List of state leaders in 2022

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 2022.

Africa

•  Algeria
  • President – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister – Aymen Benabderrahmane, Prime Minister of Algeria (2021–2023)
•  Angola
  • President –
    João Lourenço, President of Angola
    (2017–present)
•  Benin
  • President – Patrice Talon, President of Benin (2016–present)
•  Botswana
  • President – Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana (2018–present)
•  Burkina Faso
  • Junta Leader  –
    1. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (2022)
    2. Ibrahim Traoré, President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (2022–present)
  • President –
    1. President of Burkina Faso
       (2015–2022)
    2. President of Burkina Faso
       (2022)
    3. President of Burkina Faso
       (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
       (2021–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
       (2022)
    3. Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
       (2022–present)
•  Burundi
  • President – Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi (2020–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Prime Minister of Burundi (2020–2022)
    2. Gervais Ndirakobuca, Prime Minister of Burundi (2022–present)
•  Cameroon
  • President – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (1982–present)
  • Prime Minister – Joseph Ngute, Prime Minister of Cameroon (2019–present)
•  Cape Verde
  • President –
    President of Cape Verde
    (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Cape Verde
    (2016–present)
•  Central African Republic
  • President  –
    President of the Central African Republic
    (2016–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
       (2021–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
       (2022–present)
•  Chad
  • President – Mahamat Déby (2021–present)
    1. President of the Transitional Military Council (2021–2022)
    2. Transitional President of Chad
       (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of Chad
       (2021–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of Chad
       (2022–2024)
•  Comoros
  • President –
    President of the Comoros
    (2016–present)
•  Congo–Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
  • President –
    President of the Republic of the Congo
    (1997–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
    (2021–present)
•  Congo–Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • President – Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister – Sama Lukonde, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2021–2024)
•  Djibouti
  • President –
    President of Djibouti
    (1999–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Djibouti
    (2013–present)
•  Egypt
  • President – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt (2014–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Moustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt
    (2018–present)
•  Equatorial Guinea
  • President –
    President of Equatorial Guinea
    (1979–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
    (2016–2023)
•  Eritrea
  • President –
    President of Eritrea (1991–present) ^[a]
•  Eswatini
  • Monarch –
    King of Eswatini
    (1986–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Eswatini
    (2021–2023)
•  Ethiopia
  • President – Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia (2018–present)
  • Prime Minister – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (2018–present)
•  Gabon
  • President –
    Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon
    (2009–2023)
  • Prime Minister – Rose Christiane Raponda, Prime Minister of Gabon (2020–2023)
•  The Gambia
  • President – Adama Barrow, President of the Gambia (2017–present)
•  Ghana
  • President – Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana (2017–present)
•  Guinea
  • Junta Leader  – Mamady Doumbouya, Chairman of the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development (2021–present)
  • President  –
    Interim President of Guinea
    (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Interim Prime Minister of Guinea
       (2021–2022)
    2. Interim Prime Minister of Guinea
       (2022–2024)
•  Guinea-Bissau
  • President –
    President of Guinea-Bissau
    (2020–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
    (2020–2023)
•  Ivory Coast
  • President –
    President of the Ivory Coast
    (2010–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
    (2021–2023)
•  Kenya
  • President –
    1. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya (2013–2022)
    2. William Ruto, President of Kenya (2022–present)
•  Lesotho
  • Monarch –
    King of Lesotho
    (1996–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of Lesotho
       (2020–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of Lesotho
       (2022–present)
•  Liberia
  • President – George Weah, President of Liberia (2018–2024)
•  Libya
  • Government of National Unity
    • Head of State – Mohamed al-Menfi, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya (2021–present)
    • Prime Minister –
      Prime Minister of Libya
      (2021–present)
  • Government of National Stability (unrecognized, rival government)
    • Prime Minister –
      Prime Minister of Libya
      (2022–2023)
•  Madagascar
  • President –
    President of Madagascar
    (2019–2023)
  • Prime Minister – Christian Ntsay, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2018–present)
•  Malawi
  • President – Lazarus Chakwera, President of Malawi (2020–present)
•  Mali
  • President –
    Interim President of Mali
    (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Interim Prime Minister of Mali
       (2021–2022)
    2. Interim Prime Minister of Mali
       (2022–present)
•  Mauritania
  • President –
    President of Mauritania
    (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Mauritania
    (2020–present)
•  Mauritius
  • President –
    Pritvirajsing Roopun, President of Mauritius
    (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister – Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius (2017–present)
•  Morocco
  • Monarch – Mohammed VI, King of Morocco (1999–present)
  • Prime Minister – Aziz Akhannouch, Head of Government of Morocco (2021–present)
•  Mozambique
  • President –
    President of Mozambique
    (2015–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of Mozambique
       (2015–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of Mozambique
       (2022–present)
•  Namibia
  • President – Hage Geingob, President of Namibia (2015–2024)
  • Prime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa, Prime Minister of Namibia (2015–present)
•  Niger
  • President –
    President of Niger
    (2021–2023)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Niger
    (2021–2023)
•  Nigeria
  • President – Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria (2015–2023)
•  Rwanda
  • President –
    President of Rwanda
    (2000–present)
  • Prime Minister – Édouard Ngirente, Prime Minister of Rwanda (2017–present)
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (self-declared, partially recognised state)
  • President – Brahim Ghali, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (2016–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
    (2020–present)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
  • President –
    President of São Tomé and Príncipe
    (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
       (2018–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
       (2022–present)
•  Senegal
  • President – Macky Sall, President of Senegal (2012–2024)
  • Prime Minister –
    Amadou Ba, Prime Minister of Senegal
    (2022–2024)
•  Seychelles
  • President – Wavel Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles (2020–present)
•  Sierra Leone
  • President – Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone (2018–present)
  • Chief Minister – Jacob Jusu Saffa, Chief Minister of Sierra Leone (2021–2023)
•  Somalia
  • President –
    1. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, President of Somalia (2017–2022)
    2. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Prime Minister of Somalia
       (2020–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of Somalia
       (2022–present)
•  Somaliland (unrecognized, secessionist state)
  • President – Muse Bihi Abdi, President of Somaliland (2017–present)
•  South Africa
  • President – Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa (2018–present)
•  South Sudan
  • President –
    President of South Sudan
    (2011–present)
•  Sudan
  • President –
    Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council^[1]
    (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of Sudan (2021–2022)
    2. Osman Hussein, Acting Prime Minister of Sudan (2022–present)
•  Tanzania
  • President – Samia Suluhu, President of Tanzania (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister – Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania (2015–present)
•  Togo
  • President –
    President of Togo
    (2005–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Togo
    (2020–present)
•  Tunisia
  • President – Kais Saied, President of Tunisia (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister – Najla Bouden, Head of Government of Tunisia (2021–2023)
•  Uganda
  • President – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda (1986–present)
  • Prime Minister – Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister of Uganda (2021–present)
•  Zambia
  • President – Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia (2021–present)
•  Zimbabwe
  • President – Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe (2017–present)

Asia

•  Afghanistan
  • Supreme Leader – Hibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of Afghanistan (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister – Hasan Akhund, Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan (2021–present)
•  Bahrain
  • Monarch – Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain (1999–present)
  • Prime Minister – Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain (2020–present)
•  Bangladesh
  • President –
    Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh
    (2013–2023)
  • Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2009–present)
•  Bhutan
  • Monarch –
    King of Bhutan
    (2006–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Bhutan
    (2018–2023)
•  Brunei
  • Monarch –
    Sultan of Brunei (1967–present) ^[b]
  • Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Brunei (1984–present)
•  Cambodia
  • Monarch –
    King of Cambodia
    (2004–present)
  • Prime Minister – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–2023) ^[c]
•  China (People's Republic of China)
  • Communist Party Leader – Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present)
  • President – Xi Jinping, President of China (2013–present)
  • Premier – Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of China (2013–2023)
•  East Timor
  • President –
    1. Francisco Guterres, President of East Timor (2017–2022)
    2. José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister – Taur Matan Ruak, Prime Minister of East Timor (2018–2023)
•  India
  • President –
    1. Ram Nath Kovind, President of India (2017–2022)
    2. Droupadi Murmu, President of India (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister – Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (2014–present)
•  Indonesia
  • President – Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia (2014–present)
•  Iran
  • Supreme Leader – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (1989–present)
  • President – Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran (2021–present)
•  Iraq
  • President –
    1. Barham Salih, President of Iraq (2018–2022)
    2. Abdul Latif Rashid, President of Iraq (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq (2020–2022)
    2. Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq (2022–present)
•  Israel
  • President – Isaac Herzog, President of Israel (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel (2021–2022)
    2. Yair Lapid, Prime Minister of Israel (2022)
    3. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (2022–present)
•  Japan
  • Monarch – Naruhito, Emperor of Japan (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister – Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan (2021–present)
•  Jordan
  • Monarch –
    King of Jordan
    (1999–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Bisher Al-Khasawneh, Prime Minister of Jordan
    (2020–present)
•  Kazakhstan
  • President – Kassym-Dzomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Asqar Mamin, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2019–2022)
    2. Älihan Smaiylov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2022–2024)
•  North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
  • Communist Party Leader –
    Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea^[2]
    (2012–present)
  • De facto Head of State –
    State Affairs Commission of North Korea ^[d]
    (2011–present)
  • De jure Head of State – Choe Ryong-hae, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (2019–present)^[3]
  • Premier – Kim Tok-hun, Premier of the Cabinet of North Korea (2020–present)
•  South Korea (Republic of Korea)
  • President –
    1. Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea (2017–2022)
    2. Yoon Suk-yeol, President of South Korea
       (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister  –
    1. Kim Boo-kyum, Prime Minister of South Korea (2021–2022)
    2. Han Duck-soo, Prime Minister of South Korea (2022–present)
•  Kuwait
  • Monarch – Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (2020–2023)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Sheikh
       Prime Minister of Kuwait
       (2019–2022)
    2. Prime Minister of Kuwait
       (2022–2024)
•  Kyrgyzstan
  • President – Sadyr Dzaparov, President of Kyrgyzstan (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister – Akylbek Dzaparov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan (2021–present)
•  Laos
  • Communist Party Leader – Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2021–present)
  • President – Thongloun Sisoulith, President of Laos (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Phankham Viphavanh, Prime Minister of Laos (2021–2022)
    2. Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of Laos (2022–present)
•  Lebanon
  • President –
    1. Michel Aoun, President of Lebanon (2016–2022)
    2. Vacant, (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister – Najib Mikati, President of the Council of Ministers (2021–present)
•  Malaysia
  • Monarch –
    Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
    (2019–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia (2021–2022)
    2. Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia (2022–present)
•  Maldives
  • President – Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives (2018–2023)
•  Mongolia
  • President – Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, President of Mongolia (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister – Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, Prime Minister of Mongolia (2021–present)
•  Myanmar
  • President – Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar (2021–present)
  • Junta leader – Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council (2021–present)
  • Prime Minister – Min Aung Hlaing, Prime Minister of Myanmar (2021–present)
•    Nepal
  • President – Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal (2015–2023)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal (2021–2022)
    2. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister of Nepal (2022–present)
•  Oman
  • Monarch –
    Sultan of Oman
    (2020–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    Prime Minister of Oman
    (2020–present)
•  Pakistan
  • President – Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan (2018–2024)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022)
    2. Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023)
•  Palestine ^[e]
  • President – Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine (2005–present)
  • Prime Minister – Mohammad Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of Palestine (2019–2024)
•  Philippines
  • President –
    1. Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines (2016–2022)
    2. Bongbong Marcos, President of the Philippines (2022–present)
•  Qatar
  • Monarch – Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (2013–present)
  • Prime Minister – Sheikh
    Prime Minister of Qatar
    (2020–2023)
•  Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch – Salman, King of Saudi Arabia (2015–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Salman, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (2015–2022)
    2. Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (2022–present)
•  Singapore
  • President – Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore (2017–2023)
  • Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore (2004–present)
•  Sri Lanka
  • President –
    1. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka (2019–2022)
    2. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2019–2022)
    2. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2022)
    3. Dinesh Gunawardena, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2022–present)
• Syria
  •  Syrian Arab Republic
    • President – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria (2000–present)
    • Prime Minister – Hussein Arnous, Prime Minister of Syria (2020–present)
  • Syrian opposition
    •  
      partially recognised, rival government
      )
      • President –
        President of the Syrian National Coalition
        (2021–2023)
      • Prime Minister –
        Prime Minister of the Syrian National Coalition
        (2019–present)
    • Syrian Salvation Government (rival government)
      • Prime Minister – Ali Keda, Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government (2019–present)
•  Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President – Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan (2016–present)
  • Premier – Su Tseng-chang, President of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (2019–2023)
•  Tajikistan
  • President – Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan (1992–present)
  • Prime Minister – Kokhir Rasulzoda, Prime Minister of Tajikistan (2013–present)
•  Thailand
  • Monarch – Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (2016–present)
  • Prime Minister – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand (2014–2023)
•  Turkey
  • President – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey (2014–present)
•  Turkmenistan
  • President –
    1. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2006–2022)
    2. Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2022–present)
•  United Arab Emirates
  • President –
    1. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (2004–2022)
    2. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Acting President of the United Arab Emirates (2022)
    3. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (2022–present)
  • Prime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
    Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
    (2006–present)
•  Uzbekistan
  • President – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan (2016–present)
  • Prime Minister – Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2016–present)
•  Vietnam
  • Communist Party Leader – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2011–present)
  • President – Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, President of Vietnam (2021–2023)
  • Prime Minister – Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister of Vietnam (2021–present)
• Yemen
  •  Republic of Yemen
  • President –
    1. Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen (2012–2022)
    2. Rashad al-Alimi, President of Yemen (2022–present)
    • Prime Minister – Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, Prime Minister of Yemen (2018–2024)
  •  
    rival government
    )
    • Head of State –
      Head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen
      (2018–present)
    • Prime Minister – Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour, Prime Minister of Yemen (2016–present)