# List of national power transfers in 2022

The following is a list of power transfers between national heads of state, heads of government, prime ministers, and other equivalent positions in the year 2022. All countries which act as de facto sovereign states, per the criteria at List of sovereign states, are included.

## Heads of State

Head of State Changes in 2022 :
| Date | Country | Position | Incumbent | Party | Incoming | Party | Cause |
| 1 Jan | Switzerland | President | Guy Parmelin | Swiss People's Party | Ignazio Cassis | FDP.The Liberals | Rotation |
| 24 Jan | Burkina Faso | President | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | People's Movement for Progress | Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba | Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (military junta) | Coup d'état |
| 27 Jan | Honduras | President | Juan Orlando Hernández | National Party | Xiomara Castro | Liberty and Refoundation | Election |
| 1 Feb | Armenia | President | Armen Sarkissian | Independent | Alan Simonyan (acting) | Civil Contract | Resignation |
| 11 Mar | Chile | President | Sebastián Piñera | Independent (elected for Let's Go Chile) | Gabriel Boric | Social Convergence | Election |
| 13 Mar | Armenia | President | Alan Simonyan (acting) | Civil Contract | Vahagn Khachaturyan | Independent | Indirect election |
| 19 Mar | Turkmenistan | President | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | Independent | Serdar Berdimuhamedow | Democratic Party | Election |
| 1 Apr | San Marino | Captains Regent | Francesco Mussoni | Christian Democratic Party | Oscar Mina | Christian Democratic Party | Indirect election |
| 1 Apr | San Marino | Captains Regent | Giacomo Simoncini | Socialist Party | Paolo Rondelli | RETE Movement | Indirect election |
| 7 Apr | Yemen | President | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi | General People's Congress | Rashad al-Alimi | General People's Congress | Resignation |
| 8 May | Costa Rica | President | Carlos Alvarado Quesada | Citizens' Action Party | Rodrigo Chaves Robles | Social Democratic Progress Party | Election |
| 10 May | Hungary | President | János Áder | Civic Alliance | Katalin Novák | Civic Alliance | Indirect election |
| 10 May | Republic of Korea | President | Moon Jae-in | Democratic Party | Yoon Suk-yeol | People Power Party | Election |
| 14 May | United Arab Emirates | President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | N/A | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | N/A | Death |
| 14 May | Somalia | President | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed | Quality Party | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | Union for Peace and Development Party | Indirect election |
| 19 May | Timor-Leste | President | Francisco Guterres | Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor | José Ramos-Horta | National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction | Election |
| 24 May | South Ossetia | President | Anatoly Bibilov | United Ossetia | Alan Gagloyev | Meeting | Election |
| 30 Jun | Philippines | President | Rodrigo Duterte | PDP-Laban | Bongbong Marcos | Federalist Party | Election |
| 15 Jul | Sri Lanka | President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | People's Front | Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Resignation |
| 23 Jul | Vanuatu | President | Tallis Obed Moses | Independent | Nikenike Vurobaravu | Our Land Party | Indirect election |
| 24 Jul | Albania | President | Ilir Meta | Socialist Movement for Integration | Bajram Begaj | Independent | Indirect election |
| 25 Jul | India | President | Ram Nath Kovind | Indian People's Party | Droupadi Murmu | Indian People's Party | Indirect election |
| 7 Aug | Colombia | President | Iván Duque Márquez | Democratic Center | Gustavo Petro Urrego | Humane Colombia | Election |
| 8 Sep | Antigua and Barbuda | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Australia | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Bahamas | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Belize | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Canada | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Grenada | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Jamaica | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | New Zealand | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Papua New Guinea | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Saint Lucia | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Solomon Islands | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | Tuvalu | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 8 Sep | United Kingdom | Monarch | Elizabeth II | N/A | Charles III | N/A | Death |
| 13 Sep | Kenya | President | Uhuru Kenyatta | Jubilee Party | William Ruto | United Democratic Alliance | Election |
| 29 Sep | Nauru | President | Lionel Aingimea | Independent | Russ Kun | Independent | Indirect election |
| 30 Sep | Burkina Faso | President | Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba | Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (military junta) | Ibrahim Traoré | Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (military junta) | Coup d'état |
| 1 Oct | San Marino | Captains Regent | Oscar Mina | Christian Democratic Party | Maria Luisa Berti | We Sammarinese | Indirect election |
| 1 Oct | San Marino | Captains Regent | Paolo Rondelli | RETE Movement | Manuel Ciavatta | Christian Democratic Party | Indirect election |
| 17 Oct | Iraq | President | Barham Salih | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Abdul Latif Rashid | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Indirect election |
| 31 Oct | Lebanon | President | Michel Aoun | Free Patriotic Movement | Najib Mikati (acting) | Azm Movement | Term limit |
| 16 Nov | Bosnia and Herzegovina | President (Bosniak) | Šefik Džaferović | Party of Democratic Action | Denis Bećirović | Social Democratic Party | Election |
| 16 Nov | Bosnia and Herzegovina | President (Serb) | Milorad Dodik | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | Željka Cvijanović | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | Election |
| 7 Dec | Peru | President | Pedro Castillo | Independent (elected for Free Peru) | Dina Boluarte | Independent (elected for Free Peru) | Impeachment |
| 23 Dec | Slovenia | President | Borut Pahor | Social Democrats | Nataša Pirc Musar | Independent | Election |

## Heads of Government and Prime Ministers

Heads of government that are also heads of state are not included in this list.
Head of Government Changes in 2022 :
| Date | Country | Position | Incumbent | Party | Incoming | Party | Cause |
| 5 Jan | Kazakhstan | Prime Minister | Asqar Mamin | Radiant Fatherland | Älihan Smaiylov | Radiant Fatherland | Resignation |
| 17 Jan | North Macedonia | Prime Minister | Zoran Zaev | Social Democratic Union | Dimitar Kovačevski | Social Democratic Union | Resignation |
| 19 Jan | Sudan | Prime Minister | Abdalla Hamdok | Independent | Osman Hussein (acting) | Independent | Resignation |
| 1 Feb | Peru | Prime Minister | Mirtha Vásquez | Broad Front | Héctor Valer | Democratic Peru | Resignation |
| 7 Feb | Central African Republic | Prime Minister | Henri-Marie Dondra | Independent | Félix Moloua | United Hearts Movement | Appointment |
| 8 Feb | Peru | Prime Minister | Héctor Valer | Democratic Peru | Aníbal Torres | Independent | Resignation |
| 3 Mar | Burkina Faso | Prime Minister | Lassina Zerbo | Independent | Albert Ouédraogo | Independent | Appointment |
| 3 Mar | Mozambique | Prime Minister | Carlos Agostinho do Rosário | Liberation Front | Adriano Maleiane | Liberation Front | Appointment |
| 11 Apr | Pakistan | Prime Minister | Imran Khan | Movement for Justice | Shehbaz Sharif | Muslim League (Nawaz) | Confidence failure |
| 28 Apr | Montenegro | Prime Minister | Zdravko Krivokapić | We Won't Give Up | Dritan Abazović | United Reform Action | Confidence failure |
| 12 May | Northern Cyprus | Prime Minister | Faiz Sucuoğlu | National Unity Party | Ünal Üstel | National Unity Party | Resignation |
| 12 May | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa | People's Front | Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Resignation |
| 16 May | France | Prime Minister | Jean Castex | Renaissance | Élisabeth Borne | Territories of Progress | Appointment |
| 21 May | Republic of Korea | Prime Minister | Kim Boo-kyum | Democratic Party | Han Duck-soo | Independent | Appointment |
| 23 May | Australia | Prime Minister | Scott Morrison | Liberal Party | Anthony Albanese | Labor Party | Election |
| 26 May | Slovenia | Prime Minister | Janez Janša | Democratic Party | Robert Golob | Freedom Movement | Election |
| 30 May | Transnistria | Prime Minister | Aleksandr Martynov | Independent | Aleksandr Rozenberg | Independent | Resignation |
| 20 Jun | South Ossetia | Prime Minister | Gennady Bekoyev | Independent | Konstantin Dzhussoev | Independent | Appointment |
| 24 Jun | Grenada | Prime Minister | Keith Mitchell | New National Party | Dickon Mitchell | National Democratic Congress | Election |
| 26 Jun | Somalia | Prime Minister | Mohamed Hussein Roble | Independent | Hamza Abdi Barre | Union for Peace and Development Party | Appointment |
| 1 Jul | Hong Kong | Chief Executive | Carrie Lam | Independent | John Lee | Independent | Indirect election |
| 1 Jul | Israel | Prime Minister | Naftali Bennett | New Right | Yair Lapid | There Is A Future | Rotation |
| 16 Jul | Guinea | Prime Minister | Mohamed Béavogui | Independent | Bernard Goumou | Independent | Appointment |
| 19 Jul | Kuwait | Prime Minister | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah | Independent | Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (acting) | Independent | Resignation |
| 22 Jul | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | Dinesh Gunawardena | People's United Front | Appointment |
| 24 Jul | Kuwait | Prime Minister | Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (acting) | Independent | Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | Independent | Appointment |
| 2 Aug | Bulgaria | Prime Minister | Kiril Petkov | We Continue the Change | Galab Donev | Independent | Confidence failure |
| 6 Aug | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Prime Minister | Timothy Harris | People's Labour Party | Terrence Drew | Labour Party | Election |
| 21 Aug | Mali | Prime Minister | Choguel Kokalla Maïga | Independent | Adboulaye Maïga | Independent | Appointment |
| 6 Sep | United Kingdom | Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | Conservative Party | Liz Truss | Conservative Party | Resignation |
| 7 Sep | Burundi | Prime Minister | Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni | National Council for the Defense of Democracy | Gervais Ndirakobuca | National Council for the Defense of Democracy | Appointment |
| 17 Sep | Senegal | Prime Minister | Mahammed Dionne (previously, 2019) | Independent | Amadou Ba | Independent | Appointment |
| 27 Sep | Saudi Arabia | Prime Minister | Salman bin Abdulaziz | N/A | Mohammed bin Salman | N/A | Appointment |
| 12 Oct | Chad | Prime Minister | Albert Pahimi Padacké | National Rally for Democracy | Saleh Kebzabo | National Rally for Democracy | Appointment |
| 17 Oct | Sweden | Prime Minister | Magdalena Andersson | Social Democratic Party | Ulf Kristersson | Moderate Party | Election |
| 21 Oct | Burkina Faso | Prime Minister | Albert Ouédraogo | Independent | Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla | Independent | Appointment |
| 22 Oct | Italy | Prime Minister | Mario Draghi | Independent | Giorgia Meloni | Brothers of Italy | Election |
| 25 Oct | United Kingdom | Prime Minister | Liz Truss | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak | Conservative Party | Resignation |
| 27 Oct | Iraq | Prime Minister | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi | Independent | Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | Islamic Call Party | Election |
| 28 Nov | Lesotho | Prime Minister | Moeketsi Majoro | All-Basotho Convention | Sam Matekane | Revolution for Prosperity | Election |
| 4 Nov | Vanuatu | Prime Minister | Bob Loughman | Our Land Party | Ishmael Kalsakau | Union of Moderate Parties | Election |
| 11 Nov | São Tomé and Príncipe | Prime Minister | Jorge Bom Jesus | Movement for Liberation/Social Democratic Party | Patrice Trovoada | Independent Democratic Action | Election |
| 24 Nov | Malaysia | Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob | United Malays National Organization | Anwar Ibrahim | People's Justice Party | Election |
| 26 Nov | Peru | Prime Minister | Aníbal Torres | Independent | Betssy Chavéz | Democratic Peru | Resignation |
| 11 Dec | Peru | Prime Minister | Betssy Chavéz | Democratic Peru | Pedro Angulo Arana | Independent | Resignation |
| 17 Dec | Ireland | Taoiseach | Micheál Martin | Fianna Fáil | Leo Varadkar | Fine Gael | Rotation |
| 21 Dec | Peru | Prime Minister | Pedro Angulo Arana | Independent | Alberto Otárola | Independent | Appointment |
| 24 Dec | Fiji | Prime Minister | Frank Bainimarama | FijiFirst | Sitiveni Rabuka | People's Alliance | Election |
| 25 Dec | Nepal | Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Communist Party (Maoist Centre) | Election |
| 29 Dec | Israel | Prime Minister | Yair Lapid | There Is A Future | Benjamin Netanyahu | Consolidation | Election |
| 30 Dec | Laos | Prime Minister | Phankham Viphavanh | People's Revolutionary Party | Sonexay Siphandone | People's Revolutionary Party | Resignation |