World leaders in 2024
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 2024, 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 2024 →
Major powers in 2024
United StatesUnited States history
- president
- Joe Biden
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- king
- Charles III
- prime minister
- Rishi Sunak, then Keir Starmer
RussiaRussia history
- president
- Vladimir Putin
- prime minister
- Mikhail Mishustin
ChinaChina history
- general secretary and paramount leader
- Xi Jinping
- president
- Xi Jinping
- premier
- Li Qiang
FranceFrance history
- president
- Emmanuel Macron
- prime minister
- Élisabeth Borne, then Gabriel Attal, then Michel Barnier, then François Bayrou
GermanyGermany history
- president
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- chancellor
- Olaf Scholz
JapanJapan history
- emperor
- Naruhito
- prime minister
- Fumio Kishida, then Shigeru Ishiba
IndiaIndia history
- president
- Droupadi Murmu
- prime minister
- Narendra Modi
Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria history
- president
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune
- prime minister
- Nadir Larbaoui
AngolaAngola history
- president
- João Lourenço
BeninBenin history
- president
- Patrice Talon
BotswanaBotswana history
- president
- Duma Boko
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, then Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
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
- president
- Mahamat Déby
- prime minister
- Saleh Kebzabo, then Succès Masra, then Allamaye Halina
Comoros
- president
- Azali Assoumani
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo history
- president
- Félix Tshisekedi
- prime minister
- Sama Lukonde, then Judith Suminwa
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
- Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
EritreaEritrea history
- president
- Isaias Afwerki
EswatiniEswatini history
- prime minister
- Russell Dlamini
EthiopiaEthiopia history
- president
- Sahle-Work Zewde, then Taye Atske Selassie
- prime minister
- Abiy Ahmed
GabonGabon history
- transitional president
- Brice Oligui Nguema
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, then Bah Oury
Guinea-Bissau
- president
- Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- president
- Alassane Ouattara
- prime minister
- Robert Beugré Mambé
KenyaKenya history
- president
- William Ruto
LesothoLesotho history
- king
- Letsie III
- prime minister
- Sam Matekane
LiberiaLiberia history
- president
- George Weah, then Joseph Boakai
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
- interim president
- Assimi Goïta
- prime minister
- Choguel Kokalla Maïga
- interim prime minister
- Abdoulaye Maïga
MauritaniaMauritania history
- president
- Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
- prime minister
- Mohamed Ould Bilal, then Mokhtar Ould Djay
MauritiusMauritius history
- president
- Prithvirajsing Roopun, then Dharam Gokhool
- 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, then Nangolo Mbumba
- prime minister
- Saara Kuugongelwa
NigerNiger history
- president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
- Abdourahamane Tiani
- prime minister
- Ali Lamine Zeine
NigeriaNigeria history
- president
- 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, then Bassirou Diomaye Faye
- prime minister
- Ousmane Sonko
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone history
- president
- Julius Maada Bio
SomaliaSomalia history
- president
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- prime minister
- Hamza Abdi Barre
Somaliland
- president
- Muse Bihi Abdi, then Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
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
- Ahmed Hachani, then Kamel Madouri
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
- 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
- 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
- Sylvanie Burton
- prime minister
- Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- president
- Luis Abinader
EcuadorEcuador history
- president
- 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, then Bernardo Arévalo
GuyanaGuyana history
- president
- Irfaan Ali
- prime minister
- Mark Phillips
HaitiHaiti history
- acting prime minister
- Ariel Henry, then Michel Patrick Boisvert, then Garry Conille
- interim prime minister
- Alix Didier Fils-Aimé
JamaicaJamaica history
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Patrick Allen
- prime minister
- Andrew Holness
MexicoMexico history
- president
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador, then Claudia Sheinbaum
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- president
- Daniel Ortega
PanamaPanama history
- president
- Laurentino Cortizo, then José Raúl Mulino
ParaguayParaguay history
- president
- Santiago Peña
PeruPeru history
- president
- Dina Boluarte
- prime minister
- Alberto Otárola, then Gustavo Adrianzén
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- 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
- Cynthia A. Pratt
- prime minister
- Philip Davis
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history
- president
- 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
ArmeniaArmenia history
- president
- Vahagn Khachaturyan
- prime minister
- Nikol Pashinyan
Artsakh
- president
- Samvel Shahramanyan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan history
- president
- Ilham Aliyev
- prime minister
- Ali Asadov
BahrainBahrain history
- prime minister
- Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
BangladeshBangladesh history
- president
- Mohammed Shahabuddin
- prime minister
- Sheikh Hasina
- chief adviser
- Muhammad Yunus
BhutanBhutan history
- chief advisor
- Chogyal Dago Rigdzin
- prime minister
- Tshering Tobgay
BruneiBrunei history
- sultan
- Hassanal Bolkiah
- prime minister
- Hassanal Bolkiah
CambodiaCambodia history
- king
- Norodom Sihamoni
- prime minister
- Hun Manet
ChinaChina history
- general secretary and paramount leader
- Xi Jinping
- president
- Xi Jinping
- premier
- Li Qiang
CyprusCyprus history
- president
- Nikos Christodoulides
Georgia
- prime minister
- Irakli Garibashvili, then Irakli Kobakhidze
IndiaIndia history
- president
- Droupadi Murmu
- prime minister
- Narendra Modi
IndonesiaIndonesia history
- president
- Joko Widodo, then Prabowo Subianto
IranIran history
- supreme leader
- Ali Khamenei
- president
- Ebrahim Raisi, then Masoud Pezeshkian
- acting president
- Mohammad Mokhber
IraqIraq history
- president
- Abdul Latif Rashid
IsraelIsrael history
- president
- Isaac Herzog
- prime minister
- Benjamin Netanyahu
JapanJapan history
- emperor
- Naruhito
- prime minister
- Fumio Kishida, then Shigeru Ishiba
JordanJordan history
- king
- Abdullah II
- prime minister
- Bisher Khasawneh, then Jafar Hassan
KazakhstanKazakhstan history
- president
- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- prime minister
- Älihan Smaiylov, then Oljas Bektenov
KuwaitKuwait history
- prime minister
- Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, then Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan
- president
- Sadyr Japarov
- acting chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers
- Adylbek Kasymaliev
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
- Mohamed Muizzu
MongoliaMongolia history
- president
- Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
- prime minister
- Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
MyanmarMyanmar history
- acting president
- Myint Swe, then Min Aung Hlaing
NepalNepal history
- president
- Ram Chandra Poudel
- prime minister
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal, then K. P. Sharma Oli
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, then Asif Ali Zardari
- prime minister
- Shehbaz Sharif
- caretaker prime minister
- Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
PalestinePalestine history
- president
- Mahmoud Abbas
- prime minister
- Mohammad Shtayyeh, then Mohammad Mustafa
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- president
- Bongbong Marcos
QatarQatar history
- prime minister
- Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- king
- Salman
- prime minister
- Mohammed bin Salman
SingaporeSingapore history
- president
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- prime minister
- Lee Hsien Loong, then Lawrence Wong
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- president
- Yoon Suk Yeol
- acting president
- Han Duck-soo, then Choi Sang-mok
- prime minister
- Han Duck-soo
- acting prime minister
- Choi Sang-mok
South Ossetia
- president
- Alan Gagloev
- prime minister
- Konstantin Dzhussoev
Sri LankaSri Lanka history
- president
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, then Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- prime minister
- Dinesh Gunawardena, then Harini Amarasuriya
SyriaSyria history
- president
- Bashar al-Assad
- de facto leader
- Ahmed al-Sharaa
- prime minister
- Hussein Arnous, then Mohammed al-Bashir
- prime minister; acting prime minister
- Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
TaiwanTaiwan history
- president
- Tsai Ing-wen, then Lai Ching-te
- premier
- Cho Jung-tai
TajikistanTajikistan history
- president
- Emomali Rahmon
- prime minister
- Kokhir Rasulzoda
ThailandThailand history
- King
- Vajiralongkorn
- prime minister
- Srettha Thavisin, then Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- acting prime minister
- Phumtham Wechayachai
Timor-Leste
- president
- José Ramos-Horta
- prime minister
- 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
- acting general secretary
- Tô Lâm
- president
- Võ Văn Thưởng, then Tô Lâm, then Lương Cường
YemenYemen history
- chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council
- Rashad al-Alimi
- prime minister
- Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, then Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak
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, then Patrice Faure
- prime minister
- Xavier Espot Zamora
AustriaAustria history
- president
- Alexander Van der Bellen
- chancellor
- Karl Nehammer
BelarusBelarus history
- chairman
- Alexander Lukashenko
- president
- Alexander Lukashenko
- prime minister
- Roman Golovchenko
BelgiumBelgium history
- king
- Philippe
- prime minister
- Alexander De Croo
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina history
- chairman
- Željko Komšić, then Denis Bećirović
- chairwoman
- Borjana Krišto, then Željka Cvijanović
- member
- Željko Komšić, then Denis Bećirović, then Željka Cvijanović
BulgariaBulgaria history
- president
- Rumen Radev
- prime minister
- Nikolai Denkov
- acting prime minister
- Dimitar Glavchev
CroatiaCroatia history
- president
- Zoran Milanović
- prime minister
- Andrej Plenković
Czech RepublicCzech Republic history
- president
- Petr Pavel
- prime minister
- Petr Fiala
DenmarkDenmark history
- queen
- Margrethe II
- king
- Frederik X
- prime minister
- Mette Frederiksen
EstoniaEstonia history
- president
- Alar Karis
- prime minister
- Kaja Kallas, then Kristen Michal
FinlandFinland history
- president
- Sauli Niinistö, then Alexander Stubb
- prime minister
- Petteri Orpo
FranceFrance history
- president
- Emmanuel Macron
- prime minister
- Élisabeth Borne, then Gabriel Attal, then Michel Barnier, then François Bayrou
GermanyGermany history
- president
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- chancellor
- Olaf Scholz
GreeceGreece history
- president
- Katerina Sakellaropoulou
- prime minister
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis
HungaryHungary history
- president
- Katalin Novák, then Tamás Sulyok
- acting president
- László Kövér
- prime minister
- Viktor Orbán
IcelandIceland history
- president
- Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, then Halla Tómasdóttir
- prime minister
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir, then Bjarni Benediktsson, then Kristrún Frostadóttir
Ireland
- president
- Michael D. Higgins
- Taoiseach
- Leo Varadkar, then Simon Harris
ItalyItaly history
- president
- Sergio Mattarella
- prime minister
- Giorgia Meloni
LatviaLatvia history
- president
- Edgars Rinkēvičs
- prime minister
- Evika Siliņa
Liechtenstein
- prince
- Hans-Adam II
- regent
- Alois
- prime minister
- Daniel Risch
LithuaniaLithuania history
- president
- Gitanas Nausėda
- prime minister
- Ingrida Šimonytė, then Gintautas Paluckas
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- grand duke
- Henri
- regent
- Guillaume
- prime minister
- Luc Frieden
MaltaMalta history
- president
- George Vella, then Myriam Spiteri Debono
- prime minister
- Robert Abela
MoldovaMoldova history
- president
- Maia Sandu
- prime minister
- Dorin Recean
Monaco
- prince
- Albert II
- minister of state
- Pierre Dartout, then Didier Guillaume
MontenegroMontenegro history
- president
- Jakov Milatović
- prime minister
- Milojko Spajić
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia history
- president
- Stevo Pendarovski, then Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
- prime minister
- Dimitar Kovačevski, then Hristijan Mickoski
- acting prime minister
- Talat Xhaferi
NorwayNorway history
- king
- Harald V
- prime minister
- Jonas Gahr Støre
PolandPoland history
- president
- Andrzej Duda
- prime minister
- Donald Tusk
PortugalPortugal history
- president
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
- prime minister
- António Costa, then Luís Montenegro
RomaniaRomania history
- president
- Klaus Iohannis
- prime minister
- Marcel Ciolacu
RussiaRussia history
- president
- Vladimir Putin
- prime minister
- Mikhail Mishustin
San Marino
- Captains Regent
- Filippo Tamagnini
- secretary
- Luca Beccari
SerbiaSerbia history
- president
- Aleksandar Vučić
- prime minister
- Ana Brnabić, then Miloš Vučević
- acting prime minister
- Ivica Dačić
SlovakiaSlovakia history
- president
- Zuzana Čaputová, then Peter Pellegrini
- prime minister
- 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
- Viola Amherd
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, then Keir Starmer
Vatican City
- pope
- Francis
- president
- Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- David Hurley, then Sam Mostyn
- prime minister
- Anthony Albanese
Cook Islands
- king
- Charles III
- king's representative
- Tom Marsters
- prime minister
- Mark Brown
Federated States of Micronesia
- president
- Wesley Simina
FijiFiji history
- president
- Wiliame Katonivere, then Naiqama Lalabalavu
- prime minister
- Sitiveni Rabuka
Kiribati
- president
- Taneti Maamau
Marshall Islands
- president
- David Kabua, then Hilda Heine
Nauru
- president
- David Adeang
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- king
- Charles III
- governor-general
- Cindy Kiro
- prime minister
- Christopher Luxon
Niue
- king
- Charles III
- prime minister
- Dalton Tagelagi
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, then David Tiva Kapu
- Prime minister
- Manasseh Sogavare, then Jeremiah Manele
TongaTonga history
- king
- Tupou VI
- prime minister
- Siaosi Sovaleni
Tuvalu
- king
- Charles III
- prime minister
- Feleti Teo
VanuatuVanuatu history
- president
- Nikenike Vurobaravu