Latest Changes in the Heads of State
Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger

Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger

Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger (re-elected on Mar 20, 2016) UPDATE: Re-elected on March 20, 2016 with 92.5% of the vote and turnout is 59.8%. Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1952) was elected President of Niger on March 13, 2011 by winning 58% of the vote with 48% turnout. He has been a Nigerien politician, President of...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 »

Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic

President of the Central African Republic

Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic (Elected on Feb 14, 2016) Faustin-Archange Touadéra (born 21 April 1957) is a Central African politician and academic who served as Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from January 2008 to January 2013. According to the announcement of the national electoral authority made on February...Read More »

Natalie Michel, First Lady of Seychelles

First Lady of Seychelles

Natalie Michel, First Lady of Seychelles (wife of James Michel) Mrs Michel was born on August 18, 1977 and grew up with her family on Praslin. She attended primary and secondary schools on the island and did further studies on Mahe before going on to specialised training in Singapore and the United Kingdom, where she...Read More »

Juliana Awada, First Lady of Argentina

First Lady of Argentina

Juliana Awada, First Lady of Argentina (Wife of Mauricio Macri) Juliana Awada Baker (born 3 April 1974) is an Argentine businesswoman of Lebanese and Syrian descent. She is married to the elected President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri and will be the First Lady of Argentina. Awada was born in Buenos Aires on 3 April...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 »

Alassane Ouattara, President of Cote d'Ivoire

President of Cote D’Ivoire

Alassane Ouattara, President of Cote d’Ivoire (re-elected on Oct 25, 2015 with 83.7% of the votes) Alassane Dramane Ouattara (born 1 January 1942) is an Ivoirian politician who has been President of Côte d’Ivoire since 2011. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – where he rose to be deputy head...Read More »

Dominique Folloroux-Ouattara, First Lady of Cote D'Ivoire

First Lady of Cote D’Ivoire

Dominique Folloroux-Ouattara, First Lady of Cote D’Ivoire (wife of Alassane Ouattara) Born in 1953 in Constantine to Jewish parents in French Algeria, Dominique Nouvian moved to Côte d’Ivoire in 1975 with her first husband, Jean Folloroux, professor at Lycée Technique in Abidjan, with whom she has two children. Her husband died in 1984. She...Read More »

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister-designate of Canada (elected on Oct 20, 2015) Trudeau was born in Ottawa and attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He earned a BA (1994) in English literature[5] from McGill University and a BEd (1998) from the University of British Columbia and first came to attention in October, 2000, when he delivered a eulogy...Read More »

Sophie Grégoire, First Lady of Canada

First Lady of Canada

Sophie Grégoire, First Lady of Canada (wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) Sophie Grégoire (born April 24, 1975) is a Canadian television host. She is actively involved in charity work and public speaking, focusing mainly on women’s issues. Grégoire was born on April 24, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Estelle Blais, a...Read More »

Djene Kaba Condé, first lady of Guinea

First Lady of Guinea

Djene Kaba Condé, first lady of Guinea (wife of Alpha Conde) Hadja Djene Kaba Condé (born in Kankan, Guinea) is the wife of the President of Guinea Alpha Condé and the current First Lady of Guinea. She has three children. She studied at University Paris VII in France, Master of Information Science and Communication. She...Read More »

President of Belarus

President of Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko, Self-Proclaimed (see Wikipedia article here) President of Belarus (in office since Jan 2000) Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;born 31 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been serving as the president of Belarus since the establishment of the office on 20 July 1994, making him the longest...Read More »

Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia

Prime Minister of Australia

Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia (since September 15, 2015) Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2015, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wentworth since 2004. Turnbull attended Sydney Grammar School...Read More »

Lucy Turnbull, First Lady of Australia

First Lady of Australia

Lucy Turnbull, First Lady of Australia since Sept 15, 2015 (wife of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull) Lucinda Mary “Lucy” Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served as the Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 (the first woman to hold the...Read More »

Dési Bouterse, President of Suriname

President of Suriname

Dési Bouterse, President of Suriname (since Aug 3, 2010. Re-elected on July 14, 2015) Desiré Delano Bouterse (born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese politician. As an army officer, he was the de facto leader of Suriname through most of the 1980s, serving as Chairman of the National Military Council. He lead the National...Read More »

Iveta Vējone, First Lady of Latvia

First Lady of Latvia

Iveta Vējone, First Lady of Latvia since Jul 8, 2015 (wife of Raimonds Vejonis) Mrs. Iveta Vējone considers support in the area of education and social affairs be especially significant. She wishes that her presence and support would highlight those projects and campaigns, where support is provided to the workers in corresponding sectors. Therefore, Mrs. Iveta...Read More »

Aisha Halilu, First Lady of Nigeria

First Lady of Nigeria

Aisha Halilu, First Lady of Nigeria (since May 25, 2015) Aisha Halilu was born in Adamawa state in the family of the first minister of defence, Mohammadu Ribadu. She speaks English and Arabic fluently. Family General Buhari married his first wife Hajiya Safinatu when he was 18 in 1971. They divorced in 1988, and...Read More »