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UPDATED 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
Who leads which country, and who heads the IMF, World Bank, UN and other world bodies. Every leader who changed in 2026 is marked NEW 2026. All names were checked against official and news sources on 30 September 2026.
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Leaders who changed in 2026
United Kingdom20 Jul 2026Prime Minister
Andy Burnham
Replaced: Keir Starmer (resigned)
Iran8 Mar 2026Supreme Leader
Mojtaba Khamenei
Replaced: Ali Khamenei (killed in an airstrike, 28 Feb)
Bangladesh17 Feb 2026Prime Minister
Tarique Rahman (BNP)
Replaced: Muhammad Yunus (interim Chief Adviser)
Bangladesh21 Aug 2026President
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Replaced: Mohammed Shahabuddin (resigned)
Nepal27 Mar 2026Prime Minister
Balendra (Balen) Shah
Replaced: Sushila Karki (interim) – youngest PM of federal Nepal (35)
Myanmar10 Apr 2026President
Min Aung Hlaing
The Prime Minister post has ended
Vietnam7 Apr 2026President
To Lam
Replaced: Luong Cuong – To Lam is also Party chief
Vietnam7 Apr 2026Prime Minister
Le Minh Hung
Replaced: Pham Minh Chinh
South Korea1 Jul 2026Prime Minister
Han Seong-sook
Replaced: Kim Min-seok
Ukraine16 Jul 2026Prime Minister
Serhii Koretskyi
Replaced: Yulia Svyrydenko (resigned)
Canada8 Jun 2026Governor General
Louise Arbour
Replaced: Mary Simon
JapanFeb 2026Prime Minister
Sanae Takaichi
Re-appointed after the 8 Feb 2026 election
Thailand19 Mar 2026Prime Minister
Anutin Charnvirakul
Re-elected after the 8 Feb 2026 election
African Union14 Feb 2026Chair for 2026
Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi)
Replaced: Joao Lourenco (Angola)
UN General AssemblySep 2026President, 81st session
Khalilur Rahman (Bangladesh)
New session
AIIB16 Jan 2026President
Zou Jiayi (China)
Replaced: Jin Liqun – first woman to head AIIB
SCO1 Sep 2026Chair 2026-27
Pakistan
Replaced: Kyrgyzstan
Major powers, G7 and G20
| Country | Head of State | Head of Government |
|---|---|---|
 India | President Droupadi Murmu | PM Narendra Modi Vice-President: C.P. Radhakrishnan |
 USA | President Donald Trump (heads both) | |
| UK | King Charles III | PM Andy BurnhamNEW 2026 |
 France | President Emmanuel Macron | PM Sebastien Lecornu |
 Germany | President Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Chancellor Friedrich Merz |
 Italy | President Sergio Mattarella | PM Giorgia Meloni |
| Japan | Emperor Naruhito | PM Sanae Takaichi |
| Canada | King Charles III | PM Mark Carney Governor General: Louise Arbour (new 2026) |
 Russia | President Vladimir Putin | PM Mikhail Mishustin |
| China | President Xi Jinping | Premier Li Qiang |
 Brazil | President Lula da Silva (heads both) Election on 4 Oct 2026 | |
 Argentina | President Javier Milei (heads both) | |
 Mexico | President Claudia Sheinbaum (heads both) | |
 South Africa | President Cyril Ramaphosa (heads both) | |
 Australia | King Charles III | PM Anthony Albanese Governor-General: Sam Mostyn |
| South Korea | President Lee Jae-myung | PM Han Seong-sookNEW 2026 |
 Indonesia | President Prabowo Subianto (heads both) | |
 Saudi Arabia | King Salman | Crown Prince & PM Mohammed bin Salman |
 Turkiye | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (heads both) | |
 European Union | Commission: Ursula von der Leyen | Council: Antonio Costa Parliament: Roberta Metsola |
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| Country | Head of State | Head of Government |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | President Ram Chandra Paudel | PM Balendra (Balen) ShahNEW 2026 |
| Bangladesh | President Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirNEW 2026 | PM Tarique RahmanNEW 2026 |
 Sri Lanka | President Anura Kumara Dissanayake | PM Harini Amarasuriya |
| Pakistan | President Asif Ali Zardari | PM Shehbaz Sharif |
 Bhutan | King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | PM Tshering Tobgay |
 Maldives | President Mohamed Muizzu (heads both) | |
| Myanmar | President Min Aung HlaingNEW 2026 (heads both) No Prime Minister post now | |
 Afghanistan | Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada | PM Mohammad Hasan Akhund Taliban – not widely recognised |
West Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania
| Country | Head of State | Head of Government |
|---|---|---|
| Iran | Supreme Leader Mojtaba KhameneiNEW 2026 | President Masoud Pezeshkian |
 Israel | President Isaac Herzog | PM Benjamin Netanyahu Election on 27 Oct 2026 |
 UAE | President Mohamed bin Zayed | VP & PM Mohammed bin Rashid |
| Ukraine | President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | PM Serhii KoretskyiNEW 2026 |
 Egypt | President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | PM Mostafa Madbouly |
 Nigeria | President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (heads both) | |
 Spain | King Felipe VI | PM Pedro Sanchez |
 New Zealand | King Charles III | PM Christopher Luxon Election on 7 Nov 2026 |
Southeast Asia
| Country | Head of State | Head of Government |
|---|---|---|
 Singapore | President Tharman Shanmugaratnam | PM Lawrence Wong |
 Malaysia | King Sultan Ibrahim | PM Anwar Ibrahim |
| Thailand | King Maha Vajiralongkorn | PM Anutin Charnvirakul |
| Vietnam | President To LamNEW 2026 | PM Le Minh HungNEW 2026 |
 Philippines | President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (heads both) | |
Heads of world bodies
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UN
Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres
Portugal – Term ends 31 Dec 2026
UNGA
President (81st)
Khalilur RahmanNEW 2026
Bangladesh
IMF
Managing Director
Kristalina Georgieva
Bulgaria
WB
World Bank President
Ajay Banga
USA (born in India)
WTO
Director-General
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria
WHO
Director-General
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ethiopia
UNESCO
Director-General
Khaled El-Enany
Egypt – Since Nov 2025
FAO
Director-General
Qu Dongyu
China
IFAD
President
Alvaro Lario
Spain
NDB
President (BRICS bank)
Dilma Rousseff
Brazil
AIIB
President
Zou JiayiNEW 2026
China – First woman
ADB
President
Masato Kanda
Japan – Re-elected; new term from 24 Nov 2026
BIS
General Manager
Pablo Hernandez de Cos
Spain
NATO
Secretary General
Mark Rutte
Netherlands
OPEC
Secretary General
Haitham Al Ghais
Kuwait
INTERPOL
Secretary General
Valdecy Urquiza
Brazil
ILO
Director-General
Gilbert F. Houngbo
Togo – Term ends 30 Sep 2027
UNICEF
Executive Director
Catherine M. Russell
USA
UNEP
Executive Director
Inger Andersen
Denmark
AU
Commission Chairperson
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
Djibouti
Who chairs what in 2026
BRICS
India
18th summit, New Delhi, 12-13 Sep
G20
USA
Summit in Miami, 14-15 Dec
G7
France
Evian summit, 15-17 Jun
SCO
Pakistan
2026-27, from 1 Sep
ASEAN
Philippines
49th summit, Metro Manila, Nov
AFRICAN UNION
Burundi
Chair: Evariste Ndayishimiye
BIMSTEC
Bangladesh
Chair since Apr 2025
COP31
Turkiye
Antalya, 9-20 Nov
Coming up: these can change the list
4 OctBrazil general election (run-off 25 Oct if needed)
27 OctIsrael Knesset election
3 NovUSA mid-term elections for Congress
7 NovNew Zealand general election
16 NovILO Director-General election (term from 1 Oct 2027)
1 Jan 2027New UN Secretary-General takes office (not chosen yet)
30 Jan 2027Germany elects its next Federal President
Quick questions
Q. Who is the Prime Minister of the UK in 2026?
Andy Burnham. He took over from Keir Starmer on 20 July 2026.
Q. Who is the Supreme Leader of Iran now?
Mojtaba Khamenei. He succeeded his father Ali Khamenei in March 2026.
Q. Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 2026?
Tarique Rahman of the BNP, sworn in on 17 February 2026. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir became President on 21 August 2026.
Q. Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal?
Balendra (Balen) Shah, since 27 March 2026.
Q. Who is the first woman President of the AIIB?
Zou Jiayi of China, who took charge on 16 January 2026.
Tip: In the exam, questions ask for the new name. Revise the red “NEW 2026” names first. Get the full sheet as a PDF on WhatsApp. For daily current affairs and monthly PDFs, WhatsApp us on +91 87086 52887.
