List of current heads of state and government in asia

List of current heads of state and government in asia

Member states and observers of the United Nations[edit]

Legend: Names in small font generally denote acting, transitional, temporary leaders or representatives. Other notes and exceptions are provided in the References section below.

State	Head of state	Head of government
Afghanistan	President - Ashraf Ghani[n 1]	Chief Executive Officer - Abdullah Abdullah
Albania	President - Bujar Nishani	Prime Minister - Edi Rama
Algeria	President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika	Prime Minister - Abdelmalek Sellal
Andorra	Episcopal Co-Prince - Joan Enric Vives Sicília Representative - Josep Maria Mauri French Co-Prince - François Hollande[n 2] Representative - Thierry Lataste	Head of Government - Antoni Martí
Angola	President - José Eduardo dos Santos
Antigua and Barbuda	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Rodney Williams	Prime Minister - Gaston Browne
Argentina	President - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Armenia	President - Serzh Sargsyan	Prime Minister - Hovik Abrahamyan
Australia	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Peter Cosgrove	Prime Minister - Tony Abbott
Austria	Federal President - Heinz Fischer	Federal Chancellor - Werner Faymann
Azerbaijan	President - Ilham Aliyev[n 1]	Prime Minister - Artur Rasizade
Bahamas	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Dame Marguerite Pindling	Prime Minister - Perry Christie
Bahrain	King - Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Prime Minister - Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Bangladesh	President - Abdul Hamid	Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
Barbados	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Elliott Belgrave	Prime Minister - Freundel Stuart
Belarus	President - Alexander Lukashenko[n 1]	Prime Minister - Andrei Kobyakov
Belgium	King - Philippe	Prime Minister - Charles Michel
Belize	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Colville Young	Prime Minister - Dean Barrow
Benin	President - Yayi Boni
Bhutan	King - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Prime Minister - Tshering Tobgay
Bolivia	President - Evo Morales
Bosnia and Herzegovina	High Representative - Valentin Inzko
	Presidency:[n 4] Mladen Ivanić (Chairman) Bakir Izetbegović (Member) Dragan Čović (Member)	Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Denis Zvizdić
Botswana	President - Ian Khama
Brazil	President - Dilma Rousseff
Brunei	Sultan and Prime Minister - Hassanal Bolkiah
Bulgaria	President - Rosen Plevneliev	Prime Minister - Boyko Borisov
Burkina Faso	Acting President - Michel Kafando	Acting Prime Minister - Yacouba Isaac Zida
Burundi	President - Pierre Nkurunziza
Cambodia	King - Norodom Sihamoni	Prime Minister - Hun Sen
Cameroon	President - Paul Biya[n 1]	Prime Minister - Philémon Yang
Canada	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor General - David Johnston	Prime Minister - Stephen Harper
Cape Verde	President - Jorge Carlos Fonseca	Prime Minister - José Maria Neves
Central African Republic	Head of State of the Transition - Catherine Samba-Panza[n 1]	Acting Prime Minister - Mahamat Kamoun
Chad	President - Idriss Déby[n 1]	Prime Minister - Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet
Chile	President - Michelle Bachelet
China	President - Xi Jinping	Premier of the State Council - Li Keqiang
Colombia	President - Juan Manuel Santos
Comoros	President - Ikililou Dhoinine
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	President - Joseph Kabila	Prime Minister - Augustin Matata Ponyo
Congo, Republic of the	President - Denis Sassou Nguesso
Costa Rica	President - Luis Guillermo Solís
Croatia	President - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	Prime Minister - Zoran Milanović
Cuba	President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers - Raúl Castro
Cyprus	President - Nicos Anastasiades
Czech Republic	President - Miloš Zeman	Prime Minister - Bohuslav Sobotka
Denmark	Queen - Margrethe II	Prime Minister - Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Djibouti	President - Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	Prime Minister - Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Dominica	President - Charles Savarin	Prime Minister - Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Republic	President - Danilo Medina
East Timor	President - Taur Matan Ruak	Prime Minister - Rui Maria de Araújo
Ecuador	President - Rafael Correa
Egypt	President - Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	Prime Minister - Ibrahim Mahlab
El Salvador	President - Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Equatorial Guinea	President - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo[n 1]	Prime Minister - Vicente Ehate Tomi
Eritrea	President - Isaias Afwerki
Estonia	President - Toomas Hendrik Ilves	Prime Minister - Taavi Rõivas
Ethiopia	President - Mulatu Teshome	Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn
Fiji	President - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau	Prime Minister - Frank Bainimarama
Finland	President - Sauli Niinistö	Prime Minister - Alexander Stubb Prime Minister-designate - Juha Sipilä
France	President - François Hollande[n 2]	Prime Minister - Manuel Valls
Gabon	President - Ali Bongo Ondimba[n 1]	Prime Minister - Daniel Ona Ondo
Gambia, The	President - Yahya Jammeh
Georgia	President - Giorgi Margvelashvili	Prime Minister - Irakli Garibashvili
Germany	Federal President - Joachim Gauck	Federal Chancellor - Angela Merkel
Ghana	President - John Dramani Mahama
Greece	President - Prokopis Pavlopoulos	Prime Minister - Alexis Tsipras
Grenada	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Dame Cécile La Grenade	Prime Minister - Keith Mitchell
Guatemala	President - Otto Pérez Molina
Guinea	President - Alpha Condé[n 1]	Prime Minister - Mohamed Said Fofana
Guinea-Bissau	President - José Mário Vaz	Prime Minister - Domingos Simões Pereira
Guyana	President - David A. Granger	Prime Minister - Moses Nagamootoo
Haiti	President - Michel Martelly	Prime Minister - Evans Paul
Honduras	President - Juan Orlando Hernández
Hungary	President - János Áder	Prime Minister - Viktor Orbán
Iceland	President - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	Prime Minister - Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
India	President - Pranab Mukherjee	Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
Indonesia	President - Joko Widodo
Iran	Supreme Leader - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
	President - Hassan Rouhani
Iraq	President - Fuad Masum	Prime Minister - Haider Al-Abadi
Ireland	President - Michael D. Higgins	Taoiseach - Enda Kenny
Israel	President - Reuven Rivlin	Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu
Italy	President - Sergio Mattarella	President of the Council of Ministers -Matteo Renzi
Ivory Coast	President - Alassane Ouattara[n 1]	Prime Minister - Daniel Kablan Duncan
Jamaica	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Patrick Allen	Prime Minister - Portia Simpson-Miller
Japan	Emperor - Akihito	Prime Minister - Shinzō Abe
Jordan	King - Abdullah II	Prime Minister - Abdullah Ensour
Kazakhstan	President - Nursultan Nazarbayev[n 1]	Prime Minister - Karim Massimov
Kenya	President - Uhuru Kenyatta
Kiribati	President - Anote Tong
Kuwait	Emir - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Prime Minister - Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan	President - Almazbek Atambayev	Prime Minister - Temir Sariyev
Laos	President - Choummaly Sayasone	Prime Minister - Thongsing Thammavong
Latvia	President - Andris Bērziņš	Prime Minister - Laimdota Straujuma
Lebanon	Acting President and President of the Council of Ministers - Tammam Salam
Lesotho	King - Letsie III	Prime Minister - Pakalitha Mosisili
Liberia	President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya	Chairman of the House of Representatives -Aguila Saleh Issa	Prime Minister - Abdullah al-Thani
Liechtenstein	Sovereign Prince - Hans-Adam II Regent - Hereditary Prince Alois	Head of Government - Adrian Hasler
Lithuania	President - Dalia Grybauskaitė	Prime Minister - Algirdas Butkevičius
Luxembourg	Grand Duke - Henri	Prime Minister - Xavier Bettel
Macedonia	President - Gjorge Ivanov	President of the Government - Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar	President - Hery Rajaonarimampianina	Prime Minister - Jean Ravelonarivo
Malawi	President - Peter Mutharika
Malaysia	Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Abdul Halim	Prime Minister - Najib Razak
Maldives	President - Abdulla Yameen
Mali	President - Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta	Prime Minister - Modibo Keita
Malta	President - Marie Louise Coleiro Preca	Prime Minister - Joseph Muscat
Marshall Islands	President - Christopher Loeak
Mauritania	President - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz	Prime Minister - Yahya Ould Hademine
Mauritius	President - Rajkeswur Purryag	Prime Minister - Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Mexico	President - Enrique Peña Nieto
Micronesia	President - Peter M. Christian
Moldova	President - Nicolae Timofti	Prime Minister - Chiril Gaburici
Monaco	Sovereign Prince - Albert II	Minister of State - Michel Roger
Mongolia	President - Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj	Prime Minister - Chimediin Saikhanbileg
Montenegro	President - Filip Vujanović	Prime Minister - Milo Đukanović
Morocco	King - Mohammed VI	Prime Minister - Abdelilah Benkirane
Mozambique	President - Filipe Nyusi[n 1]	Prime Minister - Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
Myanmar	President - Thein Sein
Namibia	President - Hage Geingob[n 1]	Prime Minister - Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Nauru	President - Baron Waqa
Nepal	President - Ram Baran Yadav	Prime Minister - Sushil Koirala
Netherlands	King - Willem-Alexander	Prime Minister - Mark Rutte
New Zealand	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Jerry Mateparae[n 5]	Prime Minister - John Key
Nicaragua	President - Daniel Ortega
Niger	President - Mahamadou Issoufou	Prime Minister - Brigi Rafini
Nigeria	President - Goodluck Jonathan President-elect - Muhammadu Buhari
North Korea	Supreme Leader - Kim Jong-un[n 6] Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly - Kim Yong-nam[n 7]	Premier of the Cabinet - Pak Pong-ju
Norway	King - Harald V	Prime Minister - Erna Solberg
Oman	Sultan and Prime Minister - Qaboos bin Said al Said
Pakistan	President - Mamnoon Hussain	Prime Minister - Nawaz Sharif
Palau	President - Tommy Remengesau
Palestine	President - Mahmoud Abbas	Prime Minister - Rami Hamdallah
Panama	President - Juan Carlos Varela
Papua New Guinea	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Michael Ogio	Prime Minister - Peter O'Neill
Paraguay	President - Horacio Cartes
Peru	President - Ollanta Humala[n 1]	President of the Council of Ministers - Pedro Cateriano
Philippines	President - Benigno Aquino III
Poland	President - Bronisław Komorowski President-elect - Andrzej Duda	President of the Council of Ministers - Ewa Kopacz
Portugal	President - Aníbal Cavaco Silva	Prime Minister - Pedro Passos Coelho
Qatar	Emir - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Prime Minister - Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
Romania	President - Klaus Iohannis	Prime Minister - Victor Ponta
Russia	President - Vladimir Putin	Chairman of the Government - Dmitry Medvedev
Rwanda	President - Paul Kagame[n 1]	Prime Minister - Anastase Murekezi
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Acting Governor-General - Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton	Prime Minister - Timothy Harris
Saint Lucia	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Dame Pearlette Louisy	Prime Minister - Kenny Anthony
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Frederick Ballantyne	Prime Minister - Ralph Gonsalves
Samoa	O le Ao o le Malo - Tufuga Efi	Prime Minister - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
San Marino	Captain Regent - Andrea Belluzzi Captain Regent - Roberto Venturini
São Tomé and Príncipe	President - Manuel Pinto da Costa	Prime Minister - Patrice Trovoada
Saudi Arabia	King and Prime Minister - Salman
Senegal	President - Macky Sall	Prime Minister - Mohamed Dionne
Serbia	President - Tomislav Nikolić	President of the Government - Aleksandar Vučić
Seychelles	President - James Michel
Sierra Leone	President - Ernest Bai Koroma
Singapore	President - Tony Tan	Prime Minister - Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia	President - Andrej Kiska	Prime Minister - Robert Fico
Slovenia	President - Borut Pahor	President of the Government - Miro Cerar
Solomon Islands	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Frank Kabui	Prime Minister - Manasseh Sogavare
Somalia	President - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud	Prime Minister - Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
South Africa	President - Jacob Zuma
South Korea	President - Park Geun-hye[n 1]	Prime Minister - Vacant
South Sudan	President - Salva Kiir Mayardit
Spain	King - Felipe VI	President of the Government - Mariano Rajoy
Sri Lanka	President - Maithripala Sirisena[n 1]	Prime Minister - Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sudan	President - Omar al-Bashir
Suriname	President - Dési Bouterse
Swaziland	King - Mswati III	Prime Minister - Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden	King - Carl XVI Gustaf	Prime Minister - Stefan Löfven
Switzerland	Federal Council:[n 8] Doris Leuthard (Member), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (Member), Ueli Maurer (Member), Didier Burkhalter(Member), Simonetta Sommaruga (President), Johann Schneider-Ammann (Vice President), Alain Berset (Member)
Syria	President - Bashar al-Assad	Prime Minister - Wael Nader Al-Halqi
Tajikistan	President - Emomalii Rahmon	Prime Minister - Kokhir Rasulzoda
Tanzania	President - Jakaya Kikwete[n 1]	Prime Minister - Mizengo Pinda
Thailand	King - Bhumibol Adulyadej	Prime Minister - Prayuth Chan-ocha
Togo	President - Faure Gnassingbé[n 1]	Prime Minister - Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
Tonga	King - Tupou VI	Prime Minister - ʻAkilisi Pohiva
Trinidad and Tobago	President - Anthony Carmona	Prime Minister - Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia	President - Beji Caid Essebsi	Head of Government - Habib Essid
Turkey	President - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkmenistan	President - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Iakoba Italeli	Prime Minister - Enele Sopoaga
Uganda	President - Yoweri Museveni[n 1]	Prime Minister - Ruhakana Rugunda
Ukraine	President - Petro Poroshenko	Prime Minister - Arseniy Yatsenyuk
United Arab Emirates	President - Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Prime Minister - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Kingdom	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3]	Prime Minister - David Cameron
United States	President - Barack Obama
Uruguay	President - Tabaré Vázquez
Uzbekistan	President - Islam Karimov[n 1]	Prime Minister - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu	President - Baldwin Lonsdale	Prime Minister - Joe Natuman
Vatican City	Sovereign - Pope Francis	President of the Governorate - CardinalGiuseppe Bertello
Venezuela	President - Nicolás Maduro
Vietnam	President - Trương Tấn Sang	Prime Minister - Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Yemen	President - Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi[n 1]	Prime Minister - Khaled Bahah
Zambia	President - Edgar Lungu
Zimbabwe	President - Robert Mugabe

Other states[edit]

The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one UN member state.

State	Head of state	Head of government
Abkhazia	President - Raul Khadjimba	Prime Minister - Artur Mikvabia
Cook Islands[n 9]	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Queen's Representative - Tom Marsters	Prime Minister - Henry Puna
Kosovo	President - Atifete Jahjaga	Prime Minister - Isa Mustafa
Nagorno-Karabakh	President - Bako Sahakyan	Prime Minister - Arayik Harutyunyan
Niue[n 9]	Queen - Elizabeth II[n 3] Governor-General - Sir Jerry Mateparae[n 5]	Premier - Toke Talagi
Northern Cyprus	President - Mustafa Akıncı	Prime Minister - Özkan Yorgancıoğlu
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	President - Mohamed Abdelaziz	Prime Minister - Abdelkader Taleb Omar
South Ossetia	President - Leonid Tibilov	Prime Minister - Domenty Kulumbegov
Taiwan	President - Ma Ying-jeou	President of the Executive Yuan - Mao Chi-kuo
Transnistria	President - Yevgeny Shevchuk	Prime Minister - Tatiana Turanskaya

Other governments[edit]

These alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one UN member.

Government	Also claimed by	Head of state	Head of government
General National Congress	Libya	President of the GNC - Nouri Abusahmain	Acting Prime Minister - Khalifa al-Ghawi
Syrian Interim Government	Syria	President - Khaled Khoja	Prime Minister - Ahmad Tu'mah
Revolutionary Committee	Yemen	President of the Revolutionary Committee - Mohammed Ali al-Houthi