World leaders in 2015
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2015, 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 2015 →
Major powers in 2015
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
- Manuel Valls
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Joachim Gauck
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Akihito
IndiaIndia history
- President
- Pranab Mukherjee
- Prime minister
- Narendra Modi
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
- Lionel Zinsou
BotswanaBotswana history
- President
- Ian Khama
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history
- Transitional President
- Michel Kafando
- Chairman of the National Council for Democracy
- Gilbert Diendéré
- Acting President
- Chérif Sy
- President
- Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
- Prime minister
- 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
- Catherine Samba-Panza
- Interim Prime minister
- 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
- President
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Prime minister
- Ibrahim Mahlab, then Sherif Ismail
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
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
GabonGabon history
- President
- Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Prime minister
- Daniel Ona Ondo
GambiaGambia history
- President
- Yahya Jammeh
GhanaGhana history
- President
- John Dramani Mahama
GuineaGuinea history
- President
- Alpha Condé
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Said Fofana, then Mamady Youla
Guinea-Bissau
- President
- José Mário Vaz
- Prime minister
- Domingos Simões Pereira, then Baciro Djá, then Carlos Correia
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, then Pakalitha Mosisili
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Madagascar: Fourth RepublicMadagascar history
- President
- Hery Rajaonarimampianina
- Prime minister
- Roger Kolo, then Jean Ravelonarivo
MalawiMalawi history
- President
- Peter Mutharika
MaliMali history
- President
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- Prime minister
- Moussa Mara, then Modibo Keita
MauritaniaMauritania history
- President
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Prime minister
- Yahya Ould Hademine
MauritiusMauritius history
- President
- Kailash Purryag, then Ameenah Gurib
- Acting president
- Monique Ohsan Bellepeau
- Prime minister
- Anerood Jugnauth
MoroccoMorocco history
- King
- Mohammed VI
- Prime Minister
- Abdelilah Benkirane
MozambiqueMozambique history
- President
- Armando Guebuza, then Filipe Nyusi
- Prime minister
- Alberto Vaquina, then Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
NamibiaNamibia history
- President
- Hifikepunye Pohamba, then Hage Geingob
- Prime minister
- Hage Geingob, then Saara Kuugongelwa
NigerNiger history
- President
- Mahamadou Issoufou
- Prime minister
- Brigi Rafini
NigeriaNigeria history
- President
- Goodluck Jonathan, then Muhammadu Buhari
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
- 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
- Patrice Trovoada
SenegalSenegal history
- President
- Macky Sall
- Prime minister
- 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 in rebellion
- Abdullah al-Thani
SudanSudan history
- President
- Omar al-Bashir
TanzaniaTanzania history
- President
- Jakaya Kikwete, then John Magufuli
- Prime minister
- Mizengo Pinda, then Kassim Majaliwa
TogoTogo history
- President
- Faure Gnassingbé
- Prime minister
- Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, then Komi Sélom Klassou
TunisiaTunisia history
- President
- Beji Caid Essebsi
- Head of government
- Mehdi Jomaa, then Habib Essid
Uganda
- President
- Yoweri Museveni
- Prime minister
- Ruhakana Rugunda
ZambiaZambia history
- Interim President
- Guy Scott
- President
- Edgar Lungu
Zimbabwe
- President
- Robert Mugabe
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Gaston Browne
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, then Mauricio Macri
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, then Justin Trudeau
ChileChile history
- President
- Michelle Bachelet
ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- 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
- Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Grenada
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Keith Mitchell
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Otto Pérez Molina
- Acting President
- Alejandro Maldonado
GuyanaGuyana history
- President
- Donald Ramotar, then David A. Granger
- Prime minister
- Sam Hinds, then Moses Nagamootoo
HaitiHaiti history
- President
- Michel Martelly
- Acting Prime minister
- Florence Duperval Guillaume
- Prime minister
- Evans Paul
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- 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
- Juan Carlos Varela
ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Horacio Cartes
PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Ollanta Humala
- Prime Minister
- Ana Jara, then Pedro Cateriano
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Denzil Douglas, then Timothy Harris
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, then Keith Rowley
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Barack Obama
UruguayUruguay history
- President
- José Mujica, then Tabaré Vázquez
Asia
Afghanistan
- President
- 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
- Narendra Modi
IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Joko Widodo
IranIran history
- Supreme Leader
- Ali Khamenei
- President
- Hassan Rouhani
IraqIraq history
- President
- Fuad Masum
- Prime minister
- Haider al-Abadi
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Reuven Rivlin
- Prime minister
- Benjamin Netanyahu
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Akihito
JordanJordan history
- King
- Abdullah II
- Prime minister
- Abdullah Ensour
KazakhstanKazakhstan history
- President
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Prime minister
- Karim Massimov
KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Sabah IV
- Prime minister
- Jaber Al-Mubarak
Kyrgyzstan
- President
- Almazbek Atambayev
- Prime minister
- Djoomart Otorbaev, then Temir Sariyev
LaosLaos history
- General Secretary
- Choummaly Sayasone
- President
- Choummaly Sayasone
- Prime minister
- Thongsing Thammavong
LebanonLebanon history
- Acting President
- Tammam Salam
- Prime minister
- 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
- Chimediin Saikhanbileg
NepalNepal history
- President
- Ram Baran Yadav, then Bidya Devi Bhandari
- Prime minister
- Sushil Koirala, then Khadga Prasad Oli
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- Premier
- Pak Pong-ju
Northern Cyprus
- President
- Derviş Eroğlu, then Mustafa Akıncı
- Prime minister
- Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, then Ömer Kalyoncu
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
SingaporeSingapore history
- President
- Tony Tan
- Prime minister
- Lee Hsien Loong
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- President
- Park Geun-hye
- Prime minister
- Chung Hong-won, then Lee Wan-koo, then Hwang Kyo-ahn
- Acting Prime minister
- Choi Kyoung-hwan
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- President
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, then Maithripala Sirisena
- Prime minister
- D. M. Jayaratne, then Ranil Wickremesinghe
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
- Mao Chi-kuo
TajikistanTajikistan history
- President
- Emomali Rahmon
- Prime minister
- Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- Prayut Chan-o-cha
Timor-Leste
- President
- Taur Matan Ruak
- Prime minister
- Xanana Gusmão, then Rui Maria de Araújo
TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Prime minister
- 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
- Khaled Bahah
Europe
Abkhazia
- President
- Raul Khajimba
- Prime minister
- Beslan Butba, then Artur Mikvabia
- Acting Prime minister
- Shamil Adzynba
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
- 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
- Andrei Kobyakov
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Philippe
- Prime minister
- Charles Michel
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina history
- High Representative
- Valentin Inzko
- Chairman
- Vjekoslav Bevanda, then Mladen Ivanić, then Dragan Čović, then Denis Zvizdić
- Member
- Bakir Izetbegović, then Dragan Čović, then Mladen Ivanić
BulgariaBulgaria history
- President
- Rosen Plevneliev
- Prime minister
- Boyko Borisov
CroatiaCroatia history
- President
- Ivo Josipović, then Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
- Prime minister
- Zoran Milanović
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- President
- Miloš Zeman
- Prime Minister
- Bohuslav Sobotka
DenmarkDenmark history
- Queen
- Margrethe II
- Prime minister
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt, then Lars Løkke Rasmussen
EstoniaEstonia history
- President
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves
- Prime minister
- Taavi Rõivas
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Sauli Niinistö
- Prime minister
- Alexander Stubb, then Juha Sipilä
France: Fifth RepublicFrance history
- President
- François Hollande
- Prime minister
- Manuel Valls
Georgia
- President
- Giorgi Margvelashvili
- Prime minister
- Irakli Garibashvili, then Giorgi Kvirikashvili
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Joachim Gauck
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
GreeceGreece history
- President
- Karolos Papoulias, then Prokopis Pavlopoulos
- Prime minister
- Antonis Samaras, then Alexis Tsipras
- Interim Prime minister
- Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
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, then Sergio Mattarella
- Prime minister
- Matteo Renzi
LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Andris Bērziņš, then Raimonds Vējonis
- Prime minister
- 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
- Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
- Prime minister
- Joseph Muscat
MoldovaMoldova history
- President
- Nicolae Timofti
- Prime minister
- Iurie Leancă, then Chiril Gaburici, then Valeriu Streleț
- Acting Prime minister
- Natalia Gherman, then Gheorghe Brega
Monaco
- Prince
- Albert II
- Minister of state
- Michel Roger
- Acting Minister of state
- Gilles Tonelli
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, then Andrzej Duda
- Prime minister
- Ewa Kopacz, then Beata Szydło
PortugalPortugal history
- President
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva
- Prime minister
- Pedro Passos Coelho, then António Costa
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
- Isa Mustafa
RomaniaRomania history
- President
- Klaus Iohannis
- Prime minister
- Victor Ponta, then Dacian Cioloș
- Interim Prime minister
- Gabriel Oprea, then Sorin Cîmpeanu
RussiaRussia history
- President
- Vladimir Putin
- Prime minister
- Dmitry Medvedev
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Gianfranco Terenzi, then Guerrino Zanotti, then Andrea Belluzzi, then Roberto Venturini, then Lorella Stefanelli, then Nicola Renzi
SerbiaSerbia history
- President
- Tomislav Nikolić
- Prime minister
- Aleksandar Vučić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- President
- Andrej Kiska
- Prime minister
- Robert Fico
SloveniaSlovenia history
- President
- Borut Pahor
- Prime minister
- Miro Cerar
South Ossetia
- President
- Leonid Tibilov
- Prime minister
- Domenty Kulumbegov
SpainSpain history
- King
- Felipe VI
- Prime minister
- Mariano Rajoy
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Carl XVI Gustaf
- Prime minister
- Stefan Löfven
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Simonetta Sommaruga
The Netherlands
- King
- Willem-Alexander
- Prime minister
- Mark Rutte
Transnistria
- President
- Yevgeny Shevchuk
- Prime minister
- Tatiana Turanskaya, then Pavel Prokudin
- Acting Prime Minister
- Maija Parnas
UkraineUkraine history
- President
- Petro Poroshenko
- Prime minister
- Arseniy Yatsenyuk
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, then Malcolm Turnbull
Cook Islands, state in free association
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
Federated States of Micronesia
- President
- Manny Mori, then Peter M. Christian
FijiFiji history
- President
- Epeli Nailatikau, then Jioji Konrote
- 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
- Manasseh Sogavare
TongaTonga history
- King
- Tupou VI
- Prime minister
- ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Tuvalu
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Enele Sopoaga
VanuatuVanuatu history
- President
- Baldwin Lonsdale
- Prime minister
- Joe Natuman, then Sato Kilman