World leaders in 2023

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2023, 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 2023 →

Major powers in 2023

United StatesUnited States history

president: Joe Biden

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

king: Charles III
prime minister: 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, then Li Qiang

FranceFrance history

president: Emmanuel Macron
prime minister: Élisabeth Borne

GermanyGermany history

president: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
chancellor: Olaf Scholz

JapanJapan history

emperor: Naruhito
prime minister: Fumio Kishida

IndiaIndia history

president: Droupadi Murmu
prime minister: Narendra Modi

Africa

AlgeriaAlgeria history

president: Abdelmadjid Tebboune
prime minister: Aymen Benabderrahmane, then Nadir Larbaoui

AngolaAngola history

president: João Lourenço

BeninBenin history

president: Patrice Talon

Burkina FasoBurkina Faso history

president of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration; interim president: Ibrahim Traoré
interim prime minister: Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla

BurundiBurundi history

president: Évariste Ndayishimiye

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: Félix Moloua

ChadChad history

prime minister: 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, then Manuela Roka Botey

EritreaEritrea history

president: Isaias Afwerki

EswatiniEswatini history

prime minister: Cleopas Dlamini, then Russell Dlamini
acting prime minister: Mgwagwa Gamedze

EthiopiaEthiopia history

president: Sahle-Work Zewde
prime minister: Abiy Ahmed

GabonGabon history

president: Ali Bongo
transitional president: Brice Oligui Nguema
prime minister: Rose Christiane Raponda, then Alain Claude Bilie By Nze

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: Bernard Goumou

Guinea-Bissau

president: Umaro Sissoco Embaló
prime minister: Nuno Gomes Nabiam

Ivory CoastIvory Coast history

president: Alassane Ouattara
prime minister: Patrick Achi, then Robert Beugré Mambé

KenyaKenya history

president: William Ruto

LesothoLesotho history

king: Letsie III
prime minister: 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

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: Adriano Maleiane

NamibiaNamibia history

president: Hage Geingob
prime minister: Saara Kuugongelwa

NigerNiger history

president: Mohamed Bazoum
president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland: Abdourahamane Tiani
prime minister: Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, then Ali Lamine Zeine

NigeriaNigeria history

president: Muhammadu Buhari, then Bola Tinubu

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

SenegalSenegal history

president: Macky Sall

Sierra LeoneSierra Leone history

president: Julius Maada Bio
chief minister: Jacob Jusu Saffa

SomaliaSomalia history

president: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
prime minister: 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

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, then Ahmed Hachani

Uganda

president: Yoweri Museveni
Prime minister: Robinah Nabbanja

ZambiaZambia history

president: Hakainde Hichilema

Zimbabwe

president: Emmerson Mnangagwa

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

king: Charles III
governor-general: Rodney Williams
prime minister: Gaston Browne

ArgentinaArgentina history

president: Alberto Fernández, then Javier Milei

BarbadosBarbados history

president: Sandra Mason
prime minister: Mia Mottley

BelizeBelize history

king: Charles III
governor-general: Froyla Tzalam
prime minister: Johnny Briceño

BoliviaBolivia history

president: Luis Arce

BrazilBrazil history

president: Jair Bolsonaro, then Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

CanadaCanada history

king: Charles III
governor general: Mary Simon
prime minister: Justin Trudeau

ChileChile history

president: Gabriel Boric

ColombiaColombia history

president: Gustavo Petro

Costa RicaCosta Rica history

president: Rodrigo Chaves Robles

CubaCuba history

first secretary: Miguel Díaz-Canel
president: Miguel Díaz-Canel
prime minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz

Dominica

president: Charles Savarin, then Sylvanie Burton
prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

president: Luis Abinader

EcuadorEcuador history

president: Guillermo Lasso, then Daniel Noboa

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

president: Nayib Bukele

Grenada

king: Charles III
governor-general: Cécile La Grenade
prime minister: Dickon Mitchell

GuatemalaGuatemala history

president: Alejandro Giammattei

GuyanaGuyana history

president: Irfaan Ali
prime minister: Mark Phillips

HaitiHaiti history

acting prime minister: Ariel Henry

JamaicaJamaica history

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, then Santiago Peña

PeruPeru history

president: Dina Boluarte
prime minister: Alberto Otárola

Saint Kitts and Nevis

king: Charles III
governor-general: Tapley Seaton, then Marcella Liburd
prime minister: Terrance Drew

Saint Lucia

king: Charles III
acting governor-general: Errol Charles
prime minister: Philip J. Pierre

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

king: Charles III
governor-general: Susan Dougan

SurinameSuriname history

president: Chan Santokhi

The Bahamas

king: Charles III
governor-general: Cornelius A. Smith, then Cynthia A. Pratt
prime minister: Philip Davis

Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history

president: Paula-Mae Weekes, then Christine Kangaloo
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, then Abdul Kabir

ArmeniaArmenia history

president: Vahagn Khachaturyan
prime minister: Nikol Pashinyan

Artsakh

president: Arayik Harutyunyan, then Samvel Shahramanyan
acting president: Davit Ishkhanyan

AzerbaijanAzerbaijan history

president: Ilham Aliyev
prime minister: Ali Asadov

BahrainBahrain history

king: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
prime minister: Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

BangladeshBangladesh history

president: Mohammad Abdul Hamid, then Mohammed Shahabuddin
prime minister: Sheikh Hasina

BhutanBhutan history

king: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
prime minister: Lotay Tshering
chief advisor: Chogyal Dago Rigdzin

BruneiBrunei history

sultan: Hassanal Bolkiah
prime minister: Hassanal Bolkiah

CambodiaCambodia history

king: Norodom Sihamoni
prime minister: Hun Sen, then Hun Manet

ChinaChina history

general secretary and paramount leader: Xi Jinping
president: Xi Jinping
premier: Li Keqiang, then Li Qiang

CyprusCyprus history

president: Nicos Anastasiades, then Nikos Christodoulides

Georgia

prime minister: Irakli Garibashvili

IndiaIndia history

president: Droupadi Murmu
prime minister: Narendra Modi

IndonesiaIndonesia history

president: Joko Widodo

IranIran history

supreme leader: Ali Khamenei
president: Ebrahim Raisi

IraqIraq history

president: Abdul Latif Rashid

IsraelIsrael history

president: Isaac Herzog
prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu

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: Älihan Smaiylov

KuwaitKuwait history

emir: Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, then Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
prime minister: Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

Kyrgyzstan

president: Sadyr Japarov

LaosLaos history

general secretary: Thongloun Sisoulith
president: Thongloun Sisoulith

LebanonLebanon history

acting president: Najib Mikati
prime minister: Najib Mikati

MalaysiaMalaysia history

prime minister: Anwar Ibrahim

Maldives

president: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, then Mohamed Muizzu

MongoliaMongolia history

president: Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
prime minister: Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene

MyanmarMyanmar history

acting president: Myint Swe

NepalNepal history

president: Bidya Devi Bhandari, then Ram Chandra Poudel
prime minister: 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: Ünal Üstel

OmanOman history

sultan: Haitham bin Tariq
prime minister: Haitham bin Tariq

PakistanPakistan history

president: Arif Alvi
prime minister: Shehbaz Sharif
caretaker prime minister: Anwaar ul Haq Kakar

PalestinePalestine history

president: Mahmoud Abbas
prime minister: Mohammad Shtayyeh

PhilippinesPhilippines history

president: Bongbong Marcos

QatarQatar history

emir: Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
prime minister: Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani, then Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani

Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history

king: Salman
prime minister: Mohammed bin Salman

SingaporeSingapore history

president: Halimah Yacob, then Tharman Shanmugaratnam
prime minister: Lee Hsien Loong

South KoreaSouth Korea history

president: Yoon Suk Yeol
prime minister: Han Duck-soo

South Ossetia

president: Alan Gagloev
prime minister: Konstantin Dzhussoev

Sri LankaSri Lanka history

president: Ranil Wickremesinghe
prime minister: 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, then Srettha Thavisin

Timor-Leste

president: José Ramos-Horta
prime minister: Taur Matan Ruak, then Xanana Gusmão

TurkeyTurkey history

president: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkmenistan

chairman of the People's Council: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
president: Serdar Berdimuhamedow

United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates history

president: Mohamed 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 Xuân Phúc, then Võ Văn Thưởng
acting president: Võ Thị Ánh Xuân

YemenYemen history

chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council: Rashad al-Alimi
prime minister: Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed

Europe

AlbaniaAlbania history

president: Bajram Begaj
prime minister: Edi Rama

Andorra

episcopal co-prince: Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
French co-prince: Emmanuel Macron
representative of the episcopal co-prince: Eduard Ibáñez
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
chairwoman: Željka Cvijanović, then Borjana Krišto
member: Željko Komšić, then Denis Bećirović, then Željka Cvijanović

BulgariaBulgaria history

president: Rumen Radev
prime minister: Galab Donev, then Nikolai Denkov

CroatiaCroatia history

president: Zoran Milanović
prime minister: Andrej Plenković

Czech RepublicCzech Republic history

president: Miloš Zeman, then Petr Pavel
prime minister: Petr Fiala

DenmarkDenmark history

queen: Margrethe II
prime minister: Mette Frederiksen

EstoniaEstonia history

president: Alar Karis
prime minister: Kaja Kallas

FinlandFinland history

president: Sauli Niinistö
prime minister: Sanna Marin, then Petteri Orpo

FranceFrance history

president: Emmanuel Macron
prime minister: Élisabeth Borne

GermanyGermany history

president: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
chancellor: Olaf Scholz

GreeceGreece history

president: Katerina Sakellaropoulou
prime minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
caretaker prime minister: Ioannis Sarmas

HungaryHungary history

president: Katalin Novák
prime minister: Viktor Orbán

IcelandIceland history

president: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
prime minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Ireland

president: Michael D. Higgins
Taoiseach: Leo Varadkar

ItalyItaly history

president: Sergio Mattarella
prime minister: Giorgia Meloni

LatviaLatvia history

president: Egils Levits, then Edgars Rinkēvičs
prime minister: Krišjānis Kariņš, then Evika Siliņa

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, then Luc Frieden

MaltaMalta history

president: George Vella
prime minister: Robert Abela

MoldovaMoldova history

president: Maia Sandu
prime minister: Natalia Gavrilița, then Dorin Recean

Monaco

prince: Albert II
minister of state: Pierre Dartout

MontenegroMontenegro history

president: Milo Đukanović, then Jakov Milatović
prime minister: Dritan Abazović, then Milojko Spajić

North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia history

president: Stevo Pendarovski
prime minister: Dimitar Kovačevski

NorwayNorway history

king: Harald V
prime minister: Jonas Gahr Støre

PolandPoland history

president: Andrzej Duda
Prime minister: Mateusz Morawiecki, then Donald Tusk

PortugalPortugal history

president: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
prime minister: António Costa

RomaniaRomania history

president: Klaus Iohannis
prime minister: Nicolae Ciucă, then Marcel Ciolacu
acting prime minister: Cătălin Predoiu

RussiaRussia history

president: Vladimir Putin
prime minister: Mikhail Mishustin

San Marino

Captains Regent: Maria Luisa Berti, then Manuel Ciavatta, then Filippo Tamagnini
secretary: Luca Beccari

SerbiaSerbia history

president: Aleksandar Vučić
prime minister: Ana Brnabić

SlovakiaSlovakia history

president: Zuzana Čaputová
prime minister: Eduard Heger, then Ľudovít Ódor, then Robert Fico

SloveniaSlovenia history

president: Nataša Pirc Musar
prime minister: Robert Golob

SpainSpain history

king: Felipe VI
prime minister: Pedro Sánchez

SwedenSweden history

king: Carl XVI Gustaf
prime minister: Ulf Kristersson

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

president: Alain Berset

The Netherlands

king: Willem-Alexander
prime minister: Mark Rutte

Transnistria

president: Vadim Krasnoselsky
prime minister: Aleksandr Rozenberg

UkraineUkraine history

president: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
prime minister: Denys Shmyhal

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

king: Charles III
prime minister: Rishi Sunak

Vatican City

pope: Francis
president: Fernando Vérgez Alzaga

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

king: Charles III
governor-general: David Hurley
prime minister: Anthony Albanese

Cook Islands

king: Charles III
king's representative: Tom Marsters
prime minister: Mark Brown

Federated States of Micronesia

president: David Panuelo, then Wesley Simina

FijiFiji history

president: Wiliame Katonivere
prime minister: Sitiveni Rabuka

Kiribati

president: Taneti Maamau

Marshall Islands

president: David Kabua

Nauru

president: Russ Kun, then David Adeang

New ZealandNew Zealand history

king: Charles III
governor-general: Cindy Kiro
prime minister: Jacinda Ardern, then Chris Hipkins, then Christopher Luxon

Niue

king: Charles III

Palau

president: Surangel Whipps Jr.

Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea history

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

king: Charles III
governor-general: David Vunagi
Prime minister: Manasseh Sogavare

TongaTonga history

king: Tupou VI
prime minister: Siaosi Sovaleni

Tuvalu

king: Charles III

VanuatuVanuatu history

president: Nikenike Vurobaravu
prime minister: Ishmael Kalsakau, then Sato Kilman