List of leaders of Middle Eastern and North African states

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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 North Africa and the Magreb 100px Abdelmadjid Tebboune President of Algeria 19 December 2019
100px Aymen Benabderrahmane Prime Minister of Algeria 30 June 2021
 Bahrain Arabian Peninsula 100px Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain 6 March 1999
100px Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Prime Minister of Bahrain 11 November 2020
 Comoros Indian Ocean[1] 100px Azali Assoumani President of the Comoros 26 May 2016
 Djibouti Horn of Africa 100px Ismaïl Omar Guelleh President of Djibouti 8 May 1999
100px Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti 1 April 2013
 Egypt Near East and North Africa[2] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.PNG Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt 8 June 2014
100px Mostafa Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt 14 June 2018
 Iraq Near East 100px Barham Salih President of Iraq 2 October 2018
100px Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Prime Minister of Iraq 7 May 2020
 Jordan Levant 100px Abdullah II of Jordan King of Jordan 7 February 1999
100px Bisher Al-Khasawneh Prime Minister of Jordan 12 October 2020
 Kuwait Arabian Peninsula 100px Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait 29 September 2020
100px Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait 24 July 2022
 Lebanon Levant 100px Michel Aoun President of Lebanon 31 October 2016
100px Najib Mikati Prime Minister of Lebanon 10 September 2021
 Libya North Africa and the Magreb 100px Mohamed al-Menfi Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 10 March 2021
100px Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Prime Minister of Libya 15 March 2021
 Mauritania Maghreb 100px Mohamed Ould Ghazouani President of Mauritania 1 August 2019
100px Mohamed Ould Bilal Prime Minister of Mauritania 6 August 2020
 Morocco North Africa and the Magreb 100px Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco 23 July 1999
100px Aziz Akhannouch Prime Minister of Morocco 7 October 2021
 Oman Arabian Peninsula 100px Haitham bin Tariq Sultan of Oman 11 January 2020
 Palestine Levant Mahmoud Abbas September 2014.jpg Mahmoud Abbas President of the State of Palestine 8 May 2005
100px Mohammad Shtayyeh Prime Minister of the State of Palestine 13 April 2019
 Qatar Arabian Peninsula 100px Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir of Qatar 25 June 2013
100px Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani Prime Minister of Qatar 28 January 2020
 Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdull aziz December 9, 2013.jpg Salman of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015
100px Mohammed Bin Salman Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
(de facto)		 21 June 2017
 Somalia Horn of Africa 100px Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of Somalia 9 June 2022
100px Hamza Abdi Barre Prime Minister of Somalia 25 June 2022
 Sudan North Africa 100px Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Head of State of Sudan 12 April 2019
Emblem of Sudan.svg Osman Hussein Acting Prime Minister of Sudan 19 January 2022
 Syria Levant Bashar al-Assad (cropped).jpg Bashar al-Assad President of Syria 17 July 2000
100px Hussein Arnous Prime Minister of Syria 11 June 2020
 Tunisia North Africa and the Magreb 100px Kais Saied President of Tunisia 23 October 2019
100px Najla Bouden Prime Minister of Tunisia 11 October 2021
 United Arab Emirates Arabian Peninsula 100px Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates 14 May 2022
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.jpg Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 11 February 2006
 Yemen 100px Rashad al-Alimi* Chairman of the Presidential Leadership
Council of Yemen		 7 April 2022
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed* Prime Minister of Yemen 15 October 2018

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 100px Aslan Bzhania President of Abkhazia 23 April 2020
100px Alexander Ankvab Prime Minister of Abkhazia 24 April 2020
 Afghanistan Near East Hibatullah Akhundzada Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 15 August 2021
100px Hasan Akhund Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan 7 September 2021
 Armenia Near East and the Caucasus 100px Vahagn Khachaturyan President of Armenia 13 March 2022
100px Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of Armenia 8 May 2018
 Artsakh 100px Arayik Harutyunyan President of Artsakh 21 May 2020
 Azerbaijan 100px Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 31 October 2003
100px Ali Asadov Prime Minister of Azerbaijan 8 October 2019
 Chad Central Africa 100px Mahamat Déby President of the Transitional Military Council of Chad 20 April 2021
100px Albert Pahimi Padacké Prime Minister of Chad 26 April 2021
 Cyprus Levant 100px Nicos Anastasiades President of Cyprus 28 February 2013
 Eritrea Horn of Africa 100px Isaias Afwerki President of Eritrea 24 May 1993
 Ethiopia 100px Sahle-Work Zewde President of Ethiopia 25 October 2018
100px Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia 2 April 2018
 Georgia Near East and the Caucasus 100px Salome Zourabichvili President of Georgia 16 December 2018
100px Irakli Garibashvili Prime Minister of Georgia 19 February 2021
 Iran Near East 100px Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran 4 June 1989
100px Ebrahim Raisi President of Iran 3 August 2021
 Israel Levant 100px Isaac Herzog President of Israel 7 July 2021
100px Yair Lapid Prime Minister of Israel 1 July 2022
 Northern Cyprus 100px Ersin Tatar President of Northern Cyprus 23 October 2020
Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Ünal Üstel Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus 12 May 2022
 Sahrawi Republic North Africa and the Magreb 100px Brahim Ghali President of the Sahrawi Republic 12 July 2016
Buchraya Hamudi Bayun.png Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 13 January 2020
 South Ossetia Near East and the Caucasus 100px Alan Gagloyev President of South Ossetia 24 May 2022
Coat of arms of South Ossetia.svg Konstantin Dzhussoyev Prime Minister of South Ossetia 20 June 2022
 Somaliland Horn of Africa 100px Muse Bihi Abdi President of Somaliland 13 December 2017
 Turkey Anatolia, the Near East,
and the Caucasus[3]		 100px Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey 28 August 2014

References

  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 the Levant region.
  3. ↑ Bulk of Territory; Hatay is in the Levant 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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