States recognised by the United Nations
State Head of state Head of government
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Albania President Bamir Topi Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia
Andorra Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Representative Nemesi Marquès Oste
Co-Prince Nicolas Sarkozy
Representative Christian Frémont Prime Minister Jaume Bartumeu
Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos
Antigua and Barbuda Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer
Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
Australia Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Quentin Bryce Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Austria President Heinz Fischer Chancellor Werner Faymann
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister Artur Rasizade
Bahamas Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
Bahrain King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah Prime Minister Khalifah ibn Sulman Al
Khalifah
Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Barbados Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands Prime Minister Freundel Stuart
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich
Belgium King Albert II Prime Minister Yves Leterme
Belize Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Colville Young Prime Minister Dean Barrow
Benin President Yayi Boni
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck Prime Minister Jigme Thinley
Bolivia President Evo Morales
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency:
Nebojša Radmanović (Chairman)
Željko Komšić (Member)
Bakir Izetbegović (Member) Prime Minister Nikola Špirić
Botswana President Ian Khama
Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [till 2010] New leader is his
appointee
President-elect Dilma Rousseff
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré Prime Minister Tertius Zongo
Burma (Myanmar) Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Than Shwe
Prime Minister Thein Sein
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza
Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister Hun Sen
Cameroon President Paul Biya Prime Minister Philémon Yang
Canada Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General David Johnston Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Cape Verde President Pedro Pires Prime Minister José Maria Neves
Central African Republic President François Bozizé Prime Minister
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Chad President Idriss Déby Prime Minister Emmanuel Nadingar
Chile President Sebastián Piñera
China, People's Republic of President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos
Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Congo-Kinshasa President Joseph Kabila Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito
Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla
Côte d'Ivoire Disputed:
President Laurent Gbagbo / Alassane Ouattara Disputed:
Prime Minister Gilbert Marie N'gbo Aké / Guillaume Soro
Croatia President Ivo Josipović Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor
Cuba President Raúl Castro
Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias
Czech Republic President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Petr Nečas
Denmark Queen Margrethe II Prime Minister Lars Løkke 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 José Ramos-Horta Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão
Ecuador President Rafael Correa
Egypt President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
El Salvador President Mauricio Funes
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prime Minister Ignacio
Milam Tang
Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki
Estonia President Toomas Hendrik Ilves Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
Ethiopia President Girma Wolde-Giorgis Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Fiji President Epeli Nailatikau Acting Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Finland President Tarja Halonen Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi
France President Nicolas Sarkozy Prime Minister François Fillon
Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba Prime Minister Paul Biyoghé Mba
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh
Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri
Germany President Christian Wulff Chancellor Angela Merkel
Ghana President John Atta Mills
Greece President Karolos Papoulias Prime Minister George Papandreou
Grenada Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean Prime Minister Tillman Thomas
Guatemala President Álvaro Colom
Guinea President Alpha Condé Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana
Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanhá Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior
Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo Prime Minister Sam Hinds
Haiti President René Préval Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive
Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Hungary President Pál Schmitt Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
India President Pratibha Patil Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iraq President Jalal Talabani Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
Ireland President Mary McAleese Taoiseach Brian Cowen
Israel President Shimon Peres Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Italy President Giorgio Napolitano Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Jamaica Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen Prime Minister Bruce Golding
Japan Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Jordan King Abdullah II Prime Minister Samir Rifai
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev Prime Minister Karim Massimov
Kenya President Mwai Kibaki Prime Minister Raila Odinga
Kiribati President Anote Tong
Kuwait Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed
Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev
Laos President Choummaly Sayasone Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong
Latvia President Valdis Zatlers Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis
Lebanon President Michel Suleiman Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Lesotho King Letsie III Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili
Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya Guide of the Revolution Muammar al-Gaddafi
Secretary General of the General People's Congress Mohamed Abdul Quasim al-Zwai
Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi
Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II
Prince-Regent Alois Prime Minister Klaus Tschütscher
Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius
Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Macedonia President Gjorge Ivanov Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina Prime Minister Albert Camille Vital
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika
Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Mizan Zainal Abidin Prime Minister Najib Razak
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé
Malta President George Abela Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Marshall Islands President Jurelang Zedkaia
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed
Laghdaf
Mauritius President Anerood Jugnauth Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam
Mexico President Felipe Calderón
Micronesia, Federated States of President Manny Mori
Moldova Acting President Vlad Filat Prime Minister Vlad Filat
Monaco Prince Albert II Minister of State Michel Roger
Mongolia President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Prime Minister Sükhbaataryn Batbold
Montenegro President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Igor Lukšić
Morocco King Muhammad VI Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi
Mozambique President Armando Guebuza Prime Minister Aires Ali
Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba Prime Minister Nahas Angula
Nauru President Marcus Stephen
Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal
Netherlands Queen Beatrix Prime Minister Mark Rutte
New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand Prime Minister John Key
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega
Niger Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy Salou
Djibo Prime Minister Mahamadou Danda
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan
North Korea Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong-Il
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam
Eternal President Kim Il-sung Premier Choe Yong-rim
Norway King Harald V Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Oman Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani
Palau President Johnson Toribiong
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli
Papua New Guinea Queen Elizabeth II
Acting Governor General Jeffrey Nape Acting Prime Minister Sam Abal
Paraguay President Fernando Lugo
Peru President Alan García Prime Minister José Antonio Chang
Philippines President Benigno Aquino III
Poland President Bronisław Komorowski Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Portugal President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Prime Minister José Sócrates
Qatar Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber
Al Thani
Romania President Traian Băsescu Prime Minister Emil Boc
Russia President Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
Rwanda President Paul Kagame Prime Minister Bernard Makuza
Saint Kitts and Nevis Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy Prime Minister Stephenson King
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Frederick Ballantyne Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Tufuga Efi Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele
Malielegaoi
San Marino Captain Regent Giovanni Francesco Ugolini
Captain Regent Andrea Zafferani
São Tomé and Príncipe President Fradique de Menezes Prime Minister Patrice
Trovoada
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade Prime Minister Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Serbia President Boris Tadić Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković
Seychelles President James Michel
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma
Singapore President Sellapan Ramanathan Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia President Ivan Gašparovič Prime Minister Iveta Radičová
Slovenia President Danilo Türk Prime Minister Borut Pahor
Solomon Islands Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir Frank Kabui Prime Minister Danny Philip
Somalia President Sharif Ahmed Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
South Africa President Jacob Zuma
South Korea President Lee Myung-bak Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik
Spain King Juan Carlos I Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir
Suriname President Dési Bouterse
Swaziland King Mswati III Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
Switzerland Federal Council: Doris Leuthard (Pres.), Micheline Calmy-Rey (VP.),
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Ueli Maurer, Didier Burkhalter, Simonetta Sommaruga,
Johann Schneider-Ammann
Syria President Bashar al-Assad Prime Minister Mohamed al-Otari
Tajikistan President Emomalii Rahmon Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda
Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Togo President Faure Gnassingbé Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo
Tonga King George Tupou V Prime Minister Siale'ataonga Tu'ivakano
Trinidad and Tobago President George Maxwell Richards Prime Minister Kamla
Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
Turkey President Abdullah Gül Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Iakoba Italeli Prime Minister Willy Telavi
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Prime Minister
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister David Cameron
United States President Barack Obama
Uruguay President José Mujica
Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu President Iolu Abil Prime Minister Sato Kilman
Vatican City Pope Benedict XVI President of the Governorate Giovanni Lajolo
Venezuela President Hugo Chávez
Vietnam President Nguyễn Minh Triết Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujur
Zambia President Rupiah Banda
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
States recognised by at least one United Nations memberState Head of state Head
of government
Abkhazia President Sergei Bagapsh Prime Minister Sergei Shamba
Kosovo Acting President Jakup Krasniqi Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi
Northern Cyprus President Derviş Eroğlu Prime Minister İrsen Küçük
Palestine (disputed) President either:
Mahmoud Abbas (West Bank) or
Aziz Duwaik (Gaza Strip) (disputed) Prime Minister either:
Salam Fayyad (West Bank) or
Ismail Haniyeh (Gaza Strip)
Republic of China (Taiwan) President Ma Ying-jeou Premier Wu Den-yih
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic President Mohamed Abdelaziz Prime Minister
Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
South Ossetia President Eduard Kokoity Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev
States not recognised by any United Nations members
This list encompasses the leaders of geo-political entities that lack
significant international recognition. The degree of control these entities
exert over their claimed territories may vary.State Head of state Head of
government
Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan
Somaliland President Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo
Transnistria President Igor Smirnov
