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	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		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		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		Ahmed al-Sharaa	De facto Head of State of Syria	8 December 2024
			Mohammed al-Bashir	Acting Prime Minister of Syria	10 December 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

State	Region	Image	Leader	Title	In Office
Abkhazia	Near East and the Caucasus		Badra Gunba	Acting President of Abkhazia	19 November 2024
			Valeri Bganba	Acting Prime Minister of Abkhazia	19 November 2024
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
			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	Maghreb		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		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President of Turkey	28 August 2014