Category: Asia Leaders
Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan

President of Pakistan

Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan (since Sept 9, 2018) Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (born 29 August 1949) is a Pakistani politician who is the 13th and current President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August...Read More »

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (since Aug 17, 2018) Born 5 October 1952, is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Previously he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002...Read More »

Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Prime Minister of Malaysia

Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad (born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician currently serving as Prime Minister of Malaysia for the second time. He is chairman of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, as well as a member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Langkawi constituency in Kedah. He previously...Read More »

Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh

President of Bangladesh

Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh (re-elected on Feb 7, 2018) Abdul Hamid (born: 1 January 1944) is the 20th and current President of Bangladesh. Prior to this position he served as the Speaker of the National Parliament from 25 January 2009 – 24 April 2013. He was the acting President after the death of...Read More »

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

Prime Minister of India

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (since May 26, 2014) Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who is the 16th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since May 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, and is the Member of Parliament for...Read More »

Anatoly Bibilov, President of South Ossetia

President of South Ossetia

Anatoly Bibilov, President of South Ossetia (Elected on Apr 9, 2017 with 54.8% of the vote) Anatoliy Ilyich Bibilov (born February 6, 1970) is a Russian and South Ossetian military officer, currently serving as the 4th President of South Ossetia, a partially recognized, but de-facto independent state, succeeding Leonid Tibilov as President on April...Read More »

Losang Jamcan, Chairman of Tibet

Tibet Chairman

Losang Jamcan, Chairman of Tibet Losang Jamcan, also spelled Losang Gyaltsen (born July 1957), is an ethnic Tibetan politician of the People’s Republic of China. He is the President of Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Congress Standing Committee, and former Chairman (governor) of Tibet Autonomous Region and Mayor of Tibetan capital Lhasa. Losang Jamcan was...Read More »

Su Su Lwin, First Lady of Myanmar

First Lady of Myanmar

Su Su Lwin, First Lady of Myanmar (wife of Htin Kyaw) Su Su Lwin (born 22 April 1952) a Burmese politician and current First Lady of Myanmar (Burma). She has been the incumbent MP for Thongwa Township in the House of Representatives since 2 May 2012 and Chairperson of the International Relations Committee of the...Read More »

Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal

President of Nepal

Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal (elected on Oct 28, 2015) Bidhya Devi Bhandari (Nepali: विद्यादेवी भण्डारी; born 19 June 1961) is the second and current President of Nepal and the first woman to hold the office. She was the vice-chairperson of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and chair of All Nepal Women...Read More »

Sushil Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal

Prime Minister of Nepal

Sushil Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal (since Feb 11, 2014) October 2, 2015 update: Sushil Koirala announced his resignation! Sushil Koirala was born to Bodh Prasad Koirala and Kuminidi Koirala on 12 August 1939 (२८ श्रावण १९९६). Koirala is unmarried and known to live a simple life. A member of the politically prominent Koirala...Read More »

Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan

President of Tadjikistan

Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan UPDATE:  In presidential elections on Nov 6, 2013, incumbent Emomalii Rakhmon wins 83.1% of the vote. He was born to a peasant family in Dangara, Kulob province. As an apparatchik rising through the nomenklatura, his original power base was as chairman of the collective state farm of his native...Read More »

Xi Jinping, President of China (elected on Nov 15, 2012)

President of China

Xi Jinping, President of China (elected on Nov 15, 2012) Xi Jinping (pinyin: Xí Jìnpíng; pronounced [ɕǐ tɕînpʰǐŋ], born 1 June 1953) is the current “paramount leader” of the People’s Republic of China. He currently serves as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, the country’s...Read More »

Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi, President of Yemen (Elected on Feb 21, 2012)

President of Yemen

Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi, President of Yemen (Elected on Feb 21, 2012) Field Marshal Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi (Arabic: عبد ربه منصور الهادي‎; born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician who is the President of Yemen since 27 February 2012. He was previously the Vice President from 1994 to 2012. Between 4 June and...Read More »

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Former President of Philippines

Former Presidents of Philippines

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Former President of Philippines The President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, holds many records. Elected as Senator during her first try in politics in 1992, she was re-elected Senator in 1995 with nearly 16 million votes, the highest number of votes in Philippine history at that time. She was elected Vice President...Read More »

Taro Aso, Former Prime Minister of Japan

Former Prime Minister of Japan

Yukio Hatoyama, Former Prime Minister of Japan (On June 2, 2010 Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced his resignation) Yukio Hatoyama (Hatoyama Yukio, born 11 February 1947) is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan since September 2009. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, Hatoyama became President of the...Read More »

His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia

King of Cambodia

His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia Born on Thursday 14 May 1953, in Phnom Penh, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni is the son of His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia and of Her Majesty Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk of Cambodia. Education Background 1959-1962: Primary schooling at the Norodom school and then...Read More »