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List of state leaders in the 2020s

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This is a list of state leaders in the 2020s (2020 to today), such as the heads of state, heads of government, or the general secretaries of single-party states.

These polities are generally sovereign states, including states with limited recognition (when recognised by at least one UN member state), but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 21st century. For completeness, these lists can include colonies, protectorates, or other dependent territories that have since gained sovereignty.

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Africa

Africa: Central

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Mahamat Déby in 2022
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Anatole Collinet Makosso in 2022
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Brice Oligui Nguema in 2024
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Carlos Vila Nova in 2021

Africa: East

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Évariste Ndayishimiye in 2022
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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh in 2023
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William Ruto in 2024
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Wavel Ramkalawan in 2020
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Samia Suluhu Hassan in 2021

Africa: North

  • Aguila Saleh Issa, contesting president of the House of Representatives (5 August 2014 – 15 March 2021)
  • Fayez al-Sarraj, contesting chairman of the Presidential Council (30 March 2016 – 15 March 2021)
  • Mohamed al-Menfi, chairman of the Presidential Council (since 15 March 2021)
  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (20 August 2019 – 25 October 2021, since 11 November 2021); de facto leader (25 October 2021 – 11 November 2021)
  • Abdalla Hamdok, prime minister (21 August 2019 – 25 October 2021, 21 November 2021 – 2 January 2022)
  • Osman Hussein, acting prime minister (19 January 2022 – 30 April 2025)
  • Dafallah al-Haj Ali, acting prime minister (30 April 2025 – 31 May 2025)
  • Kamil Idris, prime minister (since 31 May 2025)

Africa: South

  • Ntfombi, Ndlovukati (since 25 April 1986)
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Cyril Ramaphosa and Lula do Silva in 2023

Africa: West

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Muhammadu Buhari in 2021
  • Amadou Ba, prime minister (17 September 2022 – 6 March 2024)
  • Sidiki Kaba, prime minister (6 March 2024 – 3 April 2024)
  • Ousmane Sonko, prime minister (since 3 April 2024)
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Americas

Americas: Caribbean

  • Sandra Mason, governor-general (8 January 2018 – 30 November 2021)
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Miguel Díaz-Canel in 2022
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Edgard Leblanc Fils in 2024
  • Neville Cenac, governor-general (12 January 2018 – 31 October 2021)
  • Errol Charles, acting governor-general (11 November 2021 – 31 October 2024); governor-general (since 1 November 2024)

Americas: Central

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Nayib Bukele in 2022
  • Daniel Ortega, president (10 January 2007 – 18 February 2025); co-president (since 18 February 2025)
  • Rosario Murillo, co-president (since 18 February 2025)

Americas: North

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Justin Trudeau in 2020
  • Julie Payette, governor general (2 October 2017 – 22 January 2021)
  • Mary Simon, governor general (since 26 July 2021)

Americas: South

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Jair Bolsonaro in 2022
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Nicolás Maduro in 2024
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Asia

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Central Asian heads of state meet President of the United States Joe Biden, 19 September 2023. From left to right: Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Emomali Rahmon, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Joe Biden, Sadyr Japarov and Serdar Berdimuhamedow

Asia: Central

  • Asqar Mamin, prime minister (21 February 2019 – 5 January 2022)
  • Älihan Smaiylov, acting prime minister (5 January 2022 – 11 January 2022); prime minister (11 January 2022 – 5 February 2024)
  • Roman Sklyar, acting prime minister (5 February 2024 – 6 February 2024)
  • Oljas Bektenov, prime minister (since 6 February 2024)
  • Sooronbay Jeenbekov, president (24 November 2017 – 15 October 2020)
  • Sadyr Japarov, acting president (15 October 2020 – 14 November 2020); president (since 28 January 2021)
  • Talant Mamytov, acting president (14 November 2020 – 28 January 2021)
  • Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, prime minister (20 April 2018 – 15 June 2020)
  • Kubatbek Boronov, prime minister (17 June 2020 – 6 October 2020)
  • Sadyr Japarov, acting prime minister (6 October 2020 – 10 October 2020, disputed with Almazbek Batyrbekov after 9 October 2020); prime minister (10 October 2020 – 14 November 2020, disputed with Almazbek Batyrbekov before 14 October 2020)
  • Almazbek Batyrbekov, acting prime minister (9 October 2020 – 14 October 2020, disputed with Sadyr Japarov)
  • Artem Novikov, acting prime minister (14 November 2020 – 3 February 2021)
  • Ulukbek Maripov, prime minister (3 February 2021 – 5 May 2021); chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers (5 May 2021 – 12 October 2021)
  • Akylbek Japarov, acting chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers (12 October 2021 – 13 October 2021); chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers (13 October 2021 – 16 December 2024)
  • Adylbek Kasymaliev, acting chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers (16 December 2024 – 18 December 2024); chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers (since 18 December 2024)

Asia: East

  • Xi Jinping, general secretary and paramount leader (since 15 November 2012)
  • Li Keqiang, premier (15 March 2013 – 11 March 2023)
  • Li Qiang, premier (since 11 March 2023)
  • Shinzo Abe, prime minister (26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020)
  • Yoshihide Suga, prime minister (16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021)
  • Fumio Kishida, prime minister (4 October 2021 – 1 October 2024)
  • Shigeru Ishiba, prime minister (since 1 October 2024)
  • Kim Jong Un, chairman (9 May 2016 – 10 January 2021); general secretary (since 10 January 2021)
  • Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs Commission (since 29 June 2016)[a]
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Yoon Suk Yeol and Bongbong Marcos in 2022
  • Moon Jae-in, president (10 May 2017 – 10 May 2022)
  • Yoon Suk Yeol, president (10 May 2022 – 4 April 2025)
  • Han Duck-soo, acting president (14 December 2024 – 27 December 2024, 24 March 2025 – 1 May 2025)
  • Choi Sang-mok, acting president (27 December 2024 – 24 March 2025)
  • Lee Ju-ho, acting president (2 May 2025 – 4 June 2025)
  • Lee Jae Myung, president (since 4 June 2025)
  • Lee Nak-yon, prime minister (31 May 2017 – 14 January 2020)
  • Chung Sye-kyun, prime minister (14 January 2020 – 16 April 2021)
  • Hong Nam-ki, acting prime minister (16 April 2021 – 13 May 2021)
  • Kim Boo-kyum, prime minister (14 May 2021 – 11 May 2022)
  • Choo Kyung-ho, acting prime minister (12 May 2022 – 20 May 2022)
  • Han Duck-soo, prime minister (21 May 2022 – 1 May 2025)
  • Choi Sang-mok, acting prime minister (27 December 2024 – 24 March 2025)
  • Lee Ju-ho, acting prime minister (2 May 2025 – 3 July 2025)
  • Kim Min-seok, prime minister (since 3 July 2025)

Asia: Southeast

  • Hun Sen, president (since 20 June 2015)
  • Hun Sen, prime minister (30 November 1998 – 22 August 2023)
  • Hun Manet, prime minister (since 22 August 2023)
  • Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister (10 May 2018 – 24 February 2020); interim prime minister (24 February 2020 – 1 March 2020)
  • Muhyiddin Yassin, prime minister (1 March 2020 – 16 August 2021); caretaker prime minister (16 August 2021 – 21 August 2021)
  • Ismail Sabri Yaakob, prime minister (21 August 2021 – 24 November 2022)
  • Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister (since 24 November 2022)
  • Win Myint, president (30 March 2018 – 1 February 2021)
  • Myint Swe, acting president (1 February 2021 – 7 August 2025)
  • Min Aung Hlaing, acting president (since 22 July 2024)
  • Nguyễn Phú Trọng, general secretary (19 January 2011 – 19 July 2024)
  • Tô Lâm, acting general secretary (19 July 2024 – 3 August 2024); general secretary (since 3 August 2024)

Asia: South

  • Ashraf Ghani, president (29 September 2014 – 15 August 2021)
  • Hasan Akhund, acting prime minister (since 7 September 2021)
  • Abdul Kabir, acting prime minister (17 May 2023 – 17 July 2023)
  • Imran Khan, prime minister (18 August 2018 – 10 April 2022)
  • Shehbaz Sharif, prime minister (11 April 2022 – 14 August 2023, since 4 March 2024)
  • Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, caretaker prime minister (14 August 2023 – 4 March 2024)

Asia: West

  • Raul Khajimba, president (25 September 2014 – 12 January 2020)
  • Valeri Bganba, acting president (13 January 2020 – 23 April 2020)
  • Aslan Bzhania, president (23 April 2020 – 19 November 2024)
  • Badra Gunba, acting president (19 November 2024 – 2 April 2025); president (since 2 April 2025)
  • Valeri Bganba, prime minister (18 September 2018 – 23 April 2020); acting prime minister (18 November 2024 – 3 March 2025)
  • Alexander Ankvab, prime minister (23 April 2020 – 18 November 2024)
  • Vladimir Delba, acting prime minister (3 March 2025 – 3 April 2025); prime minister (since 3 April 2025)
  • Ersin Tatar, prime minister (22 May 2019 – 23 October 2020)
  • Ersan Saner, prime minister (9 December 2020 – 5 November 2021)
  • Faiz Sucuoğlu, prime minister (5 November 2021 – 12 May 2022)
  • Ünal Üstel, prime minister (since 12 May 2022)
  • Benjamin Netanyahu, caretaker prime minister (9 April 2019 – 17 May 2020); prime minister (17 May 2020 – 13 June 2021, since 29 December 2022)
  • Naftali Bennett, prime minister (13 June 2021 – 30 June 2022)
  • Yair Lapid, prime minister (1 July 2022 – 29 December 2022)
  • Michel Aoun, president (31 October 2016 – 31 October 2022)
  • Najib Mikati, acting president (31 October 2022 – 9 January 2025)
  • Joseph Aoun, president (since 9 January 2025)
  • Saad Hariri, prime minister (18 December 2016 – 21 January 2020)
  • Hassan Diab, prime minister (21 January 2020 – 10 August 2020); caretaker prime minister (10 August 2020 – 10 September 2021)
  • Najib Mikati, prime minister (10 September 2021 – 8 February 2025)
  • Nawaf Salam, prime minister (since 8 February 2025)
  • Salman, king (since 23 January 2015)
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Ahmed al-Sharaa in 2025
  • Bashar al-Assad, president (17 July 2000 – 8 December 2024)
  • Ahmed al-Sharaa, de facto leader (8 December 2024 – 29 January 2025); president (since 29 January 2025)
  • Imad Khamis, prime minister (3 July 2016 – 11 June 2020)
  • Hussein Arnous, acting prime minister (11 June 2020 – 2 September 2020); prime minister (2 September 2020 – 14 September 2024)
  • Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, prime minister (14 September 2024 – 8 December 2024); acting prime minister (8 December 2024 – 10 December 2024)
  • Mohammed al-Bashir, prime minister (10 December 2024 – 29 March 2025)
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Europe

Europe: East

  • Andrej Babiš, prime minister (13 December 2017 – 17 December 2021)
  • Petr Fiala, prime minister (since 17 December 2021)
  • Sergey Kozlov, prime minister (26 December 2015 – 30 September 2022)
  • Igor Dodon, president (23 December 2016 – 24 December 2020)
  • Maia Sandu, president (since 24 December 2020)
  • Ion Chicu, prime minister (14 November 2019 – 31 December 2020)
  • Aureliu Ciocoi, acting prime minister (31 December 2020 – 6 August 2021)
  • Natalia Gavrilița, prime minister (6 August 2021 – 16 February 2023)
  • Dorin Recean, prime minister (since 16 February 2023)
  • Ludovic Orban, prime minister (4 November 2019 – 7 December 2020)
  • Nicolae Ciucă, acting prime minister (7 December 2020 – 23 December 2020); prime minister (25 November 2021 – 12 June 2023)
  • Florin Cîțu, prime minister (23 December 2020 – 25 November 2021)
  • Cătălin Predoiu, acting prime minister (12 June 2023 – 15 June 2023, 6 May 2025 – 23 June 2025)
  • Marcel Ciolacu, prime minister (15 June 2023 – 6 May 2025)
  • Ilie Bolojan, prime minister (since 23 June 2025)
  • Aleksandr Martynov, prime minister (17 December 2016 – 26 May 2022)
  • Stanislav Kasap, acting prime minister (26 May 2022 – 30 May 2022)
  • Aleksandr Rozenberg, prime minister (since 30 May 2022)

Europe: North

  • Jüri Ratas, prime minister (23 November 2016 – 26 January 2021)
  • Kaja Kallas, prime minister (26 January 2021 – 23 July 2024)
  • Kristen Michal, prime minister (since 23 July 2024)
  • Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (14 June 2017 – 27 June 2020, 17 December 2022 – 9 April 2024)
  • Micheál Martin, Taoiseach (27 June 2020 – 17 December 2022, since 23 January 2025)
  • Simon Harris, Taoiseach (9 April 2024 – 23 January 2025)
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Keir Starmer in 2024

Europe: South

  • Edi Rama, prime minister (since 11 September 2013)
  • Josep Maria Mauri, representative of the episcopal co-prince (20 July 2012 – 27 November 2023)
  • Eduard Ibáñez, representative of the episcopal co-prince (since 27 November 2023)
  • Patrick Strzoda, representative of the French co-prince (14 May 2017 – 20 November 2024)
  • Patrice Faure, representative of the French co-prince (since 20 November 2024)
  • Željko Komšić, chairman (20 July 2019 – 20 March 2020, 20 July 2021 – 20 March 2022, 16 July 2023 – 16 March 2024, since 16 July 2025)
  • Šefik Džaferović, chairman (20 March 2020 – 20 November 2020, 20 March 2022 – 16 November 2022)
  • Milorad Dodik, chairman (20 November 2020 – 20 July 2021)
  • Željka Cvijanović, chairwoman (16 November 2022 – 16 July 2023, 16 November 2024 – 16 July 2025)
  • Denis Bećirović, chairman (16 March 2024 – 16 November 2024)
  • Hashim Thaçi, president (7 April 2016 – 5 November 2020)
  • Vjosa Osmani, acting president (5 November 2020 – 22 March 2021); president (since 4 April 2021)
  • Glauk Konjufca, acting president (22 March 2021 – 4 April 2021)
  • Ramush Haradinaj, prime minister (9 September 2017 – 3 February 2020)
  • Albin Kurti, prime minister (3 February 2020 – 3 June 2020, 22 March 2021 – 23 March 2025); caretaker prime minister (since 23 March 2025)
  • Avdullah Hoti, prime minister (3 June 2020 – 22 March 2021)
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Pope Francis in 2024
  • Francis, pope (13 March 2013 – 21 April 2025)
  • Leo XIV, pope (since 8 May 2025)

Europe: West

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Emmanuel Macron in 2022
  • Alois, regent (since 15 August 2004)
  • Henri, grand duke (since 7 October 2000)
  • Xavier Bettel, prime minister (4 December 2013 – 17 November 2023)
  • Luc Frieden, prime minister (since 17 November 2023)
  • Mark Rutte, prime minister (14 October 2010 – 2 July 2024)
  • Dick Schoof, prime minister (2 July 2024 – 3 June 2025); demissionary prime minister (since 3 June 2025)
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Oceania

Oceania: Australia and New Zealand

  • Patsy Reddy, governor-general (28 September 2016 – 28 September 2021)
  • Cindy Kiro, governor-general (since 21 October 2021)

Oceania: Melanesia

  • Bob Dadae, governor-general (since 28 February 2017)
  • Charlot Salwai, prime minister (11 February 2016 – 20 April 2020, 6 October 2023 – 11 February 2025)
  • Bob Loughman, prime minister (20 April 2020 – 4 November 2022)
  • Ishmael Kalsakau, prime minister (4 November 2022 – 4 September 2023)
  • Sato Kilman, prime minister (4 September 2023 – 6 October 2023)
  • Jotham Napat, prime minister (since 11 February 2025)

Oceania: Micronesia

  • Hilda Heine, president (28 January 2016 – 13 January 2020, since 3 January 2024)
  • David Kabua, president (13 January 2020 – 3 January 2024)

Oceania: Polynesia

  • Tom Marsters, queen's representative (27 July 2013 – 8 September 2022); king's representative (since 8 September 2022)
  • Henry Puna, prime minister (30 November 2010 – 1 October 2020)
  • Mark Brown, prime minister (since 1 October 2020)
  • Patsy Reddy, queen's representative (28 September 2016 – 28 September 2021)
  • Cindy Kiro, queen's representative (21 October 2021 – 8 September 2022); king's representative (since 8 September 2022)
  • Toke Talagi, premier (19 June 2008 – 11 June 2020)
  • Dalton Tagelagi, premier (11 June 2020 – 3 September 2024); prime minister (since 3 September 2024)
  • Kausea Natano, prime minister (19 September 2019 – 26 February 2024)
  • Feleti Teo, prime minister (since 26 February 2024)
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Notes

  1. Kim Jong Un was not head of state until a constitutional amendment replaced the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly with the President of the State Affairs Commission as the head of state of North Korea on 11 April 2019.[39]
  2. Hassanal Bolkiah did not become a state leader until Brunei's independence on 1 January 1984.

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