World leaders in 2022
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2022, 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 2022 →
Major powers in 2022
United StatesUnited States history
- president
- Joe Biden
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- prime minister
- Boris Johnson, then Liz Truss, then Rishi Sunak
RussiaRussia history
- president
- Vladimir Putin
- prime minister
- Mikhail Mishustin
ChinaChina history
- general secretary and paramount leader
- Xi Jinping
- president
- Xi Jinping
- premier
- Li Keqiang
FranceFrance history
- president
- Emmanuel Macron
- prime minister
- Jean Castex, then Élisabeth Borne
GermanyGermany history
- president
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- chancellor
- Olaf Scholz
JapanJapan history
- emperor
- Naruhito
- prime minister
- Fumio Kishida
IndiaIndia history
- president
- Ram Nath Kovind, then Droupadi Murmu
- prime minister
- Narendra Modi
Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria history
- president
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune
- prime minister
- Aymen Benabderrahmane
AngolaAngola history
- president
- João Lourenço
BeninBenin history
- president
- Patrice Talon
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history
- president
- Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
- president of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration; interim president
- Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, then Ibrahim Traoré
- prime minister
- Lassina Zerbo
- interim prime minister
- Albert Ouédraogo, then Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla
BurundiBurundi history
- president
- Évariste Ndayishimiye
- prime minister
- Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni
CameroonCameroon history
- president
- Paul Biya
- prime minister
- Joseph Ngute
Cape VerdeCape Verde history
- president
- José Maria Neves
- prime minister
- Ulisses Correia e Silva
Central African Republic
- president
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra
- prime minister
- Henri-Marie Dondra, then Félix Moloua
ChadChad history
- prime minister
- Albert Pahimi Padacké, then Saleh Kebzabo
Comoros
- president
- Azali Assoumani
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo history
- president
- Félix Tshisekedi
- prime minister
- Sama Lukonde
DjiboutiDjibouti history
- president
- Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
- prime minister
- Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
EgyptEgypt history
- president
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- prime minister
- Mostafa Madbouly
Equatorial Guinea
- president
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
- prime minister
- Francisco Pascual Obama Asue
EritreaEritrea history
- president
- Isaias Afwerki
EswatiniEswatini history
- prime minister
- Cleopas Dlamini
EthiopiaEthiopia history
- president
- Sahle-Work Zewde
- prime minister
- Abiy Ahmed
GabonGabon history
- president
- Ali Bongo
- prime minister
- Rose Christiane Raponda
GambiaGambia history
- president
- Adama Barrow
GhanaGhana history
- president
- Nana Akufo-Addo
GuineaGuinea history
- chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development; interim president
- Mamady Doumbouya
- interim prime minister
- Mohamed Béavogui, then Bernard Goumou
Guinea-Bissau
- president
- Umaro Sissoco Embaló
- prime minister
- Nuno Gomes Nabiam
Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- president
- Alassane Ouattara
- prime minister
- Patrick Achi
KenyaKenya history
- president
- Uhuru Kenyatta, then William Ruto
LesothoLesotho history
- king
- Letsie III
- prime minister
- Moeketsi Majoro, then Sam Matekane
LiberiaLiberia history
- president
- George Weah
LibyaLibya history
- chairman of the Presidential Council
- Mohamed al-Menfi
- prime minister
- Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
MadagascarMadagascar history
- president
- Andry Rajoelina
- prime minister
- Christian Ntsay
MalawiMalawi history
- president
- Lazarus Chakwera
MaliMali history
- prime minister
- Choguel Kokalla Maïga
- interim prime minister
- Abdoulaye Maïga
MauritaniaMauritania history
- president
- Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
- prime minister
- Mohamed Ould Bilal
MauritiusMauritius history
- president
- Prithvirajsing Roopun
- prime minister
- Pravind Jugnauth
MoroccoMorocco history
- king
- Mohammed VI
- prime minister
- Aziz Akhannouch
MozambiqueMozambique history
- president
- Filipe Nyusi
- prime minister
- Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, then Adriano Maleiane
NamibiaNamibia history
- president
- Hage Geingob
- prime minister
- Saara Kuugongelwa
NigerNiger history
- president
- Mohamed Bazoum
- prime minister
- Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou
NigeriaNigeria history
- president
- Muhammadu Buhari
Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo history
- president
- Denis Sassou Nguesso
- prime minister
- Anatole Collinet Makosso
RwandaRwanda history
- president
- Paul Kagame
- prime minister
- Édouard Ngirente
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- general secretary
- Brahim Ghali
- president
- Brahim Ghali
- prime minister
- Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
São Tomé and Príncipe
- president
- Carlos Vila Nova
- prime minister
- Jorge Bom Jesus
SenegalSenegal history
- president
- Macky Sall
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone history
- president
- Julius Maada Bio
- chief minister
- Jacob Jusu Saffa
SomaliaSomalia history
- president
- Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, then Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- prime minister
- Mohamed Hussein Roble, then Hamza Abdi Barre
Somaliland
- president
- Muse Bihi Abdi
South AfricaSouth Africa history
- president
- Cyril Ramaphosa
South SudanSouth Sudan history
- president
- Salva Kiir Mayardit
SudanSudan history
- chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council
- Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
- prime minister
- Abdalla Hamdok
TanzaniaTanzania history
- president
- Samia Suluhu Hassan
- prime minister
- Kassim Majaliwa
TogoTogo history
- president
- Faure Gnassingbé
- prime minister
- Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
TunisiaTunisia history
- president
- Kais Saied
- prime minister
- Najla Bouden
Uganda
- president
- Yoweri Museveni
- Prime minister
- Robinah Nabbanja
ZambiaZambia history
- president
- Hakainde Hichilema
Zimbabwe
- president
- Emmerson Mnangagwa
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Rodney Williams
- prime minister
- Gaston Browne
ArgentinaArgentina history
- president
- Alberto Fernández
BarbadosBarbados history
- president
- Sandra Mason
- prime minister
- Mia Mottley
BelizeBelize history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Froyla Tzalam
- prime minister
- Johnny Briceño
BoliviaBolivia history
- president
- Luis Arce
BrazilBrazil history
- president
- Jair Bolsonaro
CanadaCanada history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor general
- Mary Simon
- prime minister
- Justin Trudeau
ChileChile history
- president
- Sebastián Piñera, then Gabriel Boric
ColombiaColombia history
- president
- Iván Duque, then Gustavo Petro
Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- president
- Carlos Alvarado Quesada, then Rodrigo Chaves Robles
CubaCuba history
- first secretary
- Miguel Díaz-Canel
- president
- Miguel Díaz-Canel
- prime minister
- Manuel Marrero Cruz
Dominica
- president
- Charles Savarin
- prime minister
- Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- president
- Luis Abinader
EcuadorEcuador history
- president
- Guillermo Lasso
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- president
- Nayib Bukele
Grenada
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Cécile La Grenade
- prime minister
- Keith Mitchell, then Dickon Mitchell
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- president
- Alejandro Giammattei
GuyanaGuyana history
- president
- Irfaan Ali
- prime minister
- Mark Phillips
HaitiHaiti history
- acting prime minister
- Ariel Henry
HondurasHonduras history
- president
- Juan Orlando Hernández
JamaicaJamaica history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Patrick Allen
- prime minister
- Andrew Holness
MexicoMexico history
- president
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- president
- Daniel Ortega
PanamaPanama history
- president
- Laurentino Cortizo
ParaguayParaguay history
- president
- Mario Abdo Benítez
PeruPeru history
- president
- Pedro Castillo, then Dina Boluarte
- prime minister
- Mirtha Vásquez, then Héctor Valer, then Aníbal Torres, then Betssy Chávez, then Pedro Angulo Arana, then Alberto Otárola
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Tapley Seaton
- prime minister
- Timothy Harris, then Terrance Drew
Saint Lucia
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- acting governor-general
- Errol Charles
- prime minister
- Philip J. Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Susan Dougan
SurinameSuriname history
- president
- Chan Santokhi
The Bahamas
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Cornelius A. Smith
- prime minister
- Philip Davis
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history
- president
- Paula-Mae Weekes
- prime minister
- Keith Rowley
United StatesUnited States history
- president
- Joe Biden
UruguayUruguay history
- president
- Luis Lacalle Pou
Asia
Abkhazia
- president
- Aslan Bzhania
- prime minister
- Alexander Ankvab
AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- supreme leader
- Hibatullah Akhundzada
- acting prime minister
- Hasan Akhund
ArmeniaArmenia history
- president
- Armen Sarkissian, then Vahagn Khachaturyan
- acting president
- Alen Simonyan
- prime minister
- Nikol Pashinyan
Artsakh
- president
- Arayik Harutyunyan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan history
- president
- Ilham Aliyev
- prime minister
- Ali Asadov
BahrainBahrain history
- prime minister
- Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
BangladeshBangladesh history
- president
- Mohammad Abdul Hamid
- prime minister
- Sheikh Hasina
BhutanBhutan history
- prime minister
- Lotay Tshering
BruneiBrunei history
- sultan
- Hassanal Bolkiah
- prime minister
- Hassanal Bolkiah
CambodiaCambodia history
- king
- Norodom Sihamoni
- prime minister
- Hun Sen
ChinaChina history
- general secretary and paramount leader
- Xi Jinping
- president
- Xi Jinping
- premier
- Li Keqiang
CyprusCyprus history
- president
- Nicos Anastasiades
Georgia
- prime minister
- Irakli Garibashvili
IndiaIndia history
- president
- Ram Nath Kovind, then Droupadi Murmu
- prime minister
- Narendra Modi
IndonesiaIndonesia history
- president
- Joko Widodo
IranIran history
- supreme leader
- Ali Khamenei
- president
- Ebrahim Raisi
IraqIraq history
- president
- Barham Salih, then Abdul Latif Rashid
- prime minister
- Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
IsraelIsrael history
- president
- Isaac Herzog
- prime minister
- Naftali Bennett, then Benjamin Netanyahu, then Yair Lapid
JapanJapan history
- emperor
- Naruhito
- prime minister
- Fumio Kishida
JordanJordan history
- king
- Abdullah II
- prime minister
- Bisher Khasawneh
KazakhstanKazakhstan history
- president
- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- prime minister
- Asqar Mamin
- acting prime minister
- Älihan Smaiylov
KuwaitKuwait history
- prime minister
- Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, then Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan
- president
- Sadyr Japarov
LaosLaos history
- general secretary
- Thongloun Sisoulith
- president
- Thongloun Sisoulith
- prime minister
- Phankham Viphavanh, then Sonexay Siphandone
LebanonLebanon history
- president
- Michel Aoun
- acting president
- Najib Mikati
- prime minister
- Najib Mikati
MalaysiaMalaysia history
- prime minister
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob, then Anwar Ibrahim
Maldives
- president
- Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
MongoliaMongolia history
- president
- Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
- prime minister
- Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
MyanmarMyanmar history
- acting president
- Myint Swe
NepalNepal history
- president
- Bidya Devi Bhandari
- prime minister
- Sher Bahadur Deuba, then Pushpa Kamal Dahal
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- general secretary
- Kim Jong Un
- president of the State Affairs Commission
- Kim Jong Un
Northern Cyprus
- president
- Ersin Tatar
- prime minister
- Faiz Sucuoğlu, then Ünal Üstel
OmanOman history
- sultan
- Haitham bin Tariq
- prime minister
- Haitham bin Tariq
PakistanPakistan history
- president
- Arif Alvi
- prime minister
- Imran Khan, then Shehbaz Sharif
PalestinePalestine history
- president
- Mahmoud Abbas
- prime minister
- Mohammad Shtayyeh
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- president
- Rodrigo Duterte, then Bongbong Marcos
QatarQatar history
- prime minister
- Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- king
- Salman
- prime minister
- Salman, then Mohammed bin Salman
SingaporeSingapore history
- president
- Halimah Yacob
- prime minister
- Lee Hsien Loong
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- president
- Moon Jae-in, then Yoon Suk Yeol
- prime minister
- Kim Boo-kyum, then Han Duck-soo
- acting prime minister
- Choo Kyung-ho
South Ossetia
- president
- Anatoly Bibilov, then Alan Gagloev
- acting prime minister
- Gennady Bekoyev
- prime minister
- Konstantin Dzhussoev
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- president
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- acting president
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- prime minister
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, then Ranil Wickremesinghe, then Dinesh Gunawardena
SyriaSyria history
- president
- Bashar al-Assad
- prime minister
- Hussein Arnous
TaiwanTaiwan history
- president
- Tsai Ing-wen
- premier
- Su Tseng-chang
TajikistanTajikistan history
- president
- Emomali Rahmon
- prime minister
- Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- King
- Vajiralongkorn
- prime minister
- Prayut Chan-o-cha
- acting prime minister
- Prawit Wongsuwon
Timor-Leste
- president
- Francisco Guterres, then José Ramos-Horta
- prime minister
- Taur Matan Ruak
TurkeyTurkey history
- president
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkmenistan
- president
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, then Serdar Berdimuhamedow
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates history
- president
- Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, then Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- acting president
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- 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 Xuân Phúc
YemenYemen history
- chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
- Rashad al-Alimi
- prime minister
- Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Europe
AlbaniaAlbania history
- president
- Ilir Meta, then Bajram Begaj
- prime minister
- Edi Rama
Andorra
- episcopal co-prince
- Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
- French co-prince
- Emmanuel Macron
- representative of the French co-prince
- Patrick Strzoda
- prime minister
- Xavier Espot Zamora
AustriaAustria history
- president
- Alexander Van der Bellen
- chancellor
- Karl Nehammer
BelarusBelarus history
- president
- Alexander Lukashenko
- prime minister
- Roman Golovchenko
BelgiumBelgium history
- king
- Philippe
- prime minister
- Alexander De Croo
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina history
- chairman
- Zoran Tegeltija, then Željko Komšić, then Šefik Džaferović
- chairwoman
- Željka Cvijanović
- member
- Šefik Džaferović, then Željko Komšić, then Milorad Dodik, then Denis Bećirović, then Željka Cvijanović
BulgariaBulgaria history
- president
- Rumen Radev
- prime minister
- Kiril Petkov, then Galab Donev
CroatiaCroatia history
- president
- Zoran Milanović
- prime minister
- Andrej Plenković
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- president
- Miloš Zeman
- prime minister
- Petr Fiala
DenmarkDenmark history
- queen
- Margrethe II
- prime minister
- Mette Frederiksen
Donetsk People's Republic
- prime minister
- Alexander Ananchenko, then Vitaliy Khotsenko
EstoniaEstonia history
- president
- Alar Karis
- prime minister
- Kaja Kallas
FinlandFinland history
- president
- Sauli Niinistö
- prime minister
- Sanna Marin
FranceFrance history
- president
- Emmanuel Macron
- prime minister
- Jean Castex, then Élisabeth Borne
GermanyGermany history
- president
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- chancellor
- Olaf Scholz
GreeceGreece history
- president
- Katerina Sakellaropoulou
- prime minister
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis
HungaryHungary history
- president
- János Áder, then Katalin Novák
- prime minister
- Viktor Orbán
IcelandIceland history
- president
- Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
- prime minister
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Ireland
- president
- Michael D. Higgins
- Taoiseach
- Micheál Martin, then Leo Varadkar
ItalyItaly history
- president
- Sergio Mattarella
- prime minister
- Mario Draghi, then Giorgia Meloni
LatviaLatvia history
- president
- Egils Levits
- prime minister
- Krišjānis Kariņš
Liechtenstein
- prince
- Hans-Adam II
- regent
- Alois
- prime minister
- Daniel Risch
LithuaniaLithuania history
- president
- Gitanas Nausėda
- prime minister
- Ingrida Šimonytė
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- grand duke
- Henri
- prime minister
- Xavier Bettel
MaltaMalta history
- president
- George Vella
- prime minister
- Robert Abela
MoldovaMoldova history
- president
- Maia Sandu
- prime minister
- Natalia Gavrilița
Monaco
- prince
- Albert II
- minister of state
- Pierre Dartout
MontenegroMontenegro history
- president
- Milo Đukanović
- prime minister
- Zdravko Krivokapić, then Dritan Abazović
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia history
- president
- Stevo Pendarovski
- prime minister
- Zoran Zaev, then Dimitar Kovačevski
NorwayNorway history
- king
- Harald V
- prime minister
- Jonas Gahr Støre
PolandPoland history
- president
- Andrzej Duda
- Prime minister
- Mateusz Morawiecki
PortugalPortugal history
- president
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
- prime minister
- António Costa
RomaniaRomania history
- president
- Klaus Iohannis
- prime minister
- Nicolae Ciucă
RussiaRussia history
- president
- Vladimir Putin
- prime minister
- Mikhail Mishustin
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Francesco Mussoni, then Giacomo Simoncini, then Oscar Mina, then Paolo Rondelli, then Maria Luisa Berti, then Manuel Ciavatta
- secretary
- Luca Beccari
SerbiaSerbia history
- president
- Aleksandar Vučić
- prime minister
- Ana Brnabić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- president
- Zuzana Čaputová
- prime minister
- Eduard Heger
SloveniaSlovenia history
- president
- Borut Pahor, then Nataša Pirc Musar
- prime minister
- Janez Janša, then Robert Golob
SpainSpain history
- king
- Felipe VI
SwedenSweden history
- king
- Carl XVI Gustaf
- prime minister
- Magdalena Andersson, then Ulf Kristersson
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- president
- Ignazio Cassis
The Netherlands
- king
- Willem-Alexander
- prime minister
- Mark Rutte
Transnistria
- president
- Vadim Krasnoselsky
- prime minister
- Aleksandr Martynov, then Aleksandr Rozenberg
UkraineUkraine history
- president
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- prime minister
- Denys Shmyhal
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- prime minister
- Boris Johnson, then Liz Truss, then Rishi Sunak
Vatican City
- pope
- Francis
- president
- Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- David Hurley
- prime minister
- Scott Morrison, then Anthony Albanese
Cook Islands
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- king's representative
- Tom Marsters
- prime minister
- Mark Brown
Federated States of Micronesia
- president
- David Panuelo
FijiFiji history
- president
- Wiliame Katonivere
- prime minister
- Frank Bainimarama, then Sitiveni Rabuka
Kiribati
- president
- Taneti Maamau
Marshall Islands
- president
- David Kabua
Nauru
- president
- Lionel Aingimea, then Russ Kun
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Cindy Kiro
- prime minister
- Jacinda Ardern
Niue
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
Palau
- president
- Surangel Whipps Jr.
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Bob Dadae
- prime minister
- James Marape
SamoaSamoa history
- O le Ao o le Malo
- Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands history
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- David Vunagi
- Prime minister
- Manasseh Sogavare
TongaTonga history
- king
- Tupou VI
- prime minister
- Siaosi Sovaleni
Tuvalu
- queen
- Elizabeth II
- king
- Charles III
VanuatuVanuatu history
- president
- Tallis Obed Moses, then Seule Simeon, then Nikenike Vurobaravu
- prime minister
- Bob Loughman, then Ishmael Kalsakau