The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office on an appointed date, as presidents-elect and prime ministers-designate, and those leading a government in exile if internationally recognised.
Green cells indicate leaders whose offices constitutionally administer the executive of their respective state/government.
Blue cells indicate de facto executive branch leaders whose offices lack de jure constitutional power.
Note: Names in small font generally denote acting, interim, transitional, temporary leaders, or representatives. Other notes and exceptions are provided at § Notes.
^ abThe President of France and the French Co-Prince of Andorra are positions held by the same person.
^ abcdefghijklmnCharles III is separately and equally monarch of 15 sovereign states known collectively as the Commonwealth realms. In each of these states (with the exception of the United Kingdom, where he permanently resides), he is represented at the national level by a governor-general.
^The high representative is an international civilian overseer of the Dayton Agreement with authority to dismiss elected and non-elected officials and enact legislation.
^The three-member Bosnian presidency is the head of state collectively.
^The council will exercise certain presidential powers until a new president is elected or until February 7, 2026, whichever comes first. The presidency has been vacant since the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021.[4][5][6][7]
^According to articles 89 to 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Supreme Leader of Iran is the head of state, and the President is the head of government. The President is required to gain the Supreme Leader's official approval before being sworn in before Parliament, and the Supreme Leader also has the power to dismiss the elected President at any time.
^The constitution of Japan does not define a formal head of state, but the Emperor by unwritten constitutional convention fulfills the functions and duties of this role.
^ abThe Captain Regent representing the party with a plurality of seats in the legislature of San Marino, the Grand and General Council, exercises more legislative power than the Captain Regent belonging to the opposition.
^The seven-member Swiss Federal Council is collectively head of state and government. As a party to the Council, the President serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year.
^ abCharles III is head of state of the Cook Islands and Niue in his capacity as King in Right of New Zealand. He is represented in each of these states by a King's Representative.
^Rudenka, Arsien (16 April 2024). "У Беларусі фармуецца УНС. Топ-7 простых пытанняў пра новы дзяржаўны орган" [The ABPA is being formed in Belarus: Top 7 simple questions about the new state organ]. Belsat TV (in Belarusian). Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^Cai, Derek; Head, Jonathan (7 August 2023). "Cambodia: PM's son Hun Manet appointed next ruler in royal formality". Singapore: BBC News. Retrieved 7 August 2023. Hun Sen will however retain leadership of the ruling Cambodian People's Party - a position political analysts say still gives him ultimate control. • Murphy, Matt (6 August 2023). "Hun Sen: Cambodia election result confirms expected win for PM". BBC News. Retrieved 7 August 2023. [Hun Sen] is expected to become president of the Senate early next year and will serve as acting head of state when King Norodom Sihamoni is abroad.
^"General Nguema appointed transitional president of Gabon following coup". Anadolu Agency. Kigali. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^"Haiti's Constitution of 1987 with Amendments through 2012" (PDF). Constitute Project. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^Fatton, Robert (23 July 2021). "Will Haitians get the chance to determine their future — without foreign interference?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2023. On Tuesday, Henry was sworn in, pledging to hold new elections in 120 days. For now, Haiti has no president[...].
^Sullivan, Becky (18 January 2023). "As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point". NPR. Retrieved 20 May 2023. The constitutional mandate of Haiti's de facto ruler, Prime Minister Ariel Henry — which some viewed as questionable from the start, as he was never technically sworn in — ended more than a year ago. The country has had no president since its last one, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in 2021.
^Mendonca, Duarte (25 April 2024). "Haiti's prime minister resigns as council sworn in to lead political transition in violence-ravaged nation". CNN. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^"Niger military names 21-person cabinet ahead of key West African summit". Al Jazeera. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^"Sudan's Constitution of 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^"Sudan's reinstated PM Hamdok promises a path to democracy". Al Jazeera. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2023. The 14-point deal between Hamdok and the military, signed in the presidential palace in Khartoum on Sunday, also provides for the release of all political prisoners detained during the coup and stipulates that a 2019 constitutional declaration be the basis for a political transition, according to details read out on state television.
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^"Turkmenistan's president expands his father's power". Associated Press. Ashgabat. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^Nasser, Afrah (18 December 2022). "'Republic of fear': A return to Yemen after 11 years". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^"Libya parliament suspends rival eastern-based PM Bashagha". Al Jazeera. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^"Syria's Idlib enclave: how does it work?". Agence France-Presse. Beirut, Lebanon. France 24. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2023. The head of the Salvation Government is [the prime minister], who assumed his post late last year, but the region's strongman is HTS chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.
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Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada Acting Prime Minister Hasan Akhund nbsp Albania President Bajram Begaj Prime Minister Edi Rama nbsp Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui nbsp Andorra Episcopal Co Prince Joan Enric Vives i SiciliaCo Prince s Representative Josep Maria Mauri French Co Prince Emmanuel Macron a Co Prince s Representative Patrick Strzoda Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora nbsp Angola President Joao Lourenco nbsp Antigua and Barbuda King Charles III b Governor General Sir Rodney Williams Prime Minister Gaston Browne nbsp Argentina President Javier Milei nbsp Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan nbsp Australia King Charles III b Governor General David HurleyGovernor general designate Sam Mostyn Prime Minister Anthony Albanese nbsp Austria President Alexander Van der Bellen Chancellor Karl Nehammer nbsp Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister Ali Asadov nbsp Bahamas The King Charles III b Governor General Dame Cynthia A Pratt Prime Minister Philip Davis nbsp Bahrain King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa nbsp Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina nbsp Barbados President Dame Sandra Mason Prime Minister Mia Mottley nbsp Belarus Chairman of the All Belarusian People s Assembly Alexander Lukashenko 1 President Alexander Lukashenko g Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko nbsp Belgium King Philippe Prime Minister Alexander De Croo nbsp Belize King Charles III b Governor General Dame Froyla Tzalam Prime Minister Johnny Briceno nbsp Benin President Patrice Talon nbsp Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay nbsp Bolivia President Luis Arce nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina High Representative Christian Schmidt d Presidency e Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers Borjana Kristo Members Denis Becirovic Chairman Zeljka Cvijanovic Zeljko Komsic nbsp Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi nbsp Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva nbsp Brunei Sultan and Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah nbsp Bulgaria President Rumen Radev Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev nbsp Burkina Faso President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration Ibrahim Traore Interim President Ibrahim Traore Interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Kyelem nbsp Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye g Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca nbsp Cambodia President of the People s Party Hun Sen 2 King Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister Hun Manet nbsp Cameroon President Paul Biya g Prime Minister Joseph Ngute nbsp Canada King Charles III b Governor General Mary Simon Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nbsp Cape Verde President Jose Maria Neves Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva nbsp Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera g Prime Minister Felix Moloua nbsp Chad President Mahamat Deby Prime Minister Succes Masra nbsp Chile President Gabriel Boric nbsp China General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping President Xi Jinping Premier Li Qiang nbsp Colombia President Gustavo Petro nbsp Comoros President Azali Assoumani nbsp Congo Democratic Republic of the President Felix Tshisekedi Prime Minister Judith Tuluka nbsp Congo Republic of the President Denis Sassou Nguesso Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso nbsp Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves Robles nbsp Croatia President Zoran Milanovic Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic nbsp Cuba First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz Canel President Miguel Diaz Canel Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz nbsp Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides nbsp Czech Republic President Petr Pavel Prime Minister Petr Fiala nbsp Denmark King Frederik X Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen nbsp Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh g Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed nbsp Dominica President Sylvanie Burton Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit nbsp Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader nbsp East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao nbsp Ecuador President Daniel Noboa nbsp Egypt President Abdel Fattah el Sisi Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly nbsp El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Acting President Claudia Rodriguez de Guevara nbsp Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo g Prime Minister Manuela Roka Botey nbsp Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki nbsp Estonia President Alar Karis Prime Minister Kaja Kallas nbsp Eswatini Ngwenyama Mswati III Prime Minister Russell Dlamini Ndlovukati Ntfombi nbsp Ethiopia President Sahle Work Zewde Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed nbsp Fiji President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka nbsp Finland President Alexander Stubb Prime Minister Petteri Orpo nbsp France President Emmanuel Macron a Prime Minister Gabriel Attal nbsp Gabon Chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions Brice Oligui Nguema Transitional President Brice Oligui Nguema 3 Interim Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima nbsp Gambia The President Adama Barrow nbsp Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze nbsp Germany President Frank Walter Steinmeier Chancellor Olaf Scholz nbsp Ghana President Nana Akufo Addo nbsp Greece President Katerina Sakellaropoulou Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nbsp Grenada King Charles III b Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell nbsp Guatemala President Bernardo Arevalo nbsp Guinea Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development Mamady Doumbouya Interim President Mamady Doumbouya Prime Minister Bah Oury nbsp Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros nbsp Guyana President Irfaan Ali g Prime Minister Mark Phillips nbsp Haiti President Transitional Presidential Council z Acting Prime Minister Fritz Belizaire Edgard Leblanc Fils President Other members Fritz JeanLaurent Saint CyrEmmanuel VertilaireSmith AugustinLeslie VoltaireLouis Gerald GillesFrinel Joseph observer Regine Abraham observer nbsp Honduras President Xiomara Castro nbsp Hungary President Tamas Sulyok Prime Minister Viktor Orban nbsp Iceland President Gudni Th Johannesson Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson nbsp India President Droupadi Murmu Prime Minister Narendra Modi nbsp Indonesia President Joko Widodo President elect Prabowo Subianto nbsp Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei h President Ebrahim Raisi nbsp Iraq President Abdul Latif Rashid Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani nbsp Ireland President Michael D Higgins Taoiseach Simon Harris nbsp Israel President Isaac Herzog Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nbsp Italy President Sergio Mattarella Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni nbsp Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara g Prime Minister Robert Beugre Mambe nbsp Jamaica King Charles III b Governor General Sir Patrick Allen Prime Minister Andrew Holness nbsp Japan Emperor Naruhito 8 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida nbsp Jordan King Abdullah II Prime Minister Bisher Al Khasawneh nbsp Kazakhstan President Kassym Jomart Tokayev g Prime Minister Oljas Bektenov nbsp Kenya President William Ruto nbsp Kiribati President Taneti Maamau nbsp Kuwait Emir Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Prime Minister Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah nbsp Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov g Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov nbsp Laos General Secretary of the People s Revolutionary Party Thongloun Sisoulith President Thongloun Sisoulith Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone nbsp Latvia President Edgars Rinkevics Prime Minister Evika Silina nbsp Lebanon President Vacant Prime Minister Najib Mikati nbsp Lesotho King Letsie III Prime Minister Sam Matekane nbsp Liberia President Joseph Boakai nbsp Libya Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al Menfi Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh nbsp Liechtenstein Prince Regnant Hans Adam II Prime Minister Daniel Risch Regent Hereditary Prince Alois nbsp Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte nbsp Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri Prime Minister Luc Frieden nbsp Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina Prime Minister Christian Ntsay nbsp Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera nbsp Malaysia Yang di Pertuan Agong Ibrahim Iskandar Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim nbsp Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu nbsp Mali Interim President Assimi Goita g Interim Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga nbsp Malta President Myriam Spiteri Debono Prime Minister Robert Abela nbsp Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine nbsp Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal nbsp Mauritius President Prithvirajsing Roopun Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth nbsp Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador nbsp Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina nbsp Moldova President Maia Sandu Prime Minister Dorin Recean nbsp Monaco Sovereign Prince Albert II Minister of State Pierre Dartout nbsp Mongolia President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun Erdene nbsp Montenegro President Jakov Milatovic Prime Minister Milojko Spajic nbsp Morocco King Mohammed VI Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch nbsp Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi g Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane nbsp Myanmar Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing Acting President Myint Swe Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing nbsp Namibia President Nangolo Mbumba g Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa nbsp Nauru President David Adeang nbsp Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal nbsp Netherlands King Willem Alexander Prime Minister Mark Rutte nbsp New Zealand King Charles III b Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro i Prime Minister Christopher Luxon nbsp Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega nbsp Niger President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Abdourahamane Tchiani Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine 8 nbsp Nigeria President Bola Tinubu nbsp North Korea General Secretary of the Workers Party Kim Jong Un President of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un Premier Kim Tok Hun nbsp North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova Prime Minister Talat Xhaferi nbsp Norway King Harald V Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store nbsp Oman Sultan and Prime Minister Haitham bin Tariq nbsp Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif nbsp Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr nbsp Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa nbsp Panama President Laurentino Cortizo President elect Jose Raul Mulino nbsp Papua New Guinea King Charles III b Governor General Sir Bob Dadae Prime Minister James Marape nbsp Paraguay President Santiago Pena nbsp Peru President Dina Boluarte g Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen nbsp Philippines President Bongbong Marcos nbsp Poland President Andrzej Duda Prime Minister Donald Tusk nbsp Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Prime Minister Luis Montenegro nbsp Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani nbsp Romania President Klaus Iohannis Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu nbsp Russia President Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nbsp Rwanda President Paul Kagame g Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis King Charles III b Governor General Dame Marcella Liburd Prime Minister Terrance Drew nbsp Saint Lucia King Charles III b Acting Governor General Errol Charles Prime Minister Philip J Pierre nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines King Charles III b Governor General Dame Susan Dougan Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves nbsp Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa nbsp San Marino Captain Regent k Alessandro Rossi Secretary for Foreign and Political Affairs Luca Beccari Captain Regent k Milena Gasperoni nbsp Sao Tome and Principe President Carlos Vila Nova Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada nbsp Saudi Arabia King Salman Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman nbsp Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye g Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko nbsp Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic Prime Minister Milos Vucevic nbsp Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan nbsp Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio g Chief Minister David Moinina Sengeh nbsp Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam Prime Minister Lawrence Wong nbsp Slovakia President Zuzana CaputovaPresident elect Peter Pellegrini Prime Minister Robert Fico nbsp Slovenia President Natasa Pirc Musar Prime Minister Robert Golob nbsp Solomon Islands King Charles III b Governor General Sir David Vunagi Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele nbsp Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre nbsp South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa nbsp South Korea President Yoon Suk yeol g nbsp South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit nbsp Spain King Felipe VI Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez nbsp Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe g Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena nbsp Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council l Acting Prime Minister Osman Hussein Abdel Fattah al Burhan Chairman Other members 12 13 Malik Agar Deputy Chairman Shams al Din KhabbashiYasser al AttaIbrahim Jabir KarimEl Hadi Idris YahyaEl Tahrir Abubakr HajarRaja NicolaAbdulgasim BortomYousef Jad KarimAbdelbagi al ZubeirSalma Abdeljabbar nbsp Suriname President Chan Santokhi nbsp Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson nbsp Switzerland Federal Council m Members Viola Amherd President Karin Keller Sutter Vice President Guy Parmelin Ignazio Cassis Albert Rosti Elisabeth Baume Schneider Beat Jans nbsp Syria President Bashar al Assad g Prime Minister Hussein Arnous nbsp Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon g Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda nbsp Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan g Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa nbsp Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin nbsp Togo President Faure Gnassingbe g Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah Dogbe nbsp Tonga King Tupou VI Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni nbsp Trinidad and Tobago President Christine Kangaloo Prime Minister Keith Rowley nbsp Tunisia President Kais Saied g Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani nbsp Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nbsp Turkmenistan Chairman of the People s Council Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow 14 President Serdar Berdimuhamedow nbsp Tuvalu King Charles III b Governor General Sir Tofiga Vaevalu Falani Prime Minister Feleti Teo nbsp Uganda President Yoweri Museveni g Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja nbsp Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal nbsp United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum nbsp United Kingdom King Charles III Prime Minister Rishi Sunak nbsp United States President Joe Biden nbsp Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou nbsp Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev g Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov nbsp Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai nbsp Vatican City Holy See Sovereign Pope Francis President of the Governorate Cardinal Fernando Vergez Alzaga nbsp Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro nbsp Vietnam General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyễn Phu Trọng Acting President Vo Thị Anh Xuan Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh nbsp Yemen Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al Alimi Prime Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak nbsp Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema nbsp Zimbabwe President Emmerson MnangagwaOther statesThe following states are in free association with another UN member state State Associated with Head of state Head of government nbsp Cook Islands nbsp New Zealand King Charles III n King s Representative Sir Tom Marsters Prime Minister Mark Brown nbsp Niue nbsp New Zealand King Charles III n King s Representative Dame Cindy Kiro i Premier Dalton Tagelagi The following states control at least part of their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state State Also claimed by Head of state Head of government nbsp Abkhazia nbsp Georgia President Aslan Bzhania Prime Minister Aleksander Ankvab nbsp Republic of China Taiwan nbsp People s Republic of China President Tsai Ing wen Premier Chen Chien jenPremier designate Cho Jung tai President elect Lai Ching te nbsp Kosovo nbsp Serbia President Vjosa Osmani Prime Minister Albin Kurti nbsp Northern Cyprus nbsp Cyprus President Ersin Tatar Prime Minister Unal Ustel nbsp Sahrawi Republic nbsp Morocco General Secretary of the Polisario Front Brahim Ghali President Brahim Ghali Prime Minister Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun nbsp South Ossetia nbsp Georgia President Alan Gagloyev Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoyev The following states control their territory but are not recognised by any UN member states State Also claimed by Head of state Head of government nbsp Somaliland nbsp Somalia President Muse Bihi Abdi nbsp Transnistria nbsp Moldova President Vadim Krasnoselsky Prime Minister Aleksander RozenbergOther governmentsThese alternative governments control part of their territory and are recognised as legitimate by at least one UN member state Government State Head of state Head of government nbsp Supreme Political Council nbsp Yemen Leader of Ansar Allah Abdul Malik al Houthi 15 Chairman Mahdi al Mashat Prime Minister Abdel Aziz bin Habtour nbsp Syrian National Coalition nbsp Syria President Hadi al Bahra Prime Minister Abdurrahman Mustafa These alternative governments control part of their territory but are not recognized as legitimate by any UN member states Government State Head of state Head of government nbsp Government of National Stability nbsp Libya Supreme Commander of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al Menfi 3 Acting Prime Minister Osama Hammad 16 nbsp Hamas government in Gaza nbsp Palestine Hamas Chief in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar President Mahmoud Abbas o Head of the Government Administrative Committee Essam al Da alis nbsp National Unity Government nbsp Myanmar Acting President Duwa Lashi La Prime Minister Mahn Win Khaing Than nbsp Syrian Salvation Government nbsp Syria Commander in Chief of Tahrir al Sham Abu Mohammad al Julani 17 President of the General Shura Council Mustafa al Mousa Prime Minister Ali Keda These alternative governments do not control their territory but are recognized as legitimate by at least one UN member state Government State Head of state Head of government nbsp Coordination Council nbsp Belarus President and Head of the Cabinet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya nbsp National Assembly 2015 nbsp Venezuela President of the National Assembly Dinorah Figuera 18 Sui generis entitiesEntity Head of entity Head of government nbsp European Union President of the European Council Charles Michel 19 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen 20 nbsp Sovereign Military Order of Malta Prince and Grand Master John T Dunlap Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paterno di MontecupoSee alsoPortals nbsp Politics nbsp lists President of the Republic List of countries by system of government List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office List of current monarchs of sovereign states List of current vice presidents and designated acting presidents List of current interior ministers List of current foreign ministers List of current finance ministers List of current defence ministers List of current legislatures List of current presidents of legislatures List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government List of leaders of dependent territories List of oldest living state leaders List of national governments Lists of state leaders Lists of state leaders by century List of state leaders in the 21st century List of state leaders in 2024Notes a b The President of France and the French Co Prince of Andorra are positions held by the same person a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Charles III is separately and equally monarch of 15 sovereign states known collectively as the Commonwealth realms In each of these states with the exception of the United Kingdom where he permanently resides he is represented at the national level by a governor general a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z In this state the president is both head of state and head of government the office of prime minister may exist in these states but it does not direct executive power nor does the Kyrgyzstani Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers the Peruvian President of the Council of Ministers or the Sierra Leonean Chief Minister The high representative is an international civilian overseer of the Dayton Agreement with authority to dismiss elected and non elected officials and enact legislation The three member Bosnian presidency is the head of state collectively The council will exercise certain presidential powers until a new president is elected or until February 7 2026 whichever comes first The presidency has been vacant since the assassination of Jovenel Moise in 2021 4 5 6 7 According to articles 89 to 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran the Supreme Leader of Iran is the head of state and the President is the head of government The President is required to gain the Supreme Leader s official approval before being sworn in before Parliament and the Supreme Leader also has the power to dismiss the elected President at any time The constitution of Japan does not define a formal head of state but the Emperor by unwritten constitutional convention fulfills the functions and duties of this role a b The Governor General of New Zealand and the King s Representative of Niue are positions held by the same person a b The Captain Regent representing the party with a plurality of seats in the legislature of San Marino the Grand and General Council exercises more legislative power than the Captain Regent belonging to the opposition The Transitional Sovereignty Council is the collective head of state of Sudan per the 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration While the council was intended to be a unity government incorporating civilian and military elements that used consensus decision making Chairman Abdel Fattah al Burhan who is also Commander in Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces has monopolized power 9 10 11 The seven member Swiss Federal Council is collectively head of state and government As a party to the Council the President serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year a b Charles III is head of state of the Cook Islands and Niue in his capacity as King in Right of New Zealand He is represented in each of these states by a King s Representative Al Menfi is also considered head of state by the internationally recognized Government of National Unity Hamada is disputing the premiership of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh with the backing of the House of Representatives and the Libyan National Army Internationally recognized president also recognized by Hamas since the Palestinian Unity Government of June 2014References Rudenka Arsien 16 April 2024 U Belarusi farmuecca UNS Top 7 prostyh pytannyay pra novy 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