World leaders in 2014
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2014, 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 2014 →
Major powers in 2014
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
- Xi Jinping
- Premier
- Li Keqiang
FranceFrance history
- President
- François Hollande
- Prime minister
- Jean-Marc Ayrault, then Manuel Valls
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, then Narendra Modi
Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria history
- President
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Prime Minister
- Abdelmalek Sellal
- Acting Prime Minister
- Youcef Yousfi
AngolaAngola history
- President
- José Eduardo dos Santos
BeninBenin history
- President
- Thomas Boni Yayi
BotswanaBotswana history
- President
- Ian Khama
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history
- President
- Blaise Compaoré
- Transitional President
- Yacouba Isaac Zida, then Michel Kafando
- Prime minister
- Luc-Adolphe Tiao, then Yacouba Isaac Zida
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
- Transitional Head of State
- Michel Djotodia, then Catherine Samba-Panza
- Acting Transitional Head of State
- Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet
- Prime minister
- Nicolas Tiangaye
- Interim Prime minister
- André Nzapayeké, then Mahamat Kamoun
ChadChad history
- President
- Idriss Déby
- Prime minister
- 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
- Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
EgyptEgypt history
- Interim President
- Adly Mansour
- President
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Acting Prime minister
- Hazem Al Beblawi
- Prime minister
- Ibrahim Mahlab
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
- Mulatu Teshome
- Prime minister
- Hailemariam Desalegn
Federal Republic of SomaliaSomalia history
- President
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- Prime minister
- Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, then Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
GabonGabon history
- President
- Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Prime minister
- Raymond Ndong Sima, then Daniel Ona Ondo
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
- President
- José Mário Vaz
- Acting Prime minister
- Rui Duarte de Barros
- Prime minister
- Domingos Simões Pereira
High Transitional Authority: Madagascar
- President
- Andry Rajoelina
Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- President
- Alassane Ouattara
- Prime minister
- Daniel Kablan Duncan
KenyaKenya history
- President
- Uhuru Kenyatta
LesothoLesotho history
- King
- Letsie III
- Prime minister
- Tom Thabane
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Madagascar: Fourth RepublicMadagascar history
- President
- Hery Rajaonarimampianina
- Prime minister
- Omer Beriziky, then Roger Kolo
MalawiMalawi history
- President
- Joyce Banda, then Peter Mutharika
MaliMali history
- President
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- Prime minister
- Oumar Tatam Ly, then Moussa Mara
MauritaniaMauritania history
- President
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Prime minister
- Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, then Yahya Ould Hademine
MauritiusMauritius history
- President
- Kailash Purryag
- Prime minister
- Navin Ramgoolam, then Anerood Jugnauth
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, then Anastase Murekezi
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, then Patrice Trovoada
SenegalSenegal history
- President
- Macky Sall
- Prime minister
- Aminata Touré, then Mahammed Dionne
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
- Prime minister in rebellion
- Abdullah al-Thani
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, then Beji Caid Essebsi
- Head of government
- Ali Laarayedh, then Mehdi Jomaa
Uganda
- President
- Yoweri Museveni
- Prime minister
- Amama Mbabazi, then Ruhakana Rugunda
ZambiaZambia history
- President
- Michael Sata
- Interim President
- Guy Scott
Zimbabwe
- President
- Robert Mugabe
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Baldwin Spencer, then Gaston Browne
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, then Michelle Bachelet
ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- Laura Chinchilla, then Luis Guillermo Solís
CubaCuba history
- President of the State Council
- Raúl Castro
- President of the Council of Ministers
- Raúl Castro
Dominica
- President
- 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, then Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Grenada
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- 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
- Acting Prime minister
- Florence Duperval Guillaume
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Porfirio Lobo Sosa, then Juan Orlando Hernández
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, then Juan Carlos Varela
ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Horacio Cartes
PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Ollanta Humala
- Prime Minister
- César Villanueva, then René Cornejo, then Ana Jara
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
- Anthony Carmona
- Prime minister
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Barack Obama
UruguayUruguay history
- President
- José Mujica
Asia
Afghanistan
- President
- Hamid Karzai, then Ashraf Ghani
BahrainBahrain history
- Prime minister
- Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
BangladeshBangladesh history
- President
- Mohammad Abdul Hamid
- Prime minister
- Sheikh Hasina
BhutanBhutan history
- Druk Gyalpo
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
- Prime minister
- 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
- Xi Jinping
- Premier
- Li Keqiang
CyprusCyprus history
- President
- Nicos Anastasiades
IndiaIndia history
- President
- Pranab Mukherjee
- Prime minister
- Manmohan Singh, then Narendra Modi
IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, then Joko Widodo
IranIran history
- Supreme Leader
- Ali Khamenei
- President
- Hassan Rouhani
IraqIraq history
- President
- Jalal Talabani, then Fuad Masum
- Prime minister
- Nouri al-Maliki, then Haider al-Abadi
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Shimon Peres, then Reuven Rivlin
- 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, then Karim Massimov
KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Sabah IV
- Prime minister
- Jaber Al-Mubarak
Kyrgyzstan
- President
- Almazbek Atambayev
- Prime minister
- Zhantoro Satybaldiyev, then Djoomart Otorbaev
LaosLaos history
- General Secretary
- Choummaly Sayasone
- President
- Choummaly Sayasone
- Prime minister
- Thongsing Thammavong
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Michel Suleiman
- Acting President
- Tammam Salam
- Prime minister
- Najib Mikati, then Tammam Salam
MalaysiaMalaysia history
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- Abdul Halim of Kedah
- Prime minister
- Najib Razak
Maldives
- President
- Abdulla Yameen
MongoliaMongolia history
- President
- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
- Prime minister
- Norovyn Altankhuyag, then Chimediin Saikhanbileg
- Acting Prime minister
- Dendeviin Terbishdagva
NepalNepal history
- President
- Ram Baran Yadav
- Acting Prime minister
- Khil Raj Regmi
- Prime minister
- Sushil Koirala
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- Premier
- Pak Pong-ju
Northern Cyprus
- President
- Derviş Eroğlu
- Prime minister
- Özkan Yorgancıoğlu
OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Qaboos bin Said
PakistanPakistan history
- President
- Mamnoon Hussain
- Prime minister
- Nawaz Sharif
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Benigno Aquino III
QatarQatar history
- Prime minister
- 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
- Park Geun-hye
- Prime minister
- Chung Hong-won
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- President
- Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Prime minister
- D. M. Jayaratne
State of Palestine
- President
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Prime minister
- Rami Hamdallah
Syria
- President
- Bashar al-Assad
- Prime minister
- Wael Nader al-Halqi
TaiwanTaiwan history
- President
- Ma Ying-jeou
- Premier
- Jiang Yi-huah, then Mao Chi-kuo
TajikistanTajikistan history
- President
- Emomali Rahmon
- Prime minister
- Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- Yingluck Shinawatra
- Acting Prime minister
- Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan
- de facto Acting Prime minister
- Prayut Chan-o-cha
Timor-Leste
- President
- Taur Matan Ruak
- Prime minister
- Xanana Gusmão
TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Abdullah Gül, then Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Prime minister
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Ahmet Davutoğlu
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, then Khaled Bahah
- Acting Prime minister
- Abdullah Mohsen al-Akwa
Europe
Abkhazia
- President
- Alexander Ankvab, then Raul Khajimba
- Acting President
- Valeri Bganba
- Prime minister
- Leonid Lakerbaia, then Beslan Butba
- Acting Prime minister
- Vladimir Delba
AlbaniaAlbania history
- President
- Bujar Nishani
- Prime minister
- 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, then Hovik Abrahamyan
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, then Andrei Kobyakov
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Philippe
- Prime minister
- Elio Di Rupo, then Charles Michel
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina history
- High Representative
- Valentin Inzko
- Chairman
- Vjekoslav Bevanda, then Željko Komšić, then Bakir Izetbegović, then Mladen Ivanić
- Member
- Željko Komšić, then Nebojša Radmanović, then Bakir Izetbegović, then Dragan Čović, then Mladen Ivanić
BulgariaBulgaria history
- President
- Rosen Plevneliev
- Prime minister
- Plamen Oresharski, then Boyko Borisov
- Acting Prime minister
- Georgi Bliznashki
CroatiaCroatia history
- President
- Ivo Josipović
- Prime minister
- Zoran Milanović
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- President
- Miloš Zeman
- Prime Minister
- Jiří Rusnok, then Bohuslav Sobotka
DenmarkDenmark history
- Queen
- Margrethe II
- Prime minister
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
EstoniaEstonia history
- President
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves
- Prime minister
- Andrus Ansip, then Taavi Rõivas
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Sauli Niinistö
- Prime minister
- Jyrki Katainen, then Alexander Stubb
France: Fifth RepublicFrance history
- President
- François Hollande
- Prime minister
- Jean-Marc Ayrault, then Manuel Valls
Georgia
- President
- Giorgi Margvelashvili
- Prime minister
- 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
- Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Giorgio Napolitano
- Prime minister
- Enrico Letta, then Matteo Renzi
LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Andris Bērziņš
- Prime minister
- Valdis Dombrovskis, then Laimdota Straujuma
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Hans-Adam II
- Prime minister
- Adrian Hasler
LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Dalia Grybauskaitė
- Prime minister
- Algirdas Butkevičius
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- Henri
- Prime minister
- Xavier Bettel
MaltaMalta history
- President
- George Abela, then Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
- Prime minister
- Joseph Muscat
MoldovaMoldova history
- President
- Nicolae Timofti
- Prime minister
- 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
- Erna Solberg
PolandPoland history
- President
- Bronisław Komorowski
- Prime minister
- Donald Tusk, then Ewa Kopacz
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, then Isa Mustafa
RomaniaRomania history
- President
- Traian Băsescu, then Klaus Iohannis
- Prime minister
- Victor Ponta
RussiaRussia history
- President
- Vladimir Putin
- Prime minister
- Dmitry Medvedev
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Gian Carlo Capicchioni, then Anna Maria Muccioli, then Valeria Ciavatta, then Luca Beccari, then Gianfranco Terenzi, then Guerrino Zanotti
SerbiaSerbia history
- President
- Tomislav Nikolić
- Prime minister
- Ivica Dačić, then Aleksandar Vučić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- President
- Ivan Gašparovič, then Andrej Kiska
- Prime minister
- Robert Fico
SloveniaSlovenia history
- President
- Borut Pahor
- Prime minister
- Alenka Bratušek, then Miro Cerar
South Ossetia
- President
- Leonid Tibilov
- Prime minister
- Rostislav Khugayev, then Domenty Kulumbegov
SpainSpain history
- King
- Juan Carlos I, then Felipe VI
- Prime minister
- Mariano Rajoy
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Carl XVI Gustaf
- Prime minister
- Fredrik Reinfeldt, then Stefan Löfven
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Didier Burkhalter
The Netherlands
- King
- Willem-Alexander
- Prime minister
- Mark Rutte
Transnistria
- President
- Yevgeny Shevchuk
- Prime minister
- Tatiana Turanskaya
UkraineUkraine history
- President
- Viktor Yanukovych, then Petro Poroshenko
- Acting President
- Oleksandr Turchynov
- Prime minister
- Mykola Azarov, then Arseniy Yatsenyuk
- Acting Prime minister
- Serhiy Arbuzov, then Oleksandr Turchynov
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- David Cameron
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Francis
- President of the Governorate
- Giuseppe Bertello
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- 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
- Baron Waqa
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- John Key
Palau
- 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, then Manasseh Sogavare
TongaTonga history
- King
- Tupou VI
- Prime minister
- Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō, then ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Tuvalu
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Enele Sopoaga
VanuatuVanuatu history
- President
- Iolu Abil, then Baldwin Lonsdale
- Acting President
- Philip Boedoro
- Prime minister
- Moana Carcasses Kalosil, then Joe Natuman