List of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states

This is a list of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states. It consists of the heads of state and government within the Arab League, and of other MENA countries outside it.

Leaders of Arab League member states

State	Region	Leader	Title	In Office
Algeria	Maghreb	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	President of Algeria	19 December 2019
Algeria	Maghreb	Nadir Larbaoui	Prime Minister of Algeria	11 November 2023
Bahrain	Arabian Peninsula	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	King of Bahrain	6 March 1999
Bahrain	Arabian Peninsula	Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa	Prime Minister of Bahrain	11 November 2020
Comoros	Indian Ocean^[1]	Azali Assoumani	President of the Comoros	26 May 2016
Djibouti	Horn of Africa	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	President of Djibouti	8 May 1999
Djibouti	Horn of Africa	Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed	Prime Minister of Djibouti	1 April 2013
Egypt	Northeast Africa^[2]	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	President of Egypt	8 June 2014
Egypt	Northeast Africa^[2]	Mostafa Madbouly	Prime Minister of Egypt	14 June 2018
Iraq	Fertile Crescent	Abdul Latif Rashid	President of Iraq	13 October 2022
Iraq		Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani	Prime Minister of Iraq	27 October 2022
Jordan		Abdullah II of Jordan	King of Jordan	7 February 1999
Jordan		Jafar Hassan	Prime Minister of Jordan	15 September 2024
Kuwait	Arabian Peninsula	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Emir of Kuwait	16 December 2023
Kuwait	Arabian Peninsula	Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah	Prime Minister of Kuwait	15 May 2024
Lebanon	Levant	Najib Mikati	Acting President of Lebanon	31 October 2022
Lebanon	Levant	Najib Mikati	Prime Minister of Lebanon	10 September 2021
Libya	Maghreb	Mohamed al-Menfi	Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya	10 March 2021
Libya		Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh*	Prime Minister of Libya	15 March 2021
Mauritania		Mohamed Ould Ghazouani	President of Mauritania	1 August 2019
Mauritania		Mokhtar Ould Djay	Prime Minister of Mauritania	5 August 2024
Morocco		Mohammed VI of Morocco	King of Morocco	23 July 1999
Morocco		Aziz Akhannouch	Prime Minister of Morocco	7 October 2021
Oman	Arabian Peninsula	Haitham bin Tariq	Sultan of Oman	11 January 2020
Palestine	Levant	Mahmoud Abbas	President of the State of Palestine	8 May 2005
Palestine	Levant	Mohammad Mustafa	Prime Minister of the State of Palestine	12 March 2024
Qatar	Arabian Peninsula	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Emir of Qatar	25 June 2013
Qatar		Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani	Prime Minister of Qatar	7 March 2023
Saudi Arabia		Salman of Saudi Arabia	King of Saudi Arabia	23 January 2015
Saudi Arabia		Mohammed Bin Salman	Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia	27 September 2022
Somalia	Horn of Africa	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud	President of Somalia	9 June 2022
Somalia	Horn of Africa	Hamza Abdi Barre	Prime Minister of Somalia	25 June 2022
Sudan	Northeast Africa	Abdel Fattah al-Burhan	Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council	11 November 2021
Sudan	Northeast Africa	Osman Hussein	Prime Minister of Sudan	19 January 2022
Syria	Levant	Bashar al-Assad	President of Syria	17 July 2000
Syria	Levant	Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali	Prime Minister of Syria	14 September 2024
Tunisia	Maghreb	Kais Saied	President of Tunisia	23 October 2019
Tunisia	Maghreb	Kamel Madouri	Prime Minister of Tunisia	7 August 2024
United Arab Emirates	Arabian Peninsula	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	President of the United Arab Emirates	14 May 2022
United Arab Emirates		Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates	11 February 2006
Yemen		Rashad al-Alimi*	Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen	7 April 2022
Yemen		Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak*	Prime Minister of Yemen	5 February 2024

Note: (*) means leadership is disputed.

Leaders of other states and unrecognised states in the MENA region

State	Region	Leader	Title	In Office
Abkhazia	Near East and the Caucasus	Aslan Bzhania	President of Abkhazia	23 April 2020
Abkhazia	Near East and the Caucasus	Alexander Ankvab	Prime Minister of Abkhazia	24 April 2020
Afghanistan	Near East	Hibatullah Akhundzada	Supreme Leader of Afghanistan	15 August 2021
Afghanistan	Near East	Hasan Akhund	Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan	7 September 2021
Armenia	Near East and the Caucasus	Vahagn Khachaturyan	President of Armenia	13 March 2022
Armenia		Nikol Pashinyan	Prime Minister of Armenia	8 May 2018
Azerbaijan		Ilham Aliyev	President of Azerbaijan	31 October 2003
Azerbaijan		Ali Asadov	Prime Minister of Azerbaijan	8 October 2019
Chad	Central Africa	Mahamat Déby	President of Chad	20 April 2021^{[note 1]}
Chad	Central Africa	Allamaye Halina	Prime Minister of Chad	24 May 2024
Cyprus	Levant	Nikos Christodoulides	President of Cyprus	28 February 2023
Eritrea	Horn of Africa	Isaias Afwerki	President of Eritrea	24 May 1993
Ethiopia		Taye Atske Selassie	President of Ethiopia	7 October 2024
Ethiopia		Abiy Ahmed	Prime Minister of Ethiopia	2 April 2018
Georgia	Near East and the Caucasus	Salome Zourabichvili	President of Georgia	16 December 2018
Georgia	Near East and the Caucasus	Irakli Kobakhidze	Prime Minister of Georgia	8 February 2023
Iran	Near East	Ali Khamenei	Supreme Leader of Iran	4 June 1989
Iran	Near East	Masoud Pezeshkian	President of Iran	28 July 2024
Israel	Levant	Isaac Herzog	President of Israel	7 July 2021
Israel		Benjamin Netanyahu	Prime Minister of Israel	29 December 2022
Northern Cyprus		Ersin Tatar	President of Northern Cyprus	23 October 2020
Northern Cyprus		Ünal Üstel	Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus	12 May 2022
Sahrawi Republic	Magreb	Brahim Ghali	President of the Sahrawi Republic	12 July 2016
Sahrawi Republic	Magreb	Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun	Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic	13 January 2020
South Ossetia	Near East and the Caucasus	Alan Gagloyev	President of South Ossetia	24 May 2022
South Ossetia	Near East and the Caucasus	Konstantin Dzhussoyev	Prime Minister of South Ossetia	20 June 2022
Somaliland	Horn of Africa	Muse Bihi Abdi	President of Somaliland	13 December 2017
Turkey	Anatolia, the Fertile Crescent, and the Caucasus^[3]	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President of Turkey	28 August 2014

Notes

^ As President of the Transitional Military Council until 10 October 2022, and Transitional State President until 10 May 2024.

References

^ Comoros is entirely outside of the MENA, but is a Member of the Arab League.
^ Bulk of Territory; All of North Sinai and South Sinai, as well as parts of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, are in Asia.
^ Bulk of Territory; Hatay is in the Fertile Crescent region; all of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli, as well as parts of Çanakkale and Istanbul, are in the East Thrace / Balkans region, and therefore outside of the MENA

[3] As President of the Transitional Military Council until 10 October 2022, and Transitional State President until 10 May 2024.

[1] Comoros is entirely outside of the MENA, but is a Member of the Arab League.

[2] Bulk of Territory; All of North Sinai and South Sinai, as well as parts of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, are in Asia.

[4] Bulk of Territory; Hatay is in the Fertile Crescent region; all of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli, as well as parts of Çanakkale and Istanbul, are in the East Thrace / Balkans region, and therefore outside of the MENA

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