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 Image Leader Title In Office
 Algeria North Africa Abdelmadjid Tebboune President of Algeria 19 December 2019
Abdelaziz Djerad Prime Minister of Algeria 28 December 2019
 Bahrain Arabian Peninsula Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain 6 March 1999
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Prime Minister of Bahrain 11 November 2020
 Comoros Indian Ocean[1] Azali Assoumani President of the Comoros 26 May 2016
 Djibouti Horn of Africa Ismaïl Omar Guelleh President of Djibouti 8 May 1999
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti 1 April 2013
 Egypt Near East[2] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of Egypt 8 June 2014
Mostafa Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt 14 June 2018
 Iraq Near East Barham Salih President of Iraq 2 October 2018
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Prime Minister of Iraq 7 May 2020
 Jordan Levant Abdullah II of Jordan King of Jordan 7 February 1999
Bisher Al-Khasawneh Prime Minister of Jordan 12 October 2020
 Kuwait Arabian Peninsula Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait 29 September 2020
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait 19 November 2019
 Lebanon Levant Michel Aoun President of Lebanon 31 October 2016
Hassan Diab President of the Council of Ministers
of Lebanon		 21 January 2020
 Libya North Africa Fayez al-Sarraj (Internationally recognized) Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 30 March 2016
 Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani President of Mauritania 1 August 2019
Mohamed Ould Bilal Prime Minister of Mauritania 6 August 2020
 Morocco Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco 23 July 1999
Saadeddine Othmani Prime Minister of Morocco 5 April 2017
 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
Mohammad Shtayyeh Prime Minister of the State of Palestine 13 April 2019
 Qatar Arabian Peninsula Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir of Qatar 25 June 2013
Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani Prime Minister of Qatar 28 January 2020
 Saudi Arabia Salman of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015
Mohammed Bin Salman Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (de facto) 21 June 2017
 Somalia Horn of Africa Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed President of Somalia 16 February 2017
Mohamed Hussein Roble Prime Minister of Somalia 23 September 2020
 Sudan North Africa Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan 12 April 2019
Abdalla Hamdok Prime Minister of Sudan 20 August 2019
 Syria Levant Bashar al-Assad President of Syria 17 July 2000
Hussein Arnous Acting Prime Minister of Syria 11 June 2020
 Tunisia North Africa Kais Saied President of Tunisia 23 October 2019
Hichem Mechichi Prime Minister of Tunisia 2 September 2020
 United Arab Emirates Arabian Peninsula Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates 3 November 2004
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 11 February 2006
 Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi* President of Yemen 27 February 2012
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed* Prime Minister of Yemen 15 October 2018

Note: (*) means leadership is disputed.

Leaders of other states and unrecognised states in the MENA region
State Region Image Leader Title In Office
 Abkhazia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Aslan Bzhania President of Abkhazia 23 April 2020
Alexander Ankvab Prime Minister of Abkhazia 24 April 2020
 Afghanistan Near East Ashraf Ghani President of Afghanistan 29 September 2014
 Armenia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Armen Sarkissian President of Armenia 9 April 2018
Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of Armenia 8 May 2018
 Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan President of Artsakh 21 May 2020
 Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan 31 October 2003
Ali Asadov Prime Minister of Azerbaijan 8 October 2019
 Eritrea Horn of Africa Isaias Afwerki President of Eritrea 24 May 1993
 Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde President of Ethiopia 25 October 2018
Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia 2 April 2018
 Georgia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Salome Zourabichvili President of Georgia 16 December 2018
Giorgi Gakharia Prime Minister of Georgia 8 September 2019
 Iran Near East Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran 4 June 1989
Hassan Rouhani President of Iran 3 August 2013
 Israel Levant Reuven Rivlin President of Israel 24 July 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel 31 March 2009
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic North Africa Brahim Ghali President of the Sahrawi Republic 12 July 2016
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 13 January 2020
 South Ossetia Asia Minor and the Caucasus Anatoly Bibilov President of South Ossetia 21 April 2017
Gennady Bekoyev Acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia 29 August 2020
 Somaliland Horn of Africa Muse Bihi Abdi President of Somaliland 13 December 2017
 Turkey Asia Minor and the Caucasus[3] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey 28 August 2014

References
  1. Comoros is entirely outside of the MENA, but is a Member of the Arab League.
  2. Bulk of Territory; All of North Sinai and South Sinai, as well as parts of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, are in the Levant region.
  3. Bulk of Territory; Hatay is in the Levant region; All of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli, as well as parts of Çanakkale and Istanbul, are in the Balkans region, and therefore, outside of the MENA.
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