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Afganistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
President
Since 2014-09-29
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Albania Ilir Meta
President
Since 2017-07-24
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Albania Bujar Nishani
Past-President
From 2012-07-24
Until 2017-07-24
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Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika
President
Since 1999-04-27
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Andorra Antoni Martí
Head of Government
Since 2011-05-12
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Angola João Lourenço
President
Since 2017-09-26
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Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne
Prime Minister
Since 2014-06-13
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Argentina Mauricio Macri
President
Since 2015-12-10
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Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
Past-President
From 2008-04-09
Until 2018-04-09
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Armenia Armen Sarkissian
President
Since 2018-04-09
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Australia Malcolm Turnbull
Past-Prime Minister
From 2015-09-15
Until 2018-08-24
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Australia Scott Morrison
Prime Minister
Since 2018-08-24
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Austria Heinz Fischer
Past-Federal President
From 2004-07-08
Until 2017-01-26
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Austria Alexander Van der Bellen
Federal President
Since 2017-01-26
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Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
President
Since 2003-10-31
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Bahamas Perry Christie
Prime Minister
Since 2012-05-08
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Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Prime Minister
Since 1970-01-10
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Bangladesh Abdul Hamid
President
Since 2013-03-20
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Barbados Mia Mottley
Prime Minister
Since 2018-05-25
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Barbados Freundel Stuart
Past-Prime Minister
From 2010-10-23
Until 2018-05-25
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Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
President
Since 1994-07-20
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Belgium Charles Michel
Prime Minister
Since 2014-10-11
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Belize Dean Barrow
Prime Minister
Since 2008-02-08
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Benin Patrice Talon
President
Since 2016-04-06
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Benin Thomas Yayi Boni
Past-President
From 2006-04-06
Until 2016-04-06
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Bhutan Lotay Tshering
Prime Minister
Since 2018-11-07
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Bhutan Tshering Tobgay
Past-Prime Minister
From 2013-07-30
Until 2018-11-07
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Bolivia Evo Morales
President
Since 2006-01-22
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2018-03-17
Until 2018-11-20
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik
Chairman of the Presidency
Since 2018-11-20
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2016-11-17
Until 2017-07-17
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Čović
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2017-07-17
Until 2018-03-17
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Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi
President
Since 2018-04-01
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Botswana Ian Khama
Past-President
From 2008-04-01
Until 2018-04-01
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Brazil Michel Temer
Past-President
From 2016-08-31
Until 2019-01-01
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Brazil Jair Bolsonaro
President
Since 2019-01-01
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Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah
Sultan and Prime Minister
Since 1967-10-04
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Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev
Past-President
From 2012-01-22
Until 2017-01-22
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Bulgaria Rumen Radev
President
Since 2017-01-22
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Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
President
Since 2015-12-29
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Burkina Faso Michel Kafando
Past-President (interim)
From 2014-11-18
Until 2015-12-29
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Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza
President
Since 2005-08-26
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Cambodia Hun Sen
Prime Minister
Since 1998-11-30
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Cameroon Paul Biya
President
Since 1982-11-06
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Canada Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister
Since 2015-11-04
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Canada Stephen Harper
Past-Prime Minister
From 2006-02-06
Until 2015-11-04
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Cape Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca
President
Since 2011-09-09
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Central African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza
Acting President
Since 2014-01-23
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Chad Idriss Déby
President
Since 1990-12-02
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Chile Sebastián Piñera
President
Since 2018-03-11
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Chile Michelle Bachelet
Past-President
From 2014-03-11
Until 2018-03-11
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China Xi Jinping
President
Since 2013-03-14
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Colombia Iván Duque
President
Since 2018-08-07
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Colombia Juan Manuel Santos
Past-President
From 2010-08-07
Until 2018-08-07
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Comoros Ikililou Dhoinine
Past-President
From 2011-05-26
Until 2016-05-26
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Comoros Azali Assoumani
President
Since 2016-05-26
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Cook Islands Henry Puna
Prime Minister
Since 2010-11-30
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Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solís
Past-President
From 2014-05-08
Until 2018-05-08
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Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado
President
Since 2018-05-08
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Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
President
Since 2015-02-19
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Croatia Ivo Josipovic
Past-President
From 2010-02-19
Until 2015-02-18
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Cuba Raúl Castro
Past-President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers
From 2008-02-24
Until 2018-04-19
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Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel
President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers
Since 2018-04-19
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Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades
President
Since 2013-02-28
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Czech Republic Miloš Zeman
President
Since 2013-03-08
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi
President
Since 2019-01-25
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila
Past-President
From 2001-01-17
Until 2019-01-25
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Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Past-Prime Minister
From 2011-10-03
Until 2015-06-28
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Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Prime Minister
Since 2015-06-28
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Djibouti Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Prime Minister
Since 2013-04-01
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Dominica Charles Savarin
President
Since 2013-10-02
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Dominican Republic Danilo Medina
President
Since 2012-08-16
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East Timor Taur Matan Ruak
Past-President
From 2012-05-20
Until 2017-05-20
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East Timor Francisco Guterres
President
Since 2017-05-20
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Ecuador Rafael Correa
Past-President
From 2007-01-15
Until 2017-05-24
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Ecuador Lenín Moreno
President
Since 2017-05-24
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Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President
Since 2014-06-08
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El Salvador Salvador Sánchez Cerén
President
Since 2014-06-01
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Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
President
Since 1979-08-03
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Eritrea Isaias Afewerki
President
Since 1991-04-27
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Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid
President
Since 2016-10-10
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Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Past-President
From 2006-10-09
Until 2016-10-10
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Eswatini Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini
Prime Minister
Since 2018-10-29
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Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde
President
Since 2018-10-25
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Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome
Past-President
From 2013-10-07
Until 2018-10-25
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European Union Donald Tusk
President of the Council
Since 2014-12-01
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Fiji Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
President
Since 2009-07-30
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Finland Sauli Niinistö
President
Since 2012-03-01
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France François Hollande
Past-President
From 2012-05-15
Until 2017-05-14
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France Emmanuel Macron
President
Since 2017-05-14
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Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba
President
Since 2009-10-16
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Gambia Adama Barrow
President
Since 2017-01-19
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Gambia Yahya Jammeh
Past-President
From 1994-07-22
Until 2017-01-19
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Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili
Past-President
From 2013-11-17
Until 2018-12-16
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Georgia Salome Zurabishvili
President
Since 2018-12-16
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Germany Angela Merkel
Federal Chancellor
Since 2005-11-22
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Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President
Since 2017-01-07
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Ghana John Dramani Mahama
Past-President
From 2012-07-24
Until 2017-01-07
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Greece Karolos Papoulias
Past-President
From 2005-03-12
Until 2015-03-13
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Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos
President
Since 2015-03-13
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Grenada Keith Mitchell
Prime Minister
Since 2013-02-20
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Guatemala Alejandro Maldonado
Past-President(interim)
From 2015-09-03
Until 2016-01-14
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Guatemala Jimmy Morales
President
Since 2016-01-14
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Guinea Alpha Condé
President
Since 2010-12-21
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Guinea-Bissau José Mário Vaz
President
Since 2014-06-23
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Guyana Donald Ramotar
President
Since 2011-12-03
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Haiti Michel Martelly
Past-President
From 2011-05-14
Until 2016-02-07
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Haiti Jocelerme Privert
Past-Interim President
From 2016-02-14
Until 2017-02-07
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Haiti Jovenel Moïse
President
Since 2017-02-07
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Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández
President
Since 2014-01-27
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Hungary János Áder
President
Since 2012-05-10
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Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Past-President
From 1996-08-01
Until 2016-08-01
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Iceland Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
President
Since 2016-08-01
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India Ram Nath Kovind
President
Since 2017-07-25
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India Pranab Mukherjee
Past-President
From 2012-07-25
Until 2017-07-25
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Indonesia Joko Widodo
President
Since 2014-10-20
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Iran Hassan Rouhani
President
Since 2013-08-04
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Iraq Barham Salih
President
Since 2018-10-02
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Iraq Fuad Masum
Past-President
From 2014-07-24
Until 2018-10-02
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Ireland Michael D. Higgins
President
Since 2011-11-11
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Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
Since 2009-03-31
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Italy Paolo Gentiloni
Past-Prime Minister
From 2016-12-12
Until 2018-06-01
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Italy Giuseppe Conte
Prime Minister
Since 2018-06-01
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Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara
President
Since 2010-12-04
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Jamaica Andrew Michael Holness
Prime Minister
Since 2016-03-02
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Jamaica Portia Simpson-Miller
Past-Prime Minister
From 2012-01-05
Until 2016-03-02
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Japan Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister
Since 2012-12-26
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Jordan Omar Razzaz
Prime Minister
Since 2018-06-05
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Jordan Abdullah Ensour
Past-Prime Minister
From 2012-10-11
Until 2018-06-01
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Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
President
Since 1991-12-16
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Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta
President
Since 2013-04-09
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Kiribati Anote Tong
President
Since 2003-07-10
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Kosovo Isa Mustafa
Prime Minister
Since 2014-12-09
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Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-hamad Al-Sabah
Prime Minister
Since 2011-12-04
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Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev
Past-President
From 2011-12-01
Until 2017-11-24
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Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov
President
Since 2017-11-24
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Laos Choummaly Sayasone
President
Since 2006-03-21
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Latvia Raimonds Vējonis
President
Since 2015-07-08
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Latvia Andris Berzinš
Past-President
From 2011-07-08
Until 2015-07-08
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Lebanon Michel Aoun
President
Since 2016-10-31
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Lesotho Pakalitha Mosisili
Prime Minister
Since 2015-03-17
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Lesotho Tom Thabane
Past-Prime Minister
From 2012-06-08
Until 2015-03-17
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Liberia George Weah
President
Since 2018-01-22
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Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Past-President
From 2006-01-18
Until 2018-01-22
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Libya Nouri Abusahmain
Chairman of the General National Congress
Since 2014-08-04
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Liechtenstein Adrian Hasler
Prime Minister
Since 2013-03-27
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Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite
President
Since 2009-07-12
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Luxembourg Xavier Bettel
Prime Minister
Since 2013-12-04
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Madagascar Rivo Rakotovao
Past-Acting President of the High Authority of Transition
From 2018-09-07
Until 2019-01-19
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Madagascar Andry Rajoelina
President
Since 2019-01-19
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Malawi Peter Mutharika
President
Since 2014-05-31
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Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad
Prime Minister
Since 2018-05-10
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Malaysia Najib Razak
Past-Prime Minister
From 2009-04-03
Until 2018-05-10
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Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
President
Since 2018-11-17
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Maldives Abdulla Yameen
Past-President
From 2013-11-17
Until 2018-11-17
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Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
President
Since 2013-09-04
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Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
President
Since 2014-04-04
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Marshall Islands Christopher Loeak
Past-President
From 2012-01-10
Until 2016-01-28
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Marshall Islands Hilda Heine
President
Since 2016-01-28
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Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
President
Since 2009-08-05
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Mauritius Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory
Acting President
Since 2018-03-23
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Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Past-President
From 2015-06-05
Until 2018-03-23
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Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador
President
Since 2018-12-01
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Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto
Past-President
From 2012-12-01
Until 2018-12-01
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Micronesia Peter M. Christian
President
Since 2015-05-11
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Micronesia Manny Mori
Past-President
From 2007-05-11
Until 2015-05-11
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Moldova Igor Dodon
President
Since 2016-12-23
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Moldova Nicolae Timofti
Past-President
From 2012-03-23
Until 2016-12-23
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Monaco Serge Telle
Minister of State
Since 2016-02-01
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Monaco Michel Roger
Past-Minister of State
From 2010-03-29
Until 2016-02-01
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Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
President
Since 2009-06-18
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Montenegro Milo Đukanović
President
Since 2018-05-20
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Montenegro Filip Vujanovic
Past-President
From 2003-05-22
Until 2018-05-20
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Morocco Saadeddine El Othmani
Prime Minister (designate)
Since 2017-03-17
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Morocco Abdelilah Benkirane
Past-Prime Minister
From 2011-11-29
Until 2017-03-17
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Mozambique Armando Guebuza
President
Since 2005-02-02
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Myanmar Htin Kyaw
Past-President
From 2016-03-30
Until 2018-03-21
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Myanmar Myint Swe
Acting President
Since 2018-03-21
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Namibia Hifikepunye Pohamba
President
Since 2005-03-21
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Nauru Baron Waqa
President
Since 2013-06-11
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Nepal Ram Baran Yadav
Past-President
From 2008-07-23
Until 2015-10-29
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Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari
President
Since 2015-10-29
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Netherlands Mark Rutte
Prime Minister
Since 2010-10-14
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New Zealand Bill English
Past-Prime Minister
From 2016-12-12
Until 2017-10-26
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New Zealand Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister
Since 2017-10-26
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Nicaragua Daniel Ortega
President
Since 2007-01-10
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Niger Mahamadou Issoufou
President
Since 2011-04-07
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Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari
President
Since 2015-05-29
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Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan
Past-President
From 2010-05-06
Until 2015-05-29
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North Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong-un
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People`s Assembly
Since 2011-12-17
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North Macedonia (prev.FYROM) Gjorge Ivanov
President
Since 2009-05-12
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Norway Erna Solberg
Prime Minister
Since 2013-10-16
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Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said
Sultan and Prime Minister
Since 1970-07-23
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Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain
Past-President
From 2013-09-09
Until 2018-09-04
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Pakistan Arif Alvi
President
Since 2018-09-04
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Palau Tommy Remengesau
President
Since 2013-01-17
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Palestine Mahmoud Abbas
President
Since 2005-05-08
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Panama Juan Carlos Varela
President
Since 2014-07-01
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Papua New Guinea Peter O`Neill
Prime Minister
Since 2012-08-04
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Paraguay Horacio Cartes
Past-President
From 2013-08-15
Until 2018-08-15
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Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez
President
Since 2018-08-15
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Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Past-President
From 2016-07-28
Until 2018-03-23
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Peru Martín Vizcarra
President
Since 2018-03-23
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Philippines Benigno Aquino III
Past-President
From 2010-06-30
Until 2016-06-30
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Philippines Rodrigo Duterte
President
Since 2016-06-30
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Poland Andrzej Duda
President
Since 2015-08-06
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Poland Bronislaw Komorowski
Past-President
From 2010-08-06
Until 2015-08-06
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Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
President
Since 2016-03-09
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Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Past-President
From 2006-03-09
Until 2016-03-09
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Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
Prime Minister
Since 2013-06-26
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Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso
President
Since 1997-10-25
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Romania Klaus Iohannis
President
Since 2014-12-21
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Romania Traian Basescu
Past-President
From 2012-08-27
Until 2014-12-21
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Russia Vladimir Putin
President
Since 2012-05-07
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Rwanda Paul Kagame
President
Since 2011-09-03
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister
Since 1995-07-06
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Saint Lucia Kenny Anthony
Prime Minister
Since 2011-11-30
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves
Prime Minister
Since 2001-03-28
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Samoa Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II
Head of State
Since 2017-07-25
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Samoa Tufuga Efi
Past-Head of State
From 2007-05-11
Until 2017-07-25
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San Marino Luca Santolini and Mirko Tomassoni
Captains Regent
Since 2018-10-01
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São Tomé and Príncipe Manuel Pinto da Costa
Past-President
From 2014-10-01
Until 2016-09-03
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São Tomé and Príncipe Evaristo Carvalho
President
Since 2016-09-03
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Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Since 2015-01-23
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Senegal Macky Sall
President
Since 2012-04-02
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Serbia Aleksandar Vučić
President
Since 2017-05-31
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Serbia Tomislav Nikolic
Past-President
From 2012-05-31
Until 2017-05-31
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Seychelles James Michel
Past-President
From 2004-04-16
Until 2016-10-16
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Seychelles Danny Faure
President
Since 2016-10-16
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Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma
Past-President
From 2007-09-17
Until 2018-04-04
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Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio
President
Since 2018-04-04
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Singapore Tony Tan
President
Since 2011-09-01
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Slovakia Andrej Kiska
President
Since 2014-06-15
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Slovenia Borut Pahor
President
Since 2012-12-22
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Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare
Prime Minister
Since 2014-12-09
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Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
President
Since 2017-02-08
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Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Past-President
From 2012-09-16
Until 2017-02-08
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South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa
President
Since 2018-02-15
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South Africa Jacob Zuma
Past-President
From 2009-05-09
Until 2018-02-14
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South Korea Hwang Kyo-ahn
Past-Acting President
From 2016-12-09
Until 2017-05-10
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South Korea Park Geun-hye
Past-President
From 2013-02-25
Until 2017-03-10
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South Korea Moon Jae-in
President
Since 2017-05-10
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South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit
President
Since 2011-07-09
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Spain Mariano Rajoy
Past-President of the Government
From 2011-12-21
Until 2018-06-01
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Spain Pedro Sánchez
President of the Government
Since 2018-06-02
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Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena
President
Since 2015-01-12
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Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa
Past-President
From 2005-11-19
Until 2015-01-12
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Sudan Omar al-Bashir
President
Since 1989-06-30
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Suriname Dési Bouterse
President
Since 2010-08-12
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Swaziland Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Past-Prime Minister
From 2008-10-23
Until 2018-09-04
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Sweden Stefan Löfven
Prime Minister
Since 2014-10-03
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Switzerland Ueli Maurer
President
Since 2019-01-01
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Switzerland Alain Berset
Past-President
From 2018-01-01
Until 2019-01-01
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Syria Bashar al-Assad
President
Since 2000-07-17
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Taiwan (ROC) Ma Ying-jeou
Past-President
From 2008-05-20
Until 2016-05-20
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Taiwan (ROC) Tsai Ing-wen
President
Since 2016-05-20
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Tajikistan Emomalii Rahmon
President
Since 1992-11-20
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Tanzania John Magufuli
President
Since 2015-11-05
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Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha
Prime Minister
Since 2014-05-22
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Togo Faure Gnassingbé
President
Since 2005-05-04
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Tonga Siale`ataongo Tu`ivakano
Past-Prime Minister
From 2010-12-22
Until 2014-12-30
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Tonga Akilisi Pohiva
Prime Minister
Since 2014-12-30
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Trinidad and Tobago Paula Mae Weekes
President
Since 2018-03-19
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Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona
Past-President
From 2013-03-18
Until 2018-03-19
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Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi
President
Since 2014-12-31
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Tunisia Moncef Marzouki
Past-President
From 2011-12-13
Until 2014-12-31
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Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President
Since 2014-08-28
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Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
President
Since 2006-12-21
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Tuvalu Enele Sopoaga
Prime Minister
Since 2013-08-01
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Uganda Yoweri Museveni
President
Since 1986-01-29
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Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
President
Since 2014-06-07
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United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
President
Since 2004-11-03
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United Kingdom David Cameron
Past-Prime Minister
From 2010-05-11
Until 2016-07-13
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United Kingdom Theresa May
Prime Minister
Since 2016-07-13
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United States Barack Obama
Past-President
From 2009-01-20
Until 2017-01-20
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United States Donald Trump
President
Since 2017-01-20
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Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez
President
Since 2015-03-01
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Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev
President
Since 2016-09-08
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Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
Past-President
From 1991-12-25
Until 2016-09-02
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Vanuatu Baldwin Lonsdale
Past-President
From 2014-09-22
Until 2017-06-17
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Vanuatu Esmon Saimon
Acting President
Since 2017-06-17
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Vatican City Pope Francis
Sovereign
Since 2013-03-13
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Venezuela Nicolás Maduro
Past-President
From 2013-04-19
Until 2019-01-23
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Venezuela Juan Guaido
Interim President (disputed)
Since 2019-01-23
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Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong
President
Since 2018-10-23
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Vietnam Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh
Past-Acting President
From 2018-09-21
Until 2018-10-23
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Western Sahara (SADR) Mohamed Abdelaziz
President
Since 1976-08-30
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Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
President
Since 2011-11-23
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Zambia Edgar Lungu
President
Since 2015-01-25
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Zambia Guy Scott
Past-President (acting)
From 2014-10-29
Until 2015-01-25
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Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa
President
Since 2017-11-24
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Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe
Past-President
From 1987-12-22
Until 2017-11-21
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