Photos and bios of the current Heads of State, Dictators and First Ladies
Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil (On Oct 28, 2018 wins 55.1% of the vote) Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who is the President-elect of Brazil. He has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro, since 1991....Read More »
Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam (since Oct 23, 2018) Nguyễn Phú Trọng (born 14 April 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who is the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in office since 19 January 2011. He is also the President of Vietnam, de jure head of state of Vietnam, in...Read More »
Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (On Oct 7, 2018 re-elected by winning 71.3% of the vote) Born on February 13, 1933, in Mvomeka’a, Cameroon; married Jeanne Atyam, 1960; married Chantal; children: one. Education: Licence en Droit Public, Paris, 1960; diplome, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1961; diplome, Institut des Hautes Etudes d’Outre-Mer, 1962; diplome, Etudes...Read More »
Barham Salih, President of Iraq Barham Ahmed Salih (born 12 September 1960) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who serves as President of Iraq. He is the former prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraqi Kurdistan and a former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government. Barham Salih was born in 1960...Read More »
Charles Savarin, President of Dominica (elected on Sept 30, 2013; re-elected on Oct 1, 2018) Following the demise of the Patrick John government (in which Savarin played and integral role)Savarin was made Chairman of the Committee for National Salvation (CNS). This body comprising members of the greater cross section of Dominican Society, was tasked...Read More »
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives (elected on Sept 23, 2018) Born 4 May 1964, he is a Maldivian politician who is the President-elect of the Maldives, due to take office on 17 November 2018, after having defeated incumbent Abdulla Yameen in the 2018 presidential election. He was first elected to parliament in...Read More »
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 (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 »
Iván Duque Márquez, 33rd President of Colombia (since Aug 8, 2018) Born August 1, 1976. He is a Colombian politician, banker and lawyer who is the current President of Colombia, in office since 7 August 2018. Formerly, he served as a senator. He was the presidential candidate for the Democratic Centre Party for the...Read More »
Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe (re-elected on Jul 30, 2018 with 50.6% of the vote) Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (born 15 September 1942) is a longtime ally of former President Robert Mugabe and a senior member of the ruling ZANU–PF party, Mnangagwa served as Vice President of Zimbabwe from 2014 until his dismissal in November 2017,...Read More »
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico (elected on Jul 1, 2018 with 54.8% of the vote) Born: 13 November 1953. Often abbreviated as AMLO, is a Mexican politician who is the President-elect of Mexico after winning the 2018 presidential election. He began his political career in 1976 as a member of the Institutional...Read More »
Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain (since Jun 2, 2018) Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish economist and politician serving as Prime Minister of Spain since 2 June 2018. He is also Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), holding office for the second time after winning a leadership...Read More »
Giuseppe Conte, 58th Prime Minister of Italy (since Jun 1, 2018; resigned on Jan 25, 2021) A professor of private law, Conte was first proposed on 21 May 2018 for the role of Prime Minister as the head of a coalition government between the Five Star Movement and the League, but he relinquished his...Read More »
Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela (elected on Apr 14, 2013; re-elected on May 20, 2018 with 67.8% of the vote) Nicolás Maduro Moros (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlaz maˈðuɾo ˈmoɾos]; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician who is the current President of Venezuela. He was previously the Vice President of Venezuela and the Minister of...Read More »
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 »
Mario Abdo Benítez, 51st President of Paraguay (elected on Apr 22, 2018) Mario Abdo Benítez (born 10 November 1971) is a Paraguayan politician. A former president of the Senate of Paraguay, as the presidential candidate of the Colorado Party in the 2018 elections, he has won the presidency and will take office in August....Read More »
Milo Djukanovic, President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović (born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician. He served as Prime Minister of Montenegro in three governments from 1991 to 1998, as President of Montenegro from 1998 to 2002, and as Prime Minister again from 2003 to 2006, from 2008 to 2010, and from 2012 to 2016....Read More »
Armen Vardani Sarkissian, President of Armenia (since Apr 9, 2018) Armen Vardani Sarkissian (born 23 June 1952) is an Armenian politician currently the incumbent President of Armenia. He served as Prime Minister of Armenia from 4 November 1996 to 20 March 1997 and previously was the country’s ambassador in London. Sarkissian assumed the presidency...Read More »
