World leaders in 2017
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2017, 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 2017 →
Major powers in 2017
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Barack Obama, then Donald Trump
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- Theresa May
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, then Emmanuel Macron
- Prime minister
- Bernard Cazeneuve, then Édouard Philippe
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Joachim Gauck, then Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Akihito
- Prime minister
- Shinzō Abe
IndiaIndia history
- President
- Pranab Mukherjee, then Ram Nath Kovind
- Prime minister
- Narendra Modi
Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria history
- President
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Prime Minister
- Abdelmalek Sellal, then Abdelmadjid Tebboune, then Ahmed Ouyahia
AngolaAngola history
- President
- José Eduardo dos Santos, then João Lourenço
BeninBenin history
- President
- Patrice Talon
BotswanaBotswana history
- President
- Ian Khama
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history
- President
- Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
- Prime minister
- Paul Kaba Thieba
BurundiBurundi history
- President
- Pierre Nkurunziza
CameroonCameroon history
- President
- Paul Biya
- Prime minister
- Philémon Yang
Cape VerdeCape Verde history
- President
- Jorge Carlos Fonseca
- Prime minister
- Ulisses Correia e Silva
Central African Republic
- President
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra
- Prime minister
- Simplice Sarandji
ChadChad history
- President
- Idriss Déby
- Prime minister
- Albert Pahimi Padacké
Comoros
- President
- Azali Assoumani
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo history
- President
- Joseph Kabila
- Prime minister
- Samy Badibanga, then Bruno Tshibala
DjiboutiDjibouti history
- President
- Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
- Prime minister
- Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
EgyptEgypt history
- President
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Prime minister
- Sherif Ismail
Equatorial Guinea
- President
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
- Prime minister
- Francisco Pascual Obama Asue
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, then Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
- Prime minister
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, then Hassan Ali Khaire
GabonGabon history
- President
- Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Prime minister
- Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
GambiaGambia history
- President
- Yahya Jammeh, then Adama Barrow
GhanaGhana history
- President
- John Dramani Mahama, then Nana Akufo-Addo
GuineaGuinea history
- President
- Alpha Condé
- Prime minister
- Mamady Youla
Guinea-Bissau
- President
- José Mário Vaz
- Prime minister
- Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- President
- Alassane Ouattara
- Prime minister
- Daniel Kablan Duncan, then Amadou Gon Coulibaly
KenyaKenya history
- President
- Uhuru Kenyatta
LesothoLesotho history
- King
- Letsie III
- Prime minister
- Pakalitha Mosisili, then Tom Thabane
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Madagascar: Fourth RepublicMadagascar history
- President
- Hery Rajaonarimampianina
- Prime minister
- Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana
MalawiMalawi history
- President
- Peter Mutharika
MaliMali history
- President
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- Prime minister
- Modibo Keita, then Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, then Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
MauritaniaMauritania history
- President
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Prime minister
- Yahya Ould Hademine
MauritiusMauritius history
- President
- Ameenah Gurib
- Prime minister
- Anerood Jugnauth, then Pravind Jugnauth
MoroccoMorocco history
- King
- Mohammed VI
- Prime Minister
- Abdelilah Benkirane, then Saadeddine Othmani
MozambiqueMozambique history
- President
- Filipe Nyusi
- Prime minister
- Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
NamibiaNamibia history
- President
- Hage Geingob
- Prime minister
- Saara Kuugongelwa
NigerNiger history
- President
- Mahamadou Issoufou
- Prime minister
- Brigi Rafini
NigeriaNigeria history
- President
- Muhammadu Buhari
Republic of Somaliland
- President
- Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, then Muse Bihi Abdi
Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo history
- President
- Denis Sassou Nguesso
- Prime minister
- Clément Mouamba
RwandaRwanda history
- President
- Paul Kagame
- Prime minister
- Anastase Murekezi, then Édouard Ngirente
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- President
- Brahim Ghali
- Prime Minister
- Abdelkader Taleb Omar
São Tomé and Príncipe
- President
- Evaristo Carvalho
- Prime minister
- Patrice Trovoada
SenegalSenegal history
- President
- Macky Sall
- Prime minister
- Mahammed Dionne
Seychelles
- President
- Danny Faure
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
- Chairman
- Fayez al-Sarraj
- Prime minister in rebellion
- Abdullah al-Thani
- Prime minister
- Fayez al-Sarraj
SudanSudan history
- President
- Omar al-Bashir
- Prime Minister
- Bakri Hassan Saleh
TanzaniaTanzania history
- President
- John Magufuli
- Prime minister
- Kassim Majaliwa
TogoTogo history
- President
- Faure Gnassingbé
- Prime minister
- Komi Sélom Klassou
TunisiaTunisia history
- President
- Beji Caid Essebsi
- Head of government
- Youssef Chahed
Uganda
- President
- Yoweri Museveni
- Prime minister
- Ruhakana Rugunda
ZambiaZambia history
- President
- Edgar Lungu
Zimbabwe
- President
- Robert Mugabe, then Emmerson Mnangagwa
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Gaston Browne
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Mauricio Macri
BahamasBahamas history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Perry Christie, then Hubert Minnis
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
- Michel Temer
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- 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, then Lenín Moreno
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- President
- Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Grenada
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Keith Mitchell
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Jimmy Morales
GuyanaGuyana history
- President
- David A. Granger
- Prime minister
- Moses Nagamootoo
HaitiHaiti history
- Provisional President
- Jocelerme Privert
- President
- Jovenel Moïse
- Prime minister
- Enex Jean-Charles, then Jack Guy Lafontant
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Orlando Hernández
JamaicaJamaica history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Andrew Holness
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
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
- Prime Minister
- Fernando Zavala, then Mercedes Aráoz
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Timothy Harris
Saint Lucia
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Allen Chastanet
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
SurinameSuriname history
- President
- Dési Bouterse
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history
- President
- Anthony Carmona
- Prime minister
- Keith Rowley
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Barack Obama, then Donald Trump
UruguayUruguay history
- President
- 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, then Ram Nath Kovind
- 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
- Prime minister
- Shinzō Abe
JordanJordan history
- King
- Abdullah II
- Prime minister
- Hani Mulki
KazakhstanKazakhstan history
- President
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Prime minister
- Bakhytzhan Sagintayev
KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Sabah IV
- Prime minister
- Jaber Al-Mubarak
Kyrgyzstan
- President
- Almazbek Atambayev, then Sooronbay Jeenbekov
- Prime minister
- Sooronbay Jeenbekov, then Sapar Isakov
LaosLaos history
- General Secretary
- Bounnhang Vorachit
- President
- Bounnhang Vorachit
- Prime minister
- Thongloun Sisoulith
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Michel Aoun
- Prime minister
- Saad Hariri
MalaysiaMalaysia history
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- Muhammad V of Kelantan
- Prime minister
- Najib Razak
Maldives
- President
- Abdulla Yameen
MongoliaMongolia history
- President
- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, then Khaltmaagiin Battulga
- Prime minister
- Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, then Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
NepalNepal history
- President
- Bidya Devi Bhandari
- Prime minister
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal, then Sher Bahadur Deuba
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- Premier
- Pak Pong-ju
Northern Cyprus
- President
- Mustafa Akıncı
- Prime minister
- Hüseyin Özgürgün
OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Qaboos bin Said
PakistanPakistan history
- President
- Mamnoon Hussain
- Prime minister
- Nawaz Sharif, then Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Rodrigo Duterte
QatarQatar history
- Prime minister
- Abdullah bin Nasser
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)Myanmar history
- President
- Htin Kyaw
- State Counsellor
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- King
- Salman
SingaporeSingapore history
- President
- Tony Tan, then Halimah Yacob
- Prime minister
- Lee Hsien Loong
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- President
- Park Geun-hye, then Moon Jae-in
- Acting President
- Hwang Kyo-ahn
- Prime minister
- Hwang Kyo-ahn, then Lee Nak-yeon
- Acting Prime minister
- Yoo Il-ho
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- President
- Maithripala Sirisena
- Prime minister
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
State of Palestine
- President
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Prime minister
- Rami Hamdallah
Syria
- President
- Bashar al-Assad
- Prime minister
- Imad Khamis
TaiwanTaiwan history
- President
- Tsai Ing-wen
- Premier
- Lin Chuan, then William Lai
TajikistanTajikistan history
- President
- Emomali Rahmon
- Prime minister
- Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- King
- Vajiralongkorn
- Prime minister
- Prayut Chan-o-cha
Timor-Leste
- President
- Taur Matan Ruak, then Francisco Guterres
- Prime minister
- Rui Maria de Araújo, then Mari Alkatiri
TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Prime minister
- Binali Yıldırım
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
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Prime minister
- Abdulla Aripov
VietnamVietnam history
- General Secretary
- Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- President
- Trần Đại Quang
- Prime minister
- Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
YemenYemen history
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr
Yemen: Houthi-led Supreme Political Council
- Prime minister
- Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Europe
Abkhazia
- President
- Raul Khajimba
- Prime minister
- Beslan Bartsits
AlbaniaAlbania history
- President
- Bujar Nishani, then Ilir Meta
- Prime minister
- Edi Rama
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Joan Enric Vives Sicília
- French Co-Prince
- François Hollande, then Emmanuel Macron
- Prime minister
- Antoni Martí
ArmeniaArmenia history
- President
- Serzh Sargsyan
- Prime minister
- Karen Karapetyan
AustriaAustria history
- Joint Acting Presidents
- Doris Bures, then Karlheinz Kopf, then Norbert Hofer
- President
- Alexander Van der Bellen
- Chancellor
- Christian Kern, then Sebastian Kurz
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
- Denis Zvizdić, then Mladen Ivanić, then Dragan Čović
- Member
- Bakir Izetbegović, then Dragan Čović, then Mladen Ivanić
BulgariaBulgaria history
- President
- Rosen Plevneliev, then Rumen Radev
- Prime minister
- Boyko Borisov
- Acting Prime minister
- Ognyan Gerdzhikov
CroatiaCroatia history
- President
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
- Prime minister
- Andrej Plenković
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- President
- Miloš Zeman
- Prime Minister
- Bohuslav Sobotka, then Andrej Babiš
DenmarkDenmark history
- Queen
- Margrethe II
- Prime minister
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen
EstoniaEstonia history
- President
- Kersti Kaljulaid
- Prime minister
- Jüri Ratas
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Sauli Niinistö
- Prime minister
- Juha Sipilä
France: Fifth RepublicFrance history
- President
- François Hollande, then Emmanuel Macron
- Prime minister
- Bernard Cazeneuve, then Édouard Philippe
Georgia
- President
- Giorgi Margvelashvili
- Prime minister
- Giorgi Kvirikashvili
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Joachim Gauck, then Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
GreeceGreece history
- President
- Prokopis Pavlopoulos
- Prime minister
- Alexis Tsipras
HungaryHungary history
- President
- János Áder
- Prime minister
- Viktor Orbán
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
- Prime minister
- Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, then Bjarni Benediktsson, then Katrín Jakobsdóttir
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Sergio Mattarella
- Prime minister
- Paolo Gentiloni
LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Raimonds Vējonis
- Prime minister
- Māris Kučinskis
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Hans-Adam II
- Prime minister
- Adrian Hasler
LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Dalia Grybauskaitė
- Prime minister
- Saulius Skvernelis
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- Henri
- Prime minister
- Xavier Bettel
MaltaMalta history
- President
- Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
- Prime minister
- Joseph Muscat
MoldovaMoldova history
- President
- Igor Dodon
- Prime minister
- Pavel Filip
Monaco
- Prince
- Albert II
- Minister of State
- Serge Telle
MontenegroMontenegro history
- President
- Filip Vujanović
- Prime minister
- Duško Marković
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia history
- President
- Gjorge Ivanov
- Prime minister
- Emil Dimitriev, then Zoran Zaev
NorwayNorway history
- King
- Harald V
- Prime minister
- Erna Solberg
PolandPoland history
- President
- Andrzej Duda
- Prime minister
- Beata Szydło, then Mateusz Morawiecki
PortugalPortugal history
- President
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
- Prime minister
- 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, then Leo Varadkar
Republic of KosovoKosovo history
- President
- Hashim Thaçi
- Prime minister
- Isa Mustafa, then Ramush Haradinaj
RomaniaRomania history
- President
- Klaus Iohannis
- Prime minister
- Dacian Cioloș, then Sorin Grindeanu, then Mihai Tudose
RussiaRussia history
- President
- Vladimir Putin
- Prime minister
- Dmitry Medvedev
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Marino Riccardi, then Fabio Berardi, then Mimma Zavoli, then Vanessa D'Ambrosio, then Enrico Carattoni, then Matteo Fiorini
SerbiaSerbia history
- President
- Tomislav Nikolić, then Aleksandar Vučić
- Prime minister
- Aleksandar Vučić, then Ana Brnabić
- Acting Prime minister
- Ivica Dačić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- President
- Andrej Kiska
- Prime minister
- Robert Fico
SloveniaSlovenia history
- President
- Borut Pahor
- Prime minister
- Miro Cerar
South Ossetia
- President
- Leonid Tibilov, then Anatoly Bibilov
- Prime minister
- Domenty Kulumbegov, then Erik Pukhayev
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
- Doris Leuthard
The Netherlands
- King
- Willem-Alexander
- Prime minister
- Mark Rutte
Transnistria
- President
- Vadim Krasnoselsky
- Prime minister
- Aleksandr Martynov
UkraineUkraine history
- President
- Petro Poroshenko
- Prime minister
- Volodymyr Groysman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- Theresa May
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Francis
- President of the Governorate
- Giuseppe Bertello
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Malcolm Turnbull
Cook Islands, state in free association
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
Federated States of Micronesia
- President
- Peter M. Christian
FijiFiji history
- President
- Jioji Konrote
- Prime minister
- Frank Bainimarama
Kiribati
- President
- Taneti Mamau
Marshall Islands
- President
- Hilda Heine
Nauru
- President
- Baron Waqa
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Bill English, then Jacinda Ardern
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, then Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
- Prime minister
- Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Manasseh Sogavare, then Rick Houenipwela
TongaTonga history
- King
- Tupou VI
- Prime minister
- ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Tuvalu
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Enele Sopoaga
VanuatuVanuatu history
- President
- Baldwin Lonsdale, then Tallis Obed Moses
- Acting President
- Esmon Saimon
- Prime minister
- Charlot Salwai