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Africa
Algeria
President -
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
,
President of Algeria
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ahmed Ouyahia
,
Prime Minister of Algeria
(2008 – present)
Angola
President -
José Eduardo dos Santos
,
President of Angola
(1979 – present)
Prime Minister -
Paulo Kassoma
,
Prime Minister of Angola
(2008 – present)
Benin
President -
Yayi Boni
,
President of Benin
(2006 – present)
Botswana
President -
Ian Khama
,
President of Botswana
(2008 – present)
Burkina Faso
President -
Blaise Compaoré
,
President of Burkina Faso
(1987 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tertius Zongo
,
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
(2007 – present)
Burundi
President -
Pierre Nkurunziza
,
President of Burundi
(2005 – present)
Cameroon
President -
Paul Biya
,
President of Cameroon
(1982 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ephraïm Inoni
,
Prime Minister of Cameroon
(2004 – 2009)
Philémon Yang
,
Prime Minister of Cameroon
(2009 – present)
Cape Verde
President -
Pedro Pires
,
President of Cape Verde
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
José Maria Neves
,
Prime Minister of Cape Verde
(2001 – present)
Central African Republic
President -
François Bozizé
,
President of the Central African Republic
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
,
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
(2008 – present)
Chad
President -
Idriss Déby
,
President of Chad
(1990 – present)
Prime Minister -
Youssouf Saleh Abbas
,
Prime Minister of Chad
(2008 – present)
Comoros
President -
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
,
President of Comoros
(2006 – present)
Anjouan
(autonomous island)
President -
Moussa Toybou
,
President of Anjouan
(2008 – present)
Grande Comore
(autonomous island)
President -
Mohamed Abdoulwahab
,
President of Grande Comore
(2007 – present)
Mohéli
(autonomous island)
President -
Mohamed Ali Said
,
President of Mohéli
(2007 – present)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
President -
Joseph Kabila
,
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Adolphe Muzito
,
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2008 – present)
Republic of the Congo
President -
Denis Sassou Nguesso
,
President of the Republic of the Congo
(1997 – present)
Prime Minister -
Isidore Mvouba
,
Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
(2005 – present)
Côte d'Ivoire
President -
Laurent Gbagbo
,
President of Côte d'Ivoire
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Guillaume Soro
,
Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
(2007 – present)
Djibouti
President -
Ismail Omar Guelleh
,
President of Djibouti
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Dileita Mohamed Dileita
,
Prime Minister of Djibouti
(2001 – present)
Equatorial Guinea
President -
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
,
President of Equatorial Guinea
(1979 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ignacio Milam Tang
,
Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
(2008 – present)
Eritrea
President -
Isaias Afewerki
,
President of Eritrea
(1991 – present)
[1]
Ethiopia
President -
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
,
President of Ethiopia
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Meles Zenawi
,
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
(1995 – present)
Gabon
President -
Omar Bongo
,
President of Gabon
(1967 – 2009)
Rose Francine Rogombé
,
Interim President of Gabon
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jean Eyeghe Ndong
,
Prime Minister of Gabon
(2006 – present)
The Gambia
President -
Yahya Jammeh
,
President of The Gambia
(1994 – present)
Ghana
President -
John Kufuor
,
President of Ghana
(2001 – 2009)
John Atta Mills
,
President of Ghana
(2009 – present)
Guinea
President -
Moussa Dadis Camara
,
President of Guinea
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kabine Komara
,
Prime Minister of Guinea
(2008 – present)
Guinea-Bissau
President -
João Bernardo Vieira
,
President of Guinea-Bissau
(2005 – 2009)
Raimundo Pereira
,
Acting President of Guinea-Bissau
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Carlos Correia
,
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
(2008 – 2009)
Carlos Gomes Júnior
,
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
(2009 – present)
Kenya
President -
Mwai Kibaki
,
President of Kenya
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Raila Odinga
,
Prime Minister of Kenya
(2008 – present)
Lesotho
Monarch -
Letsie III
,
King of Lesotho
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
Pakalitha Mosisili
,
Prime Minister of Lesotho
(1998 – present)
Liberia
President -
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
,
President of Liberia
(2006 – present)
Libya
De facto
Head of State -
Muammar al-Gaddafi
,
Guide of the Revolution of Libya
(1969 – present)
Nominal Head of State -
Miftah Muhammed K'eba
,
General Secretary of the General People's Congress of Libya
(2008 – 2009)
Imbarek Shamekh
,
General Secretary of the General People's Congress of Libya
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Baghdadi Mahmudi
,
Prime Minister of Libya
(2006 – present)
Madagascar
President -
Marc Ravalomanana
,
President of Madagascar
(2002 – 2009)
Andry Rajoelina
,
President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Charles Rabemananjara
,
Prime Minister of Madagascar
(2007 – 2009)
Monja Roindefo
,
Prime Minister of Madagascar
(2009 – present)
Malawi
President -
Bingu wa Mutharika
,
President of Malawi
(2004 – present)
Mali
President -
Amadou Toumani Touré
,
President of Mali
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Modibo Sidibé
,
Prime Minister of Mali
(2007 – present)
Mauritania
President -
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
,
President of the High Council of State of Mauritania
(2008 – 2009)
Ba Mamadou Mbaré
,
Acting President of Mauritania
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
,
Prime Minister of Mauritania
(2008 – present)
Mauritius
President -
Anerood Jugnauth
,
President of Mauritius
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Navin Ramgoolam
,
Prime Minister of Mauritius
(2005 – present)
Rodrigues
(autonomous region)
Chief Commissioner -
Johnson Roussety
,
Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues
(2006 – present)
Chief Executive -
Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis
,
Chief Executive of Rodrigues
(2004 – present)
Mayotte
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Denis Robin
,
Prefect of Mayotte
(2008 – present)
President of the General Council -
Ahmed Attoumani Douchina
,
President of the General Council of Mayotte
(2008 – present)
Morocco
Monarch -
Mohammed VI
,
King of Morocco
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abbas El Fassi
,
Prime Minister of Morocco
(2007 – present)
Western Sahara
(
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
) (
self-declared, partially recognized state
)
President -
Mohamed Abdelaziz
,
President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(1976 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
,
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(2003 – present)
Mozambique
President -
Armando Guebuza
,
President of Mozambique
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Luisa Diogo
,
Prime Minister of Mozambique
(2004 – present)
Namibia
President -
Hifikepunye Pohamba
,
President of Namibia
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nahas Angula
,
Prime Minister of Namibia
(2005 – present)
Niger
President -
Tandja Mamadou
,
President of Niger
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Seyni Oumarou
,
Prime Minister of Niger
(2007 – present)
Nigeria
President -
Umaru Yar'Adua
,
President of Nigeria
(2007 – present)
Rwanda
President -
Paul Kagame
,
President of Rwanda
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bernard Makuza
,
Prime Minister of Rwanda
(2000 – present)
Saint Helena
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Andrew Gurr
,
Governor of Saint Helena
(2007 – present)
São Tomé and Príncipe
President -
Fradique de Menezes
,
President of São Tomé and Príncipe
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Joaquim Rafael Branco
,
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
(2008 – present)
Príncipe
(self-governing province)
President -
José Cassandra
,
President of the Regional Government of Príncipe
(2006 – present)
Senegal
President -
Abdoulaye Wade
,
President of Senegal
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
,
Prime Minister of Senegal
(2007 – 2009)
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
,
Prime Minister of Senegal
(2009 – present)
Seychelles
President -
James Michel
,
President of Seychelles
(2004 – present)
Sierra Leone
President -
Ernest Bai Koroma
,
President of Sierra Leone
(2007 – present)
Somalia
President -
Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe
,
Acting President of Somalia
(2008 – 2009)
Sharif Ahmed
,
President of Somalia
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nur Hassan Hussein
,
Prime Minister of Somalia
(2007 – 2009)
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
,
Prime Minister of Somalia
(2009 – present)
Somaliland
(unrecognized secessionist state)
President -
Dahir Riyale Kahin
,
President of Somaliland
(2002 – present)
Puntland
(self-declared autonomous state)
President -
Mohamud Muse Hersi
,
President of Puntland
(2005 – 2009)
Abdirahman Mohamud Farole
,
President of Puntland
(2009 – present)
South Africa
President -
Kgalema Motlanthe
,
President of South Africa
(2008 – 2009)
Jacob Zuma
,
President of South Africa
(2009 – present)
Sudan
President -
Omar al-Bashir
,
President of Sudan
(1989 – present)
Southern Sudan
(autonomous region)
President -
Salva Kiir Mayardit
,
President of the Government of Southern Sudan
(2005 – present)
Swaziland
Monarch -
Mswati III
,
King of Swaziland
(1986 – present)
Prime Minister -
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
,
Prime Minister of Swaziland
(2008 – present)
Tanzania
President -
Jakaya Kikwete
,
President of Tanzania
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mizengo Pinda
,
Prime Minister of Tanzania
(2008 – present)
Zanzibar
(semi-autonomous region)
President -
Amani Abeid Karume
,
President of Zanzibar
(2000 – present)
Chief Minister -
Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
,
Chief Minister of Zanzibar
(2000 – present)
Togo
President -
Faure Gnassingbé
,
President of Togo
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Gilbert Houngbo
,
Prime Minister of Togo
(2008 – present)
Tunisia
President -
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
,
President of Tunisia
(1987 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mohamed Ghannouchi
,
Prime Minister of Tunisia
(1999 – present)
Uganda
President -
Yoweri Museveni
,
President of Uganda
(1986 – present)
Prime Minister -
Apolo Nsibambi
,
Prime Minister of Uganda
(1999 – present)
Zambia
President -
Rupiah Banda
,
President of Zambia
(2008 – present)
Zimbabwe
President -
Robert Mugabe
,
President of Zimbabwe
(1987 – present)
Prime Minister -
Morgan Tsvangirai
,
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
(2009 – present)
Asia
Afghanistan
President -
Hamid Karzai
,
President of Afghanistan
(2001 – present)
Bangladesh
President -
Iajuddin Ahmed
,
President of Bangladesh
(2002 – 2009)
Zillur Rahman
,
President of Bangladesh
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Fakhruddin Ahmed
,
Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
(2007 – 2009)
Hasina Wazed
,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
(2009 – present)
Bhutan
Monarch -
Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
,
King of Bhutan
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jigme Thinley
,
Prime Minister of Bhutan
(2008 – present)
Brunei
Monarch -
Hassanal Bolkiah
,
Sultan of Brunei
(1967 – present)
[2]
Cambodia
Monarch -
Norodom Sihamoni
,
King of Cambodia
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hun Sen
,
Prime Minister of Cambodia
(1998 – present)
China (People's Republic of China)
Communist Party Leader -
Hu Jintao
,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
(2002 – present)
President -
Hu Jintao
,
President of the People's Republic of China
(2003 – present)
Premier -
Wen Jiabao
,
Premier of the People's Republic of China
(2003 – present)
Hong Kong
(
Special Administrative Region
)
Chief Executive -
Donald Tsang
,
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
(2005 – present)
Macau
(
Special Administrative Region
)
Chief Executive -
Edmund Ho
,
Chief Executive of Macau
(1999 – present)
East Timor
President -
José Ramos-Horta
,
President of East Timor
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Xanana Gusmão
,
Prime Minister of East Timor
(2007 – present)
India
President -
Pratibha Patil
,
President of India
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Manmohan Singh
,
Prime Minister of India
(2004 – present)
Indonesia
President -
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
,
President of Indonesia
(2004 – present)
Japan
Monarch -
Akihito
,
Emperor of Japan
(1989 – present)
Prime Minister -
Taro Aso
,
Prime Minister of Japan
(2008 – present)
Kazakhstan
President -
Nursultan Nazarbayev
,
President of Kazakhstan
(1990 – present)
[3]
Prime Minister -
Karim Masimov
,
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
(2007 – present)
Kyrgyzstan
President -
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
,
President of Kyrgyzstan
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Igor Chudinov
,
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
(2007 – present)
Laos
Communist Party Leader -
Choummaly Sayasone
,
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
(2006 – present)
President -
Choummaly Sayasone
,
President of Laos
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bouasone Bouphavanh
,
Prime Minister of Laos
(2006 – present)
Malaysia
Monarch -
Mizan Zainal Abidin
,
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
,
Prime Minister of Malaysia
(2003 – 2009)
Najib Razak
,
Prime Minister of Malaysia
(2009 – present)
Maldives
President -
Mohamed Nasheed
,
President of Maldives
(2008 – present)
Mongolia
President -
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
,
President of Mongolia
(2005 – 2009)
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
,
President of Mongolia
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sanjaagiin Bayar
,
Prime Minister of Mongolia
(2007 – present)
Myanmar
Head of State -
Than Shwe
,
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar
(1992 – present)
Prime Minister -
Thein Sein
,
Prime Minister of Myanmar
(2007 – present)
Nepal
President -
Ram Baran Yadav
,
President of Nepal
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
,
Prime Minister of Nepal
(2008 – 2009)
Madhav Kumar Nepal
,
Prime Minister of Nepal
(2009 – present)
North Korea
Communist Party Leader -
Kim Jong-il
,
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
(1997 – present)
De facto
Head of State -
Kim Jong-il
,
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea
(1993 – present)
[4]
Nominal Head of State -
Kim Yong-nam
,
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
(1998 – present)
Premier -
Kim Yong-il
,
Premier of North Korea
(2007 – present)
Pakistan
President -
Asif Ali Zardari
,
President of Pakistan
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Yousaf Raza Gillani
,
Prime Minister of Pakistan
(2008 – present)
Philippines
President -
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
,
President of the Philippines
(2001 – present)
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Governor -
Zaldy Ampatuan
,
Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(2005 – present)
Singapore
President -
Sellapan Ramanathan
,
President of Singapore
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Lee Hsien Loong
,
Prime Minister of Singapore
(2004 – present)
South Korea
President -
Lee Myung-bak
,
President of South Korea
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Han Seung-soo
,
Prime Minister of South Korea
(2008 – present)
Sri Lanka
President -
Mahinda Rajapaksa
,
President of Sri Lanka
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
,
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
(2005 – present)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
President -
Ma Ying-jeou
,
President of the Republic of China
(2008 – present)
Premier -
Liu Chao-shiuan
,
Premier of the Republic of China
(2008 – present)
Tajikistan
President -
Emomali Rahmonov
,
President of Tajikistan
(1992 – present)
Prime Minister -
Akil Akilov
,
Prime Minister of Tajikistan
(1999 – present)
Gorno-Badakhshan
(autonomous province)
Chairman of the Administration -
Kadyr Kasymov
,
Chairman of the Administration of Gorno-Badakhshan
(2006 – present)
Thailand
Monarch -
Bhumibol Adulyadej
,
King of Thailand
(1946 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abhisit Vejjajiva
,
Prime Minister of Thailand
(2008 – present)
Turkmenistan
President -
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
,
President of Turkmenistan
(2006 – present)
Uzbekistan
President -
Islom Karimov
,
President of Uzbekistan
(1990 – present)
[5]
Prime Minister -
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
,
Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
(2003 – present)
Karakalpakstan
(autonomous republic)
President -
Musa Yerniyazov
,
President of Karakalpakstan
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bakhodir Yangiboyev
,
Prime Minister of Karakalpakstan
(2006 – present)
Vietnam
Communist Party Leader -
Nông Đức Mạnh
,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
(2001 – present)
President -
Nguyễn Minh Triết
,
President of Vietnam
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
,
Prime Minister of Vietnam
(2006 – present)
Europe
Albania
President -
Bamir Topi
,
President of Albania
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sali Berisha
,
Prime Minister of Albania
(2005 – present)
Andorra
Monarchs
Monarch -
Nicolas Sarkozy
,
French Co-Prince of Andorra
(2007 – present)
Representative -
Christian Frémont
(2008 – present)
Monarch -
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
,
Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra
(2003 – present)
Representative -
Nemesi Marqués Oste
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Albert Pintat
,
Prime Minister of Andorra
(2005 – 2009)
Jaume Bartumeu
,
Prime Minister of Andorra
(2009 – present)
Armenia
President -
Serzh Sargsyan
,
President of Armenia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tigran Sargsyan
,
Prime Minister of Armenia
(2008 – present)
Austria
President -
Heinz Fischer
,
President of Austria
(2004 – present)
Chancellor -
Werner Faymann
,
Chancellor of Austria
(2008 – present)
Azerbaijan
President -
Ilham Aliyev
,
President of Azerbaijan
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Artur Rasizade
,
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
(2003 – present)
Nakhichevan
(autonomous republic)
Chairman of the Parliament -
Vasif Talybov
,
Chairman of the Parliament of Nakhichevan
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Alovsat Bakhshiev
,
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Nakhichevan
(2000 – present)
Nagorno-Karabakh
(unrecognized, secessionist state)
President -
Bako Sahakyan
,
President of Nagorno-Karabakh
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Arayik Harutyunyan
,
Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
(2007 – present)
Belarus
President -
Alexander Lukashenko
,
President of Belarus
(1994 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sergey Sidorsky
,
Prime Minister of Belarus
(2003 – present)
Belgium
Monarch -
Albert II
,
King of the Belgians
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Herman Van Rompuy
,
Prime Minister of Belgium
(2008 – present)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presidency
Serb member -
Nebojša Radmanović
(2006 – present),
Chairman of the Presidency
(2008 – 2009)
Bosniak member -
Haris Silajdžić
(2006 – present)
Croat member -
Željko Komšić
(2006 – present),
Chairman of the Presidency
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nikola Špirić
,
Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – present)
High Representative
Miroslav Lajčák
,
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – 2009)
Valentin Inzko
,
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2009 – present)
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(constituent entity)
President -
Borjana Krišto
,
President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nedžad Branković
,
Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – present)
Republika Srpska
(constituent entity)
President -
Rajko Kuzmanović
,
President of the Republika Srpska
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Milorad Dodik
,
Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska
(2006 – present)
Brčko District
(internationally supervised, self-governing administrative unit)
Raffi Gregorian
(
United States
),
International Supervisor of Brčko District
(2006 – present)
Mirsad Đapo
(
Bosniak
),
Mayor of Brčko
(2004 – present)
Bulgaria
President -
Georgi Parvanov
,
President of Bulgaria
(2002 – present)
Premier -
Sergey Stanishev
,
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
(2005 – present)
Croatia
President -
Stjepan Mesić
,
President of Croatia
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ivo Sanader
,
Prime Minister of Croatia
(2003 – 2009)
Jadranka Kosor
,
Prime Minister of Croatia
(2009 – present)
Cyprus
President -
Dimitris Christofias
,
President of Cyprus
(2008 – present)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(unrecognized, secessionist state)
President -
Mehmet Ali Talat
,
President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ferdi Sabit Soyer
,
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(2005 – 2009)
Derviş Eroğlu
,
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(2009 – present)
Czech Republic
President -
Václav Klaus
,
President of the Czech Republic
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mirek Topolánek
,
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
(2006 – 2009)
Jan Fischer
,
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
(2009 – present)
Denmark
Monarch -
Margrethe II
,
Queen of Denmark
(1972 – present)
Prime Minister -
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
,
Prime Minister of Denmark
(2001 – 2009)
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
,
Prime Minister of Denmark
(2009 – present)
Faroe Islands
(autonomous region of the
Kingdom of Denmark
)
High Commissioner -
Dan M. Knudsen
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kaj Leo Johannesen
,
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
(2008 – present)
Greenland
(autonomous region of the
Kingdom of Denmark
)
High Commissioner -
Søren Hald Møller
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hans Enoksen
,
Prime Minister of Greenland
(2002 – 2009)
Kuupik Kleist
,
Prime Minister of Greenland
(2009 – present)
Estonia
President -
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
,
President of Estonia
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Andrus Ansip
,
Prime Minister of Estonia
(2005 – present)
Finland
President -
Tarja Halonen
,
President of Finland
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Matti Vanhanen
,
Prime Minister of Finland
(2003 – present)
Åland
(autonomous province)
Governor -
Peter Lindbäck
,
Governor of Åland
(1999 – present)
Premier -
Viveka Eriksson
,
Premier of Åland
(2007 – present)
France
President -
Nicolas Sarkozy
,
President of France
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
François Fillon
,
Prime Minister of France
(2007 – present)
Georgia
President -
Mikheil Saakashvili
,
President of Georgia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Grigol Mgaloblishvili
,
Prime Minister of Georgia
(2008 – 2009)
Nikoloz Gilauri
,
Prime Minister of Georgia
(2009 – present)
Adjara
(autonomous republic)
Chairman of the Supreme Council -
Mikheil Makharadze
,
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria
(2004 – present)
Chairman of the Government -
Levan Varshalomidze
,
Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria
(2004 – present)
Abkhazia
(partially recognized secessionist state)
President -
Sergey Bagapsh
,
President of Abkhazia
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Alexander Ankvab
,
Prime Minister of Abkhazia
(2005 – present)
South Ossetia
(partially recognized secessionist state)
President -
Eduard Kokoyty
,
President of South Ossetia
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Aslanbek Bulatsev
,
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
(2008 – present)
Germany
President -
Horst Köhler
,
President of Germany
(2004 – present)
Chancellor -
Angela Merkel
,
Chancellor of Germany
(2005 – present)
Greece
President -
Karolos Papoulias
,
President of Greece
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kostas Karamanlis
,
Prime Minister of Greece
(2004 – present)
Mount Athos
(autonomous monastic state)
Spiritual Leader -
Bartholomew I
,
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
(1991 – present)
Hungary
President -
László Sólyom
,
President of Hungary
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ferenc Gyurcsány
,
Prime Minister of Hungary
(2004 – 2009)
Gordon Bajnai
,
Prime Minister of Hungary
(2009 – present)
Iceland
President -
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
,
President of Iceland
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
Geir Haarde
,
Prime Minister of Iceland
(2006 – 2009)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
,
Prime Minister of Iceland
(2009 – present)
Ireland
President -
Mary McAleese
,
President of Ireland
(1997 – present)
Prime Minister -
Brian Cowen
,
Prime Minister of Ireland
(2008 – present)
Italy
President -
Giorgio Napolitano
,
President of Italy
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Silvio Berlusconi
,
Prime Minister of Italy
(2008 – present)
Latvia
President -
Valdis Zatlers
,
President of Latvia
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ivars Godmanis
,
Prime Minister of Latvia
(2007 – 2009)
Valdis Dombrovskis
,
Prime Minister of Latvia
(2009 – present)
Liechtenstein
Monarch -
Hans Adam II
,
Prince of Liechtenstein
(1989 – present)
Regent -
Alois
,
Prince-regent of Liechtenstein
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Otmar Hasler
,
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
(2001 – 2009)
Klaus Tschütscher
,
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
(2009 – present)
Lithuania
President -
Valdas Adamkus
,
President of Lithuania
(2004 – 2009)
Dalia Grybauskaitė
,
President of Lithuania
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Andrius Kubilius
,
Prime Minister of Lithuania
(2008 – present)
Luxembourg
Monarch -
Henri
,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jean-Claude Juncker
,
Prime Minister of Luxembourg
(1995 – present)
Macedonia
President -
Branko Crvenkovski
,
President of the Republic of Macedonia
(2004 – 2009)
Gjorge Ivanov
,
President of the Republic of Macedonia
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nikola Gruevski
,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
(2006 – present)
Malta
President -
Eddie Fenech Adami
,
President of Malta
(2004 – 2009)
George Abela
,
President of Malta
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Lawrence Gonzi
,
Prime Minister of Malta
(2004 – present)
Moldova
President -
Vladimir Voronin
,
President of Moldova
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Zinaida Greceanîi
,
Prime Minister of Moldova
(2008 – present)
Gagauzia
(autonomous region)
Governor -
Mihail Formuzal
,
Governor of Gagauzia Autonomous Region
(2006 – present)
Transnistria
(unrecognized secessionist state)
President -
Igor Smirnov
,
President of Transnistria
(1991 – present)
Monaco
Monarch -
Albert II
,
Prince of Monaco
(2005 – present)
Minister of State -
Jean-Paul Proust
,
Minister of State of Monaco
(2005 – present)
Montenegro
President -
Filip Vujanović
,
President of Montenegro
(2002 – present)
[6]
Prime Minister -
Milo Đukanović
,
Prime Minister of Montenegro
(2008 – present)
The Netherlands
Monarch -
Beatrix
,
Queen of the Netherlands
(1980 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jan Peter Balkenende
,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
(2002 – present)
Norway
Monarch -
Harald V
,
King of Norway
(1991 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jens Stoltenberg
,
Prime Minister of Norway
(2005 – present)
Poland
President -
Lech Kaczyński
,
President of Poland
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Donald Tusk
,
Prime Minister of Poland
(2007 – present)
Portugal
President -
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
,
President of Portugal
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
José Sócrates
,
Prime Minister of Portugal
(2005 – present)
Azores
(autonomous region)
President of the Government -
Carlos César
,
President of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores
(1996 – present)
Madeira
(autonomous region)
President of the Government -
Alberto João Jardim
,
President of the Regional Government of Madeira
(1978 – present)
Romania
President -
Traian Băsescu
,
President of Romania
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Emil Boc
,
Prime Minister of Romania
(2008 – present)
Russia
President -
Dmitry Medvedev
,
President of Russia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Vladimir Putin
,
Prime Minister of Russia
(2008 – present)
San Marino
Captains-Regent -
Ernesto Benedettini
and
Assunta Meloni
,
Captains-Regent of San Marino
(2008 – 2009)
Massimo Cenci
and
Oscar Mina
,
Captains-Regent of San Marino
(2009 – present)
Serbia
President -
Boris Tadić
President of Serbia
(2004 – present)
[7]
Prime Minister -
Mirko Cvetković
,
Prime Minister of Serbia
(2008– present)
Kosovo
(partially recognized secessionist state under nominal international administration)
President -
Fatmir Sejdiu
,
President of Kosovo
(2006 – present)
[8]
Prime Minister -
Hashim Thaçi
,
Prime Minister of Kosovo
(2008 – present)
Special Representative -
Lamberto Zannier
,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
(2008 – present)
Slovakia
President -
Ivan Gašparovič
,
President of Slovakia
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Robert Fico
,
Prime Minister of Slovakia
(2006 – present)
Slovenia
President -
Danilo Türk
,
President of Slovenia
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Borut Pahor
,
Prime Minister of Slovenia
(2008 – present)
Spain
Monarch -
Juan Carlos I
,
King of Spain
(1975 – present)
Prime Minister -
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
,
Prime Minister of Spain
(2004 – present)
Sweden
Monarch -
Carl XVI Gustaf
,
King of Sweden
(1973 – present)
Prime Minister -
Fredrik Reinfeldt
,
Prime Minister of Sweden
(2006 – present)
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Council
-
Hans-Rudolf Merz
(2003 – present,
President
),
Doris Leuthard
(2006 – present,
Vice President
),
Moritz Leuenberger
(1995 – present),
Pascal Couchepin
(1998 – present),
Micheline Calmy-Rey
(2002 – present),
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
(2008 – present),
Ueli Maurer
(2009 – present)
Turkey
President -
Abdullah Gül
,
President of Turkey
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
,
Prime Minister of Turkey
(2003 – present)
Ukraine
President -
Viktor Yushchenko
,
President of Ukraine
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Yulia Tymoshenko
,
Prime Minister of Ukraine
(2007 – present)
Crimea
(autonomous republic)
Chairman of the Parliament -
Anatoliy Hrytsenko
,
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Viktor Plakida
,
Prime Minister of Crimea
(2006 – present)
United Kingdom
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of the United Kingdom
(1952 – present)
Prime Minister -
Gordon Brown
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(2007 – present)
Northern Ireland
(
country of the United Kingdom
)
First Minister -
Peter Robinson
,
First Minister of Northern Ireland
(2008-present)
Scotland
(
country of the United Kingdom
)
First Minister -
Alex Salmond
,
First Minister of Scotland
(2007 – present)
Wales
(
country of the United Kingdom
)
First Minister -
Rhodri Morgan
,
First Minister of Wales
(2000 – present)
Isle of Man
(
British Crown dependency
)
Lieutenant-Governor -
Paul Haddacks
,
Lieutenant-Governor of Man
(2005 – present)
Chief minister -
Tony Brown
,
Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
(2006 – present)
Guernsey
(
British Crown dependency
)
Lieutenant-Governor -
Fabian Malbon
,
Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
(2005 – present)
Bailiff -
Geoffrey Rowland
,
Bailiff of Guernsey
(2005 – present)
Chief minister -
Lyndon Trott
,
Chief Minister of Guernsey
(2008 – present)
Alderney
(self-governing island)
Head of Government -
Norman Browse
,
President of the States of Alderney
(2002 – present)
Sark
(self-governing island)
Seigneur -
John Michael Beaumont
,
Seigneur of Sark
(1974 – present)
Jersey
(
British Crown dependency
)
Lieutenant-Governor -
Andrew Ridgway
,
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey
(2006 – present)
Bailiff -
Philip Bailhache
,
Bailiff of Jersey
(1995 – 2009)
Michael Birt
,
Bailiff of Jersey
(2009 – present)
Chief Minister -
Terry Le Sueur
,
Chief Minister of Jersey
(2008 – present)
Gibraltar
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Robert Fulton
,
Governor of Gibraltar
(2006 – present)
Chief Minister -
Peter Caruana
,
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
(1996 – present)
Vatican City
Monarch -
Benedict XVI
,
Sovereign of Vatican City
(2005 – present)
Head of Government -
Giovanni Lajolo
,
President of the Governorate of Vatican City
(2006 – present)
Holy See
Secretary of State -
Tarcisio Bertone
,
Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See
(2006 – present)
Middle East
Bahrain
Monarch -
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
,
Emir of Bahrain
(1999 – 2002),
King of Bahrain
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Khalifa bin Salman Ali Khalifa
,
Prime Minister of Bahrain
(1970 – present)
[9]
Egypt
President -
Hosni Mubarak
,
President of Egypt
(1981 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ahmed Nazif
,
Prime Minister of Egypt
(2004 – present)
Iran
Supreme Leader -
Ali Khamenei
,
Supreme Leader of Iran
(1989 – present)
President -
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
,
President of Iran
(2005 – present)
Iraq
President -
Jalal Talabani
,
President of Iraq
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nuri al-Maliki
,
Prime Minister of Iraq
(2006 – present)
Kurdistan Autonomous Region
President -
Massoud Barzani
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nechirvan Barzani
(2005 – present)
Israel
President -
Shimon Peres
,
President of Israel
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ehud Olmert
,
Prime Minister of Israel
(2006 – 2009)
Benjamin Netanyahu
,
Prime Minister of Israel
(2009 – present)
Palestinian National Authority
(non-state administrative authority)
President -
Mahmoud Abbas
,
President of the Palestinian National Authority
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Salam Fayyad
,
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
(2007 – present) (emergency rule)
Gaza Strip
(in rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority)
President -
Abdel Aziz Duwaik
, de facto President of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip (2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ismail Haniya
, de facto Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip (2007 – present)
Jordan
Monarch -
Abdullah II
,
King of Jordan
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nader al-Dahabi
,
Prime Minister of Jordan
(2007 – present)
Kuwait
Monarch -
Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
,
Emir of Kuwait
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
,
Prime Minister of Kuwait
(2006 – present)
Lebanon
President -
Michel Suleiman
,
President of Lebanon
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Fouad Siniora
,
Prime Minister of Lebanon
(2005 – present)
Oman
Monarch -
Qaboos Bin Said
,
Sultan of Oman
(1970 – present)
Qatar
Monarch -
Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani
,
Emir of Qatar
(1995 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani
,
Prime Minister of Qatar
(2007 – present)
Saudi Arabia
Monarch -
Abdullah
,
King of Saudi Arabia
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abdullah
,
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
(2005 – present)
Syria
President -
Bashar al-Assad
,
President of Syria
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Muhammad al-Otari
,
Prime Minister of Syria
(2003 – present)
United Arab Emirates
President -
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
,
President of the United Arab Emirates
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
,
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
(2006 – present)
Abu Dhabi
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
,
Emir of Abu Dhabi
(2004 – present)
Ajman
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi
,
Emir of Ajman
(1981 – present)
Dubai
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
,
Emir of Dubai
(2006 – present)
Fujairah
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi
,
Emir of Fujairah
(1974 – present)
Ras al-Khaimah
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi
,
Emir of Ras al-Khaimah
(1948 – present)
Sharjah
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi
,
Emir of Sharjah
(1987 – present)
Umm al-Quwain
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Rashid ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla
,
Emir of Umm al-Quwain
(1981 – 2009)
Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla
,
Emir of Umm al-Quwain
(2009 – present)
Yemen
President -
Ali Abdullah Saleh
,
President of Yemen
(1990 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ali Mohammed Mujur
,
Prime Minister of Yemen
(2007 – present)
North America
Anguilla
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Andrew George
,
Governor of Anguilla
(2006 – 2009)
Stanley Reid
,
Acting Governor of Anguilla
(2009)
Alistair Harrison
,
Governor of Anguilla
(2009 – present)
Chief Minister -
Osbourne Fleming
,
Chief Minister of Anguilla
(2000 – present)
Antigua and Barbuda
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Antigua and Barbuda
(1981 – present)
Governor-General -
Louise Lake-Tack
,
Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Baldwin Spencer
,
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
(2004 – present)
Aruba
(
constituent country
of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
)
Governor -
Fredis Refunjol
,
Governor of Aruba
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nelson Oduber
,
Prime Minister of Aruba
(2001 – present)
Bahamas
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of the Bahamas
(1973 – present)
Governor-General -
Arthur Dion Hanna
,
Governor-General of the Bahamas
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hubert Ingraham
,
Prime Minister of the Bahamas
(2007 – present)
Barbados
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Barbados
(1966 – present)
Governor-General -
Clifford Husbands
,
Governor-General of Barbados
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
David Thompson
,
Prime Minister of Barbados
(2008 – present)
Belize
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Belize
(1981 – present)
Governor-General -
Colville Young
,
Governor-General of Belize
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Dean Barrow
,
Prime Minister of Belize
(2008 – present)
Bermuda
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Richard Gozney
,
Governor of Bermuda
(2007 – present)
Premier -
Ewart Brown
,
Premier of Bermuda
(2006 – present)
British Virgin Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
David Pearey
,
Governor of the British Virgin Islands
(2006 – present)
Premier -
Ralph T. O'Neal
,
Premier of the British Virgin Islands
(2007 – present)
Canada
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Canada
(1952 – present)
Governor-General -
Michaëlle Jean
,
Governor General of Canada
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Stephen Harper
,
Prime Minister of Canada
(2006 – present)
Cayman Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Stuart Jack
,
Governor of the Cayman Islands
(2005 – present)
Head of Government -
Kurt Tibbetts
,
Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands
(2005 – 2009)
McKeeva Bush
,
Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands
(2009 – present)
Costa Rica
President -
Óscar Arias
,
President of Costa Rica
(2006 – present)
Cuba
Communist Party Leader -
Fidel Castro
,
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
(1965-present)
President -
Raúl Castro
,
President of Cuba
(2008 – present)
Dominica
President -
Nicholas Liverpool
,
President of Dominica
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Roosevelt Skerrit
,
Prime Minister of Dominica
(2004 – present)
Dominican Republic
President -
Leonel Fernández
,
President of the Dominican Republic
(2004 – present)
El Salvador
President -
Antonio Saca
,
President of El Salvador
(2004 – 2009)
Mauricio Funes
,
President of El Salvador
(2009 – present)
Grenada
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Grenada
(1974 – present)
Governor-General -
Carlyle Glean
,
Governor-General of Grenada
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tillman Thomas
,
Prime Minister of Grenada
(2008 – present)
Guatemala
President -
Álvaro Colom
,
President of Guatemala
(2008 – present)
Haiti
President -
René Préval
,
President of Haiti
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Michèle Pierre-Louis
,
Prime Minister of Haiti
(2008 – present)
Honduras
President -
Manuel Zelaya
,
President of Honduras
(2006 – 2009)
Roberto Micheletti
,
Acting President of Honduras
(2009 – present)
Jamaica
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Jamaica
(1962 – present)
Governor-General -
Kenneth Hall
,
Governor-General of Jamaica
(2006 – 2009)
Patrick Allen
,
Governor-General of Jamaica
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bruce Golding
,
Prime Minister of Jamaica
(2007 – present)
Mexico
President -
Felipe Calderón
,
President of Mexico
(2006 – present)
Montserrat
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Peter Andrew Waterworth
,
Governor of Montserrat
(2007 – present)
Chief Minister -
Lowell Lewis
,
Chief Minister of Montserrat
(2006 – present)
Netherlands Antilles
(
constituent country
of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
)
Governor -
Frits Goedgedrag
,
Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Emily de Jongh-Elhage
,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
(2006 – present)
Nicaragua
President -
Daniel Ortega
,
President of Nicaragua
(2007 – present)
Panama
President -
Martín Torrijos
,
President of Panama
(2004 – 2009)
Ricardo Martinelli
,
President of Panama
(2009 – present)
Saint Barthélemy
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Dominique Lacroix
,
Prefect of Saint Barthélemy
(2007 – present)
President of the Territorial Council -
Bruno Magras
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2007 – present)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis
(1983 – present)
Governor-General -
Cuthbert Sebastian
,
Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
Denzil Douglas
,
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
(1995 – present)
Nevis
(autonomous island)
Deputy Governor-General -
Eustace John
,
Deputy Governor-General of Nevis
(1992 – present)
Premier -
Joseph Parry
,
Premier of Nevis
(2006 – present)
Saint Lucia
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Saint Lucia
(1979 – present)
Governor-General -
Pearlette Louisy
,
Governor-General of Saint Lucia
(1997 – present)
Prime Minister -
Stephenson King
,
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
(2007 – present)
Saint Martin
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Dominique Lacroix
,
Prefect of Saint Martin
(2007 – present)
President of the Territorial Council -
Frantz Gumbs
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2008 – 2009)
Daniel Gibbs
,
Acting President of the Territorial Council
(2009)
Frantz Gumbs
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2009 – present)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Jean-Pierre Berçot
,
Prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(2008 – present)
President of the Territorial Council -
Stéphane Artano
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2006 – present)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(1979 – present)
Governor-General -
Frederick Ballantyne
,
Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ralph Gonsalves
,
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(2001 – present)
Trinidad and Tobago
President -
George Maxwell Richards
,
President of Trinidad and Tobago
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Patrick Manning
,
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
(2001 – present)
Tobago
(autonomous island)
Chief Secretary -
Orville London
,
Chief Secretary of the House of Assembly of Tobago
(2001 – present)
Turks and Caicos Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Gordon Wetherell
,
Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
(2008 – present)
Premier -
Michael Misick
,
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
(2003 – 2009)
Galmo Williams
,
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
(2009 – present)
United States
President -
George W. Bush
,
President of the United States
(2001 – 2009)
Barack Obama
,
President of the United States
(2009 – present)
Puerto Rico
(
Commonwealth
of the
United States
)
Governor -
Luis Fortuño
,
Governor of Puerto Rico
(2009 – present)
United States Virgin Islands
(
Insular area
of the
United States
)
Governor -
John de Jongh
,
Governor of US Virgin Islands
(2007 – present)
Oceania
American Samoa
(
unorganized
,
unincorporated territory
of the
United States
)
Governor -
Togiola Tulafono
,
Governor of American Samoa
(2003 – present)
Australia
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Australia
(1952 – present)
Governor-General -
Quentin Bryce
,
Governor-General of Australia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kevin Rudd
,
Prime Minister of Australia
(2007 – present)
Norfolk Island
(self-governing territory of
Australia
)
Administrator -
Owen Walsh
,
Administrator of Norfolk Island
(2007 – present)
Chief Minister -
Andre Nobbs
,
Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
(2007 – present)
Fiji
President -
Josefa Iloilo
,
President of Fiji
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Frank Bainimarama
,
Acting Prime Minister of Fiji
(2007 – present)
French Polynesia
(
French overseas collectivity
)
High Commissioner -
Adolphe Colrat
,
High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
(2008 – present)
President -
Gaston Tong Sang
,
President of French Polynesia
(2008 – 2009)
Oscar Temaru
,
President of French Polynesia
(2009 – present)
Guam
(
Insular area
of the
United States
)
Governor -
Felix Perez Camacho
,
Governor of Guam
(2003 – present)
Kiribati
President -
Anote Tong
,
President of Kiribati
(2003 – present)
Marshall Islands
President -
Litokwa Tomeing
,
President of the Marshall Islands
(2008 – present)
Federated States of Micronesia
President -
Manny Mori
,
President of the Federated States of Micronesia
(2007 – present)
Nauru
President -
Marcus Stephen
,
President of Nauru
(2007 – present)
New Caledonia
(
Sui Generis Collectivity of France
)
High Commissioner -
Yves Dassonville
,
High Commissioner of New Caledonia
(2007 – present)
President of the Government -
Harold Martin
,
President of the Government of New Caledonia
(2007 – 2009)
Philippe Gomès
,
President of the Government of New Caledonia
(2009 – present)
New Zealand
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of New Zealand
(1952 – present)
Governor-General -
Anand Satyanand
,
Governor-General of New Zealand
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
John Key
,
Prime Minister of New Zealand
(2008 – present)
Cook Islands
(
Associated state
of
New Zealand
)
High Commissioner -
Tia Barrett
,
High Commissioner of the Cook Islands
(2008 – present)
Queen's Representative -
Frederick Goodwin
,
Queen's Representative of the Cook Islands
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jim Marurai
,
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
(2004 – present)
Niue
(
associated state
of
New Zealand
)
Resident Commissioner -
Brian Smythe
,
Resident Commissioner of Niue
(2008 – present)
Premier -
Toke Talagi
,
Premier of Niue
(2008 – present)
Tokelau
(territory of
New Zealand
)
Administrator -
David Payton
,
Administrator of Tokelau
(2006 – present)
Head of Government -
Pio Tuia
,
Head of Government of Tokelau
(2008 – 2009)
Foua Toloa
,
Head of Government of Tokelau
(2009 - present)
Northern Mariana Islands
(
Commonwealth
of the
U.S.
)
Governor -
Benigno Fitial
,
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
(2006 – present)
Palau
President -
Tommy Remengesau
,
President of Palau
(2001 – 2009)
Johnson Toribiong
,
President of Palau
(2009 – present)
Papua New Guinea
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Papua New Guinea
(1975 – present)
Governor-General -
Paulias Matane
,
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Michael Somare
,
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
(2002 – present)
Bougainville
(autonomous region)
President -
John Tabinaman
,
Acting President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
(2008 – 2009)
James Tanis
,
President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
(2009 – present)
Pitcairn Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
George Fergusson
,
Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
(2006 – present)
Commissioner -
Leslie Jacques
,
Commissioner of the Pitcairn Islands
(2003 – present)
Mayor -
Mike Warren
,
Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands
(2007 – present)
Samoa
Head of State -
Tufuga Efi
,
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
,
Prime Minister of Samoa
(1998 – present)
Solomon Islands
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of the Solomon Islands
(1978 – present)
Governor-General -
Nathaniel Waena
,
Governor-General of the Solomon Islands
(2004 – 2009)
Frank Kabui
,
Governor-General of the Solomon Islands
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Derek Sikua
,
Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands
(2007 – present)
Tonga
Monarch -
George Tupou V
,
King of Tonga
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Feleti Sevele
,
Prime Minister of Tonga
(2006 – present)
Tuvalu
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Tuvalu
(1978 – present)
Governor-General -
Filoimea Telito
,
Governor-General of Tuvalu
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Apisai Ielemia
,
Prime Minister of Tuvalu
(2006 – present)
Vanuatu
President -
Kalkot Mataskelekele
,
President of Vanuatu
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Edward Natapei
,
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
(2008 – present)
Wallis and Futuna
(
French overseas collectivity
)
Administrator-Superior -
Philippe Paolantoni
,
Administrator-Superior of Wallis and Futuna
(2008 – present)
President of the Territorial Assembly -
Victor Brial
,
President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna
(2007 – present)
South America
Argentina
President -
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
,
President of Argentina
(2007 – present)
Bolivia
President -
Evo Morales
,
President of Bolivia
(2006 – present)
Brazil
President -
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
,
President of Brazil
(2003 – present)
Chile
President -
Michelle Bachelet
,
President of Chile
(2006 – present)
Colombia
President -
Álvaro Uribe
,
President of Colombia
(2002 – present)
Ecuador
President -
Rafael Correa
,
President of Ecuador
(2007 – present)
Falkland Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Alan Huckle
,
Governor of the Falkland Islands
(2006 – present)
Guyana
President -
Bharrat Jagdeo
,
President of Guyana
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sam Hinds
,
Prime Minister of Guyana
(1999 – present)
Paraguay
President -
Fernando Lugo
,
President of Paraguay
(2008 – present)
Peru
President -
Alan García Pérez
,
President of Peru
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Yehude Simon
,
Prime Minister of Peru
(2008 – 2009)
Javier Velásquez
,
Prime Minister of Peru
(2009 – present)
Suriname
President -
Ronald Venetiaan
,
President of Suriname
(2000 – present)
Uruguay
President -
Tabaré Vázquez
,
President of Uruguay
(2005 – present)
Venezuela
President -
Hugo Chávez
,
President of Venezuela
(2002 – present)
References
^
Eritrea only became independent in 1993.
^
Brunei only became independent in 1984.
^
Kazakhstan only became independent in 1991.
^
The position of the Chairman was declared to be the "highest office of state" by the
constitution
that came into effect on September 5, 1998.
^
Uzbekistan only became independent in 1991.
^
Montenegro only became independent in 2006.
^
Serbia only became independent in 2006.
^
Kosovo only declared independence in 2008.
^
Bahrain only became independent in 1971.
Rulers
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Africa
Algeria
President -
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
,
President of Algeria
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ahmed Ouyahia
,
Prime Minister of Algeria
(2008 – present)
Angola
President -
José Eduardo dos Santos
,
President of Angola
(1979 – present)
Prime Minister -
Paulo Kassoma
,
Prime Minister of Angola
(2008 – present)
Benin
President -
Yayi Boni
,
President of Benin
(2006 – present)
Botswana
President -
Ian Khama
,
President of Botswana
(2008 – present)
Burkina Faso
President -
Blaise Compaoré
,
President of Burkina Faso
(1987 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tertius Zongo
,
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
(2007 – present)
Burundi
President -
Pierre Nkurunziza
,
President of Burundi
(2005 – present)
Cameroon
President -
Paul Biya
,
President of Cameroon
(1982 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ephraïm Inoni
,
Prime Minister of Cameroon
(2004 – 2009)
Philémon Yang
,
Prime Minister of Cameroon
(2009 – present)
Cape Verde
President -
Pedro Pires
,
President of Cape Verde
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
José Maria Neves
,
Prime Minister of Cape Verde
(2001 – present)
Central African Republic
President -
François Bozizé
,
President of the Central African Republic
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
,
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
(2008 – present)
Chad
President -
Idriss Déby
,
President of Chad
(1990 – present)
Prime Minister -
Youssouf Saleh Abbas
,
Prime Minister of Chad
(2008 – present)
Comoros
President -
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
,
President of Comoros
(2006 – present)
Anjouan
(autonomous island)
President -
Moussa Toybou
,
President of Anjouan
(2008 – present)
Grande Comore
(autonomous island)
President -
Mohamed Abdoulwahab
,
President of Grande Comore
(2007 – present)
Mohéli
(autonomous island)
President -
Mohamed Ali Said
,
President of Mohéli
(2007 – present)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
President -
Joseph Kabila
,
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Adolphe Muzito
,
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2008 – present)
Republic of the Congo
President -
Denis Sassou Nguesso
,
President of the Republic of the Congo
(1997 – present)
Prime Minister -
Isidore Mvouba
,
Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
(2005 – present)
Côte d'Ivoire
President -
Laurent Gbagbo
,
President of Côte d'Ivoire
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Guillaume Soro
,
Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
(2007 – present)
Djibouti
President -
Ismail Omar Guelleh
,
President of Djibouti
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Dileita Mohamed Dileita
,
Prime Minister of Djibouti
(2001 – present)
Equatorial Guinea
President -
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
,
President of Equatorial Guinea
(1979 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ignacio Milam Tang
,
Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
(2008 – present)
Eritrea
President -
Isaias Afewerki
,
President of Eritrea
(1991 – present)
[1]
Ethiopia
President -
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
,
President of Ethiopia
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Meles Zenawi
,
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
(1995 – present)
Gabon
President -
Omar Bongo
,
President of Gabon
(1967 – 2009)
Rose Francine Rogombé
,
Interim President of Gabon
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jean Eyeghe Ndong
,
Prime Minister of Gabon
(2006 – present)
The Gambia
President -
Yahya Jammeh
,
President of The Gambia
(1994 – present)
Ghana
President -
John Kufuor
,
President of Ghana
(2001 – 2009)
John Atta Mills
,
President of Ghana
(2009 – present)
Guinea
President -
Moussa Dadis Camara
,
President of Guinea
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kabine Komara
,
Prime Minister of Guinea
(2008 – present)
Guinea-Bissau
President -
João Bernardo Vieira
,
President of Guinea-Bissau
(2005 – 2009)
Raimundo Pereira
,
Acting President of Guinea-Bissau
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Carlos Correia
,
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
(2008 – 2009)
Carlos Gomes Júnior
,
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
(2009 – present)
Kenya
President -
Mwai Kibaki
,
President of Kenya
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Raila Odinga
,
Prime Minister of Kenya
(2008 – present)
Lesotho
Monarch -
Letsie III
,
King of Lesotho
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
Pakalitha Mosisili
,
Prime Minister of Lesotho
(1998 – present)
Liberia
President -
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
,
President of Liberia
(2006 – present)
Libya
De facto
Head of State -
Muammar al-Gaddafi
,
Guide of the Revolution of Libya
(1969 – present)
Nominal Head of State -
Miftah Muhammed K'eba
,
General Secretary of the General People's Congress of Libya
(2008 – 2009)
Imbarek Shamekh
,
General Secretary of the General People's Congress of Libya
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Baghdadi Mahmudi
,
Prime Minister of Libya
(2006 – present)
Madagascar
President -
Marc Ravalomanana
,
President of Madagascar
(2002 – 2009)
Andry Rajoelina
,
President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Charles Rabemananjara
,
Prime Minister of Madagascar
(2007 – 2009)
Monja Roindefo
,
Prime Minister of Madagascar
(2009 – present)
Malawi
President -
Bingu wa Mutharika
,
President of Malawi
(2004 – present)
Mali
President -
Amadou Toumani Touré
,
President of Mali
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Modibo Sidibé
,
Prime Minister of Mali
(2007 – present)
Mauritania
President -
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
,
President of the High Council of State of Mauritania
(2008 – 2009)
Ba Mamadou Mbaré
,
Acting President of Mauritania
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
,
Prime Minister of Mauritania
(2008 – present)
Mauritius
President -
Anerood Jugnauth
,
President of Mauritius
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Navin Ramgoolam
,
Prime Minister of Mauritius
(2005 – present)
Rodrigues
(autonomous region)
Chief Commissioner -
Johnson Roussety
,
Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues
(2006 – present)
Chief Executive -
Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis
,
Chief Executive of Rodrigues
(2004 – present)
Mayotte
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Denis Robin
,
Prefect of Mayotte
(2008 – present)
President of the General Council -
Ahmed Attoumani Douchina
,
President of the General Council of Mayotte
(2008 – present)
Morocco
Monarch -
Mohammed VI
,
King of Morocco
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abbas El Fassi
,
Prime Minister of Morocco
(2007 – present)
Western Sahara
(
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
) (
self-declared, partially recognized state
)
President -
Mohamed Abdelaziz
,
President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(1976 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
,
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(2003 – present)
Mozambique
President -
Armando Guebuza
,
President of Mozambique
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Luisa Diogo
,
Prime Minister of Mozambique
(2004 – present)
Namibia
President -
Hifikepunye Pohamba
,
President of Namibia
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nahas Angula
,
Prime Minister of Namibia
(2005 – present)
Niger
President -
Tandja Mamadou
,
President of Niger
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Seyni Oumarou
,
Prime Minister of Niger
(2007 – present)
Nigeria
President -
Umaru Yar'Adua
,
President of Nigeria
(2007 – present)
Rwanda
President -
Paul Kagame
,
President of Rwanda
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bernard Makuza
,
Prime Minister of Rwanda
(2000 – present)
Saint Helena
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Andrew Gurr
,
Governor of Saint Helena
(2007 – present)
São Tomé and Príncipe
President -
Fradique de Menezes
,
President of São Tomé and Príncipe
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Joaquim Rafael Branco
,
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
(2008 – present)
Príncipe
(self-governing province)
President -
José Cassandra
,
President of the Regional Government of Príncipe
(2006 – present)
Senegal
President -
Abdoulaye Wade
,
President of Senegal
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré
,
Prime Minister of Senegal
(2007 – 2009)
Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
,
Prime Minister of Senegal
(2009 – present)
Seychelles
President -
James Michel
,
President of Seychelles
(2004 – present)
Sierra Leone
President -
Ernest Bai Koroma
,
President of Sierra Leone
(2007 – present)
Somalia
President -
Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe
,
Acting President of Somalia
(2008 – 2009)
Sharif Ahmed
,
President of Somalia
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nur Hassan Hussein
,
Prime Minister of Somalia
(2007 – 2009)
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
,
Prime Minister of Somalia
(2009 – present)
Somaliland
(unrecognized secessionist state)
President -
Dahir Riyale Kahin
,
President of Somaliland
(2002 – present)
Puntland
(self-declared autonomous state)
President -
Mohamud Muse Hersi
,
President of Puntland
(2005 – 2009)
Abdirahman Mohamud Farole
,
President of Puntland
(2009 – present)
South Africa
President -
Kgalema Motlanthe
,
President of South Africa
(2008 – 2009)
Jacob Zuma
,
President of South Africa
(2009 – present)
Sudan
President -
Omar al-Bashir
,
President of Sudan
(1989 – present)
Southern Sudan
(autonomous region)
President -
Salva Kiir Mayardit
,
President of the Government of Southern Sudan
(2005 – present)
Swaziland
Monarch -
Mswati III
,
King of Swaziland
(1986 – present)
Prime Minister -
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
,
Prime Minister of Swaziland
(2008 – present)
Tanzania
President -
Jakaya Kikwete
,
President of Tanzania
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mizengo Pinda
,
Prime Minister of Tanzania
(2008 – present)
Zanzibar
(semi-autonomous region)
President -
Amani Abeid Karume
,
President of Zanzibar
(2000 – present)
Chief Minister -
Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
,
Chief Minister of Zanzibar
(2000 – present)
Togo
President -
Faure Gnassingbé
,
President of Togo
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Gilbert Houngbo
,
Prime Minister of Togo
(2008 – present)
Tunisia
President -
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
,
President of Tunisia
(1987 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mohamed Ghannouchi
,
Prime Minister of Tunisia
(1999 – present)
Uganda
President -
Yoweri Museveni
,
President of Uganda
(1986 – present)
Prime Minister -
Apolo Nsibambi
,
Prime Minister of Uganda
(1999 – present)
Zambia
President -
Rupiah Banda
,
President of Zambia
(2008 – present)
Zimbabwe
President -
Robert Mugabe
,
President of Zimbabwe
(1987 – present)
Prime Minister -
Morgan Tsvangirai
,
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
(2009 – present)
Asia
Afghanistan
President -
Hamid Karzai
,
President of Afghanistan
(2001 – present)
Bangladesh
President -
Iajuddin Ahmed
,
President of Bangladesh
(2002 – 2009)
Zillur Rahman
,
President of Bangladesh
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Fakhruddin Ahmed
,
Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
(2007 – 2009)
Hasina Wazed
,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
(2009 – present)
Bhutan
Monarch -
Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
,
King of Bhutan
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jigme Thinley
,
Prime Minister of Bhutan
(2008 – present)
Brunei
Monarch -
Hassanal Bolkiah
,
Sultan of Brunei
(1967 – present)
[2]
Cambodia
Monarch -
Norodom Sihamoni
,
King of Cambodia
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hun Sen
,
Prime Minister of Cambodia
(1998 – present)
China (People's Republic of China)
Communist Party Leader -
Hu Jintao
,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
(2002 – present)
President -
Hu Jintao
,
President of the People's Republic of China
(2003 – present)
Premier -
Wen Jiabao
,
Premier of the People's Republic of China
(2003 – present)
Hong Kong
(
Special Administrative Region
)
Chief Executive -
Donald Tsang
,
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
(2005 – present)
Macau
(
Special Administrative Region
)
Chief Executive -
Edmund Ho
,
Chief Executive of Macau
(1999 – present)
East Timor
President -
José Ramos-Horta
,
President of East Timor
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Xanana Gusmão
,
Prime Minister of East Timor
(2007 – present)
India
President -
Pratibha Patil
,
President of India
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Manmohan Singh
,
Prime Minister of India
(2004 – present)
Indonesia
President -
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
,
President of Indonesia
(2004 – present)
Japan
Monarch -
Akihito
,
Emperor of Japan
(1989 – present)
Prime Minister -
Taro Aso
,
Prime Minister of Japan
(2008 – present)
Kazakhstan
President -
Nursultan Nazarbayev
,
President of Kazakhstan
(1990 – present)
[3]
Prime Minister -
Karim Masimov
,
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
(2007 – present)
Kyrgyzstan
President -
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
,
President of Kyrgyzstan
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Igor Chudinov
,
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
(2007 – present)
Laos
Communist Party Leader -
Choummaly Sayasone
,
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
(2006 – present)
President -
Choummaly Sayasone
,
President of Laos
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bouasone Bouphavanh
,
Prime Minister of Laos
(2006 – present)
Malaysia
Monarch -
Mizan Zainal Abidin
,
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
,
Prime Minister of Malaysia
(2003 – 2009)
Najib Razak
,
Prime Minister of Malaysia
(2009 – present)
Maldives
President -
Mohamed Nasheed
,
President of Maldives
(2008 – present)
Mongolia
President -
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
,
President of Mongolia
(2005 – 2009)
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
,
President of Mongolia
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sanjaagiin Bayar
,
Prime Minister of Mongolia
(2007 – present)
Myanmar
Head of State -
Than Shwe
,
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar
(1992 – present)
Prime Minister -
Thein Sein
,
Prime Minister of Myanmar
(2007 – present)
Nepal
President -
Ram Baran Yadav
,
President of Nepal
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
,
Prime Minister of Nepal
(2008 – 2009)
Madhav Kumar Nepal
,
Prime Minister of Nepal
(2009 – present)
North Korea
Communist Party Leader -
Kim Jong-il
,
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
(1997 – present)
De facto
Head of State -
Kim Jong-il
,
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea
(1993 – present)
[4]
Nominal Head of State -
Kim Yong-nam
,
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
(1998 – present)
Premier -
Kim Yong-il
,
Premier of North Korea
(2007 – present)
Pakistan
President -
Asif Ali Zardari
,
President of Pakistan
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Yousaf Raza Gillani
,
Prime Minister of Pakistan
(2008 – present)
Philippines
President -
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
,
President of the Philippines
(2001 – present)
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Governor -
Zaldy Ampatuan
,
Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(2005 – present)
Singapore
President -
Sellapan Ramanathan
,
President of Singapore
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Lee Hsien Loong
,
Prime Minister of Singapore
(2004 – present)
South Korea
President -
Lee Myung-bak
,
President of South Korea
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Han Seung-soo
,
Prime Minister of South Korea
(2008 – present)
Sri Lanka
President -
Mahinda Rajapaksa
,
President of Sri Lanka
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
,
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
(2005 – present)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
President -
Ma Ying-jeou
,
President of the Republic of China
(2008 – present)
Premier -
Liu Chao-shiuan
,
Premier of the Republic of China
(2008 – present)
Tajikistan
President -
Emomali Rahmonov
,
President of Tajikistan
(1992 – present)
Prime Minister -
Akil Akilov
,
Prime Minister of Tajikistan
(1999 – present)
Gorno-Badakhshan
(autonomous province)
Chairman of the Administration -
Kadyr Kasymov
,
Chairman of the Administration of Gorno-Badakhshan
(2006 – present)
Thailand
Monarch -
Bhumibol Adulyadej
,
King of Thailand
(1946 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abhisit Vejjajiva
,
Prime Minister of Thailand
(2008 – present)
Turkmenistan
President -
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
,
President of Turkmenistan
(2006 – present)
Uzbekistan
President -
Islom Karimov
,
President of Uzbekistan
(1990 – present)
[5]
Prime Minister -
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
,
Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
(2003 – present)
Karakalpakstan
(autonomous republic)
President -
Musa Yerniyazov
,
President of Karakalpakstan
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bakhodir Yangiboyev
,
Prime Minister of Karakalpakstan
(2006 – present)
Vietnam
Communist Party Leader -
Nông Đức Mạnh
,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
(2001 – present)
President -
Nguyễn Minh Triết
,
President of Vietnam
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
,
Prime Minister of Vietnam
(2006 – present)
Europe
Albania
President -
Bamir Topi
,
President of Albania
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sali Berisha
,
Prime Minister of Albania
(2005 – present)
Andorra
Monarchs
Monarch -
Nicolas Sarkozy
,
French Co-Prince of Andorra
(2007 – present)
Representative -
Christian Frémont
(2008 – present)
Monarch -
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
,
Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra
(2003 – present)
Representative -
Nemesi Marqués Oste
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Albert Pintat
,
Prime Minister of Andorra
(2005 – 2009)
Jaume Bartumeu
,
Prime Minister of Andorra
(2009 – present)
Armenia
President -
Serzh Sargsyan
,
President of Armenia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tigran Sargsyan
,
Prime Minister of Armenia
(2008 – present)
Austria
President -
Heinz Fischer
,
President of Austria
(2004 – present)
Chancellor -
Werner Faymann
,
Chancellor of Austria
(2008 – present)
Azerbaijan
President -
Ilham Aliyev
,
President of Azerbaijan
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Artur Rasizade
,
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
(2003 – present)
Nakhichevan
(autonomous republic)
Chairman of the Parliament -
Vasif Talybov
,
Chairman of the Parliament of Nakhichevan
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Alovsat Bakhshiev
,
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Nakhichevan
(2000 – present)
Nagorno-Karabakh
(unrecognized, secessionist state)
President -
Bako Sahakyan
,
President of Nagorno-Karabakh
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Arayik Harutyunyan
,
Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
(2007 – present)
Belarus
President -
Alexander Lukashenko
,
President of Belarus
(1994 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sergey Sidorsky
,
Prime Minister of Belarus
(2003 – present)
Belgium
Monarch -
Albert II
,
King of the Belgians
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Herman Van Rompuy
,
Prime Minister of Belgium
(2008 – present)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presidency
Serb member -
Nebojša Radmanović
(2006 – present),
Chairman of the Presidency
(2008 – 2009)
Bosniak member -
Haris Silajdžić
(2006 – present)
Croat member -
Željko Komšić
(2006 – present),
Chairman of the Presidency
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nikola Špirić
,
Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – present)
High Representative
Miroslav Lajčák
,
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – 2009)
Valentin Inzko
,
High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2009 – present)
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(constituent entity)
President -
Borjana Krišto
,
President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nedžad Branković
,
Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2007 – present)
Republika Srpska
(constituent entity)
President -
Rajko Kuzmanović
,
President of the Republika Srpska
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Milorad Dodik
,
Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska
(2006 – present)
Brčko District
(internationally supervised, self-governing administrative unit)
Raffi Gregorian
(
United States
),
International Supervisor of Brčko District
(2006 – present)
Mirsad Đapo
(
Bosniak
),
Mayor of Brčko
(2004 – present)
Bulgaria
President -
Georgi Parvanov
,
President of Bulgaria
(2002 – present)
Premier -
Sergey Stanishev
,
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
(2005 – present)
Croatia
President -
Stjepan Mesić
,
President of Croatia
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ivo Sanader
,
Prime Minister of Croatia
(2003 – 2009)
Jadranka Kosor
,
Prime Minister of Croatia
(2009 – present)
Cyprus
President -
Dimitris Christofias
,
President of Cyprus
(2008 – present)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(unrecognized, secessionist state)
President -
Mehmet Ali Talat
,
President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ferdi Sabit Soyer
,
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(2005 – 2009)
Derviş Eroğlu
,
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(2009 – present)
Czech Republic
President -
Václav Klaus
,
President of the Czech Republic
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mirek Topolánek
,
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
(2006 – 2009)
Jan Fischer
,
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
(2009 – present)
Denmark
Monarch -
Margrethe II
,
Queen of Denmark
(1972 – present)
Prime Minister -
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
,
Prime Minister of Denmark
(2001 – 2009)
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
,
Prime Minister of Denmark
(2009 – present)
Faroe Islands
(autonomous region of the
Kingdom of Denmark
)
High Commissioner -
Dan M. Knudsen
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kaj Leo Johannesen
,
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
(2008 – present)
Greenland
(autonomous region of the
Kingdom of Denmark
)
High Commissioner -
Søren Hald Møller
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hans Enoksen
,
Prime Minister of Greenland
(2002 – 2009)
Kuupik Kleist
,
Prime Minister of Greenland
(2009 – present)
Estonia
President -
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
,
President of Estonia
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Andrus Ansip
,
Prime Minister of Estonia
(2005 – present)
Finland
President -
Tarja Halonen
,
President of Finland
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Matti Vanhanen
,
Prime Minister of Finland
(2003 – present)
Åland
(autonomous province)
Governor -
Peter Lindbäck
,
Governor of Åland
(1999 – present)
Premier -
Viveka Eriksson
,
Premier of Åland
(2007 – present)
France
President -
Nicolas Sarkozy
,
President of France
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
François Fillon
,
Prime Minister of France
(2007 – present)
Georgia
President -
Mikheil Saakashvili
,
President of Georgia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Grigol Mgaloblishvili
,
Prime Minister of Georgia
(2008 – 2009)
Nikoloz Gilauri
,
Prime Minister of Georgia
(2009 – present)
Adjara
(autonomous republic)
Chairman of the Supreme Council -
Mikheil Makharadze
,
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria
(2004 – present)
Chairman of the Government -
Levan Varshalomidze
,
Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria
(2004 – present)
Abkhazia
(partially recognized secessionist state)
President -
Sergey Bagapsh
,
President of Abkhazia
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Alexander Ankvab
,
Prime Minister of Abkhazia
(2005 – present)
South Ossetia
(partially recognized secessionist state)
President -
Eduard Kokoyty
,
President of South Ossetia
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Aslanbek Bulatsev
,
Prime Minister of South Ossetia
(2008 – present)
Germany
President -
Horst Köhler
,
President of Germany
(2004 – present)
Chancellor -
Angela Merkel
,
Chancellor of Germany
(2005 – present)
Greece
President -
Karolos Papoulias
,
President of Greece
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kostas Karamanlis
,
Prime Minister of Greece
(2004 – present)
Mount Athos
(autonomous monastic state)
Spiritual Leader -
Bartholomew I
,
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
(1991 – present)
Hungary
President -
László Sólyom
,
President of Hungary
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ferenc Gyurcsány
,
Prime Minister of Hungary
(2004 – 2009)
Gordon Bajnai
,
Prime Minister of Hungary
(2009 – present)
Iceland
President -
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
,
President of Iceland
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
Geir Haarde
,
Prime Minister of Iceland
(2006 – 2009)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
,
Prime Minister of Iceland
(2009 – present)
Ireland
President -
Mary McAleese
,
President of Ireland
(1997 – present)
Prime Minister -
Brian Cowen
,
Prime Minister of Ireland
(2008 – present)
Italy
President -
Giorgio Napolitano
,
President of Italy
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Silvio Berlusconi
,
Prime Minister of Italy
(2008 – present)
Latvia
President -
Valdis Zatlers
,
President of Latvia
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ivars Godmanis
,
Prime Minister of Latvia
(2007 – 2009)
Valdis Dombrovskis
,
Prime Minister of Latvia
(2009 – present)
Liechtenstein
Monarch -
Hans Adam II
,
Prince of Liechtenstein
(1989 – present)
Regent -
Alois
,
Prince-regent of Liechtenstein
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Otmar Hasler
,
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
(2001 – 2009)
Klaus Tschütscher
,
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
(2009 – present)
Lithuania
President -
Valdas Adamkus
,
President of Lithuania
(2004 – 2009)
Dalia Grybauskaitė
,
President of Lithuania
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Andrius Kubilius
,
Prime Minister of Lithuania
(2008 – present)
Luxembourg
Monarch -
Henri
,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jean-Claude Juncker
,
Prime Minister of Luxembourg
(1995 – present)
Macedonia
President -
Branko Crvenkovski
,
President of the Republic of Macedonia
(2004 – 2009)
Gjorge Ivanov
,
President of the Republic of Macedonia
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nikola Gruevski
,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
(2006 – present)
Malta
President -
Eddie Fenech Adami
,
President of Malta
(2004 – 2009)
George Abela
,
President of Malta
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Lawrence Gonzi
,
Prime Minister of Malta
(2004 – present)
Moldova
President -
Vladimir Voronin
,
President of Moldova
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Zinaida Greceanîi
,
Prime Minister of Moldova
(2008 – present)
Gagauzia
(autonomous region)
Governor -
Mihail Formuzal
,
Governor of Gagauzia Autonomous Region
(2006 – present)
Transnistria
(unrecognized secessionist state)
President -
Igor Smirnov
,
President of Transnistria
(1991 – present)
Monaco
Monarch -
Albert II
,
Prince of Monaco
(2005 – present)
Minister of State -
Jean-Paul Proust
,
Minister of State of Monaco
(2005 – present)
Montenegro
President -
Filip Vujanović
,
President of Montenegro
(2002 – present)
[6]
Prime Minister -
Milo Đukanović
,
Prime Minister of Montenegro
(2008 – present)
The Netherlands
Monarch -
Beatrix
,
Queen of the Netherlands
(1980 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jan Peter Balkenende
,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
(2002 – present)
Norway
Monarch -
Harald V
,
King of Norway
(1991 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jens Stoltenberg
,
Prime Minister of Norway
(2005 – present)
Poland
President -
Lech Kaczyński
,
President of Poland
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Donald Tusk
,
Prime Minister of Poland
(2007 – present)
Portugal
President -
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
,
President of Portugal
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
José Sócrates
,
Prime Minister of Portugal
(2005 – present)
Azores
(autonomous region)
President of the Government -
Carlos César
,
President of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores
(1996 – present)
Madeira
(autonomous region)
President of the Government -
Alberto João Jardim
,
President of the Regional Government of Madeira
(1978 – present)
Romania
President -
Traian Băsescu
,
President of Romania
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Emil Boc
,
Prime Minister of Romania
(2008 – present)
Russia
President -
Dmitry Medvedev
,
President of Russia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Vladimir Putin
,
Prime Minister of Russia
(2008 – present)
San Marino
Captains-Regent -
Ernesto Benedettini
and
Assunta Meloni
,
Captains-Regent of San Marino
(2008 – 2009)
Massimo Cenci
and
Oscar Mina
,
Captains-Regent of San Marino
(2009 – present)
Serbia
President -
Boris Tadić
President of Serbia
(2004 – present)
[7]
Prime Minister -
Mirko Cvetković
,
Prime Minister of Serbia
(2008– present)
Kosovo
(partially recognized secessionist state under nominal international administration)
President -
Fatmir Sejdiu
,
President of Kosovo
(2006 – present)
[8]
Prime Minister -
Hashim Thaçi
,
Prime Minister of Kosovo
(2008 – present)
Special Representative -
Lamberto Zannier
,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo
(2008 – present)
Slovakia
President -
Ivan Gašparovič
,
President of Slovakia
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Robert Fico
,
Prime Minister of Slovakia
(2006 – present)
Slovenia
President -
Danilo Türk
,
President of Slovenia
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Borut Pahor
,
Prime Minister of Slovenia
(2008 – present)
Spain
Monarch -
Juan Carlos I
,
King of Spain
(1975 – present)
Prime Minister -
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
,
Prime Minister of Spain
(2004 – present)
Sweden
Monarch -
Carl XVI Gustaf
,
King of Sweden
(1973 – present)
Prime Minister -
Fredrik Reinfeldt
,
Prime Minister of Sweden
(2006 – present)
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Council
-
Hans-Rudolf Merz
(2003 – present,
President
),
Doris Leuthard
(2006 – present,
Vice President
),
Moritz Leuenberger
(1995 – present),
Pascal Couchepin
(1998 – present),
Micheline Calmy-Rey
(2002 – present),
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
(2008 – present),
Ueli Maurer
(2009 – present)
Turkey
President -
Abdullah Gül
,
President of Turkey
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
,
Prime Minister of Turkey
(2003 – present)
Ukraine
President -
Viktor Yushchenko
,
President of Ukraine
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Yulia Tymoshenko
,
Prime Minister of Ukraine
(2007 – present)
Crimea
(autonomous republic)
Chairman of the Parliament -
Anatoliy Hrytsenko
,
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Viktor Plakida
,
Prime Minister of Crimea
(2006 – present)
United Kingdom
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of the United Kingdom
(1952 – present)
Prime Minister -
Gordon Brown
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(2007 – present)
Northern Ireland
(
country of the United Kingdom
)
First Minister -
Peter Robinson
,
First Minister of Northern Ireland
(2008-present)
Scotland
(
country of the United Kingdom
)
First Minister -
Alex Salmond
,
First Minister of Scotland
(2007 – present)
Wales
(
country of the United Kingdom
)
First Minister -
Rhodri Morgan
,
First Minister of Wales
(2000 – present)
Isle of Man
(
British Crown dependency
)
Lieutenant-Governor -
Paul Haddacks
,
Lieutenant-Governor of Man
(2005 – present)
Chief minister -
Tony Brown
,
Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
(2006 – present)
Guernsey
(
British Crown dependency
)
Lieutenant-Governor -
Fabian Malbon
,
Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
(2005 – present)
Bailiff -
Geoffrey Rowland
,
Bailiff of Guernsey
(2005 – present)
Chief minister -
Lyndon Trott
,
Chief Minister of Guernsey
(2008 – present)
Alderney
(self-governing island)
Head of Government -
Norman Browse
,
President of the States of Alderney
(2002 – present)
Sark
(self-governing island)
Seigneur -
John Michael Beaumont
,
Seigneur of Sark
(1974 – present)
Jersey
(
British Crown dependency
)
Lieutenant-Governor -
Andrew Ridgway
,
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey
(2006 – present)
Bailiff -
Philip Bailhache
,
Bailiff of Jersey
(1995 – 2009)
Michael Birt
,
Bailiff of Jersey
(2009 – present)
Chief Minister -
Terry Le Sueur
,
Chief Minister of Jersey
(2008 – present)
Gibraltar
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Robert Fulton
,
Governor of Gibraltar
(2006 – present)
Chief Minister -
Peter Caruana
,
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
(1996 – present)
Vatican City
Monarch -
Benedict XVI
,
Sovereign of Vatican City
(2005 – present)
Head of Government -
Giovanni Lajolo
,
President of the Governorate of Vatican City
(2006 – present)
Holy See
Secretary of State -
Tarcisio Bertone
,
Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See
(2006 – present)
Middle East
Bahrain
Monarch -
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
,
Emir of Bahrain
(1999 – 2002),
King of Bahrain
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Khalifa bin Salman Ali Khalifa
,
Prime Minister of Bahrain
(1970 – present)
[9]
Egypt
President -
Hosni Mubarak
,
President of Egypt
(1981 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ahmed Nazif
,
Prime Minister of Egypt
(2004 – present)
Iran
Supreme Leader -
Ali Khamenei
,
Supreme Leader of Iran
(1989 – present)
President -
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
,
President of Iran
(2005 – present)
Iraq
President -
Jalal Talabani
,
President of Iraq
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nuri al-Maliki
,
Prime Minister of Iraq
(2006 – present)
Kurdistan Autonomous Region
President -
Massoud Barzani
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nechirvan Barzani
(2005 – present)
Israel
President -
Shimon Peres
,
President of Israel
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ehud Olmert
,
Prime Minister of Israel
(2006 – 2009)
Benjamin Netanyahu
,
Prime Minister of Israel
(2009 – present)
Palestinian National Authority
(non-state administrative authority)
President -
Mahmoud Abbas
,
President of the Palestinian National Authority
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Salam Fayyad
,
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
(2007 – present) (emergency rule)
Gaza Strip
(in rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority)
President -
Abdel Aziz Duwaik
, de facto President of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip (2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ismail Haniya
, de facto Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip (2007 – present)
Jordan
Monarch -
Abdullah II
,
King of Jordan
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nader al-Dahabi
,
Prime Minister of Jordan
(2007 – present)
Kuwait
Monarch -
Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
,
Emir of Kuwait
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
,
Prime Minister of Kuwait
(2006 – present)
Lebanon
President -
Michel Suleiman
,
President of Lebanon
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Fouad Siniora
,
Prime Minister of Lebanon
(2005 – present)
Oman
Monarch -
Qaboos Bin Said
,
Sultan of Oman
(1970 – present)
Qatar
Monarch -
Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani
,
Emir of Qatar
(1995 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani
,
Prime Minister of Qatar
(2007 – present)
Saudi Arabia
Monarch -
Abdullah
,
King of Saudi Arabia
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Abdullah
,
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
(2005 – present)
Syria
President -
Bashar al-Assad
,
President of Syria
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Muhammad al-Otari
,
Prime Minister of Syria
(2003 – present)
United Arab Emirates
President -
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
,
President of the United Arab Emirates
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
,
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
(2006 – present)
Abu Dhabi
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
,
Emir of Abu Dhabi
(2004 – present)
Ajman
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi
,
Emir of Ajman
(1981 – present)
Dubai
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
,
Emir of Dubai
(2006 – present)
Fujairah
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi
,
Emir of Fujairah
(1974 – present)
Ras al-Khaimah
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi
,
Emir of Ras al-Khaimah
(1948 – present)
Sharjah
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi
,
Emir of Sharjah
(1987 – present)
Umm al-Quwain
(constituent emirate)
Monarch -
Rashid ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla
,
Emir of Umm al-Quwain
(1981 – 2009)
Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla
,
Emir of Umm al-Quwain
(2009 – present)
Yemen
President -
Ali Abdullah Saleh
,
President of Yemen
(1990 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ali Mohammed Mujur
,
Prime Minister of Yemen
(2007 – present)
North America
Anguilla
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Andrew George
,
Governor of Anguilla
(2006 – 2009)
Stanley Reid
,
Acting Governor of Anguilla
(2009)
Alistair Harrison
,
Governor of Anguilla
(2009 – present)
Chief Minister -
Osbourne Fleming
,
Chief Minister of Anguilla
(2000 – present)
Antigua and Barbuda
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Antigua and Barbuda
(1981 – present)
Governor-General -
Louise Lake-Tack
,
Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Baldwin Spencer
,
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
(2004 – present)
Aruba
(
constituent country
of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
)
Governor -
Fredis Refunjol
,
Governor of Aruba
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Nelson Oduber
,
Prime Minister of Aruba
(2001 – present)
Bahamas
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of the Bahamas
(1973 – present)
Governor-General -
Arthur Dion Hanna
,
Governor-General of the Bahamas
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Hubert Ingraham
,
Prime Minister of the Bahamas
(2007 – present)
Barbados
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Barbados
(1966 – present)
Governor-General -
Clifford Husbands
,
Governor-General of Barbados
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
David Thompson
,
Prime Minister of Barbados
(2008 – present)
Belize
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Belize
(1981 – present)
Governor-General -
Colville Young
,
Governor-General of Belize
(1993 – present)
Prime Minister -
Dean Barrow
,
Prime Minister of Belize
(2008 – present)
Bermuda
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Richard Gozney
,
Governor of Bermuda
(2007 – present)
Premier -
Ewart Brown
,
Premier of Bermuda
(2006 – present)
British Virgin Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
David Pearey
,
Governor of the British Virgin Islands
(2006 – present)
Premier -
Ralph T. O'Neal
,
Premier of the British Virgin Islands
(2007 – present)
Canada
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Canada
(1952 – present)
Governor-General -
Michaëlle Jean
,
Governor General of Canada
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Stephen Harper
,
Prime Minister of Canada
(2006 – present)
Cayman Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Stuart Jack
,
Governor of the Cayman Islands
(2005 – present)
Head of Government -
Kurt Tibbetts
,
Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands
(2005 – 2009)
McKeeva Bush
,
Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands
(2009 – present)
Costa Rica
President -
Óscar Arias
,
President of Costa Rica
(2006 – present)
Cuba
Communist Party Leader -
Fidel Castro
,
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
(1965-present)
President -
Raúl Castro
,
President of Cuba
(2008 – present)
Dominica
President -
Nicholas Liverpool
,
President of Dominica
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Roosevelt Skerrit
,
Prime Minister of Dominica
(2004 – present)
Dominican Republic
President -
Leonel Fernández
,
President of the Dominican Republic
(2004 – present)
El Salvador
President -
Antonio Saca
,
President of El Salvador
(2004 – 2009)
Mauricio Funes
,
President of El Salvador
(2009 – present)
Grenada
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Grenada
(1974 – present)
Governor-General -
Carlyle Glean
,
Governor-General of Grenada
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tillman Thomas
,
Prime Minister of Grenada
(2008 – present)
Guatemala
President -
Álvaro Colom
,
President of Guatemala
(2008 – present)
Haiti
President -
René Préval
,
President of Haiti
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Michèle Pierre-Louis
,
Prime Minister of Haiti
(2008 – present)
Honduras
President -
Manuel Zelaya
,
President of Honduras
(2006 – 2009)
Roberto Micheletti
,
Acting President of Honduras
(2009 – present)
Jamaica
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Jamaica
(1962 – present)
Governor-General -
Kenneth Hall
,
Governor-General of Jamaica
(2006 – 2009)
Patrick Allen
,
Governor-General of Jamaica
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Bruce Golding
,
Prime Minister of Jamaica
(2007 – present)
Mexico
President -
Felipe Calderón
,
President of Mexico
(2006 – present)
Montserrat
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Peter Andrew Waterworth
,
Governor of Montserrat
(2007 – present)
Chief Minister -
Lowell Lewis
,
Chief Minister of Montserrat
(2006 – present)
Netherlands Antilles
(
constituent country
of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
)
Governor -
Frits Goedgedrag
,
Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Emily de Jongh-Elhage
,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
(2006 – present)
Nicaragua
President -
Daniel Ortega
,
President of Nicaragua
(2007 – present)
Panama
President -
Martín Torrijos
,
President of Panama
(2004 – 2009)
Ricardo Martinelli
,
President of Panama
(2009 – present)
Saint Barthélemy
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Dominique Lacroix
,
Prefect of Saint Barthélemy
(2007 – present)
President of the Territorial Council -
Bruno Magras
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2007 – present)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis
(1983 – present)
Governor-General -
Cuthbert Sebastian
,
Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
(1996 – present)
Prime Minister -
Denzil Douglas
,
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
(1995 – present)
Nevis
(autonomous island)
Deputy Governor-General -
Eustace John
,
Deputy Governor-General of Nevis
(1992 – present)
Premier -
Joseph Parry
,
Premier of Nevis
(2006 – present)
Saint Lucia
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Saint Lucia
(1979 – present)
Governor-General -
Pearlette Louisy
,
Governor-General of Saint Lucia
(1997 – present)
Prime Minister -
Stephenson King
,
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
(2007 – present)
Saint Martin
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Dominique Lacroix
,
Prefect of Saint Martin
(2007 – present)
President of the Territorial Council -
Frantz Gumbs
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2008 – 2009)
Daniel Gibbs
,
Acting President of the Territorial Council
(2009)
Frantz Gumbs
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2009 – present)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(
Overseas collectivity
of
France
)
Prefect -
Jean-Pierre Berçot
,
Prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(2008 – present)
President of the Territorial Council -
Stéphane Artano
,
President of the Territorial Council
(2006 – present)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(1979 – present)
Governor-General -
Frederick Ballantyne
,
Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(2002 – present)
Prime Minister -
Ralph Gonsalves
,
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(2001 – present)
Trinidad and Tobago
President -
George Maxwell Richards
,
President of Trinidad and Tobago
(2003 – present)
Prime Minister -
Patrick Manning
,
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
(2001 – present)
Tobago
(autonomous island)
Chief Secretary -
Orville London
,
Chief Secretary of the House of Assembly of Tobago
(2001 – present)
Turks and Caicos Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Gordon Wetherell
,
Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
(2008 – present)
Premier -
Michael Misick
,
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
(2003 – 2009)
Galmo Williams
,
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
(2009 – present)
United States
President -
George W. Bush
,
President of the United States
(2001 – 2009)
Barack Obama
,
President of the United States
(2009 – present)
Puerto Rico
(
Commonwealth
of the
United States
)
Governor -
Luis Fortuño
,
Governor of Puerto Rico
(2009 – present)
United States Virgin Islands
(
Insular area
of the
United States
)
Governor -
John de Jongh
,
Governor of US Virgin Islands
(2007 – present)
Oceania
American Samoa
(
unorganized
,
unincorporated territory
of the
United States
)
Governor -
Togiola Tulafono
,
Governor of American Samoa
(2003 – present)
Australia
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Australia
(1952 – present)
Governor-General -
Quentin Bryce
,
Governor-General of Australia
(2008 – present)
Prime Minister -
Kevin Rudd
,
Prime Minister of Australia
(2007 – present)
Norfolk Island
(self-governing territory of
Australia
)
Administrator -
Owen Walsh
,
Administrator of Norfolk Island
(2007 – present)
Chief Minister -
Andre Nobbs
,
Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
(2007 – present)
Fiji
President -
Josefa Iloilo
,
President of Fiji
(2000 – present)
Prime Minister -
Frank Bainimarama
,
Acting Prime Minister of Fiji
(2007 – present)
French Polynesia
(
French overseas collectivity
)
High Commissioner -
Adolphe Colrat
,
High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
(2008 – present)
President -
Gaston Tong Sang
,
President of French Polynesia
(2008 – 2009)
Oscar Temaru
,
President of French Polynesia
(2009 – present)
Guam
(
Insular area
of the
United States
)
Governor -
Felix Perez Camacho
,
Governor of Guam
(2003 – present)
Kiribati
President -
Anote Tong
,
President of Kiribati
(2003 – present)
Marshall Islands
President -
Litokwa Tomeing
,
President of the Marshall Islands
(2008 – present)
Federated States of Micronesia
President -
Manny Mori
,
President of the Federated States of Micronesia
(2007 – present)
Nauru
President -
Marcus Stephen
,
President of Nauru
(2007 – present)
New Caledonia
(
Sui Generis Collectivity of France
)
High Commissioner -
Yves Dassonville
,
High Commissioner of New Caledonia
(2007 – present)
President of the Government -
Harold Martin
,
President of the Government of New Caledonia
(2007 – 2009)
Philippe Gomès
,
President of the Government of New Caledonia
(2009 – present)
New Zealand
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of New Zealand
(1952 – present)
Governor-General -
Anand Satyanand
,
Governor-General of New Zealand
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
John Key
,
Prime Minister of New Zealand
(2008 – present)
Cook Islands
(
Associated state
of
New Zealand
)
High Commissioner -
Tia Barrett
,
High Commissioner of the Cook Islands
(2008 – present)
Queen's Representative -
Frederick Goodwin
,
Queen's Representative of the Cook Islands
(2001 – present)
Prime Minister -
Jim Marurai
,
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
(2004 – present)
Niue
(
associated state
of
New Zealand
)
Resident Commissioner -
Brian Smythe
,
Resident Commissioner of Niue
(2008 – present)
Premier -
Toke Talagi
,
Premier of Niue
(2008 – present)
Tokelau
(territory of
New Zealand
)
Administrator -
David Payton
,
Administrator of Tokelau
(2006 – present)
Head of Government -
Pio Tuia
,
Head of Government of Tokelau
(2008 – 2009)
Foua Toloa
,
Head of Government of Tokelau
(2009 - present)
Northern Mariana Islands
(
Commonwealth
of the
U.S.
)
Governor -
Benigno Fitial
,
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
(2006 – present)
Palau
President -
Tommy Remengesau
,
President of Palau
(2001 – 2009)
Johnson Toribiong
,
President of Palau
(2009 – present)
Papua New Guinea
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Papua New Guinea
(1975 – present)
Governor-General -
Paulias Matane
,
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Michael Somare
,
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
(2002 – present)
Bougainville
(autonomous region)
President -
John Tabinaman
,
Acting President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
(2008 – 2009)
James Tanis
,
President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
(2009 – present)
Pitcairn Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
George Fergusson
,
Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
(2006 – present)
Commissioner -
Leslie Jacques
,
Commissioner of the Pitcairn Islands
(2003 – present)
Mayor -
Mike Warren
,
Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands
(2007 – present)
Samoa
Head of State -
Tufuga Efi
,
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa
(2007 – present)
Prime Minister -
Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
,
Prime Minister of Samoa
(1998 – present)
Solomon Islands
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of the Solomon Islands
(1978 – present)
Governor-General -
Nathaniel Waena
,
Governor-General of the Solomon Islands
(2004 – 2009)
Frank Kabui
,
Governor-General of the Solomon Islands
(2009 – present)
Prime Minister -
Derek Sikua
,
Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands
(2007 – present)
Tonga
Monarch -
George Tupou V
,
King of Tonga
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Feleti Sevele
,
Prime Minister of Tonga
(2006 – present)
Tuvalu
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
,
Queen of Tuvalu
(1978 – present)
Governor-General -
Filoimea Telito
,
Governor-General of Tuvalu
(2005 – present)
Prime Minister -
Apisai Ielemia
,
Prime Minister of Tuvalu
(2006 – present)
Vanuatu
President -
Kalkot Mataskelekele
,
President of Vanuatu
(2004 – present)
Prime Minister -
Edward Natapei
,
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
(2008 – present)
Wallis and Futuna
(
French overseas collectivity
)
Administrator-Superior -
Philippe Paolantoni
,
Administrator-Superior of Wallis and Futuna
(2008 – present)
President of the Territorial Assembly -
Victor Brial
,
President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna
(2007 – present)
South America
Argentina
President -
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
,
President of Argentina
(2007 – present)
Bolivia
President -
Evo Morales
,
President of Bolivia
(2006 – present)
Brazil
President -
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
,
President of Brazil
(2003 – present)
Chile
President -
Michelle Bachelet
,
President of Chile
(2006 – present)
Colombia
President -
Álvaro Uribe
,
President of Colombia
(2002 – present)
Ecuador
President -
Rafael Correa
,
President of Ecuador
(2007 – present)
Falkland Islands
(
British overseas territory
)
Governor -
Alan Huckle
,
Governor of the Falkland Islands
(2006 – present)
Guyana
President -
Bharrat Jagdeo
,
President of Guyana
(1999 – present)
Prime Minister -
Sam Hinds
,
Prime Minister of Guyana
(1999 – present)
Paraguay
President -
Fernando Lugo
,
President of Paraguay
(2008 – present)
Peru
President -
Alan García Pérez
,
President of Peru
(2006 – present)
Prime Minister -
Yehude Simon
,
Prime Minister of Peru
(2008 – 2009)
Javier Velásquez
,
Prime Minister of Peru
(2009 – present)
Suriname
President -
Ronald Venetiaan
,
President of Suriname
(2000 – present)
Uruguay
President -
Tabaré Vázquez
,
President of Uruguay
(2005 – present)
Venezuela
President -
Hugo Chávez
,
President of Venezuela
(2002 – present)
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