Photos and bios of the current Heads of State, Dictators and First Ladies
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the UK (elected on Jul 23, 2019) Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician who is Prime Minister-designate of the United Kingdom and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since 23 July 2019. He is the first elected British Prime Minister born...Read More »
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of Mauritania (elected on Jun 22, 2019) Born 31 December 1956, also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian retired general and politician who is the president-elect of Mauritania and will assume office on 2 August 2019. He is a former General Director of National Security and former...Read More »
Prayut Chan-o-cha, Former Prime Minister of Thailand (since May 22, 2014; re-elected on Jun 5, 2019) Prayut Chan-o-cha (previously spelt Prayuth Chan-ocha; Thai: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา; IPA: [prà.jút tɕān.ʔōː.tɕʰāː]; born 21 March 1954) is a retired Thai army officer who is now (2015) the Prime Minister of Thailand and head of the National Council for...Read More »
Egils Levits, President of Latvia (elected on May 29, 2019) Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian lawyer, political scientist and judge who is the President of Latvia since July 8, 2019. He has been a Member of the European Court of Justice since 2004. During the late Soviet-era he was a...Read More »
Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania From 1982 to 1987 he studied in Vilnius University, Faculty of Industrial Economics and from 1987 to 1989 in the Faculty of Economics. From 1990 to 1992 he did a practice at the University of Mannheim in Germany under the DAAD scholarship. He defended his PhD thesis “Income Policy...Read More »
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa (Re-elected on May 22, 2019) Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African politician and the fifth and current President of South Africa. He became President following the resignation of Jacob Zuma. Previously an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and businessman, Ramaphosa served as the...Read More »
David W. Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia David W. Panuelo (born 1964) is a Micronesian politician who is serving as the ninth President of the Federated States of Micronesia. His term started on 11 May 2019. He attended the United States International University in Hawaii from 1973 to 1976 and then...Read More »
Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo Cohen (born January 30, 1953) is a Panamanian politician and the President of Panama from 2019 to 2024. Cortizo Cohen is the former President of the National Assembly and Minister of Agricultural and Livestock Development. He was also a member of the National Assembly between 1994...Read More »
Stevo Pendarovski, President of North Macedonia (Elected on May 5 with 53.6% of the vote) Pendarovski graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in 1987. He later earned his MA and PhD degrees in Political Science in the same university. Since 2008 he has been the Assistant...Read More »
