Country
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Acting Head of State
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Since
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Albania
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Lindita Nikolla (
Speaker of the Parliament)
|
10 September 2021
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Algeria
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Salah Goudjil (
President of the Council of the Nation)
|
10 April 2019
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Armenia
|
Designated Acting President
|
Alen Simonyan (
President of the National Assembly of Armenia)
[13]
|
2 August 2021
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Australia
|
Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio)
|
Linda Dessau (
Administrator of the Commonwealth and
Governor of Victoria)
|
1 November 2021
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Austria
|
Presidential College
|
Wolfgang Sobotka (
First President of the National Council)
Doris Bures (
Second President of the National Council)
Norbert Hofer (
Third President of the National Council)
|
20 December 2017 9 November 2017 20 December 2017
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Bangladesh
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad)
|
30 April 2013
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Barbados
|
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
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Reginald Farley (
President of the Senate)
|
10 April 2019
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Belarus
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Roman Golovchenko (
Prime Minister)
|
4 June 2020
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Cameroon
|
Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)
|
Joseph Ngute (
Prime Minister)
[14]
|
4 January 2019
|
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
|
Marcel Niat Njifenji (
President of the Senate)
[15]
|
12 June 2013
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Canada
|
Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio)
|
Richard Wagner (
Administrator of the Government of Canada and
Chief Justice of Canada)
|
18 December 2017
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Cape Verde
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Austelino Tavares Correia (
President of the National Assembly)
[16]
|
19 May 2021
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Central African Republic
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Simplice Sarandji (
President of the National Assembly)
[17]
|
5 May 2021
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Chile
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Carolina Tohá (
Minister of the Interior and Public Security)
|
7 September 2022
|
Comoros
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore)
|
11 November 2021
[c]
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo (
President of the Senate)
|
5 February 2021
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Congo, Republic of the
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Pierre Ngolo (
President of the Senate)
[18]
|
25 August 2011
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Croatia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Gordan Jandroković (
Speaker of Parliament)
|
5 May 2017
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Cyprus
|
Designated Acting President (de facto)
|
Annita Demetriou (
President of the House of Representatives)
|
10 June 2021
|
Czech Republic
|
Presidential Commission
|
Markéta Pekarová Adamová (
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies)
Petr Fiala (
Prime Minister)
|
10 November 2021 17 December 2021
|
Djibouti
|
Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)
|
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (
Prime Minister)
|
1 April 2013
|
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
|
Abdourahman Cheick Mohamed (
President of the Supreme Court)
|
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East Timor
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Maria Fernanda Lay (
President of National Parliament)
[19]
|
22 June 2023
|
Egypt
|
Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)
[20]
|
Mostafa Madbouly (
Prime Minister)
|
14 June 2018
|
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
|
Hanafy El Gebaly (
Speaker of the House of Representatives)
[21]
|
12 January 2021
|
Eritrea
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Isaias Afwerki (
Chairman of National Assembly)
|
1993
|
Estonia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Lauri Hussar (
Speaker of the Riigikogu)
|
10 April 2023
|
France
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Gérard Larcher (
President of the Senate)
|
2014
|
Fiji
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Kamal Kumar (
Chief Justice)
|
2019
|
Finland
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Petteri Orpo (
Prime Minister)
|
20 June 2023
|
Gabon
|
Designated Acting President
|
Paulette Missambo (
President of the Senate)
[22]
|
18 September 2023
|
Georgia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Shalva Papuashvili (
Chairperson of the Parliament)
|
29 December 2021
|
Germany
|
Designated Acting Head of State (ex officio)
|
Manuela Schwesig (
President of the Bundesrat and
Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
|
1 November 2023
|
Greece
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Konstantinos Tasoulas (
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament)
|
18 July 2019
|
Guinea
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Dansa Kourouma (
President of the National Assembly)
[23]
|
5 February 2022
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Cipriano Cassamá (
President of the National People's Assembly)
|
16 June 2014
|
Haiti
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Ariel Henry (
Prime Minister)
|
20 July 2021
|
Hungary
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
László Kövér (
Speaker of the National Assembly)
|
6 August 2010
|
Iceland
|
Presidential Commission
|
Katrín Jakobsdóttir (
Prime Minister)
Birgir Ármannsson (
Speaker of the Alþing)
Benedikt Bogason (
President of the Supreme Court)
|
30 November 2017 1 December 2021 1 September 2020
|
Iraq
|
Designated Acting President
[24]
|
Mohamed Al-Halbousi (
Speaker of the Council of Representatives)
|
15 September 2018
|
Ireland
|
Presidential Commission
|
Frank Clarke (
Chief Justice)
Mark Daly (
Cathaoirleach)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (
Ceann Comhairle)
|
2011 2016 2016
|
Israel
|
Designated Interim and Acting President (ex officio)
|
Amir Ohana (
Speaker of the Knesset)
[25]
|
29 December 2022
|
Italy
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Ignazio La Russa (
President of the Senate)
|
13 October 2022
|
Ivory Coast
|
Designated Acting President
[26]
|
Patrick Achi (
Prime Minister)
|
8 March 2021
|
Kazakhstan
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Mäulen Äşimbaev (
Chair of the Senate)
[27]
|
4 May 2020
|
South Korea
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Han Duck-soo (
Prime Minister)
|
21 May 2022
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Nurlanbek Shakiev (
Speaker of the Supreme Council)
[28]
|
5 October 2022
|
Latvia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Edvards Smiltēns (
Speaker of the Saeima)
|
1 November 2022
|
Lithuania
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (
Speaker of the Seimas)
|
14 November 2016
|
Madagascar
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Richard Ravalomanana (
President of the Senate)
|
13 October 2023
|
Malaysia
|
Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong
|
Nazrin Shah of Perak (
Sultan of Perak)
[d]
|
13 December 2016
|
Malta
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Angelo Farrugia (
Speaker of the House of Representatives)
[29]
|
6 April 2013
|
Mauritania
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Cheikh Ahmed Baye (
President of the National Assembly)
[30]
|
9 October 2018
|
Mexico
|
Designated Provisional President (ex officio)
|
Luisa María Alcalde Luján (
Secretary of the Interior)
|
19 June 2023
|
Moldova
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Igor Grosu (
President of the Moldovan Parliament)
[31]
|
29 July 2021
|
Mongolia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar (
Chairman of the State Great Khural)
|
1 February 2019
|
Montenegro
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Andrija Mandić (
President of the Parliament)
|
30 October 2023
|
Mozambique
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Esperança Bias (
President of the Assembly of the Republic)
[32]
|
13 January 2020
|
New Zealand
|
Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio)
|
Helen Winkelmann (
Administrator of the government and
Chief Justice of New Zealand)
|
14 March 2019
|
North Macedonia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Jovan Mitreski (
President of the Assembly)
|
26 January 2024
|
Pakistan
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Sadiq Sanjrani (
Chairman of the Senate)
|
12 March 2018
|
Palestine
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Aziz Dweik (
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council)
|
29 March 2006
|
Peru
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Alejandro Soto Reyes (
President of Congress)
|
26 July 2023
|
Poland
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Szymon Hołownia (
Marshal of the Sejm)
|
13 November 2023
|
Portugal
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Augusto Santos Silva (
Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic)
|
29 March 2022
|
Romania
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Nicolae Ciucă (
President of the Senate)
|
13 June 2023
|
Russia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Mikhail Mishustin (
Prime Minister)
|
16 January 2020
|
Rwanda
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Augustin Iyamuremye (
President of the Senate)
[33]
|
17 October 2019
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Celmira Sacramento (
President of the National Assembly)
[34]
|
8 November 2022
|
Senegal
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Amadou Mame Diop (
President of the National Assembly)
[35]
|
12 September 2022
|
Serbia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Vladimir Orlić (
President of the National Assembly)
|
2 August 2022
|
Singapore
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Eddie Teo (Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers)
|
2 January 2019
|
Slovakia
|
Presidential Commission
|
Peter Pellegrini (
Speaker of the National Council)
Robert Fico (
Prime Minister)
|
25 October 2023 25 October 2023
|
Slovenia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Urška Klakočar Zupančič (Speaker of the National Assembly)
|
13 May 2022
|
Somalia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Aden Madobe (
President of the House of the People)
|
10 April 2022.
|
Sri Lanka
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Dinesh Gunawardena (Prime Minister)
|
22 July 2022
|
Syria
|
Designated Acting President
[36]
|
Hussein Arnous (
Prime Minister)
|
17 July 2021
|
Tajikistan
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Rustam Emomali (
Chairman of the National Assembly)
|
17 April 2020
|
Togo
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Yawa Djigbodi Tségan (
President of the National Assembly)
|
24 January 2019
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Nigel de Freitas (
President of the Senate)
|
18 January 2023
|
Tunisia
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Ahmed Hachani (
Prime Minister)
|
2 August 2023
|
Turkmenistan
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Dünýägözel Gulmanowa (
Speaker of the Assembly)
|
6 April 2023
|
Ukraine
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Ruslan Stefanchuk (
Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada)
|
8 October 2021
|
Vanuatu
|
Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Seule Simeon (
Speaker of the Parliament)
|
15 June 2021
|