page_title: List of people named in the Panama Papers
section_title: Heads of state
hierarchical_section_title: List of people named in the Panama Papers / Government officials / Heads of state
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of Petro PoroshenkoItaliano: Ritratto ufficiale di Petro PoroshenkoSicilianu: Ritrattu ufficiali i Petru PoroshenkuУкраїнська: Офіційний портрет Петра Порошенка
context_page_description: This is a partial list of people named in the Panama Papers as shareholders, directors and beneficiaries of offshore companies. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the full list of companies and individuals in the Panama Papers on 10 May 2016. ICIJ published the following disclaimer with regard to the data provided: "There are legitimate uses for offshore companies, foundations and trusts. We do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in the ICIJ Power Players interactive application have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly."
context_section_description: Salman of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia 
   Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi
  Former heads of state
   Mauricio Macri, former President of Argentina 
   Petro Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine
   Rafael Correa, former President of Ecuador
   Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar, is listed as owner of Afrodille S.A., which had a bank account in Luxembourg and shares in two South African companies. Al Thani also held a majority of the shares in Rienne S.A. and Yalis S.A., holding a term deposit with the Bank of China in Luxembourg. A relative owned 25% of these: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's former prime minister and foreign minister.
   Ahmed al-Mirghani, former President of Sudan who was president from 1986–1989 and died in 2008.
  Former heads of government
   Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland, left office in April 2016 as a result the Panama Papers revelations
   Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
   Bidzina Ivanishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia
   Pavlo Lazarenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine
   Ion Sturza, former Prime Minister of Moldova
   Ayad Allawi, former Acting Prime Minister of Iraq
   Ali Abu al-Ragheb, former Prime Minister of Jordan
   Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a member of the Bhutto family
   Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
   Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, former Prime Minister of Qatar
   Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia
caption: Petro Poroshenko
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