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

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State Region Image Leader Title In Office
 Algeria Maghreb Abdelmadjid Tebboune President of Algeria 19 December 2019
Nadir Larbaoui Prime Minister of Algeria 11 November 2023
 Bahrain Arabian Peninsula Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain 6 March 1999
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
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti 1 April 2013
 Egypt Northeast Africa[2] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt 8 June 2014
Mostafa Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt 14 June 2018
 Iraq Fertile Crescent Abdul Latif Rashid President of Iraq 13 October 2022
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani Prime Minister of Iraq 27 October 2022
 Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan King of Jordan 7 February 1999
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
Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait 15 May 2024
 Lebanon Levant Najib Mikati Acting President of Lebanon 31 October 2022
Prime Minister of Lebanon 10 September 2021
 Libya Maghreb Mohamed al-Menfi Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 10 March 2021
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh* Prime Minister of Libya 15 March 2021
 Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani President of Mauritania 1 August 2019
Mokhtar Ould Djay Prime Minister of Mauritania 5 August 2024
 Morocco Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco 23 July 1999
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
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
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
Mohammed Bin Salman Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia 27 September 2022
 Somalia Horn of Africa Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of Somalia 9 June 2022
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
Osman Hussein Prime Minister of Sudan 19 January 2022
 Syria Levant Bashar al-Assad President of Syria 17 July 2000
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali Prime Minister of Syria 14 September 2024
 Tunisia Maghreb Kais Saied President of Tunisia 23 October 2019
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
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
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

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State Region Image Leader Title In Office
 Abkhazia Near East and the Caucasus Aslan Bzhania President of Abkhazia 23 April 2020
Alexander Ankvab Prime Minister of Abkhazia 24 April 2020
 Afghanistan Near East Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan 15 August 2021
Hasan Akhund Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan 7 September 2021
 Armenia Near East and the Caucasus Vahagn Khachaturyan President of Armenia 13 March 2022
Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of Armenia 8 May 2018
 Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 31 October 2003
Ali Asadov Prime Minister of Azerbaijan 8 October 2019
 Chad Central Africa Mahamat Déby President of Chad 20 April 2021[note 1]
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
Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia 2 April 2018
 Georgia Near East and the Caucasus Salome Zourabichvili President of Georgia 16 December 2018
Irakli Kobakhidze Prime Minister of Georgia 8 February 2023
 Iran Near East Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran 4 June 1989
Masoud Pezeshkian President of Iran 28 July 2024
 Israel Levant Isaac Herzog President of Israel 7 July 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel 29 December 2022
 Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar President of Northern Cyprus 23 October 2020
Ünal Üstel Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus 12 May 2022
 Sahrawi Republic Magreb Brahim Ghali President of the Sahrawi Republic 12 July 2016
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
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

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

References

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  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.
  3. ^ 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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