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Presidents & Heads of State
22 verified office holders · Last updated 2026-11-01 — every name checked against official or news sources before it is listed here.
One post, every country: the heads of state, sorted with the most-asked names first. Pair this page with the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers lists and the whole "who rules where" block of the paper is covered.
Heads of state, all countries
| Office | Country | Holder | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Pakistan | Asif Ali Zardari ⭐ Most Asked | 10 March 2024 |
| President | United States | Donald Trump ⭐ Most Asked | 2025 |
| Supreme Leader (Islamic Emirate) | Afghanistan | Hibatullah Akhundzada | — |
| President, Azad Jammu & Kashmir | Azad Jammu & Kashmir | Dr Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan | 24 September 2026 |
| President | Bangladesh | Mohammed Shahabuddin | — |
| President | Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | — |
| President | China | Xi Jinping | — |
| President | Egypt | Abdel Fattah El-Sisi | — |
| President | France | Emmanuel Macron | — |
| President | India | Droupadi Murmu | — |
| President | Indonesia | Prabowo Subianto | — |
| Supreme Leader | Iran | Ali Khamenei | — |
| President | Iran | Masoud Pezeshkian | — |
| President | Nepal | Ram Chandra Paudel | 13 March 2023 |
| Emir | Qatar | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | — |
| President | Russia | Vladimir Putin | — |
| King | Saudi Arabia | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | — |
| President | Sri Lanka | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | — |
| President | Türkiye | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | — |
| President | Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | — |
| President | United Arab Emirates | Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | — |
| Head of State (King) | United Kingdom | Charles III | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the current president of Pakistan?
Asif Ali Zardari, in office since 10 March 2024. The full Pakistan list — president, prime minister, chiefs and regulators — is on the Who is Who Pakistan page.
Why are kings and emirs on a presidents page?
Exams ask "head of state" questions in whatever form the country actually has: a president in Pakistan, the USA and India; a king in Saudi Arabia; an emir in Qatar; a supreme leader in Iran and Afghanistan. This page collects the real holder of the top office in each case.