List of national governments

This is a list of the offices of heads of state, heads of government, cabinet, and legislature, of sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for example independence, change from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, revolution, new constitution.

Member and observer states of the United Nations

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Country Head of state Head of government Cabinet Legislature Date of origin
Afghanistan Supreme Leader Prime Minister Cabinet Leadership Council 2021
Albania President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1991
Algeria President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1989
Andorra Co-Princes[note 1] Head of Government Executive Council General Council 1993
Angola President Cabinet National Assembly 2010
Antigua and Barbuda Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1981
Argentina President Ministries National Congress 1994
Armenia President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1995
Australia Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1901
Austria President Chancellor Cabinet Parliament 1955
Azerbaijan President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1990
Bahamas, The Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1973
Bahrain King Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 2002
Bangladesh President Prime Minister Cabinet National Parliament 1971
Barbados President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2021
Belarus President Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly 1994
Belgium King Prime Minister Council of Ministers Federal Parliament 1831
Belize Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1981
Benin President Cabinet National Assembly 1990
Bhutan King Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1952
Bolivia President Cabinet Plurinational Legislative Assembly 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman of the Council of Ministers Council of Ministers Parliamentary Assembly 1996
Botswana President Cabinet Parliament 1966
Brazil President Cabinet National Congress 1988
Brunei Sultan Prime Minister Cabinet Legislative Council 1991
Bulgaria President Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly 1991
Burkina Faso President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1992
Burundi President Council of Ministers Parliament 1998
Cambodia King Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1993
Cameroon President Cabinet National Assembly 1992
Canada Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1867
Cape Verde President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1992
Central African Republic President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 2003
Chad President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1996
Chile President Cabinet National Congress 1980
China President[note 2] Premier State Council National People's Congress 1982
Colombia President Council of Ministers Congress 1991
Comoros President Government Assembly of the Union 2002
Congo, Democratic Republic of President Prime Minister Government Parliament 2006
Congo, Republic of President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2002
Costa Rica President Government Legislative Assembly 1949
Côte d'Ivoire President Prime Minister Government National Assembly 2000
Croatia President Prime Minister Government Parliament 1990
Cuba President[note 3] Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly of People's Power 2019
Cyprus President Council of Ministers House of Representatives 1960
Czech Republic President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1992
Denmark Monarch Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament of Denmark 1848[2]
Djibouti President Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly 1992
Dominica President Prime Minister Cabinet House of Assembly 1978
Dominican Republic President Cabinet Congress 1994
East Timor President Prime Minister Council of State National Parliament 2002
Ecuador President Cabinet National Assembly 2008
Egypt President Prime Minister Government Parliament 1953
El Salvador President Council of Ministers Legislative Assembly 1983
Equatorial Guinea President Prime Minister Cabinet Chamber of People's Representatives 1987
Eritrea President Cabinet of Ministers National Assembly 1993
Estonia President Prime Minister Cabinet Riigikogu 1992,
(1938)
Eswatini King Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2005
Ethiopia President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Federal Parliamentary Assembly 1995
Fiji President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2014
Finland President Prime Minister Council of State Parliament 1919
France President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1958
Gabon President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1964
Gambia, The President Cabinet National Assembly 1996
Georgia President Prime Minister Cabinet of Georgia Parliament 1995
Germany President Chancellor Cabinet Bundestag 1949
Bundesrat
Ghana President Council of Ministers Parliament 1992
Greece President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1974
Grenada Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1974
Guatemala President Council of Ministers Congress 1985
Guinea President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1991
Guinea-Bissau President Prime Minister Cabinet National People's Assembly 1984
Guyana President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1970
Haiti President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1987
Honduras President Council of Secretaries of State National Congress 1982
Hungary President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1990
Iceland President Prime Minister Cabinet Althing 1944
India President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1950
Indonesia President Cabinet People's Consultative Assembly 1945
Iran Supreme Leader President Cabinet Islamic Consultative Assembly 1979
Iraq President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Council of Representatives 2005
Ireland President Taoiseach Cabinet Oireachtas 1937
Israel President Prime Minister Cabinet Knesset 1948
Italy President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1948
Jamaica Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1962
Japan Emperor Prime Minister Cabinet Diet 1890
Jordan King Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1952
Kazakhstan President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1995
Kenya President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1969
Kiribati President Cabinet House of Assembly 1979
Kuwait Emir Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1962
Kyrgyzstan President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Supreme Council 2010
Laos President[note 4] Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1991
Latvia President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Saeima 1993
Lebanon President President of the Council of Ministers Cabinet Parliament 1926
Lesotho King Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1966
Liberia President Cabinet of Ministers Legislature 1986
Libya Chairman of the Presidential Council Prime Minister Cabinet House of Representatives 2011
Liechtenstein Reigning Prince Head of Government Government Landtag 1921
Lithuania President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Seimas 1992
Luxembourg Grand Duke Prime Minister Council of Ministers Chamber of Deputies 1842
Madagascar President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1992
Malawi President Cabinet National Assembly 1994
Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1957
Maldives President Cabinet Majlis 1932
Mali President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1992
Malta President Prime Minister Cabinet House of Representatives 1964
Marshall Islands President Cabinet Legislature 1979
Mauritania President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1991
Mauritius President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1968
Mexico President Cabinet Congress 1917
Micronesia, Federated States of President Cabinet Congress 1979
Moldova President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1994
Monaco Sovereign Prince Minister of State Council of Government National Council 1911
Mongolia President Prime Minister Cabinet State Great Khural 1992
Montenegro President Prime Minister Government Parliament 2007
Morocco King Head of Government Cabinet Parliament 1996
Mozambique President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Assembly 1990
Myanmar President Cabinet Assembly of the Union 2011
Namibia President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1990
Nauru President Cabinet Parliament 1968
Nepal President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Federal Parliament 2015
Netherlands Monarch Prime Minister Cabinet States General 1983
New Zealand Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1986
Nicaragua President Council of Ministers National Assembly 1987
Niger President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 2010
Nigeria President Cabinet National Assembly 1999
North Korea President of State Affairs[note 5] Premier Cabinet Supreme People's Assembly 1998
North Macedonia President President of the Government Government Assembly 1991
Norway Monarch Prime Minister Council of State Parliament 1814
Oman Sultan Prime Minister Cabinet Consultative Assembly 1971
Pakistan President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2002
Palau President Cabinet National Congress 1994
Palestine President Prime Minister Cabinet Legislative Council 1994
Panama President Cabinet National Assembly 1972
Papua New Guinea Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet National Parliament 1975
Paraguay President Cabinet Congress 1992
Peru President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Congress of the Republic 1993
Philippines President Cabinet Congress 1987
Poland President Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly 1997
Portugal President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Assembly of the Republic 1976
Qatar Emir Prime Minister Cabinet Consultative Assembly 2004
Romania President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1991
Russia President Prime Minister Government Federal Assembly 1993
Rwanda President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2003
Saint Kitts and Nevis Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1983
Saint Lucia Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet House of Assembly 1979
Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Prime Minister Cabinet Legislative Assembly 1962
San Marino Captains Regent Congress of State Grand and General Council 1974[note 6]
São Tomé and Príncipe President Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly 1980
Saudi Arabia King Prime Minister Council of Ministers Consultative Assembly 1992
Senegal President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 2001
Serbia President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 2006
Seychelles President Cabinet National Assembly 1976
Sierra Leone President Cabinet Parliament 1991
Singapore President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1965
Slovakia President Prime Minister Cabinet National Council 1992
Slovenia President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1991
Solomon Islands Monarch Prime Minister Cabinet National Parliament 1978
Somalia President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 2004
South Africa President Cabinet Parliament 1996
South Korea

President

State Council National Assembly 1987
South Sudan President Cabinet Parliament 2011
Spain King President of the Government Council of Ministers Cortes Generales 1978
Sri Lanka President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1978
Sudan President Cabinet National Legislature 2021
Suriname President Cabinet National Assembly 1987
Sweden Monarch Prime Minister Government Riksdag 1974
Switzerland Federal Council Federal Assembly 1848 or 1874
Syria President Prime Minister Cabinet with
Council of Ministers
People's Council 2012
Tajikistan President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Supreme Assembly 1994
Tanzania President Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 1977
Thailand Monarch Prime Minister Cabinet National Assembly 2019
Togo President Prime Minister Council of Ministers National Assembly 1992
Tonga Monarch Prime Minister Cabinet Legislative Assembly 1875
Trinidad and Tobago President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1976
Tunisia President Head of Government Cabinet Parliament 2014
Turkey President Cabinet Grand National Assembly 1982
Turkmenistan President Cabinet Assembly 1992
Tuvalu Monarch[1] Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1978
Uganda President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1995
Ukraine President Prime Minister Cabinet of Ministers Verkhovna Rada 1996
United Arab Emirates President Prime Minister Cabinet Federal National Council 1971
United Kingdom Monarch Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1721[3]
United States President Cabinet Congress 1789
Uruguay President Council of Ministers General Assembly 1967
Uzbekistan President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Supreme Assembly 1992
Vanuatu President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Parliament 1980
Vatican City/Holy See Sovereign President of the Governorate Governorate Pontifical Commission 1929
Venezuela President Cabinet National Assembly 1999
Vietnam President[note 7] Prime Minister Government National Assembly 1992
Yemen President Prime Minister Council of Ministers Assembly of Representatives 1991
Zambia President Cabinet National Assembly 1991
Zimbabwe President Cabinet Parliament 2013

Other states

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Country Head of State Head of Government Cabinet Legislature Date of Origin
Abkhazia President Prime Minister Government People's Assembly 1994
Republic of China
(commonly called "Taiwan")
President Premier Executive Yuan National Assembly[note 8] 1947
(with constitutional amendments in 1991)
Legislative Yuan
Control Yuan[note 9]
Cook Islands[4] Monarch Premier Parliament 1965
Kosovo President Prime Minister Government Assembly 2001
Niue[4] Monarch Premier Assembly 1974
Northern Cyprus President Prime Minister Government Assembly of the Republic 1985
Somaliland President Parliament 1991
South Ossetia President Prime Minister Cabinet Parliament 1991
Transnistria President Prime Minister Government Supreme Soviet 1991
Western Sahara President Prime Minister National Council 1976

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The bishop of Urgell in Spain and the president of France serve as Andorra's princes, while each prince appoints a personal representative.
  2. ^ The President of China is legally a ceremonial office and head of state, but the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of transition, making the officeholder the most powerful political figure.
  3. ^ As a one-party ruling communist state, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba holds higher authority over the President, serving as the de facto leader of Cuba.
  4. ^ As a one-party ruling communist state, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party holds higher authority over the President, serving as the de facto leader of Laos.
  5. ^ Kim Jong-un, as President of the State Affairs Commission is considered North Korea's "highest administrative authority". However, Choe Ryong-hae, as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly does many of the duties of a head of state. Deceased former North Korean rulers Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are listed as the eternal leaders of Juche Korea.
  6. ^ The Declaration of Citizen Rights enshrined the modern rights of Sammarinese citizens and is the current basis of the nation's judiciary system
  7. ^ As a one-party ruling communist state, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam holds higher authority over the President, serving as the de facto leader of Vietnam.
  8. ^ The National Assembly was de facto dissolved in 2005 with some functions transferred to the Legislative Yuan.
  9. ^ Role changed to a non-parliamentary institution in 1993.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m In Commonwealth realms other than the UK, the Governor-General represents the Monarch of the UK who is the official head of state.
  2. ^ "Statsministeriet - History". Statsministeriet. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ Taylor, Stephen (2002). "Robert Walpole". In Eccleshall, Robert; Walker, Graham (eds.). Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers. Routledge. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b The Cook Islands and Niue are under the sovereignty of the Monarch of New Zealand as self-governing states in free association with New Zealand. New Zealand and its associated states, along with Tokelau and the Ross Dependency, comprise the Realm of New Zealand.