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President of Myanmar
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: 11th President since April 2026 (de facto ruler since Feb 2021 coup)…
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President of Vietnam
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: President since 7 April 2026; also CPV General Secretary since 3 August…
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Prime Minister of Thailand
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: Prime Minister since 7 September 2025 · Age: 59 Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime…
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Pakistani Kashmir Leader — Who Rules Pakistani Kashmir?
Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan) is rated Not Free by Freedom House. Pakistan administers the…
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President of Syria
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: Transitional President · Age: 43 Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria Ahmed Hussein…
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President of Russia
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (re-elected March 17, 2024 with 87.3% of the vote). Putin has dominated Russian…
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Prime Minister of Pakistan
Shehbaz Sharif is the Prime Minister of Pakistan (since March 4, 2024, second term). Pakistan is rated Not…
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President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan (re-elected February 7, 2024 with 92.1% of the vote). Aliyev has been president…
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Prime Minister of Cambodia
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: Prime Minister since 22 August 2023 · Age: 48 Hun Manet, Prime…
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President of Uzbekistan
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan (re-elected July 9, 2023 with 87.7% of the vote). Mirziyoyev has been president…
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President of Turkey
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: In office · Age: 72 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey Recep…
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President of Laos
Sonexay Siphandon, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and effective leader of Laos (since March…
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President of China
Xi Jinping, President of China (confirmed for unprecedented third term March 10, 2023). Xi has consolidated more personal…
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President of the United Arab Emirates
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: President & Ruler of Abu Dhabi · Age: 65 Mohamed bin Zayed…
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President of Yemen
Rashad al-Alimi is the chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council since April 2022. Yemen has been in civil…
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President of Turkmenistan
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: In office 4 years (first term 2022–2029) · Age: 44 Serdar Berdimuhamedow,…
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President of Afghanistan
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: De facto ruler (Taliban) · Age: 58 Hibatullah Akhundzada, Supreme Leader of…
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President of Kyrgyzstan
Last updated: April 2026 · Status: First 5-year term; next election 2027 · Age: 57 Sadyr Japarov, President…