World leaders in 2013
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2013, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 2013 →
Major powers in 2013
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Barack Obama
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- David Cameron
RussiaRussia history
- President
- Vladimir Putin
- Prime minister
- Dmitry Medvedev
ChinaChina history
- General Secretary; paramount leader
- Xi Jinping
- President
- Hu Jintao, then Xi Jinping
- Premier
- Wen Jiabao, then Li Keqiang
FranceFrance history
- President
- François Hollande
- Prime minister
- Jean-Marc Ayrault
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Joachim Gauck
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Akihito
- Prime minister
- Shinzō Abe
IndiaIndia history
- President
- Pranab Mukherjee
- Prime minister
- Manmohan Singh
Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria history
- President
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Prime Minister
- Abdelmalek Sellal
AngolaAngola history
- President
- José Eduardo dos Santos
BeninBenin history
- President
- Thomas Boni Yayi
- Prime minister
- Pascal Koupaki
BotswanaBotswana history
- President
- Ian Khama
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history
- President
- Blaise Compaoré
- Prime minister
- Luc-Adolphe Tiao
BurundiBurundi history
- President
- Pierre Nkurunziza
CameroonCameroon history
- President
- Paul Biya
- Prime minister
- Philémon Yang
Cape VerdeCape Verde history
- President
- Jorge Carlos Fonseca
- Prime minister
- José Maria Neves
Central African Republic
- President
- François Bozizé
- President; Transitional Head of State
- Michel Djotodia
- Prime minister
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra, then Nicolas Tiangaye
ChadChad history
- President
- Idriss Déby
- Prime minister
- Emmanuel Nadingar, then Djimrangar Dadnadji, then Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet
Comoros
- President
- Ikililou Dhoinine
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo history
- President
- Joseph Kabila
- Prime minister
- Augustin Matata Ponyo
DjiboutiDjibouti history
- President
- Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
- Prime minister
- Dileita Mohamed Dileita, then Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
EgyptEgypt history
- President
- Mohamed Morsi
- Interim President
- Adly Mansour
- Prime minister
- Hesham Qandil
- Acting Prime minister
- Hazem Al Beblawi
Equatorial Guinea
- President
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
- Prime minister
- Vicente Ehate Tomi
EritreaEritrea history
- President
- Isaias Afwerki
EswatiniEswatini history
- King
- Mswati III
- Prime minister
- Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
EthiopiaEthiopia history
- President
- Girma Wolde-Giorgis, then Mulatu Teshome
- Prime minister
- Hailemariam Desalegn
Federal Republic of SomaliaSomalia history
- President
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- Prime minister
- Abdi Farah Shirdon, then Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
GabonGabon history
- President
- Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Prime minister
- Raymond Ndong Sima
GambiaGambia history
- President
- Yahya Jammeh
GhanaGhana history
- President
- John Dramani Mahama
GuineaGuinea history
- President
- Alpha Condé
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Said Fofana
Guinea-Bissau
- Acting President
- Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
- Acting Prime minister
- Rui Duarte de Barros
High Transitional Authority: Madagascar
- President
- Andry Rajoelina
Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- President
- Alassane Ouattara
- Prime minister
- Daniel Kablan Duncan
KenyaKenya history
- President
- Mwai Kibaki, then Uhuru Kenyatta
- Prime minister
- Raila Odinga
LesothoLesotho history
- King
- Letsie III
- Prime minister
- Tom Thabane
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Madagascar: Fourth RepublicMadagascar history
- Prime minister
- Omer Beriziky
MalawiMalawi history
- President
- Joyce Banda
MaliMali history
- Acting President
- Dioncounda Traoré
- President
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- Acting Prime minister
- Django Sissoko
- Prime minister
- Oumar Tatam Ly
MauritaniaMauritania history
- President
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Prime minister
- Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
MauritiusMauritius history
- President
- Kailash Purryag
- Prime minister
- Navin Ramgoolam
MoroccoMorocco history
- King
- Mohammed VI
- Prime Minister
- Abdelilah Benkirane
MozambiqueMozambique history
- President
- Armando Guebuza
- Prime minister
- Alberto Vaquina
NamibiaNamibia history
- President
- Hifikepunye Pohamba
- Prime minister
- Hage Geingob
NigerNiger history
- President
- Mahamadou Issoufou
- Prime minister
- Brigi Rafini
NigeriaNigeria history
- President
- Goodluck Jonathan
Republic of Somaliland
- President
- Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo history
- President
- Denis Sassou Nguesso
RwandaRwanda history
- President
- Paul Kagame
- Prime minister
- Pierre Habumuremyi
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- President
- Mohamed Abdelaziz
- Prime Minister
- Abdelkader Taleb Omar
São Tomé and Príncipe
- President
- Manuel Pinto da Costa
- Prime minister
- Gabriel Costa
SenegalSenegal history
- President
- Macky Sall
- Prime minister
- Abdoul Mbaye, then Aminata Touré
Seychelles
- President
- James Michel
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone history
- President
- Ernest Bai Koroma
South AfricaSouth Africa history
- President
- Jacob Zuma
South SudanSouth Sudan history
- President
- Salva Kiir Mayardit
State of LibyaLibya history
- Prime minister
- Ali Zeidan
SudanSudan history
- President
- Omar al-Bashir
TanzaniaTanzania history
- President
- Jakaya Kikwete
- Prime minister
- Mizengo Pinda
TogoTogo history
- President
- Faure Gnassingbé
- Prime minister
- Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
TunisiaTunisia history
- President
- Moncef Marzouki
- Head of government
- Hamadi Jebali, then Ali Laarayedh
Uganda
- President
- Yoweri Museveni
- Prime minister
- Amama Mbabazi
ZambiaZambia history
- President
- Michael Sata
Zimbabwe
- President
- Robert Mugabe
- Prime minister
- Morgan Tsvangirai
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Baldwin Spencer
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
BahamasBahamas history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Perry Christie
BarbadosBarbados history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Freundel Stuart
BelizeBelize history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Dean Barrow
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Evo Morales
BrazilBrazil history
- President
- Dilma Rousseff
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Stephen Harper
ChileChile history
- President
- Sebastián Piñera
ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- Laura Chinchilla
CubaCuba history
- President of the State Council
- Raúl Castro
- President of the Council of Ministers
- Raúl Castro
Dominica
- President
- Eliud Williams, then Charles Savarin
- Prime minister
- Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- President
- Danilo Medina
EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- Rafael Correa
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- President
- Mauricio Funes
Grenada
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Tillman Thomas, then Keith Mitchell
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Otto Pérez Molina
GuyanaGuyana history
- President
- Donald Ramotar
- Prime minister
- Sam Hinds
HaitiHaiti history
- President
- Michel Martelly
- Prime minister
- Laurent Lamothe
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Porfirio Lobo Sosa
JamaicaJamaica history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Portia Simpson-Miller
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Enrique Peña Nieto
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Daniel Ortega
PanamaPanama history
- President
- Ricardo Martinelli
ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Federico Franco, then Horacio Cartes
PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Ollanta Humala
- Prime Minister
- Juan Jiménez Mayor, then César Villanueva
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Kenny Anthony
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
SurinameSuriname history
- President
- Dési Bouterse
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history
- President
- George Maxwell Richards, then Anthony Carmona
- Prime minister
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Barack Obama
UruguayUruguay history
- President
- José Mujica
VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Hugo Chávez
Asia
Afghanistan
- President
- Hamid Karzai
BahrainBahrain history
- Prime minister
- Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
BangladeshBangladesh history
- President
- Zillur Rahman, then Mohammad Abdul Hamid
- Prime minister
- Sheikh Hasina
BhutanBhutan history
- Druk Gyalpo
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
- Prime minister
- Jigme Thinley, then Tshering Tobgay
BruneiBrunei history
- Sultan
- Hassanal Bolkiah
CambodiaCambodia history
- King
- Norodom Sihamoni
- Prime minister
- Hun Sen
ChinaChina history
- General Secretary; paramount leader
- Xi Jinping
- President
- Hu Jintao, then Xi Jinping
- Premier
- Wen Jiabao, then Li Keqiang
CyprusCyprus history
- President
- Demetris Christofias, then Nicos Anastasiades
IndiaIndia history
- President
- Pranab Mukherjee
- Prime minister
- Manmohan Singh
IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
IranIran history
- Supreme Leader
- Ali Khamenei
- President
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then Hassan Rouhani
IraqIraq history
- President
- Jalal Talabani
- Prime minister
- Nouri al-Maliki
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Shimon Peres
- Prime minister
- Benjamin Netanyahu
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Akihito
- Prime minister
- Shinzō Abe
JordanJordan history
- King
- Abdullah II
- Prime minister
- Abdullah Ensour
KazakhstanKazakhstan history
- President
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Prime minister
- Serik Akhmetov
KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Sabah IV
- Prime minister
- Jaber Al-Mubarak
Kyrgyzstan
- President
- Almazbek Atambayev
- Prime minister
- Zhantoro Satybaldiyev
LaosLaos history
- General Secretary
- Choummaly Sayasone
- President
- Choummaly Sayasone
- Prime minister
- Thongsing Thammavong
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Michel Suleiman
- Prime minister
- Najib Mikati
MalaysiaMalaysia history
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- Abdul Halim of Kedah
- Prime minister
- Najib Razak
Maldives
- President
- Mohamed Waheed Hassan, then Abdulla Yameen
MongoliaMongolia history
- President
- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
- Prime minister
- Norovyn Altankhuyag
NepalNepal history
- President
- Ram Baran Yadav
- Prime minister
- Baburam Bhattarai
- Acting Prime minister
- Khil Raj Regmi
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- Premier
- Choe Yong-rim, then Pak Pong-ju
Northern Cyprus
- President
- Derviş Eroğlu
- Prime minister
- İrsen Küçük, then Sibel Siber, then Özkan Yorgancıoğlu
OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Qaboos bin Said
PakistanPakistan history
- President
- Asif Ali Zardari, then Mamnoon Hussain
- Prime minister
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, then Nawaz Sharif
- Acting Prime minister
- Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Benigno Aquino III
QatarQatar history
- Prime minister
- Hamad bin Jassim, then Abdullah bin Nasser
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)Myanmar history
- President
- Thein Sein
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- King
- Abdullah
SingaporeSingapore history
- President
- Tony Tan
- Prime minister
- Lee Hsien Loong
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- President
- Lee Myung-bak, then Park Geun-hye
- Prime minister
- Kim Hwang-sik, then Chung Hong-won
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- President
- Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Prime minister
- D. M. Jayaratne
State of Palestine
- President
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Prime minister
- Salam Fayyad, then Rami Hamdallah
Syria
- President
- Bashar al-Assad
- Prime minister
- Wael Nader al-Halqi
TaiwanTaiwan history
- President
- Ma Ying-jeou
- Premier
- Sean Chen, then Jiang Yi-huah
TajikistanTajikistan history
- President
- Emomali Rahmon
- Prime minister
- Oqil Oqilov, then Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- Yingluck Shinawatra
Timor-Leste
- President
- Taur Matan Ruak
- Prime minister
- Xanana Gusmão
TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Abdullah Gül
- Prime minister
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkmenistan
- President
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates history
- President
- Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Prime minister
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
UzbekistanUzbekistan history
- President
- Islam Karimov
- Prime minister
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev
VietnamVietnam history
- General Secretary
- Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- President
- Trương Tấn Sang
- Prime minister
- Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
YemenYemen history
- Prime minister
- Mohammed Basindawa
Europe
Abkhazia
- President
- Alexander Ankvab
- Prime minister
- Leonid Lakerbaia
AlbaniaAlbania history
- President
- Bujar Nishani
- Prime minister
- Sali Berisha, then Edi Rama
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Joan Enric Vives Sicília
- French Co-Prince
- François Hollande
- Prime minister
- Antoni Martí
ArmeniaArmenia history
- President
- Serzh Sargsyan
- Prime minister
- Tigran Sargsyan
AustriaAustria history
- President
- Heinz Fischer
- Chancellor
- Werner Faymann
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan history
- President
- Ilham Aliyev
- Prime minister
- Artur Rasizade
BelarusBelarus history
- President
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Prime minister
- Mikhail Myasnikovich
BelgiumBelgium history
- Prime minister
- Elio Di Rupo
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina history
- High Representative
- Valentin Inzko
- Chairman
- Nebojša Radmanović, then Vjekoslav Bevanda, then Željko Komšić
- Member
- Željko Komšić, then Nebojša Radmanović, then Bakir Izetbegović
BulgariaBulgaria history
- President
- Rosen Plevneliev
- Prime minister
- Boyko Borisov, then Plamen Oresharski
- Acting Prime minister
- Marin Raykov
CroatiaCroatia history
- President
- Ivo Josipović
- Prime minister
- Zoran Milanović
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- President
- Václav Klaus, then Miloš Zeman
- Prime Minister
- Petr Nečas, then Jiří Rusnok
DenmarkDenmark history
- Queen
- Margrethe II
- Prime minister
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
EstoniaEstonia history
- President
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves
- Prime minister
- Andrus Ansip
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Sauli Niinistö
- Prime minister
- Jyrki Katainen
France: Fifth RepublicFrance history
- President
- François Hollande
- Prime minister
- Jean-Marc Ayrault
Georgia
- President
- Mikheil Saakashvili, then Giorgi Margvelashvili
- Prime minister
- Bidzina Ivanishvili, then Irakli Garibashvili
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Joachim Gauck
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
GreeceGreece history
- President
- Karolos Papoulias
- Prime minister
- Antonis Samaras
HungaryHungary history
- President
- János Áder
- Prime minister
- Viktor Orbán
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
- Prime minister
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, then Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Giorgio Napolitano
- Prime minister
- Mario Monti, then Enrico Letta
LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Andris Bērziņš
- Prime minister
- Valdis Dombrovskis
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Hans-Adam II
- Prime minister
- Klaus Tschütscher, then Adrian Hasler
LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Dalia Grybauskaitė
- Prime minister
- Algirdas Butkevičius
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- Henri
- Prime minister
- Jean-Claude Juncker, then Xavier Bettel
MaltaMalta history
- President
- George Abela
- Prime minister
- Lawrence Gonzi, then Joseph Muscat
MoldovaMoldova history
- President
- Nicolae Timofti
- Prime minister
- Vlad Filat, then Iurie Leancă
Monaco
- Prince
- Albert II
- Minister of state
- Michel Roger
MontenegroMontenegro history
- President
- Filip Vujanović
- Prime minister
- Milo Đukanović
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia history
- President
- Gjorge Ivanov
- Prime minister
- Nikola Gruevski
NorwayNorway history
- King
- Harald V
- Prime minister
- Jens Stoltenberg, then Erna Solberg
PolandPoland history
- President
- Bronisław Komorowski
- Prime minister
- Donald Tusk
PortugalPortugal history
- President
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva
- Prime minister
- Pedro Passos Coelho
Republic of Artsakh
- President
- Bako Sahakyan
- President of the National Assembly
- Ashot Ghulian
Republic of Ireland
- President
- Michael D. Higgins
- Taoiseach
- Enda Kenny
Republic of KosovoKosovo history
- President
- Atifete Jahjaga
- Prime minister
- Hashim Thaçi
RomaniaRomania history
- President
- Traian Băsescu
- Prime minister
- Victor Ponta
RussiaRussia history
- President
- Vladimir Putin
- Prime minister
- Dmitry Medvedev
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Teodoro Lonfernini, then Denise Bronzetti, then Antonella Mularoni, then Denis Amici, then Gian Carlo Capicchioni, then Anna Maria Muccioli
SerbiaSerbia history
- President
- Tomislav Nikolić
- Prime minister
- Ivica Dačić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- President
- Ivan Gašparovič
- Prime minister
- Robert Fico
SloveniaSlovenia history
- President
- Borut Pahor
- Prime minister
- Janez Janša, then Alenka Bratušek
South Ossetia
- President
- Leonid Tibilov
- Prime minister
- Rostislav Khugayev
SpainSpain history
- King
- Juan Carlos I
- Prime minister
- Mariano Rajoy
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Carl XVI Gustaf
- Prime minister
- Fredrik Reinfeldt
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Ueli Maurer
The Netherlands
- Queen
- Beatrix
- King
- Willem-Alexander
- Prime minister
- Mark Rutte
Transnistria
- President
- Yevgeny Shevchuk
- Prime minister
- Pyotr Stepanov, then Tatiana Turanskaya
UkraineUkraine history
- President
- Viktor Yanukovych
- Prime minister
- Mykola Azarov
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- David Cameron
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Benedict XVI, then Francis
- President of the Governorate
- Giuseppe Bertello
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Julia Gillard, then Kevin Rudd, then Tony Abbott
Cook Islands, state in free association
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
Federated States of Micronesia
- President
- Manny Mori
FijiFiji history
- President
- Epeli Nailatikau
- Acting Prime minister
- Frank Bainimarama
Kiribati
- President
- Anote Tong
Marshall Islands
- President
- Christopher Loeak
Nauru
- President
- Sprent Dabwido, then Baron Waqa
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- John Key
Palau
- President
- Johnson Toribiong
- Jr., President
- Tommy Remengesau
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Peter O'Neill
SamoaSamoa history
- O le Ao o le Malo
- Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi
- Prime minister
- Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Gordon Darcy Lilo
TongaTonga history
- King
- Tupou VI
- Prime minister
- Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō
Tuvalu
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Willy Telavi, then Enele Sopoaga
VanuatuVanuatu history
- President
- Iolu Abil
- Prime minister
- Sato Kilman, then Moana Carcasses Kalosil