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Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Past-President
From 2014-09-29
Until 2021-08-17
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Afghanistan Hibatullah Akhundzada
Supreme Leader
Since 2021-08-15
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African Union Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Chairperson
Since 2024-02-17
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Albania Bajram Begaj
President
Since 2022-07-24
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Albania Ilir Meta
Past-President
From 2017-07-24
Until 2022-07-24
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Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune
President
Since 2019-12-19
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Algeria Abdelkader Bensalah
Past-Acting President
From 2019-04-09
Until 2019-12-19
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Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Past-President
From 1999-04-27
Until 2019-04-03
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Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora
Head of Government
Since 2019-05-16
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Andorra Antoni Martí
Past-Head of Government
From 2011-05-12
Until 2019-05-16
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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 Alberto Fernández
Past-President
From 2019-12-10
Until 2023-12-10
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Argentina Javier Milei
President
Since 2023-12-10
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Armenia Alen Simonyan
Past-Interim President
From 2022-01-23
Until 2022-03-13
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Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan
President
Since 2022-03-13
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Australia Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister
Since 2022-05-23
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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
Past-Prime Minister
From 2018-08-24
Until 2022-05-23
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Austria Alexander Van der Bellen
Federal President
Since 2017-01-26
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Austria Heinz Fischer
Past-Federal President
From 2004-07-08
Until 2017-01-26
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Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
President
Since 2003-10-31
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Bahamas Philip Davis
Prime Minister
Since 2021-09-17
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Bahamas Hubert Minnis
Past-Prime Minister
From 2017-05-11
Until 2021-09-17
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Bahrain Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime Minister
Since 2020-11-11
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Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin
President
Since 2023-04-24
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Barbados Sandra Mason
President
Since 2021-11-30
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Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
President
Since 1994-07-20
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Belgium Sophie Wilmès
Past-Prime Minister
From 2019-10-27
Until 2020-10-01
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Belgium Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister
Since 2020-10-01
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Belize Dean Barrow
Past-Prime Minister
From 2008-02-08
Until 2020-11-12
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Belize John Briceño
Prime Minister
Since 2020-11-12
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Benin Thomas Yayi Boni
Past-President
From 2006-04-06
Until 2016-04-06
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Benin Patrice Talon
President
Since 2016-04-06
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Bhutan Tshering Tobgay
Prime Minister
Since 2024-01-28
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Bhutan Lotay Tshering
Past-Prime Minister
From 2018-11-07
Until 2024-01-28
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Bolivia Jeanine Áñez
Past-Interim President
From 2019-11-12
Until 2020-11-10
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Bolivia Evo Morales
Past-President
From 2006-01-22
Until 2019-11-10
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Bolivia Luis Arce
President
Since 2020-11-08
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2020-03-20
Until 2020-11-20
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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 Zeljka Cvijanovic
Chairwoman of the Presidency
Since 2022-11-16
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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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Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšic
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2019-07-20
Until 2020-03-20
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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 Milorad Dodik
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2018-11-20
Until 2019-07-20
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik
Past-Chairman of the Presidency
From 2020-11-20
Until 2022-11-16
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Botswana Duma Boko
President
Since 2024-11-01
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Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi
Past-President
From 2018-04-01
Until 2024-11-01
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Botswana Ian Khama
Past-President
From 2008-04-01
Until 2018-04-01
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Brazil Jair Bolsonaro
Past-President
From 2019-01-01
Until 2023-01-01
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Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President
Since 2023-01-01
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Brazil Michel Temer
Past-President
From 2016-08-31
Until 2019-01-01
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Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah
Sultan and Prime Minister
Since 1967-10-04
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Bulgaria Rumen Radev
President
Since 2017-01-22
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Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev
Past-President
From 2012-01-22
Until 2017-01-22
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Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré
Interim President
Since 2022-10-06
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Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Past-President
From 2015-12-29
Until 2022-01-24
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Burkina Faso Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Past-Head of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
From 2022-01-24
Until 2022-10-06
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Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye
President
Since 2020-06-18
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Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza
Past-President
From 2005-08-26
Until 2020-06-18
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Cambodia Hun Manet
Prime Minister
Since 2023-08-22
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Cambodia Hun Sen
Past-Prime Minister
From 1998-11-30
Until 2023-08-22
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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 José Maria Neves
President
Since 2021-11-09
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Central African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza
Past-Acting President
From 2014-01-23
Until 2016-03-30
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Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra
President
Since 2016-03-30
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Chad Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno
Interim President
Since 2021-04-20
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Chad Idriss Déby
Past-President
From 1990-12-02
Until 2021-04-20
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Chile Gabriel Boric
President
Since 2022-03-11
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Chile Sebastián Piñera
Past-President
From 2018-03-11
Until 2022-03-11
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China Xi Jinping
President
Since 2013-03-14
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Colombia Juan Manuel Santos
Past-President
From 2010-08-07
Until 2018-08-07
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Colombia Gustavo Petro
President
Since 2022-08-07
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Colombia Iván Duque Márquez
Past-President
From 2018-08-07
Until 2022-08-07
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Comoros Azali Assoumani
President
Since 2016-05-26
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Comoros Ikililou Dhoinine
Past-President
From 2011-05-26
Until 2016-05-26
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Cook Islands Henry Puna
Prime Minister
Since 2010-11-30
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Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves Robles
President
Since 2022-05-08
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Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Past-President
From 2018-05-08
Until 2022-05-08
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Croatia Zoran Milanovic
President
Since 2020-02-18
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Croatia Ivo Josipovic
Past-President
From 2010-02-19
Until 2020-02-18
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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
Past-President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers
From 2018-04-19
Until 2019-10-11
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Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel
President of the Republic
Since 2019-10-11
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Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades
Past-President
From 2013-02-28
Until 2023-02-28
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Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides
President
Since 2023-02-28
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Czech Republic Miloš Zeman
Past-President
From 2013-03-08
Until 2022-03-09
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Czech Republic Petr Pavel
President
Since 2023-03-09
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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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Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi
President
Since 2019-01-25
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Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Prime Minister
From 2015-06-28
Until 2109-06-27
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Denmark Mette Frederiksen
Prime Minister
Since 2019-06-27
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Djibouti Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Prime Minister
Since 2013-04-01
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Dominica Sylvanie Burton
President
Since 2023-10-02
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Dominica Charles Savarin
Past-President
From 2013-10-02
Until 2023-10-02
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Dominican Republic Danilo Medina
Past-President
From 2012-08-16
Until 2020-08-16
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Dominican Republic Luis Abinader
President
Since 2020-08-16
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East Timor Francisco Guterres
President
Since 2017-05-20
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East Timor Taur Matan Ruak
Past-President
From 2012-05-20
Until 2017-05-20
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Ecuador Daniel Noboa
President
Since 2023-11-23
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Ecuador Guillermo Lasso
Past-President
From 2021-05-24
Until 2023-11-23
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Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
President
Since 2014-06-08
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El Salvador Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara
Acting President
Since 2023-12-01
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El Salvador Nayib Bukele
Past-President
From 2019-06-01
Until 2023-12-01
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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
Past-President
From 2016-10-10
Until 2021-10-11
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Estonia Alar Karis
President
Since 2021-10-11
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Eswatini Mgwagwa Gamedze
Past-Acting Prime Minister
From 2023-09-28
Until 2023-11-04
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Eswatini Russell Dlamini
Prime Minister
Since 2023-11-04
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Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome
Past-President
From 2013-10-07
Until 2018-10-25
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Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde
Past-President
From 2018-10-25
Until 2024-10-07
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Ethiopia Taye Atske Selassie
President
Since 2024-10-07
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European Union Charles Michel
President of the Council
Since 2019-12-01
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Fiji Naiqama Lalabalavu
President
Since 2024-11-12
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Fiji Wiliame Katonivere
Past-President
From 2021-11-12
Until 2024-11-12
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Finland Alexander Stubb
President
Since 2024-03-01
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Finland Sauli Niinistö
Past-President
From 2012-03-01
Until 2024-03-01
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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 Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
Transitional President
Since 2023-09-04
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Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba
Past-President
From 2009-10-16
Until 2023-09-04
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Gambia Yahya Jammeh
Past-President
From 1994-07-22
Until 2017-01-19
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Gambia Adama Barrow
President
Since 2017-01-19
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Georgia Mikheil Kavelashvili
President (disputed)
Since 2024-12-29
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Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili
Past-President
From 2013-11-17
Until 2018-12-16
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Georgia Salome Zurabishvili
Past-President
From 2018-12-16
Until 2024-12-29
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Germany Olaf Scholz
Federal Chancellor
Since 2021-12-08
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Germany Angela Merkel
Past-Federal Chancellor
From 2005-11-22
Until 2021-12-08
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Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Past-President
From 2017-01-07
Until 2025-01-07
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Ghana John Mahama
President
Since 2025-01-07
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Ghana John Dramani Mahama
Past-President
From 2012-07-24
Until 2017-01-07
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Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou
President
Since 2020-03-13
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Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Past-President
From 2015-03-13
Until 2020-03-13
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Grenada Keith Mitchell
Past-Prime Minister
From 2013-02-20
Until 2022-06-24
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Grenada Dickon Mitchell
Prime Minister
Since 2022-06-24
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Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei
Past-President
From 2020-01-14
Until 2024-01-15
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Guatemala Bernardo Arévalo
President
Since 2024-01-15
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Guinea Mamady Doumbouya
President
Since 2021-09-05
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Guinea Alpha Condé
Past-President
From 2010-12-21
Until 2021-09-05
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Guinea-Bissau José Mário Vaz
Past-President
From 2014-06-23
Until 2020-02-27
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Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo
President
Since 2020-02-27
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Guyana Irfaan Ali
President
Since 2020-08-02
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Guyana David Granger
Past-President
From 2015-05-16
Until 2020-08-02
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Haiti Edgard Leblanc Fils
Past-President of the Transitional Presidential Council
From 2024-04-30
Until 2024-10-20
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Haiti Leslie Voltaire
President of the Transitional Presidential Council
Since 2024-10-07
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Honduras Xiomara Castro
President
Since 2022-01-27
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Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández
Past-President
From 2014-01-27
Until 2022-01-27
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Hungary Tamás Sulyok
President
Since 2024-03-05
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Hungary László Kövér
Past-Acting President
From 2024-02-26
Until 2024-03-05
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Iceland Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
Past-President
From 2016-08-01
Until 2024-08-01
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Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir
President
Since 2024-08-01
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India Droupadi Murmu
President
Since 2022-07-25
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India Ram Nath Kovind
Past-President
From 2017-07-25
Until 2022-07-25
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India Narendra Modi
Prime Minister
Since 2014-05-26
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Indonesia Joko Widodo
Past-President
From 2014-10-20
Until 2024-10-20
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Indonesia Prabowo Subianto
President
Since 2024-10-20
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Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
President
Since 2024-07-30
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Iran Mohammad Mokhber
Past-Acting President
From 2024-05-19
Until 2024-07-30
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Iraq Barham Salih
Past-President
From 2018-10-02
Until 2022-10-13
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Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid
President
Since 2022-10-13
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Ireland Michael D. Higgins
President
Since 2011-11-11
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Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
Since 2022-12-29
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Israel Naftali Bennett
Past-Prime Minister
From 2021-06-13
Until 2022-07-01
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Israel Yair Lapid
Past-Prime Minister
From 2022-07-01
Until 2022-12-29
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Italy Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister
Since 2022-10-22
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Italy Mario Draghi
Past-Prime Minister
From 2021-02-13
Until 2022-10-22
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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 Yoshihide Suga
Past-Prime Minister
From 2020-09-16
Until 2021-10-04
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Japan Fumio Kishida
Past-Prime Minister
From 2021-10-04
Until 2024-10-01
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Japan Shigeru Ishiba
Prime Minister
Since 2024-10-01
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Jordan Bisher Al-Khasawneh
Past-Prime Minister
From 2020-10-07
Until 2024-09-15
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Jordan Jafar Hassan
Prime Minister
Since 2024-09-15
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Jordan Omar Razzaz
Past-Prime Minister
From 2018-06-05
Until 2020-10-07
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Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Past-President
From 1991-12-16
Until 2019-03-19
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Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President
Since 2019-03-20
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Kenya William Ruto
President
Since 2022-09-13
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Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta
Past-President
From 2013-04-09
Until 2022-09-13
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Kiribati Taneti Maamau
President
Since 2016-03-11
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Kosovo Avdullah Hoti
Past-Prime Minister
From 2020-06-03
Until 2021-03-22
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Kosovo Albin Kurti
Prime Minister
Since 2021-03-22
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Kuwait Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
Prime Minister
Since 2024-04-15
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Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
President
Since 2021-01-28
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Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Past-President
From 2017-11-24
Until 2020-10-15
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Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
Past-Acting President
From 2020-10-16
Until 2020-11-14
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Kyrgyzstan Talant Mamytov
Past-Acting President
From 2020-11-14
Until 2021-01-28
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Laos Thongloun Sisoulith
President
Since 2021-03-22
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Laos Bounnhang Vorachith
Past-President
From 2016-04-20
Until 2021-03-22
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Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs
President
Since 2023-07-08
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Latvia Egils Levits
Past-President
From 2019-07-08
Until 2023-07-08
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Lebanon Michel Aoun
Past-President
From 2016-10-31
Until 2022-10-30
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Lebanon Joseph Aoun
President
Since 2025-01-09
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Lebanon Najib Mikati
Past-Acting President
From 2022-10-31
Until 2025-01-09
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Lesotho Sam Matekane
Prime Minister
Since 2022-10-28
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Lesotho Moeketsi Majoro
Past-Prime Minister
From 2020-05-20
Until 2022-10-28
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Liberia Joseph Boakai
President
Since 2024-01-22
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Liberia George Weah
Past-President
From 2018-01-22
Until 2024-01-22
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Libya Fayez al-Sarraj
President
Since 2016-03-30
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Liechtenstein Adrian Hasler
Past-Prime Minister
From 2013-03-27
Until 2021-03-25
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Liechtenstein Daniel Risch
Prime Minister
Since 2021-03-25
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Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite
Past-President
From 2009-07-12
Until 2019-07-12
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Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda
President
Since 2019-07-12
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Luxembourg Xavier Bettel
Past-Prime Minister
From 2013-12-04
Until 2023-11-17
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Luxembourg Luc Frieden
Prime Minister
Since 2023-11-17
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Madagascar Andry Rajoelina
President
Since 2023-12-16
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Malawi Peter Mutharika
Past-President
From 2014-05-31
Until 2020-06-28
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Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
President
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Moldova Igor Dodon
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President
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Monaco Pierre Dartout
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Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga
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President
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Montenegro Jakov Milatović
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Morocco Saadeddine El Othmani
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Mozambique Armando Guebuza
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Myanmar Win Myint
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President
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New Zealand Chris Hipkins
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President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
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Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People`s Assembly
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Norway Erna Solberg
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Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said
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Panama Laurentino Cortizo
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Panama José Raúl Mulino
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Romania Traian Basescu
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Rwanda Paul Kagame
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves
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Head of State
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Captains Regent
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São Tomé and Príncipe Carlos Vila Nova
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Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
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Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye
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Serbia Tomislav Nikolic
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Seychelles Danny Faure
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Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan
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Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma
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Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová
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