List of openly LGBTQ heads of state and government

Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as national leaders in nine sovereign states. Of those countries, two have had an openly LGBTQ head of state, who serves as the country's public persona. Seven other sovereign states have had an openly LGBTQ head of government, who is the highest official in that state's government. No country has had both an openly LGBTQ head of state and openly LGBTQ head of government, nor more than one openly LGBTQ national leader. Additionally, no sovereign state outside of Europe has had an openly LGBTQ national leader.

Incumbent openly LGBTQ national leaders:

• Heads of state:
  • Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia (left)
• Heads of government:
  • Xavier Espot Zamora, Prime Minister of Andorra (right)

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first openly LGBTQ politician to serve as a country's head of government upon the start of her tenure as Prime Minister of Iceland in 2009. Two years later, Elio Di Rupo became the first openly gay head of government upon becoming Prime Minister of Belgium. Upon assuming the office of a captain regent of San Marino on 1 April 2022, Paolo Rondelli became the first openly LGBTQ head of state.

Gay men have been the majority of openly LGBTQ national leaders, with seven of the nine politicians in this role identifying as such. The other two openly LGBTQ heads of government identify as lesbian. Other identities in the LGBTQ community, including bisexual, transgender, and intersex, have therefore not been openly represented in world heads of state and heads of government.

The totals for this list include only openly identifying members of the LGBTQ community who have come out prior to the end of their term as head of state or head of government of a United Nations member state. Therefore, LGBTQ national leaders who were closeted or outed during their tenure as a national leader are not included. Moreover, openly LGBTQ politicians who have served in other positions, such as acting president, deputy prime minister, and leaders of subnational entities, are excluded from this list.

List

The following list includes all openly LGBTQ heads of state and government. Politicians are listed based on the start of their tenures as national leaders.

 *  denotes an incumbent leader of a sovereign state

Name	Portrait	Country	Office	Type of leader	Tenure start	Tenure end	Term length	Sexual orientation[a]
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir		Iceland	Prime Minister	Head of government	1 February 2009	23 May 2013	4 years, 111 days	Lesbian[1]
Elio Di Rupo		Belgium	Prime Minister	Head of government	6 December 2011	11 October 2014	2 years, 309 days	Gay[2]
Xavier Bettel		Luxembourg	Prime Minister	Head of government	4 December 2013	17 November 2023	9 years, 348 days	Gay[3]
Leo Varadkar		Ireland	Taoiseach	Head of government	14 June 2017	27 June 2020	3 years, 13 days	Gay[4]
					17 December 2022	9 April 2024	1 year, 114 days
Ana Brnabić		Serbia	Prime Minister	Head of government	29 June 2017	20 March 2024	6 years, 265 days	Lesbian[5]
Xavier Espot Zamora*		Andorra	Prime Minister	Head of government	16 May 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 78 days	Gay[6]
Paolo Rondelli		San Marino	Captain Regent	Head of state	1 April 2022	1 October 2022	183 days	Gay[7]
Edgars Rinkēvičs*		Latvia	President	Head of state	8 July 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 25 days	Gay[8][9]
Gabriel Attal		France	Prime Minister	Head of government	9 January 2024	5 September 2024	240 days	Gay[10]

See also

• LGBTQ portal
• Politics portal

• List of reportedly LGBTQ heads of state throughout history
• List of current heads of state and government
• List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
• Lists of LGBTQ people
  • Lists of LGBTQ politicians
• List of openly LGBTQ sub-national leaders