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List of Current Heads of State and Government List of current heads of state and government Head of government State Head of state www.homoeoadda.in Afghanistan President – Ashraf Ghani[α] Chief Executive – Abdullah Abdullah Queen – Elizabeth II[γ] Australia Prime Minister – Scott Morrison Governor-General – Sir Peter Cosgrove Bangladesh President – Abdul Hamid Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina King – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Chief Advisor of the Interim Government – Bhutan Wangchuck www.homoeoadda.in Dasho Tshering Wangchuk Bolivia President – Evo Morales Brazil President – Michel Temer[ε] Brunei Sultan and Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah Bulgaria President – Rumen Radev Prime Minister – Boyko Borisov Burkina President – Roch Marc Christian Prime Minister – Paul Kaba Thieba Faso Kaboré Burundi President – Pierre Nkurunziza Cambodia King – Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister – Hun Sen Cameroon President – Paul Biya[α] Prime Minister – Philémon Yang Queen – Elizabeth II[γ] Canada Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau Governor General – Julie Payette China General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping www.homoeoadda.in President – Xi Premier of the State Council – Li Jinping Keqiang France President – Emmanuel Macron[β] Prime Minister – Édouard Philippe Germany President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier Chancellor – Angela Merkel Ghana President – Nana Akufo-Addo India President – Ram Nath Kovind Prime Minister – Narendra Modi Indonesia President – Joko Widodo Iran Supreme Leader – Ali Khamenei President – Hassan Rouhani President – Fuad Masum Iraq Prime Minister – Haider al-Abadi www.homoeoadda.in Ireland President – Michael D. Higgins Taoiseach – Leo Varadkar Prime Minister – Benjamin Israel President – Reuven Rivlin Netanyahu President of the Council of Italy President – Sergio Mattarella Ministers – Giuseppe Conte Yang di-Pertuan Agong – Muhammad Malaysia Prime Minister – Mahathir Mohamad V President – Enrique Peña Nieto Mexico President-elect – Andrés Manuel López Obrador State Counsellor – Aung San Suu Myanmar President – Win Myint[α] Kyi Nepal President – Bidhya Devi Bhandari Prime Minister – Khadga Prasad Oli Netherlands King – Willem-Alexander Prime Minister – Mark Rutte New Queen – Elizabeth II[γ] Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern Zealand Governor-General – Dame Patsy Reddy[ζ] Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea – Kim Jong-un Supreme Leader – Kim Jong-un[η] North Korea Premier of the Cabinet – Pak Pong- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme ju People's Assembly – Kim Yong-nam[θ] Norway King – Harald V Prime Minister – Erna Solberg Oman Sultan and Prime Minister – Qaboos bin Said al Said Pakistan President – Arif Alvi Prime Minister – Imran Khan Emir – Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Prime Minister – Sheikh Abdullah Qatar Thani bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Saudi King and Prime Minister – Salman www.homoeoadda.in Arabia Singapore President – Halimah Yacob Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong South Africa President – Cyril Ramaphosa South Korea President – Moon Jae-in[α] Prime Minister – Lee Nak-yeon South President – Salva Kiir Mayardit Sudan President of the Government – Spain King – Felipe VI Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister – Ranil Sri Lanka President – Maithripala Sirisena[α] Wickremesinghe [κ] Federal Council Alain Berset (as President) Ueli Maurer (as Vice President) Doris Leuthard (as Member) Switzerland Simonetta Sommaruga (as Member) Johann Schneider-Ammann (as Member) Guy Parmelin (as Member) Ignazio Cassis (as Member) United Arab President – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Prime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed Emirates Al Nahyan bin Rashid Al Maktoum United Queen – Elizabeth II[γ] Prime Minister – Theresa May Kingdom United President – Donald Trump States Uruguay President – Tabaré Vázquez Uzbekistan President – Shavkat Mirziyoyev[α] Prime Minister – Abdulla Aripov Vanuatu President – Tallis Obed Moses Prime Minister – Charlot Salwai President of the Governorate – Vatican City Sovereign – Pope Francis Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello Venezuela President – Nicolás Maduro General Secretary of the Communist Party – Nguyễn Phú Trọng Vietnam President – Trần Đại Quang Prime Minister – Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Prime Minister – Ahmed Obeid bin Yemen President – Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Daghr Zambia President – Edgar Lungu www.homoeoadda.in Zimbabwe President – Emmerson Mnangagwa .
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