lourenço | Angola | President |
| 1 October 2017 | Ahmed al-Sharaa | Syria | Leader of the Syrian Salvation Government: 1 October 2017 – 8 December 2024 de facto Leader of Syria: 8 December 2024 – 29 January 2025 President: 29 January 2025 – present |
| 1 November 2017 | Ignazio Cassis | Switzerland | Federal Councilor: 1 November 2017 – present President: 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 |
| 24 November 2017 | Emmerson Mnangagwa | Zimbabwe | President |
2018–2019
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 February 2018 | Cyril Ramaphosa | South Africa | Acting president: 14 February 2018 – 15 February 2018 President: 15 February 2018 – present |
| 2 April 2018 | Abiy Ahmed | Ethiopia | Prime Minister |
| 4 April 2018 | Julius Maada Bio | Sierra Leone | President |
| 19 April 2018 | Miguel Díaz-Canel | Cuba | President: 19 April 2018 – present President of the Council of Ministers: 19 April 2018 – 21 December 2019 First Secretary of the Communist Party: 19 April 2021 – present |
| 25 April 2018 | Mahdi al-Mashat | Yemen (Supreme Political Council) | Chairman of the Supreme Political Council |
| 8 May 2018 | Nikol Pashinyan | Armenia | Prime Minister |
| 25 May 2018 | Mia Mottley | Barbados | Prime Minister |
| 2 June 2018 | Pedro Sánchez | Spain | Prime Minister |
| 7 June 2018 | Mostafa Madbouly | Egypt | Acting prime minister: 7 June 2018 – 14 June 2018 Prime Minister: 14 June 2018 – present |
| 20 November 2018 | Željko Komšić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Presidency Member: 20 November 2018 – present Chairman of the Presidency: 20 July 2019 – 20 March 2020; 20 July 2021 – 20 March 2022; 16 July 2023 – 16 March 2024; 16 July 2025 – present |
| 16 December 2018 | Salome Zourabichvili | Georgia | President: 16 December 2018 – 29 December 2024 |
| Georgia | President: 29 December 2024 – present | ||
| 1 January 2019 | Karin Keller-Sutter | Switzerland | Federal Councilor: 1 January 2019 – present President: 1 January 2025 – present |
| 4 January 2019 | Joseph Ngute | Cameroon | Prime Minister |
| 24 January 2019 | Félix Tshisekedi | Congo-Kinshasa | President |
| 20 March 2019 | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | Kazakhstan | President: 20 March 2019 – present Chairman of the Security Council: 5 January 2022 – present |
| 12 April 2019 | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | Sudan | Chairman of the Transitional Military Council: 12 April 2019 – 21 August 2019 Chairman of the Sovereignty Council: 21 August 2019 – 25 October 2021 de facto Head of State: 25 October 2021 – 11 November 2021 Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council: 11 November 2021 – present |
| 1 May 2019 | Naruhito | Japan | Emperor |
| 16 May 2019 | Xavier Espot | Andorra | Prime Minister |
| 20 May 2019 | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Ukraine | President |
| 30 May 2019 | James Marape | Papua New Guinea | Prime Minister |
| 1 June 2019 | Nayib Bukele | El Salvador | President |
| 27 June 2019 | Mette Frederiksen | Denmark | Prime Minister |
| 12 July 2019 | Gitanas Nausėda | Lithuania | President |
| 1 August 2019 | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | Mauritania | President |
| Susan Dougan | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Governor-General | |
| 8 October 2019 | Ali Asadov | Azerbaijan | Prime Minister |
| 23 October 2019 | Kais Saied | Tunisia | President |
| 19 December 2019 | Abdelmadjid Tebboune | Algeria | President |
| 21 December 2019 | Manuel Marrero Cruz | Cuba | Prime Minister |
2020–2021
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2020 | Luca Beccari | San Marino | Secretary for Foreign and Political Affairs |
| 11 January 2020 | Haitham bin Tariq | Oman | Sultan and Prime Minister |
| 13 January 2020 | Robert Abela | Malta | Prime Minister |
| Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun | Sahrawi Republic | Prime Minister | |
| 16 January 2020 | Mikhail Mishustin | Russia | Prime Minister |
| 18 February 2020 | Zoran Milanović | Croatia | President |
| 18 June 2020 | Évariste Ndayishimiye | Burundi | President |
| 2 August 2020 | Irfaan Ali | Guyana | President |
| Mark Phillips | Prime Minister | ||
| 14 August 2020 | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya | Belarus (opposition) | President of the Coordination Council: 14 August 2020 – present Head of the United Transitional Cabinet: 9 August 2022 – present |
| 16 August 2020 | Luis Abinader | Dominican Republic | President |
| 11 November 2020 | Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa | Bahrain | Prime Minister |
| 12 November 2020 | Johnny Briceño | Belize | Prime Minister |
| 24 December 2020 | Maia Sandu | Moldova | President |
| 21 January 2021 | Surangel Whipps Jr. | Palau | President |
| 28 January 2021 | Sadyr Japarov | Kyrgyzstan | President |
| 2 February 2021 | Min Aung Hlaing | Myanmar | Chairman of the State Administration Council: 2 February 2021 – 31 July 2025 Prime Minister: 1 August 2021 – 31 July 2025 Acting president: 22 July 2024 – present Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission: 31 July 2025 – present |
| 9 March 2021 | Mahn Winn Khaing Thann | Myanmar (opposition) | Acting president: 9 March 2021 – 16 April 2021 Prime Minister: 16 April 2021 – present |
| 15 March 2021 | Mohamed al-Menfi | Libya | Chairman of the Presidential Council |
| Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | Prime Minister | ||
| 19 March 2021 | Samia Suluhu Hassan | Tanzania | President |
| 22 March 2021 | Albin Kurti | Kosovo | Prime Minister |
| 4 April 2021 | Vjosa Osmani | President | |
| 5 April 2021 | Phạm Minh Chính | Vietnam | Prime Minister |
| 16 April 2021 | Duwa Lashi La | Myanmar (opposition) | Acting President |
| 20 April 2021 | Mahamat Déby | Chad | President of the Transitional Military Council: 20 April 2021 – 10 October 2022 Transitional President: 10 October 2022 – 23 May 2024 President: 23 May 2024 – present |
| 18 May 2021 | Anatole Collinet Makosso | Congo-Brazzaville | Prime Minister |
| 24 May 2021 | Assimi Goïta | Mali | de facto President: 24 May 2021 – 28 May 2021 Interim president: 28 May 2021 – 8 July 2025 President: 8 July 2025 – present |
| 27 May 2021 | Froyla Tzalam | Belize | Governor-General |
| 21 June 2021 | Robinah Nabbanja | Uganda | Prime Minister |
| 25 June 2021 | Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh | Mongolia | President |
| 7 July 2021 | Isaac Herzog | Israel | President |
| 26 July 2021 | Mary Simon | Canada | Governor General |
| 28 July 2021 | Philip J. Pierre | Saint Lucia | Prime Minister |
| 1 August 2021 | Christian Schmidt | Bosnia and Herzegovina | High Representative |
| 15 August 2021 | Hibatullah Akhundzada | Afghanistan | Supreme Leader |
| 24 August 2021 | Hakainde Hichilema | Zambia | President |
| 5 September 2021 | Mamady Doumbouya | Guinea | Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development: 5 September 2021 – present Interim president: 1 October 2021 – present |
| 7 September 2021 | Hasan Akhund | Afghanistan | Acting prime minister: 7 September 2021 – 23 August 2025 Prime Minister: 23 August 2025 – present |
| 17 September 2021 | Philip Davis | The Bahamas | Prime Minister |
| 29 September 2021 | Tofiga Vaevalu Falani | Tuvalu | Governor-General |
| 2 October 2021 | Carlos Vila Nova | São Tomé and Príncipe | President |
| 7 October 2021 | Aziz Akhannouch | Morocco | Prime Minister |
| 11 October 2021 | Alar Karis | Estonia | President |
| 14 October 2021 | Jonas Gahr Støre | Norway | Prime Minister |
| 21 October 2021 | Cindy Kiro | New Zealand | Governor-General |
| 9 November 2021 | José Maria Neves | Cape Verde | President |
| 11 November 2021 | Errol Charles | Saint Lucia | Acting Governor-General: 11 November 2021 – 1 November 2024 Governor-General: 1 November 2024 – present |
2022
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January | Xiomara Castro | Honduras | President |
| 9 February | Félix Moloua | Central African Republic | Prime Minister |
| 11 March | Gabriel Boric | Chile | President |
| 13 March | Vahagn Khachaturyan | Armenia | President |
| 19 March | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | Turkmenistan | President |
| 7 April | Rashad al-Alimi | Yemen | Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council |
| 8 May | Rodrigo Chaves Robles | Costa Rica | President |
| 12 May | Ünal Üstel | Northern Cyprus | Prime Minister |
| 20 May | José Ramos-Horta | Timor-Leste | President |
| 23 May | Anthony Albanese | Australia | Prime Minister |
| 24 May | Alan Gagloyev | South Ossetia | President |
| 30 May | Aleksander Rozenberg | Transnistria | Prime Minister |
| 1 June | Robert Golob | Slovenia | Prime Minister |
| 9 June | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | Somalia | President |
| 20 June | Konstantin Dzhussoyev | South Ossetia | Prime Minister |
| 24 June | Dickon Mitchell | Grenada | Prime Minister |
| 25 June | Hamza Abdi Barre | Somalia | Prime Minister |
| 30 June | Bongbong Marcos | Philippines | President |
| 23 July | Nikenike Vurobaravu | Vanuatu | President |
| 24 July | Bajram Begaj | Albania | President |
| 25 July | Droupadi Murmu | India | President |
| 6 August | Terrance Drew | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Prime Minister |
| 7 August | Gustavo Petro | Colombia | President |
| 8 September | Charles III | Antigua and Barbuda | King |
| Australia | King | ||
| The Bahamas | King | ||
| Belize | King | ||
| Canada | King | ||
| Grenada | King | ||
| Jamaica | King | ||
| New Zealand | King | ||
| Papua New Guinea | King | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | King | ||
| Saint Lucia | King | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | King | ||
| Solomon Islands | King | ||
| Tuvalu | King | ||
| United Kingdom | King | ||
| 13 September | William Ruto | Kenya | President |
| 27 September | Mohammed bin Salman | Saudi Arabia | Prime Minister |
| 30 September | Ibrahim Traoré | Burkina Faso | President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration: 30 September 2022 – present Interim president: 6 October 2022 – present |
| 17 October | Abdul Latif Rashid | Iraq | President |
| 18 October | Ulf Kristersson | Sweden | Prime Minister |
| 22 October | Giorgia Meloni | Italy | Prime Minister |
| 27 October | Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani | Iraq | Prime Minister |
| Musalia Mudavadi | Kenya | Prime Cabinet Secretary | |
| 28 October | Sam Matekane | Lesotho | Prime Minister |
| 16 November | Denis Bećirović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Presidency Member: 16 November 2022 – present Chairman of the Presidency: 16 March 2024 – 16 November 2024 |
| Željka Cvijanović | Presidency Member: 16 November 2022 – present Chairwoman of the Presidency: 16 November 2022 – 16 July 2023; 16 November 2024 – 16 July 2025 | ||
| 24 November | Anwar Ibrahim | Malaysia | Prime Minister |
| 22 December | Nataša Pirc Musar | Slovenia | President |
| 24 December | Sitiveni Rabuka | Fiji | Prime Minister |
| 29 December | Benjamin Netanyahu | Israel | Prime Minister |
| 30 December | Sonexay Siphandone | Laos | Prime Minister |
2023
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Brazil | President |
| Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | Switzerland | Federal Councilor | |
| Albert Rösti | Federal Councilor | ||
| 25 January | Borjana Krišto | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Prime Minister |
| 1 February | Marcella Liburd | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Governor-General |
| 28 February | Nikos Christodoulides | Cyprus | President |
| 7 March | Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani | Qatar | Prime Minister |
| 9 March | Petr Pavel | Czech Republic | President |
| 11 March | Li Qiang | China | Premier |
| 13 March | Ram Chandra Poudel | Nepal | President |
| 20 March | Christine Kangaloo | Trinidad and Tobago | President |
| 24 April | Mohammed Shahabuddin | Bangladesh | President |
| 11 May | Wesley Simina | Micronesia | President |
| 16 May | Osama Hammad | Libya (Government of National Stability) | Acting prime minister |
| 20 May | Jakov Milatović | Montenegro | President |
| 29 May | Bola Tinubu | Nigeria | President |
| 20 June | Petteri Orpo | Finland | Prime Minister |
| 26 June | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Greece | Prime Minister |
| 1 July | Xanana Gusmão | Timor-Leste | Prime Minister |
| 8 July | Edgars Rinkēvičs | Latvia | President |
| 10 July | David Moinina Sengeh | Sierra Leone | Chief Minister |
| 26 July | Abdourahamane Tchiani | Niger | President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland: 26 July 2023 – present Transitional President: 26 March 2025 – present |
| 8 August | Ali Lamine Zeine | Acting prime minister | |
| 15 August | Santiago Peña | Paraguay | President |
| 22 August | Hun Manet | Cambodia | Prime Minister |
| 30 August | Brice Oligui Nguema | Gabon | Chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions: 30 August 2023 – 2 May 2025 Transitional President: 4 September 2023 – 3 May 2025 President: 3 May 2025 – present |
| 1 September | Cynthia A. Pratt | The Bahamas | Governor-General |
| 14 September | Tharman Shanmugaratnam | Singapore | President |
| 15 September | Evika Siliņa | Latvia | Prime Minister |
| 2 October | Sylvanie Burton | Dominica | President |
| 17 October | Robert Beugré Mambé | Ivory Coast | Prime Minister |
| 25 October | Robert Fico | Slovakia | Prime Minister |
| 30 October | David Adeang | Nauru | President |
| 31 October | Milojko Spajić | Montenegro | Prime Minister |
| 3 November | Russell Dlamini | Eswatini | Prime Minister |
| 17 November | Luc Frieden | Luxembourg | Prime Minister |
| Mohamed Muizzu | Maldives | President | |
| 23 November | Daniel Noboa | Ecuador | President |
| 27 November | Christopher Luxon | New Zealand | Prime Minister |
| 28 November | Eduard Ibáñez | Andorra | Personal Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince |
| 10 December | Javier Milei | Argentina | President |
| 13 December | Donald Tusk | Poland | Prime Minister |
| 16 December | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | Emir |
2024
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Beat Jans | Switzerland | Federal Councilor |
| 3 January | Hilda Heine | Marshall Islands | President |
| 14 January | Frederik X | Denmark | King |
| 15 January | Bernardo Arévalo | Guatemala | President |
| 22 January | Joseph Boakai | Liberia | President |
| 28 January | Tshering Tobgay | Bhutan | Prime Minister |
| 31 January | Ibrahim Iskandar | Malaysia | King |
| 6 February | Oljas Bektenov | Kazakhstan | Prime Minister |
| 8 February | Irakli Kobakhidze | Georgia | Prime Minister |
| 26 February | Feleti Teo | Tuvalu | Prime Minister |
| 27 February | Bah Oury | Guinea | Prime Minister |
| 1 March | Alexander Stubb | Finland | President |
| 4 March | Shehbaz Sharif | Pakistan | Prime Minister |
| 5 March | Tamás Sulyok | Hungary | President |
| 10 March | Asif Ali Zardari | Pakistan | President |
| 14 March | Mohammad Mustafa | Palestine | Prime Minister |
| 2 April | Luís Montenegro | Portugal | Prime Minister |
| Bassirou Diomaye Faye | Senegal | President | |
| 3 April | Ousmane Sonko | Prime Minister | |
| 4 April | Myriam Spiteri Debono | Malta | President |
| 2 May | Jeremiah Manele | Solomon Islands | Prime Minister |
| 12 May | Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova | North Macedonia | President |
| 15 May | Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah | Kuwait | Prime Minister |
| Lawrence Wong | Singapore | Prime Minister | |
| 20 May | Lai Ching-te | Taiwan | President |
| Cho Jung-tai | Premier | ||
| 22 May | Tô Lâm | Vietnam | President: 22 May 2024 – 21 October 2024 Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party: 19 July 2024 – 3 August 2024 General Secretary of the Communist Party: 3 August 2024 – present |
| 24 May | Allamaye Halina | Chad | Prime Minister |
| 12 June | Judith Suminwa | Congo-Kinshasa | Prime Minister |
| 15 June | Peter Pellegrini | Slovakia | President |
| 23 June | Hristijan Mickoski | North Macedonia | Prime Minister |
| 1 July | Sam Mostyn | Australia | Governor-General |
| José Raúl Mulino | Panama | President | |
| 2 July | Dick Schoof | Netherlands | Prime Minister |
| 5 July | Keir Starmer | United Kingdom | Prime Minister |
| 7 July | David Tiva Kapu | Solomon Islands | Governor-General |
| 23 July | Kristen Michal | Estonia | Prime Minister |
| 28 July | Masoud Pezeshkian | Iran | President |
| 1 August | Halla Tómasdóttir | Iceland | President |
| 5 August | Mokhtar Ould Djay | Mauritania | Prime Minister |
| 8 August | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | Chief Adviser |
| 17 August | Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua | Equatorial Guinea | Prime Minister |
| 15 September | Jafar Hassan | Jordan | Prime Minister |
| 23 September | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Sri Lanka | President |
| 24 September | Harini Amarasuriya | Prime Minister | |
| 1 October | Claudia Sheinbaum | Mexico | President |
| 7 October | Taye Atske Selassie | Ethiopia | President |
| 8 October | Guillaume V | Luxembourg | Regent: 8 October 2024 – 3 October 2025 Grand Duke: 3 October 2025 – present |
| 20 October | Prabowo Subianto | Indonesia | President |
| 21 October | Lương Cường | Vietnam | President |
| 1 November | Duma Boko | Botswana | President |
| 10 November | Alix Didier Fils-Aimé | Haiti | Acting prime minister |
| 12 November | Naiqama Lalabalavu | Fiji | President |
| 13 November | Navin Ramgoolam | Mauritius | Prime Minister |
| 19 November | Badra Gunba | Abkhazia | Acting president: 19 November 2024 – 2 April 2025 President: 2 April 2025 – present |
| 20 November | Patrice Faure | Andorra | Personal Representative of the French Co-Prince |
| 21 November | Abdoulaye Maïga | Mali | Acting prime minister |
| 6 December | Dharam Gokhool | Mauritius | President |
| 7 December | Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo | Burkina Faso | Interim prime minister |
| 12 December | Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi | Somaliland | President |
| 16 December | Adylbek Kasymaliev | Kyrgyzstan | Acting Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers: 16 December 2024 – 18 December 2024 Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers: 18 December 2024 – present |
| 21 December | Kristrún Frostadóttir | Iceland | Prime Minister |
| 29 December | Mikheil Kavelashvili | Georgia | President |
| Pak Thae-song | North Korea | Premier |
2025
| Assumed office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January | John Mahama | Ghana | President |
| 9 January | Joseph Aoun | Lebanon | President |
| 14 January | Américo Ramos | São Tomé and Príncipe | Prime Minister |
| 15 January | Daniel Chapo | Mozambique | President |
| Maria Benvinda Levy | Prime Minister | ||
| 20 January | Donald Trump | United States | President |
| 22 January | ʻAisake Eke | Tonga | Prime Minister |
| 23 January | Micheál Martin | Ireland | Taoiseach |
| 3 February | Bart De Wever | Belgium | Prime Minister |
| 8 February | Nawaf Salam | Lebanon | Prime Minister |
| 11 February | Jotham Napat | Vanuatu | Prime Minister |
| 18 February | Rosario Murillo | Nicaragua | Co-President |
| 1 March | Yamandú Orsi | Uruguay | President |
| Raffaella Petrini | Vatican City | President of the Governorate | |
| 3 March | Vladimir Delba | Abkhazia | Acting prime minister: 3 March 2025 – 3 April 2025 Prime Minister: 3 April 2025 – present |
| Christian Stocker | Austria | Chancellor | |
| 10 March | Alexander Turchin | Belarus | Prime Minister |
| 13 March | Konstantinos Tasoulas | Greece | President |
| 14 March | Mark Carney | Canada | Prime Minister |
| 18 March | Community Support Committee | Palestine (Hamas government in Gaza) | Government Administrative Committee |
| 21 March | Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | Namibia | President |
| Elijah Ngurare | Prime Minister | ||
| Sara Zaafarani | Tunisia | Prime Minister | |
| 1 April | Martin Pfister | Switzerland | Federal Councilor |
| 10 April | Brigitte Haas | Liechtenstein | Prime Minister |
| 15 April | Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo | Sudan (Government of Peace and Unity) | Chairman of the Presidential Council |
| 16 April | Đuro Macut | Serbia | Prime Minister |
| 1 May | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | Trinidad and Tobago | Prime Minister |
| 3 May | Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové | Togo | President |
| Salem Saleh bin Braik | Yemen | Prime Minister | |
| 6 May | Friedrich Merz | Germany | Chancellor |
| 8 May | Leo XIV | Vatican City | Sovereign |
| 13 May | Izz al-Din al-Haddad | Palestine (Hamas government in Gaza) | Acting Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip |
| 19 May | Kamil Idris | Sudan | Prime Minister |
| 26 May | Nicușor Dan | Romania | President |
| 31 May | Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat | Andorra | Episcopal Co-Prince |
| 4 June | Lee Jae Myung | South Korea | President |
| 13 June | Gombojavyn Zandanshatar | Mongolia | Prime Minister |
| 23 June | Ilie Bolojan | Romania | Prime Minister |
| 3 July | Kim Min-seok | South Korea | Prime Minister |
| 16 July | Jennifer Geerlings-Simons | Suriname | President |
| 17 July | Yulia Svyrydenko | Ukraine | Prime Minister |
| 21 July | Christophe Mirmand | Monaco | Minister of State |
| 25 July | Justin Nsengiyumva | Rwanda | Prime Minister |
| 26 July | Mohammed Hassan al-Ta'ishi | Sudan (Government of Peace and Unity) | Prime Minister |
| 31 July | Nyo Saw | Myanmar | Prime Minister |
| 5 August | Nestor Ntahontuye | Burundi | Prime Minister |
| 6 August | Karol Nawrocki | Poland | President |
| 7 August | Laurent Saint-Cyr | Haiti | President of the Transitional Presidential Council |
| 28 August | Sifi Ghrieb | Algeria | Acting prime minister: 28 August 2025 – 14 September 2025 Prime Minister: 14 September 2025 – present |
| 30 August | Muhammad Ahmed Miftah | Yemen (Supreme Political Council) | Acting prime minister |
| 7 September | Anutin Charnvirakul | Thailand | Prime Minister |
| 10 September | Sébastien Lecornu | France | Prime Minister |
| 12 September | Sushila Karki | Nepal | Interim prime minister |
| 16 September | Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt | Samoa | Prime Minister |
| 25 September | Inga Ruginienė | Lithuania | Prime Minister |
| 1 October | Matteo Rossi | San Marino | Captain Regent |
| Lorenzo Bugli | |||
| 4 October | Peter Mutharika | Malawi | President |
| 10 October | José Jerí | Peru | President |
| 14 October | Ernesto Álvarez Miranda | Prime Minister | |
| Michael Randrianirina | Madagascar | Chairman of the Council of the Presidency for the Re-Foundation of the Republic: 14 October 2025 – present Interim president: 14 October 2025 – 17 October 2025 President: 17 October 2025 – present | |
| 21 October | Sanae Takaichi | Japan | Prime Minister |
| 22 October | Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo | Madagascar | Prime Minister |
| 24 October | Tufan Erhürman | Northern Cyprus | President |
| 26 October | Patrick Herminie | Seychelles | President |
| 1 November | Alexandru Munteanu | Moldova | Prime Minister |
| 8 November | Rodrigo Paz | Bolivia | President |
| 11 November | Catherine Connolly | Ireland | President |
| 13 November | Mwigulu Nchemba | Tanzania | Prime Minister |
| 27 November | Horta Na Man | Guinea-Bissau | Leader of the High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order: 27 November 2025 – present Transitional President: 27 November 2025 – present |
| 28 November | Ilídio Vieira Té | Prime Minister | |
| Godwin Friday | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Prime Minister | |
| 30 November | Jeffrey Bostic | Barbados | President |
| 15 December | Andrej Babiš | Czech Republic | Prime Minister |
List of upcoming leaders
| Taking office | Leader | State | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Fatafehi Fakafānua | Tonga | Prime Minister |
| 11 March 2026 | José Antonio Kast | Chile | President |
See also
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of current prime ministers by date of assumption of office
- List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence
- List of oldest living state leaders
- Lists of state leaders by age
- List of current presidents of legislatures
- List of heads of the executive by approval rating
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