# List of heads of state and government of Chinese descent

This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of states or sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Chinese descent where ethnic Chinese are a minority. 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 governments

| S.No. | Name | Title | Country | Tenure | Descent |
| 1 | Emilio Aguinaldo 埃米利奧·阿奎納多 | President of the Philippines | Philippine Republic | 1899–1901 | Chinese mestizo |
| 2 | Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada 披耶·瑪奴巴功 | Prime Minister of Siam | Thailand | 1932–1933 | Thai Chinese |
| 3 | Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena 披耶帕鳳·豐派育哈色納 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1933–1938 | Thai Chinese |
| 4 | Manuel L. Quezon 曼努埃爾·奎松 | President of the Philippines | Philippines Commonwealth | 1935–1944 | Chinese mestizo |
| 5 | Plaek Phibunsongkhram 貝·鑾披汶頌堪 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1938–1944, 1948–1957 | Thai Chinese |
| 6 | Sergio Osmeña 塞爾吉奧·奧斯梅尼亞 | President of the Philippines | Philippines Commonwealth | 1944–1946 | |
| 7 | Son Ngoc Thanh 山玉成 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Kingdom of Kampuchea | 1945, 1972 | |
| 7 | Son Ngoc Thanh 山玉成 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Khmer Republic | 1945, 1972 | |
| 8 | Seni Pramoj 社尼·巴莫 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1945–1946, 1975, 1976 | Thai Chinese |
| 9 | Pridi Banomyong 比里·帕儂榮 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1946 | Thai Chinese |
| 10 | Thawan Thamrongnawasawat 鑾探隆·那瓦沙瓦 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1946–1947 | Thai Chinese |
| 11 | Pote Sarasin 乃朴·沙拉信 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1957 | Thai Chinese |
| 12 | Thanom Kittikachorn 他儂·吉滴卡宗 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1958, 1963–1973 | Thai Chinese |
| 13 | Ne Win 奈溫 | Prime Minister of Myanmar | Burma | 1958–1960, 1962–1974 | Chinese Burmese |
| 13 | Ne Win 奈溫 | President of Myanmar | Burma | 1974–1981 | Chinese Burmese |
| 14 | Sarit Thanarat 沙立·他那叻 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1959–1963 | |
| 16 | Peter Lo Su Yin | Chief Minister of Sabah | Sabah | 1965-1967 | Ethnic Chinese in the Dewan Rakyat |
| 17 | Ferdinand Marcos 費迪南德·馬科斯 | President of the Philippines | Philippines | 1965–1986 | |
| 17 | Ferdinand Marcos 費迪南德·馬科斯 | Prime Minister of the Philippines | Philippines | 1978–1981 | |
| 17 | Lon Nol 朗諾 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Kingdom of Cambodia | 1966–1967, 1969–1971 | |
| 17 | Lon Nol 朗諾 | President of Cambodia | Khmer Republic | 1972–1975 | |
| 18 | Arthur Chung 鍾亞瑟 | President of Guyana | Guyana | 1970–1980 | Chinese Guyanese |
| 19 | Cheng Heng 鄭興 | President of Cambodia | Khmer Republic | 1970–1972 | |
| 21 | Kukrit Pramoj 克立·巴莫 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1975–1976 | Thai Chinese |
| 22 | James Mancham 詹姆斯·曼卡姆 | President of Seychelles | Seychelles | 1976–1977 | Chinese on paternal side |
| 23 | Khieu Samphan 喬森潘 | Head of State of Cambodia | Kampuchea | 1976–1979 | |
| 24 | Pol Pot 波爾布特 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Kampuchea | 1976–1979 | |
| 26 | Thanin Kraivichien 他寧·蓋威遷 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1976–1977 | Thai Chinese |
| 27 | Kriangsak Chamanan 江薩·差瑪南 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1977–1980 | Thai Chinese |
| 28 | Julius Chan 陳仲民 | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 1980–1982, 1994–1997, 1997 | Chinese Taishanese father |
| 29 | Henk Chin A Sen 陳亞先 | Prime Minister of Suriname | Suriname | 1980–1982 | |
| 29 | Henk Chin A Sen 陳亞先 | President of Suriname | Suriname | 1980–1982 | |
| 30 | San Yu 山友 | President of Myanmar | Burma | 1981–1988 | Chinese Burmese |
| 31 | Chan Sy 姜西 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Kampuchea People's Republic | 1982–1984 | |
| 32 | Hun Sen 洪森 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Kampuchea People's Republic | 1984–2023 | Teochew |
| 32 | Hun Sen 洪森 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | State of Cambodia | 1984–2023 | Teochew |
| 32 | Hun Sen 洪森 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Cambodia | 1984–2023 | Teochew |
| 34 | Corazon Aquino 科拉松·阿基諾 | President of the Philippines | Philippines | 1986–1992 | |
| 35 | Roh Tae-woo 盧泰愚 | President of South Korea | South Korea | 1988–1993 | Shandong Peninsula |
| 36 | Chatichai Choonhavan 差猜·春哈旺 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1988–1991 | |
| 38 | Anand Panyarachun 阿南·班雅拉春 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1991–1992 | |
| 39 | Chea Sim 謝辛 | Head of State of Cambodia | State of Cambodia | 1992–1993 | |
| 40 | Suchinda Kraprayoon 蘇欽達·甲巴允 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1992-1992 | |
| 41 | Chuan Leekpai 川·立派 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1992–1995, 1997–2001 | Thai Chinese Hokkien |
| 43 | Banharn Silpa-archa 班漢·西巴阿差 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1995–1996 | Thai Chinese |
| 44 | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh 差瓦立·永猜裕 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 1996–1997 | |
| 45 | Abdurrahman Wahid 阿卜杜拉赫曼·瓦希德 | President of Indonesia | Indonesia | 1999–2001 | |
| 46 | Thaksin Shinawatra 他信·西那瓦 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 2001–2006 | |
| 47 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 阿都拉·阿末·巴達威 | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Malaysia | 2003–2009 | Grandfather is Chinese Born Cham |
| 48 | Roh Moo-hyun 盧武鉉 | President of South Korea | South Korea | 2003–2008 | |
| 49 | George Maxwell Richards 喬治·馬克斯韋爾·理查茲 | President of Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 2003–2013 | |
| 50 | Anote Tong 湯安諾 | President of Kiribati | Kiribati | 2003–2016 | |
| 51 | Khin Nyunt 欽紐 | Prime Minister of Myanmar | Myanmar | 2003–2004 | Chinese Burmese |
| 53 | Samak Sundaravej 沙馬·順達衛 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 2008 | |
| 55 | Abhisit Vejjajiva 阿披實·威差奇瓦 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 2008–2011 | Thai Chinese |
| 56 | Benigno Aquino III 貝尼格諾·阿基諾三世 | President of the Philippines | Philippines | 2010–2016 | |
| 57 | Dési Bouterse 德西·鮑特瑟 | President of Suriname | Suriname | 2010–2020 | |
| 58 | Yingluck Shinawatra 英拉·西那瓦 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 2011–2014 | Thai Chinese |
| 61 | Luis Guillermo Solís 路易斯·吉列爾莫·索利斯 | President of Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 2014–2018 | |
| 62 | Rodrigo Duterte 羅德里戈·杜特爾特 | President of the Philippines | Philippines | 2016–2022 | |
| 63 | Bongbong Marcos 小費迪南德·馬科斯 | President of the Philippines | Philippines | 2022–present | |
| 64 | Hun Manet 洪玛奈 | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Cambodia | 2023–present | |
| 65 | Srettha Thavisin 賽塔·塔維辛 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 2023–2024 | |
| 67 | Paetongtarn Shinawatra 貝東丹·欽那瓦 | Prime Minister of Thailand | Thailand | 2024–present | |
| 68 | Stuart Young 斯圖爾特楊 | Prime Minister-designate of Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 17 March 2025 | Chinese Trinidadian |