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Latest Presidents and Prime Ministers 2025 – Country-wise Updated List with Years in Office

World Leaders – Top 161 Countries (2025)

Country: Canada

President: N/A

Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau (Since 2015)

Country: France

President: Emmanuel Macron (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Gabriel Attal (Since 2024)

Country: Germany

President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Olaf Scholz (Chancellor, Since 2021)

Country: Australia

President: N/A

Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese (Since 2022)

Country: Russia

President: Vladimir Putin (Since 2012)

Prime Minister: Mikhail Mishustin (Since 2020)

Country: China

President: Xi Jinping (Since 2013)

Prime Minister: Li Qiang (Since 2023)

Country: Japan

President: N/A (Emperor: Naruhito)

Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida (Since 2021)

Country: Brazil

President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Pakistan

President: Asif Ali Zardari (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Shehbaz Sharif (Since 2024)

Country: Bangladesh

President: Mohammed Shahabuddin (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina (Since 2009)

Country: South Korea

President: Yoon Suk-yeol (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Han Duck-soo (Since 2022)

Country: Italy

President: Sergio Mattarella (Since 2015)

Prime Minister: Giorgia Meloni (Since 2022)

Country: Turkey

President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Since 2014)

Prime Minister: Position abolished in 2018

Country: Indonesia

President: Joko Widodo (Since 2014)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Mexico

President: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: South Africa

President: Cyril Ramaphosa (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Saudi Arabia

President: N/A (King: Salman bin Abdulaziz)

Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Salman (Since 2022)

Country: Egypt

President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Since 2014)

Prime Minister: Mostafa Madbouly (Since 2018)

Country: Iran

President: Ebrahim Raisi (Until 2024 - deceased)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Nigeria

President: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Argentina

President: Javier Milei (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Ukraine

President: Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Denys Shmyhal (Since 2020)

Country: Poland

President: Andrzej Duda (Since 2015)

Prime Minister: Donald Tusk (Since 2023)

Country: Netherlands

President: N/A (Monarch: King Willem-Alexander)

Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (Since 2010)

Country: Sweden

President: N/A (Monarch: King Carl XVI Gustaf)

Prime Minister: Ulf Kristersson (Since 2022)

Country: Norway

President: N/A (Monarch: King Harald V)

Prime Minister: Jonas Gahr Støre (Since 2021)

Country: Finland

President: Alexander Stubb (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo (Since 2023)

Country: Denmark

President: N/A (Monarch: King Frederik X)

Prime Minister: Mette Frederiksen (Since 2019)

Country: Greece

President: Katerina Sakellaropoulou (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Since 2019)

Country: Portugal

President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: Luís Montenegro (Since 2024)

Country: Austria

President: Alexander Van der Bellen (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Karl Nehammer (Chancellor, Since 2021)

Country: Belgium

President: N/A (Monarch: King Philippe)

Prime Minister: Alexander De Croo (Since 2020)

Country: Switzerland

President: Viola Amherd (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: N/A (Federal Council system)

Country: Czech Republic

President: Petr Pavel (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Petr Fiala (Since 2021)

Country: Hungary

President: Tamás Sulyok (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán (Since 2010)

Country: Romania

President: Klaus Iohannis (Since 2014)

Prime Minister: Marcel Ciolacu (Since 2023)

Country: Serbia

President: Aleksandar Vučić (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Miloš Vučević (Since 2024)

Country: Israel

President: Isaac Herzog (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu (Since 2022)

Country: Iraq

President: Abdul Latif Rashid (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (Since 2022)

Country: Afghanistan

President: N/A (Taliban rule)

Prime Minister: Hasan Akhund (Acting, Since 2021)

Country: Malaysia

President: N/A (Monarch: King Sultan Ibrahim)

Prime Minister: Anwar Ibrahim (Since 2022)

Country: Thailand

President: N/A (Monarch: King Maha Vajiralongkorn)

Prime Minister: Srettha Thavisin (Since 2023)

Country: Vietnam

President: Tô Lâm (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Phạm Minh Chính (Since 2021)

Country: Philippines

President: Bongbong Marcos (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Singapore

President: Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Lawrence Wong (Since 2024)

Country: New Zealand

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Christopher Luxon (Since 2023)

Country: Sri Lanka

President: Ranil Wickremesinghe (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Dinesh Gunawardena (Since 2022)

Country: Nepal

President: Ram Chandra Poudel (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Since 2022)

Country: Bhutan

President: N/A (Monarch: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck)

Prime Minister: Tshering Tobgay (Since 2024)

Country: Maldives

President: Mohamed Muizzu (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Myanmar

President: Myint Swe (Acting, Since 2021 military coup)

Prime Minister: Min Aung Hlaing (Since 2021)

Country: Kazakhstan

President: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Olzhas Bektenov (Since 2024)

Country: Uzbekistan

President: Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: Abdulla Aripov (Since 2016)

Country: Turkmenistan

President: Serdar Berdimuhamedow (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Tajikistan

President: Emomali Rahmon (Since 1994)

Prime Minister: Kokhir Rasulzoda (Since 2013)

Country: Kyrgyzstan

President: Sadyr Japarov (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Akylbek Japarov (Since 2021)

Country: Mongolia

President: Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (Since 2021)

Country: Qatar

President: N/A (Emir: Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani)

Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (Since 2023)

Country: United Arab Emirates

President: Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Since 2006)

Country: Oman

President: N/A (Sultan: Haitham bin Tariq)

Prime Minister: Haitham bin Tariq (Since 2020)

Country: Kuwait

President: N/A (Emir: Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah)

Prime Minister: Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Since 2022)

Country: Bahrain

President: N/A (King: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa)

Prime Minister: Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (Since 2020)

Country: Jordan

President: N/A (King: Abdullah II)

Prime Minister: Bisher Al-Khasawneh (Since 2020)

Country: Lebanon

President: Vacant (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Najib Mikati (Since 2021)

Country: Syria

President: Bashar al-Assad (Since 2000)

Prime Minister: Hussein Arnous (Since 2020)

Country: Yemen

President: Rashad al-Alimi (Chairman of Presidential Leadership Council, Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed (Since 2018)

Country: Palestine

President: Mahmoud Abbas (Since 2005)

Prime Minister: Mohammad Shtayyeh (Since 2019)

Country: Algeria

President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Nadir Larbaoui (Since 2023)

Country: Morocco

President: N/A (King: Mohammed VI)

Prime Minister: Aziz Akhannouch (Since 2021)

Country: Tunisia

President: Kais Saied (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Ahmed Hachani (Since 2023)

Country: Libya

President: Mohamed al-Menfi (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (Since 2021)

Country: Sudan

President: Transitional Sovereignty Council (Led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan)

Prime Minister: Vacant

Country: Ethiopia

President: Sahle-Work Zewde (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: Abiy Ahmed (Since 2018)

Country: Kenya

President: William Ruto (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Tanzania

President: Samia Suluhu Hassan (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa (Since 2015)

Country: Uganda

President: Yoweri Museveni (Since 1986)

Prime Minister: Robinah Nabbanja (Since 2021)

Country: Rwanda

President: Paul Kagame (Since 2000)

Prime Minister: Édouard Ngirente (Since 2017)

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

President: Félix Tshisekedi (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Judith Suminwa Tuluka (Since 2024)

Country: South Sudan

President: Salva Kiir Mayardit (Since 2011)

Prime Minister: Riek Machar (Vice President, Acting PM role)

Country: Somalia

President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Hamza Abdi Barre (Since 2022)

Country: Zimbabwe

President: Emmerson Mnangagwa (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Position abolished in 2013

Country: Zambia

President: Hakainde Hichilema (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Angola

President: João Lourenço (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Position abolished in 2010

Country: Mozambique

President: Filipe Nyusi (Since 2015)

Prime Minister: Adriano Maleiane (Since 2022)

Country: Malawi

President: Lazarus Chakwera (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Botswana

President: Mokgweetsi Masisi (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Namibia

President: Nangolo Mbumba (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (Since 2015)

Country: Madagascar

President: Andry Rajoelina (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Christian Ntsay (Since 2018)

Country: Mauritius

President: Prithvirajsing Roopun (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: Pravind Jugnauth (Since 2017)

Country: Seychelles

President: Wavel Ramkalawan (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Eswatini

President: N/A (King: Mswati III)

Prime Minister: Russell Dlamini (Since 2023)

Country: Lesotho

President: N/A (King: Letsie III)

Prime Minister: Sam Matekane (Since 2022)

Country: Gabon

President: Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema (Transitional, Since 2023 coup)

Prime Minister: Raymond Ndong Sima (Since 2023)

Country: Republic of the Congo

President: Denis Sassou Nguesso (Since 1997)

Prime Minister: Anatole Collinet Makosso (Since 2021)

Country: Central African Republic

President: Faustin-Archange Touadéra (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: Félix Moloua (Since 2022)

Country: Cameroon

President: Paul Biya (Since 1982)

Prime Minister: Joseph Ngute (Since 2019)

Country: Chad

President: Mahamat Déby (Transitional, Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Succès Masra (Since 2024)

Country: Niger

President: Abdourahamane Tchiani (Since 2023 coup)

Prime Minister: Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine (Since 2023)

Country: Mali

President: Assimi Goïta (Since 2021 coup)

Prime Minister: Choguel Kokalla Maïga (Since 2021)

Country: Burkina Faso

President: Ibrahim Traoré (Since 2022 coup)

Prime Minister: Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (Since 2022)

Country: Benin

President: Patrice Talon (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: Position abolished in 2016

Country: Togo

President: Faure Gnassingbé (Since 2005)

Prime Minister: Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (Since 2020)

Country: Ghana

President: Nana Akufo-Addo (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

President: Alassane Ouattara (Since 2010)

Prime Minister: Robert Beugré Mambé (Since 2023)

Country: Liberia

President: Joseph Boakai (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Sierra Leone

President: Julius Maada Bio (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Guinea

President: Mamadi Doumbouya (Transitional, Since 2021 coup)

Prime Minister: Bernard Goumou (Since 2022)

Country: Guinea-Bissau

President: Umaro Sissoco Embaló (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: Rui Duarte de Barros (Since 2023)

Country: Gambia

President: Adama Barrow (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Senegal

President: Bassirou Diomaye Faye (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Ousmane Sonko (Since 2024)

Country: Equatorial Guinea

President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (Since 1979)

Prime Minister: Manuela Roka Botey (Since 2023)

Country: São Tomé and Príncipe

President: Carlos Vila Nova (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Patrice Trovoada (Since 2022)

Country: Cape Verde

President: José Maria Neves (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Ulisses Correia e Silva (Since 2016)

Country: Comoros

President: Azali Assoumani (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Djibouti

President: Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (Since 1999)

Prime Minister: Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (Since 2013)

Country: Eritrea

President: Isaias Afwerki (Since 1993)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Western Sahara

President: Brahim Ghali (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun (Since 2020)

Country: North Korea

President: Kim Jong-un (Chairman, Supreme Leader)

Prime Minister: Kim Tok-hun (Since 2020)

Country: Taiwan

President: Lai Ching-te (William Lai) (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Cho Jung-tai (Since 2024)

Country: Vatican City

President: Pope Francis (Since 2013)

Prime Minister: N/A (Governed by the Holy See)

Country: Andorra

President: Emmanuel Macron (Co-Prince, France)

Prime Minister: Xavier Espot Zamora (Since 2019)

Country: Liechtenstein

President: N/A (Prince: Hans-Adam II)

Prime Minister: Daniel Risch (Since 2021)

Country: Monaco

President: N/A (Prince: Albert II)

Prime Minister: Pierre Dartout (Minister of State, Since 2020)

Country: San Marino

President: Alessandro Rossi and Milena Gasperoni (Captains Regent, Since Apr 2024)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Malta

President: Myriam Spiteri Debono (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Robert Abela (Since 2020)

Country: Iceland

President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (Since 2016)

Prime Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Since 2017)

Country: Luxembourg

President: N/A (Grand Duke: Henri)

Prime Minister: Luc Frieden (Since 2023)

Country: Cyprus

President: Nikos Christodoulides (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Armenia

President: Vahagn Khachaturyan (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Nikol Pashinyan (Since 2018)

Country: Georgia

President: Salome Zourabichvili (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: Irakli Kobakhidze (Since 2024)

Country: Azerbaijan

President: Ilham Aliyev (Since 2003)

Prime Minister: Ali Asadov (Since 2019)

Country: Belarus

President: Alexander Lukashenko (Since 1994)

Prime Minister: Roman Golovchenko (Since 2020)

Country: Moldova

President: Maia Sandu (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: Dorin Recean (Since 2023)

Country: Albania

President: Bajram Begaj (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Edi Rama (Since 2013)

Country: North Macedonia

President: Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: Hristijan Mickoski (Since 2024)

Country: Kosovo

President: Vjosa Osmani (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Albin Kurti (Since 2021)

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presidency: Željka Cvijanović, Denis Bećirović, Željko Komšić (Tri-member Presidency)

Prime Minister: Borjana Krišto (Since 2023)

Country: Montenegro

President: Jakov Milatović (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Milojko Spajić (Since 2023)

Country: Vatican City (Holy See)

President: Pope Francis (Since 2013)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Haiti

President: Vacant (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Garry Conille (Since 2024)

Country: Dominican Republic

President: Luis Abinader (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Cuba

President: Miguel Díaz-Canel (Since 2018)

Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz (Since 2019)

Country: Jamaica

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Andrew Holness (Since 2016)

Country: Trinidad and Tobago

President: Christine Kangaloo (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Keith Rowley (Since 2015)

Country: Bahamas

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Philip Davis (Since 2021)

Country: Barbados

President: Sandra Mason (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Mia Mottley (Since 2018)

Country: Saint Lucia

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Philip J. Pierre (Since 2021)

Country: Grenada

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Dickon Mitchell (Since 2022)

Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Ralph Gonsalves (Since 2001)

Country: Antigua and Barbuda

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Gaston Browne (Since 2014)

Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Terrance Drew (Since 2022)

Country: Dominica

President: Sylvanie Burton (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: Roosevelt Skerrit (Since 2004)

Country: Belize

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Johnny Briceño (Since 2020)

Country: Costa Rica

President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: El Salvador

President: Nayib Bukele (Since 2019)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Guatemala

President: Bernardo Arévalo (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Honduras

President: Xiomara Castro (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Nicaragua

President: Daniel Ortega (Since 2007)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Panama

President: José Raúl Mulino (Since 2024)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Suriname

President: Chandrikapersad Santokhi (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Guyana

President: Irfaan Ali (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: Mark Phillips (Since 2020)

Country: Venezuela

President: Nicolás Maduro (Since 2013)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Colombia

President: Gustavo Petro (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Ecuador

President: Daniel Noboa (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Peru

President: Dina Boluarte (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Gustavo Adrianzén (Since 2024)

Country: Bolivia

President: Luis Arce (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Paraguay

President: Santiago Peña (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Uruguay

President: Luis Lacalle Pou (Since 2020)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Chile

President: Gabriel Boric (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Argentina

President: Javier Milei (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Brazil

President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Australia

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese (Since 2022)

Country: Papua New Guinea

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: James Marape (Since 2019)

Country: Fiji

President: Wiliame Katonivere (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: Sitiveni Rabuka (Since 2022)

Country: Solomon Islands

President: N/A (Monarch: King Charles III)

Prime Minister: Jeremiah Manele (Since 2024)

Country: Vanuatu

President: Nikenike Vurobaravu (Since 2022)

Prime Minister: Charlot Salwai (Since 2023)

Country: Samoa

President: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II (Since 2017)

Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (Since 2021)

Country: Tonga

President: N/A (King: Tupou VI)

Prime Minister: Siaosi Sovaleni (Since 2021)

Country: Palau

President: Surangel Whipps Jr. (Since 2021)

Prime Minister: N/A

Country: Micronesia (Federated States)

President: Wesley Simina (Since 2023)

Prime Minister: N/A

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