World leaders in 2019
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2019, 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 2019 →
Major powers in 2019
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Donald Trump
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- Theresa May, then Boris Johnson
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
- Emmanuel Macron
- Prime minister
- Édouard Philippe
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
JapanJapan history
- Prime minister
- Shinzō Abe
IndiaIndia history
- President
- Ram Nath Kovind
- Prime minister
- Narendra Modi
Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria history
- President
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika, then Abdelmadjid Tebboune
- Acting President
- Abdelkader Bensalah
- Prime Minister
- Ahmed Ouyahia, then Noureddine Bedoui, then Abdelaziz Djerad
- Acting Prime Minister
- Sabri Boukadoum
AngolaAngola history
- President
- João Lourenço
BeninBenin history
- President
- Patrice Talon
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history
- President
- Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
- Prime minister
- Paul Kaba Thieba, then Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré
BurundiBurundi history
- President
- Pierre Nkurunziza
CameroonCameroon history
- President
- Paul Biya
- Prime minister
- Philémon Yang, then Joseph Ngute
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, then Firmin Ngrébada
ChadChad history
- President
- Idriss Déby
Comoros
- President
- Azali Assoumani
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo history
- President
- Joseph Kabila, then Felix Tshisekedi
- Prime minister
- Bruno Tshibala, then Sylvestre Ilunga
DjiboutiDjibouti history
- President
- Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
- Prime minister
- Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
EgyptEgypt history
- President
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Prime minister
- Moustafa Madbouly
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
- Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini
EthiopiaEthiopia history
- President
- Sahle-Work Zewde
- Prime minister
- Abiy Ahmed
Federal Republic of SomaliaSomalia history
- President
- Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
- Prime minister
- Hassan Ali Khaire
GabonGabon history
- President
- Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Prime minister
- Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, then Julien Nkoghe Bekale
GambiaGambia history
- President
- Adama Barrow
GhanaGhana history
- President
- Nana Akufo-Addo
GuineaGuinea history
- President
- Alpha Condé
- Prime minister
- Ibrahima Kassory Fofana
Guinea-Bissau
- President
- José Mário Vaz
- Prime minister
- Aristides Gomes
Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- President
- Alassane Ouattara
- Prime minister
- Amadou Gon Coulibaly
KenyaKenya history
- President
- Uhuru Kenyatta
LesothoLesotho history
- King
- Letsie III
- Prime minister
- Tom Thabane
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- George Weah
Madagascar: Fourth RepublicMadagascar history
- Acting president
- Rivo Rakotovao
- President
- Andry Rajoelina
- Prime minister
- Christian Ntsay
MalawiMalawi history
- President
- Peter Mutharika
MaliMali history
- President
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
- Prime minister
- Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, then Boubou Cisse
MauritaniaMauritania history
- President
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, then Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir, then Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
MauritiusMauritius history
- Acting president
- Barlen Vyapoory, then Eddy Balancy
- President
- Prithvirajsing Roopun
- Prime minister
- Pravind Jugnauth
MoroccoMorocco history
- King
- Mohammed VI
- Prime Minister
- 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
- 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
- Édouard Ngirente
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- President
- Brahim Ghali
- Prime Minister
- Mohamed Wali Akeik
São Tomé and Príncipe
- President
- Evaristo Carvalho
- Prime minister
- Jorge Bom Jesus
SenegalSenegal history
- President
- Macky Sall
- Prime minister
- Mahammed Dionne
Seychelles
- President
- Danny Faure
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone history
- President
- Julius Maada Bio
- Chief minister
- David J. Francis
South AfricaSouth Africa history
- President
- Cyril Ramaphosa
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
- Chairman of the [[Transitional Military Council; |Transitional Military Council]]
- Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, then Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
- Prime Minister
- Motazz Moussa, then Mohamed Tahir Ayala, then Abdalla Hamdok
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, then Kais Saied
- Acting president
- Mohamed Ennaceur
- Head of government
- Youssef Chahed
Uganda
- President
- Yoweri Museveni
- Prime minister
- Ruhakana Rugunda
ZambiaZambia history
- President
- Edgar Lungu
Zimbabwe
- President
- Emmerson Mnangagwa
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Gaston Browne
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Mauricio Macri, then Alberto Fernandez
BahamasBahamas history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Hubert Minnis
BarbadosBarbados history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Mia Mottley
BelizeBelize history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Dean Barrow
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Evo Morales, then Jeanine Áñez
BrazilBrazil history
- President
- Michel Temer, then Jair Bolsonaro
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Justin Trudeau
ChileChile history
- President
- Sebastián Piñera
ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Iván Duque Márquez
Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- Carlos Alvarado Quesada
CubaCuba history
- President
- Miguel Díaz-Canel
- acting Prime minister
- Miguel Díaz-Canel
- Prime minister
- Manuel Marrero Cruz
Dominica
- President
- Charles Savarin
- Prime minister
- Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- President
- Danilo Medina
EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- Lenín Moreno
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- President
- Salvador Sánchez Cerén, then Nayib Bukele
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
- President
- Jovenel Moïse
- Prime minister
- Jean-Henry Céant
- Acting Prime minister
- Jean-Michel Lapin
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Orlando Hernández
JamaicaJamaica history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Andrew Holness
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Daniel Ortega
PanamaPanama history
- President
- Juan Carlos Varela, then Laurentino Cortizo
ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Mario Abdo Benítez
PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Martín Vizcarra
- Prime minister
- César Villanueva, then Salvador del Solar, then Vicente Zeballos
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
- Paula-Mae Weekes
- Prime minister
- Keith Rowley
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- 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
- Lotay Tshering
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
- Ram Nath Kovind
- Prime minister
- Narendra Modi
IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Joko Widodo
IranIran history
- Supreme Leader
- Ali Khamenei
- President
- Hassan Rouhani
IraqIraq history
- President
- Barham Salih
- Prime minister
- Adil Abdul-Mahdi
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Reuven Rivlin
- Prime minister
- Benjamin Netanyahu
JapanJapan history
- Prime minister
- Shinzō Abe
JordanJordan history
- King
- Abdullah II
- Prime minister
- Omar Razzaz
KazakhstanKazakhstan history
- President
- Nursultan Nazarbayev, then Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- Prime minister
- Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, then Askar Mamin
KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Sabah IV
- Prime minister
- Jaber Al-Mubarak, then Sabah Al-Khalid
Kyrgyzstan
- President
- Sooronbay Jeenbekov
- Prime minister
- Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev
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, then Abdullah of Pahang
- Prime minister
- Mahathir Mohamad
Maldives
- President
- Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
MongoliaMongolia history
- President
- Khaltmaagiin Battulga
- Prime minister
- Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
NepalNepal history
- President
- Bidya Devi Bhandari
- Prime minister
- Khadga Prasad Oli
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- Premier
- Pak Pong-ju, then Kim Jae-ryong
Northern Cyprus
- President
- Mustafa Akıncı
- Prime minister
- Tufan Erhürman, then Ersin Tatar
OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Qaboos bin Said
PakistanPakistan history
- President
- Arif Alvi
- Prime minister
- Imran Khan
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Rodrigo Duterte
QatarQatar history
- Prime minister
- Abdullah bin Nasser
Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2011–present)Myanmar history
- President
- Win Myint
- State Counsellor
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- King
- Salman
SingaporeSingapore history
- President
- Halimah Yacob
- Prime minister
- Lee Hsien Loong
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- President
- Moon Jae-in
- Prime minister
- Lee Nak-yeon
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- President
- Maithripala Sirisena, then Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- Prime minister
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, then Mahinda Rajapaksa
State of Palestine
- President
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Prime minister
- Rami Hamdallah, then Mohammad Shtayyeh
Syria
- President
- Bashar al-Assad
- Prime minister
- Imad Khamis
TaiwanTaiwan history
- President
- Tsai Ing-wen
- Premier
- William Lai, then Su Tseng-chang
TajikistanTajikistan history
- President
- Emomali Rahmon
- Prime minister
- Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- King
- Vajiralongkorn
- Prime minister
- Prayut Chan-o-cha
Timor-Leste
- President
- Francisco Guterres
- Prime minister
- Taur Matan Ruak
TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- 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
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Prime minister
- Abdulla Aripov
VietnamVietnam history
- General Secretary
- Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- President
- Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- Prime minister
- Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
YemenYemen history
- Prime minister
- Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Yemen: Houthi-led Supreme Political Council
- Prime minister
- Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Europe
Abkhazia
- President
- Raul Khajimba
- Prime minister
- Valeri Bganba
AlbaniaAlbania history
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Joan Enric Vives Sicília
- French Co-Prince
- Emmanuel Macron
- Prime minister
- Antoni Martí, then Xavier Espot
ArmeniaArmenia history
- President
- Armen Sarkissian
- Prime minister
- Nikol Pashinyan
AustriaAustria history
- President
- Alexander Van der Bellen
- Chancellor
- Sebastian Kurz, then Brigitte Bierlein
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan history
- President
- Ilham Aliyev
- Prime minister
- Novruz Mammadov, then Ali Asadov
BelarusBelarus history
- President
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Prime minister
- Syarhey Rumas
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Philippe
- Prime minister
- Charles Michel, then Sophie Wilmès
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina history
- High Representative
- Valentin Inzko
- Chairman
- Denis Zvizdić, then Milorad Dodik, then Željko Komšić, then Zoran Tegeltija
- Member
- Šefik Džaferović, then Željko Komšić, then Milorad Dodik
BulgariaBulgaria history
- President
- Rumen Radev
- Prime minister
- Boyko Borisov
CroatiaCroatia history
- President
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
- Prime minister
- Andrej Plenković
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- President
- Miloš Zeman
- Prime Minister
- Andrej Babiš
DenmarkDenmark history
- Queen
- Margrethe II
- Prime minister
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen, then Mette Frederiksen
EstoniaEstonia history
- President
- Kersti Kaljulaid
- Prime minister
- Jüri Ratas
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Sauli Niinistö
- Prime minister
- Juha Sipilä, then Antti Rinne, then Sanna Marin
France: Fifth RepublicFrance history
- President
- Emmanuel Macron
- Prime minister
- Édouard Philippe
Georgia
- President
- Salome Zourabichvili
- Prime minister
- Mamuka Bakhtadze, then Giorgi Gakharia
GermanyGermany history
- President
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Chancellor
- Angela Merkel
GreeceGreece history
- President
- Prokopis Pavlopoulos
- Prime minister
- Alexis Tsipras, then Kyriakos Mitsotakis
HungaryHungary history
- President
- János Áder
- Prime minister
- Viktor Orbán
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
- Prime minister
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Sergio Mattarella
- Prime Minister
- Giuseppe Conte
LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Raimonds Vējonis, then Egils Levits
- Prime minister
- Māris Kučinskis, then Krišjānis Kariņš
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Hans-Adam II
- Prime minister
- Adrian Hasler
LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Dalia Grybauskaitė, then Gitanas Nausėda
- Prime minister
- Saulius Skvernelis
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- Henri
- Prime minister
- Xavier Bettel
MaltaMalta history
- President
- Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, then George Vella
- Prime minister
- Joseph Muscat
MoldovaMoldova history
- President
- Igor Dodon
- Prime minister
- Pavel Filip, then Maia Sandu, then Ion Chicu
Monaco
- Prince
- Albert II
- Minister of State
- Serge Telle
MontenegroMontenegro history
- President
- Milo Đukanović
- Prime minister
- Duško Marković
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia history
- President
- Gjorge Ivanov, then Stevo Pendarovski
- Prime minister
- Zoran Zaev
NorwayNorway history
- King
- Harald V
- Prime minister
- Erna Solberg
PolandPoland history
- President
- Andrzej Duda
- Prime minister
- 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
- Leo Varadkar
Republic of KosovoKosovo history
- President
- Hashim Thaçi
- Prime minister
- Ramush Haradinaj
RomaniaRomania history
- President
- Klaus Iohannis
- Prime minister
- Viorica Dăncilă, then Ludovic Orban
RussiaRussia history
- President
- Vladimir Putin
- Prime minister
- Dmitry Medvedev
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Mirko Tomassoni, then Luca Santolini, then Nicola Selva, then Michele Muratori, then Luca Boschi, then Mariella Mularoni
SerbiaSerbia history
- President
- Aleksandar Vučić
- Prime minister
- Ana Brnabić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- President
- Andrej Kiska, then Zuzana Čaputová
- Prime minister
- Peter Pellegrini
SloveniaSlovenia history
- President
- Borut Pahor
- Prime minister
- Marjan Šarec
South Ossetia
- President
- Anatoly Bibilov
- Prime minister
- Erik Pukhayev
SpainSpain history
- King
- Felipe VI
- Prime Minister
- Pedro Sánchez
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Carl XVI Gustaf
- Prime minister
- Stefan Löfven
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Ueli Maurer
The Netherlands
- King
- Willem-Alexander
- Prime minister
- Mark Rutte
Transnistria
- President
- Vadim Krasnoselsky
- Prime minister
- Aleksandr Martynov
UkraineUkraine history
- President
- Petro Poroshenko, then Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Prime minister
- Volodymyr Groysman, then Oleksiy Honcharuk
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister
- Theresa May, then Boris Johnson
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Francis
- President of the Governorate
- Giuseppe Bertello
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Scott Morrison
Cook Islands, state in free association
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
Federated States of Micronesia
- President
- Peter M. Christian, then David Panuelo
FijiFiji history
- President
- Jioji Konrote
- Prime minister
- Frank Bainimarama
Kiribati
- President
- Taneti Mamau
Marshall Islands
- President
- Hilda Heine
Nauru
- President
- Baron Waqa, then Lionel Aingimea
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Jacinda Ardern
Palau
- Jr., President
- Tommy Remengesau
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Peter O'Neill, then James Marape
SamoaSamoa history
- O le Ao o le Malo
- Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
- Prime minister
- Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Rick Houenipwela, then Manasseh Sogavare
TongaTonga history
- King
- Tupou VI
- Prime minister
- ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, then Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
- Acting Prime minister
- Semisi Sika
Tuvalu
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Enele Sopoaga
VanuatuVanuatu history
- President
- Tallis Obed Moses
- Prime minister
- Charlot Salwai