54 leaders · 53 countries
Who leads the world's governments, and how they got there
Sourced career records of current presidents, prime ministers and monarchs: offices held, how they came to power and the rules on their term. Facts only, from official biographies and reputable reporting.
Most recently in office
Haakon VIIIKing of NorwayAbelardo de la EspriellaPresident of the Republic of ColombiaKeiko FujimoriPresident of the Republic of PeruAndy BurnhamPrime Minister of the United KingdomPéter MagyarPrime Minister of HungaryJosé Antonio KastPresident of the Republic of ChileRob JettenPrime Minister of the NetherlandsTarique RahmanPrime Minister of Bangladesh
All leaders
Javier MileiPresident of the Argentine Republic of ArgentinaAnthony AlbanesePrime Minister of AustraliaTarique RahmanPrime Minister of BangladeshLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaPresident of the Federative Republic of BrazilMark CarneyPrime Minister of CanadaJosé Antonio KastPresident of the Republic of ChileXi JinpingPresident of the People's Republic of ChinaAbelardo de la EspriellaPresident of the Republic of ColombiaDaniel Noboa AzínConstitutional President of the Republic of EcuadorAbdel Fattah Al SisiPresident of the Arab Republic of EgyptAbiy AhmedPrime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaSitiveni Ligamamada RabukaPrime Minister of the Republic of FijiEmmanuel MacronPresident of the French Republic of FranceFriedrich MerzFederal Chancellor of GermanyJohn Dramani MahamaPresident of the Republic of GhanaKyriakos MitsotakisPrime Minister of the Hellenic Republic of GreecePéter MagyarPrime Minister of HungaryNarendra ModiPrime Minister of IndiaPrabowo SubiantoPresident of the Republic of IndonesiaCatherine ConnollyPresident of IrelandGiorgia MeloniPresident of the Council of Ministers of ItalySanae TakaichiPrime Minister of JapanAbdullah II ibn Al HusseinKing of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanKassym-Jomart TokayevPresident of the Republic of KazakhstanWilliam Samoei RutoPresident of the Republic of KenyaAnwar IbrahimPrime Minister of MalaysiaClaudia Sheinbaum PardoPresident of the United Mexican States of MexicoRob JettenPrime Minister of the NetherlandsChristopher LuxonPrime Minister of New ZealandBola Ahmed TinubuPresident of the Federal Republic of NigeriaJonas Gahr StørePrime Minister of NorwayHaakon VIIIKing of NorwayShehbaz SharifPrime Minister of the Islamic Republic of PakistanJames MarapePrime Minister of Papua New GuineaKeiko FujimoriPresident of the Republic of PeruFerdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.President of the Republic of the PhilippinesDonald TuskPrime Minister of PolandTamim bin Hamad Al ThaniAmir of the State of QatarLee Jae MyungPresident of the Republic of KoreaVladimir PutinPresident of the Russian FederationMohammed bin SalmanCrown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi ArabiaBassirou Diomaye FayePresident of the Republic of SenegalLawrence WongPrime Minister of SingaporeCyril RamaphosaPresident of the Republic of South AfricaPedro SánchezPresident of the Government of SpainSamia Suluhu HassanPresident of the United Republic of TanzaniaAnutin CharnvirakulPrime Minister of the Kingdom of ThailandRecep Tayyip ErdoğanPresident of the Republic of TürkiyeVolodymyr ZelenskyyPresident of UkraineMohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab EmiratesAndy BurnhamPrime Minister of the United KingdomDonald J. TrumpPresident of the United StatesShavkat MirziyoyevPresident of the Republic of UzbekistanDelcy Eloína Rodríguez GómezActing President (Presidenta Encargada) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Explained
Head of state and head of governmentMany countries split the job of representing the state from the job of running the government. Others give both roles to one persoHow presidents and prime ministers take officeLeaders reach office by direct election, by a vote in parliament, or by winning the leadership of the governing party.Term limits around the worldMany presidential systems cap how long one person can serve. Parliamentary leaders usually serve as long as they keep the support