# 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 | Leader | Title | In Office |
| Algeria | Maghreb | Abdelmadjid Tebboune | President of Algeria | 19 December 2019 |
| Algeria | Maghreb | Nadir Larbaoui | Prime Minister of Algeria | 11 November 2023 |
| Bahrain | Arabian Peninsula | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | King of Bahrain | 6 March 1999 |
| Bahrain | Arabian Peninsula | 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 |
| Djibouti | Horn of Africa | Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | Prime Minister of Djibouti | 1 April 2013 |
| Egypt | Northeast Africa | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President of Egypt | 8 June 2014 |
| Egypt | Northeast Africa | Mostafa Madbouly | Prime Minister of Egypt | 14 June 2018 |
| Iraq | Fertile Crescent | Abdul Latif Rashid | President of Iraq | 13 October 2022 |
| Iraq | Fertile Crescent | Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | Prime Minister of Iraq | 27 October 2022 |
| Jordan | Fertile Crescent | Abdullah II of Jordan | King of Jordan | 7 February 1999 |
| Jordan | Fertile Crescent | 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 |
| Kuwait | Arabian Peninsula | Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah | Prime Minister of Kuwait | 15 May 2024 |
| Lebanon | Levant | Joseph Aoun | President of Lebanon | 9 January 2025 |
| Lebanon | Levant | Nawaf Salam | Prime Minister of Lebanon | 8 February 2025 |
| Libya | Maghreb | Mohamed al-Menfi | Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya | 10 March 2021 |
| Libya | Maghreb | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | Prime Minister of Libya | 15 March 2021 |
| Mauritania | Maghreb | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | President of Mauritania | 1 August 2019 |
| Mauritania | Maghreb | Mokhtar Ould Djay | Prime Minister of Mauritania | 5 August 2024 |
| Morocco | Maghreb | Mohammed VI of Morocco | King of Morocco | 23 July 1999 |
| Morocco | Maghreb | 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 |
| Palestine | Levant | 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 |
| Qatar | Arabian Peninsula | Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani | Prime Minister of Qatar | 7 March 2023 |
| Saudi Arabia | Arabian Peninsula | Salman of Saudi Arabia | King of Saudi Arabia | 23 January 2015 |
| Saudi Arabia | Arabian Peninsula | Mohammed Bin Salman | Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | 27 September 2022 |
| Somalia | Horn of Africa | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | President of Somalia | 9 June 2022 |
| Somalia | Horn of Africa | 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 |
| Sudan | Northeast Africa | Osman Hussein | Prime Minister of Sudan | 19 January 2022 |
| Syria | Levant | Ahmed al-Sharaa | President of Syria | 8 December 2024 |
| Syria | Levant | Mohammed al-Bashir | Prime Minister of Syria | 10 December 2024 |
| Tunisia | Maghreb | Kais Saied | President of Tunisia | 23 October 2019 |
| Tunisia | Maghreb | 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 |
| United Arab Emirates | Arabian Peninsula | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates | 11 February 2006 |
| Yemen | Arabian Peninsula | Rashad al-Alimi | Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen | 7 April 2022 |
| Yemen | Arabian Peninsula | Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak | Prime Minister of Yemen | 5 February 2024 |

## Leaders of other states and unrecognised states in the MENA region

| State | Region | Leader | Title | In Office |
| Abkhazia | Near East and the Caucasus | Badra Gunba | President of Abkhazia | 19 November 2024 |
| Abkhazia | Near East and the Caucasus | Valeri Bganba | Acting Prime Minister of Abkhazia | 19 November 2024 |
| Afghanistan | Near East | Hibatullah Akhundzada | Supreme Leader of Afghanistan | 15 August 2021 |
| Afghanistan | Near East | Hasan Akhund | Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan | 7 September 2021 |
| Armenia | Near East and the Caucasus | Vahagn Khachaturyan | President of Armenia | 13 March 2022 |
| Armenia | Near East and the Caucasus | Nikol Pashinyan | Prime Minister of Armenia | 8 May 2018 |
| Azerbaijan | Near East and the Caucasus | Ilham Aliyev | President of Azerbaijan | 31 October 2003 |
| Azerbaijan | Near East and the Caucasus | Ali Asadov | Prime Minister of Azerbaijan | 8 October 2019 |
| Chad | Central Africa | Mahamat Déby | President of Chad | 20 April 2021 |
| Chad | Central Africa | 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 | Horn of Africa | Taye Atske Selassie | President of Ethiopia | 7 October 2024 |
| Ethiopia | Horn of Africa | Abiy Ahmed | Prime Minister of Ethiopia | 2 April 2018 |
| Georgia | Near East and the Caucasus | Mikheil Kavelashvili | President of Georgia | 29 December 2024 |
| Georgia | Near East and the Caucasus | Irakli Kobakhidze | Prime Minister of Georgia | 8 February 2023 |
| Iran | Near East | Ali Khamenei | Supreme Leader of Iran | 4 June 1989 |
| Iran | Near East | Masoud Pezeshkian | President of Iran | 28 July 2024 |
| Israel | Levant | Isaac Herzog | President of Israel | 7 July 2021 |
| Israel | Levant | Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister of Israel | 29 December 2022 |
| Northern Cyprus | Levant | Ersin Tatar | President of Northern Cyprus | 23 October 2020 |
| Northern Cyprus | Levant | Ünal Üstel | Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | 12 May 2022 |
| Sahrawi Republic | Maghreb | Brahim Ghali | President of the Sahrawi Republic | 12 July 2016 |
| Sahrawi Republic | Maghreb | 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 |
| South Ossetia | Near East and the Caucasus | Konstantin Dzhussoyev | Prime Minister of South Ossetia | 20 June 2022 |
| Somaliland | Horn of Africa | Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi | President of Somaliland | 12 December 2024 |
| Turkey | Anatolia, the Fertile Crescent, and the Caucasus | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | President of Turkey | 28 August 2014 |