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This is a list of state leaders, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. Some states have semi-presidential systems where the head of government role is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state.

Country Head of state Head of government
 Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
 Albania President Alfred Moisiu Prime Minister Fatos Nano
 Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia
 Andorra Co-Princes Joan Enric Vives Sicília (represented by Nemesi Marqués Oste)
and Jacques Chirac (represented by Philippe Massoni)
Head of Government Albert Pintat
 Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
 Antigua and Barbuda Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir James Carlisle Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer
 Argentina President Néstor Kirchner
 Armenia President Robert Kocharian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan
 Australia Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Michael Jeffery Prime Minister John Howard
 Austria President Heinz Fischer Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel
 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister Artur Rasizade
 Bahamas Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Ivy Dumont Prime Minister Perry Christie
 Bahrain King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifa
 Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
 Barbados Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Clifford Husbands Prime Minister Owen Arthur
 Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky
 Belgium King Albert II Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
 Belize Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Colville Young Prime Minister Said Musa
 Benin President Mathieu Kérékou
 Bhutan King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Prime Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba
 Bolivia President Eduardo Rodríguez
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Tripartite presidency: Ivo Miro Jović (President of the Presidency), Sulejman Tihić, Borislav Paravac Prime Minister Adnan Terzić
 Botswana President Festus Mogae
 Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
 Brunei Sultan and Prime Minister Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
 Bulgaria President Georgi Purvanov Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev
 Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré Prime Minister Paramanga Ernest Yonli
 Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye
 Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen
 Cameroon President Paul Biya Prime Minister Ephraïm Inoni
 Canada Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson Prime Minister Paul Martin
 Cape Verde President Pedro Pires Prime Minister José Maria Neves
 Central African Republic President François Bozizé Prime Minister Élie Doté
 Chad President Idriss Déby Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji
 Chile President Ricardo Lagos
 China President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao
 Colombia President Álvaro Uribe
 Comoros President Azali Assoumani
 Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso Prime Minister Isidore Mvouba
 DR Congo President Joseph Kabila
 Costa Rica President Abel Pacheco
 Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo Prime Minister Seydou Diarra
 Croatia President Stipe Mesić Prime Minister Ivo Sanader
 Cuba President of the Councils of State and of Ministers Fidel Castro
 Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos
 Czech Republic President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek
 Denmark Queen Margrethe II Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
 Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita
 Dominica President Nicholas Liverpool Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
 Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández
 East Timor President Xanana Gusmão Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri
 Ecuador President Alfredo Palacio
 Egypt President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
 El Salvador President Antonio Saca
 Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prime Minister Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó
 Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki
 Estonia President Arnold Rüütel Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
 Ethiopia President Girma Wolde-Giorgis Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
 Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilo Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase
 Finland President Tarja Halonen Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
 France President Jacques Chirac Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin
 Gabon President Omar Bongo Prime Minister Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane
 Gambia President Yahya Jammeh
 Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli
 Germany President Horst Köhler Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
 Ghana President John Kufuor
 Greece President Karolos Papoulias Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
 Grenada Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Daniel Williams Prime Minister Keith Mitchell
 Guatemala President Óscar Berger
 Guinea President Lansana Conté Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo
 Guinea-Bissau President Henrique Rosa Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior
 Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo Prime Minister Sam Hinds
 Haiti President Boniface Alexandre Prime Minister Gérard Latortue
 Honduras President Ricardo Maduro
 Hungary President Ferenc Mádl Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
 Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister Halldór Ásgrímsson
 India President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
 Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
 Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
 Iraq President Jalal Talabani Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
 Ireland President Mary McAleese Taoiseach (prime minister) Bertie Ahern
 Israel President Moshe Katsav Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
 Italy President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
 Jamaica Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke Prime Minister P. J. Patterson
 Japan Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
 Jordan King Abdullah II Prime Minister Adnan Badran
 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov
 Kenya President Mwai Kibaki
 Kiribati President Anote Tong
 North Korea Chairman Kim Jong-il (Chairman of the National Defence Commission; regarded as "highest administrative authority");
Kim Yong Nam (Head of State for Foreign Affairs as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly)
Premier Pak Pong Ju
 South Korea President Roh Moo Hyun Prime Minister Lee Hai Chan
 Kuwait Emir Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah
 Kyrgyzstan President (acting) and Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev
 Laos President Khamtai Siphandon Prime Minister Boungnang Vorachith
 Latvia President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis
 Lebanon President Emile Lahoud Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
 Lesotho King Letsie III Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili
 Liberia Gyude Bryant (Chairman of the National Transitional Government)
 Libya Mu'ammar Al Qadhafi ("Leader of the Revolution", de facto head of state);
Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani (General Secretary of the General People's Congress; de jure head of state)
Shukri Ghanem (General Secretary of the General People's Committee)
 Liechtenstein Sovereign Prince Hans-Adam II;
Prince-Regent Alois
Head of Government Otmar Hasler
 Lithuania President Valdas Adamkus Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas
 Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
 Macedonia President Branko Crvenkovski Prime Minister Vlado Bučkovski
 Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana Prime Minister Jacques Sylla
 Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika
 Malaysia Yang di-pertuan agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni al-Marhum Syed Putra Jamalullail (often referred to as "King" in the West) Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
 Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
 Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maïga
 Malta President Edward Fenech Adami Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
 Marshall Islands President Kessai Note
 Mauritania Military Council for Justice and Democracy (military junta)
 Mauritius President Sir Anerood Jugnauth Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam
 Mexico President Vicente Fox
 Micronesia President Joseph Urusemal
 Moldova President Vladimir Voronin Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev
 Monaco Sovereign Prince Albert II Minister of State Jean-Paul Proust
 Mongolia President Nambaryn Enkhbayar Prime Minister Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj
 Morocco King Muhammad VI Prime Minister Driss Jettou
 Mozambique President Armando Guebuza Prime Minister Luisa Diogo
 Myanmar (Burma) Sr. Gen. Than Shwe (Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council) Prime Minister Soe Win
 Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba Prime Minister Nahas Angula
 Nauru President Ludwig Scotty
   Nepal King Gyanendra
 Netherlands Queen Beatrix Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
 New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright Prime Minister Helen Clark
 Nicaragua President Enrique Bolaños
 Niger President Tandja Mamadou Prime Minister Hama Amadou
 Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo
 Norway King Harald V Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik
 Oman Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos ibn Sa’id Al ‘Bu Sa’id
 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
 Palau President Tommy Remengesau
 Palestine (disputed area) President or Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
 Panama President Martín Torrijos
 Papua New Guinea Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare
 Paraguay President Nicanor Duarte
 Peru President Alejandro Toledo Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero Costa
 Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
 Poland President Aleksander Kwaśniewski Prime Minister Marek Belka
 Portugal President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister José Sócrates
 Qatar Emir Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah ibn Khalifa Al Thani
 Romania President Traian Băsescu Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
 Russia President Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
 Rwanda President Paul Kagame Prime Minister Bernard Makuza
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
 Saint Lucia Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy Prime Minister Kenny Anthony
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Frederick Ballantyne Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
 Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Malietoa Tanumafili II Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
 San Marino Captains-Regent Cesare Antonio Gasperoni and Fausta Simona Morganti Fabio Berardi (Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs)
 São Tomé and Príncipe President Fradique de Menezes Prime Minister Maria do Carmo Silveira
 Saudi Arabia King and Prime Minister Abdullah
 Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade Prime Minister Macky Sall
 Serbia and Montenegro President Svetozar Marović
 Seychelles President James Michel
 Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
 Singapore President S.R. Nathan Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
 Slovakia President Ivan Gašparovič Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda
 Slovenia President Janez Drnovšek Prime Minister Janez Janša
 Solomon Islands Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Nathaniel Waena Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza
 Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Ghedi
 South Africa President Thabo Mbeki
 Spain King Juan Carlos I President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
 Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse
 Sudan President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
 Suriname President Ronald Venetiaan
 Swaziland King Mswati III Prime Minister Themba Dlamini
 Sweden King Carl XVI Gustav Prime Minister Göran Persson
  Switzerland Swiss Federal Council: Moritz Leuenberger, Pascal Couchepin, Joseph Deiss, Samuel Schmid (President), Micheline Calmy-Rey, Christoph Blocher, Hans-Rudolf Merz
 Syria President Bashar al-Assad Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari
 Republic of China President Chen Shui-bian President of the Executive Yuan Frank Hsieh
 Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmonov Prime Minister Okil Okilov
 Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye
 Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
 Togo President Faure Gnassingbé Prime Minister Edem Kodjo
 Tonga King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Prime Minister Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata
 Trinidad and Tobago President Max Richards Prime Minister Patrick Manning
 Tunisia President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
 Turkey President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
 Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov
 Tuvalu Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Filoimea Telito Prime Minister Maatia Toafa
 Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi
 Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
 United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zayed Al Nahayan (the Emir of Abu Dhabi) Prime Minister Sheikh Maktum ibn Rashid Al Maktum (the Emir of Dubai)
 United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Tony Blair
 United States President George W. Bush
 Uruguay President Tabaré Vázquez
 Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev
 Vanuatu President Kalkot Mataskelekele Prime Minister Ham Lini
 Vatican City Pope Benedict XVI Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano;
Governor Edmund Cardinal Szoka
 Venezuela President Hugo Chávez
 Vietnam President Tran Duc Luong Prime Minister Phan Van Khai
 Western Sahara President Mohamed Abdelaziz Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
 Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh Prime Minister Abdul Qader Bajamal
 Zambia President Levy Mwanawasa
 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe

Notes

  1. The President of the Swiss Confederation serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity.

See also

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