# List of heads of state and government of Indian origin

This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Indian origin, other than the heads of state and government of countries of the Indian subcontinent. This list includes de facto heads of state and government but does not include acting, caretaker, interim, representative, transitional or temporary heads of state and government.

## Heads of state and heads of government

| S.No. | Name (birth―death) | Office | Designation | Country | Term | Term | Tenure | Birthplace | Ancestry |
| 1 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 12 March 1968 | 30 June 1982 | 14 years, 110 days | Belle Rive, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 2 | Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923–1996) | Prime Minister of Portugal | Head of government | Portugal | 28 August 1978 | 22 November 1978 | 86 days | Lisbon, Portugal | Indo-Portuguese of Goan descent |
| 3 | Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Head of government | Malaysia | 16 July 1981 | 31 October 2003 | 24 years, 38 days | Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States | Malaysian Indian of Malayali descent |
| 3 | Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Head of government | Malaysia | 10 May 2018 | 1 March 2020 | 24 years, 38 days | Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States | Malaysian Indian of Malayali descent |
| 4 | Devan Nair (1923–2005) | President of Singapore | Head of state | Singapore | 23 October 1981 | 27 March 1985 | 3 years, 155 days | Jasin, Malacca, Straits Settlements | Indian Singaporean of Malayali descent |
| 5 | Fred Ramdat Misier (1926–2004) | President of Suriname | Head of state | Suriname | 8 February 1982 | 25 January 1988 | 5 years, 351 days | Paramaribo, Surinam | Indo-Surinamese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 6 | Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 30 June 1982 | 22 December 1995 | 18 years, 225 days | Palma, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 6 | Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 17 September 2000 | 30 September 2003 | 18 years, 225 days | Palma, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 6 | Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 17 December 2014 | 23 January 2017 | 18 years, 225 days | Palma, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 6 | Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 7 October 2003 | 31 March 2012 | 8 years, 176 days | Palma, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 7 | Errol Alibux (born 1948) | Prime Minister of Suriname | Head of government | Suriname | 26 February 1983 | 8 January 1984 | 316 days | Paramaribo, Surinam | Indo-Surinamese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 8 | Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) | Prime Minister of Suriname | Head of government | Suriname | 17 July 1986 | 7 April 1987 | 264 days | Paramaribo, Surinam | Indo-Surinamese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 9 | Noor Hassanali (1918–2006) | President of Trinidad and Tobago | Head of state | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 March 1987 | 17 March 1997 | 9 years, 362 days | San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies | Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 10 | Ramsewak Shankar (born 1937) | President of Suriname | Head of state, Head of government | Suriname | 25 January 1988 | 24 December 1990 | 2 years, 333 days | Nieuw Amsterdam, Surinam | Indo-Surinamese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 11 | Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 12 March 1992 | 30 June 1992 | 110 days | Port Louis, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Tamil descent |
| 12 | Cassam Uteem (born 1941) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 30 June 1992 | 15 February 2002 | 9 years, 230 days | Port Louis, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 13 | Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) | President of Guyana | Head of state, Head of government | Guyana | 9 October 1992 | 6 March 1997 | 4 years, 148 days | Port Mourant, British Guiana | Indo-Guyanese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 14 | Basdeo Panday (1933–2024) | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago | Head of government | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 November 1995 | 24 December 2001 | 6 years, 45 days | St. Julien, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies | Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 15 | Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 27 December 1995 | 11 September 2000 | 14 years, 59 days | Port Louis, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 15 | Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 5 July 2005 | 17 December 2014 | 14 years, 59 days | Port Louis, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 15 | Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 13 November 2024 | Incumbent | 84 days | Port Louis, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 16 | Mahendra Chaudhry (born 1942) | Prime Minister of Fiji | Head of government | Fiji | 19 May 1999 | 27 May 2000 | 1 year, 8 days | Ba, British Fiji | Indo-Fijian of Haryanvi descent |
| 17 | Bharrat Jagdeo (born 1964) | President of Guyana | Head of state, Head of government | Guyana | 11 August 1999 | 3 December 2011 | 12 years, 114 days | Unity, British Guiana | Indo-Guyanese of Awadhi descent |
| 18 | S. R. Nathan (1924–2016) | President of Singapore | Head of state | Singapore | 1 September 1999 | 31 August 2011 | 11 years, 364 days | Singapore, Straits Settlements | Indian Singaporean of Tamil descent |
| 19 | Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952) | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago | Head of government | Trinidad and Tobago | 26 May 2010 | 9 September 2015 | 5 years, 108 days | Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies | Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian of Bhojpuri and Tamil descent |
| 20 | Donald Ramotar (born 1950) | President of Guyana | Head of state, Head of government | Guyana | 3 December 2011 | 16 May 2015 | 3 years, 164 days | Caria Caria, British Guiana | Indo-Guyanese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 21 | Kailash Purryag (born 1947) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 21 July 2012 | 29 May 2015 | 2 years, 312 days | Camp Fouquereaux, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 22 | Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (born 1959) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 5 June 2015 | 23 March 2018 | 2 years, 291 days | Surinam, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Gujarati descent |
| 23 | António Costa (born 1961) | Prime Minister of Portugal | Head of government | Portugal | 26 November 2015 | 2 April 2024 | 8 years, 128 days | Lisbon, Portugal | Indo-Portuguese of Goan descent |
| 24 | Pravind Jugnauth (born 1961) | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Head of government | Mauritius | 23 January 2017 | 13 November 2024 | 7 years, 295 days | Vacoas-Phoenix, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 25 | Leo Varadkar (born 1979) | Taoiseach | Head of government | Ireland | 14 June 2017 | 27 June 2020 | 4 years, 127 days | Dublin, Ireland | Irish Indian of Konkani descent |
| 25 | Leo Varadkar (born 1979) | Taoiseach | Head of government | Ireland | 17 December 2022 | 9 April 2024 | 4 years, 127 days | Dublin, Ireland | Irish Indian of Konkani descent |
| 26 | Halimah Yacob (born 1954) | President of Singapore | Head of state | Singapore | 14 September 2017 | 14 September 2023 | 6 years, 0 days | Singapore City, British Singapore | Indian Singaporean of Malayali descent |
| 27 | Prithvirajsing Roopun (born 1959) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 2 December 2019 | 2 December 2024 | 5 years, 0 days | Quatre Bornes, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 28 | Chan Santokhi (born 1959) | President of Suriname | Head of state, Head of government | Suriname | 16 July 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 204 days | Lelydorp, Suriname | Indo-Surinamese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 29 | Irfaan Ali (born 1980) | President of Guyana | Head of state, Head of government | Guyana | 2 August 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 187 days | Leonora, Guyana | Indo-Guyanese of Bhojpuri descent |
| 30 | Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1961) | President of Seychelles | Head of state, Head of government | Seychelles | 26 October 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 102 days | Mahé, British Seychelles | Indo-Seychellois of Bhojpuri descent |
| 31 | Rishi Sunak (born 1980) | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Head of government | United Kingdom | 25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | 1 year, 254 days | Southampton, England, United Kingdom | British Indian of Punjabi descent |
| 32 | Christine Kangaloo (born 1961) | President of Trinidad and Tobago | Head of state | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 March 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 322 days | San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Federation | Indo-Trinidaian and Tobagonian of Bhojpuri descent |
| 33 | Dharam Gokhool (born 1949) | President of Mauritius | Head of state | Mauritius | 6 December 2024 | Incumbent | 61 days | Plaine des Roches, British Mauritius | Indo-Mauritian of Bhojpuri descent |