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
Aymen Benabderrahmane Prime Minister of Algeria 30 June 2021
 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
Najib Mikati Prime Minister of Lebanon 10 September 2021
 Libya North Africa Mohamed al-Menfi Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 15 March 2021
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Prime Minister of Libya 15 March 2021
 Mauritania Maghreb Mohamed Ould Ghazouani President of Mauritania 1 August 2019
Mohamed Ould Bilal Prime Minister of Mauritania 6 August 2020
 Morocco North Africa Mohammed VI of Morocco King of Morocco 23 July 1999
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
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 Head of State of Sudan 12 April 2019
 Syria Levant Bashar al-Assad President of Syria 17 July 2000
Hussein Arnous Prime Minister of Syria 11 June 2020
 Tunisia North Africa Kais Saied President of Tunisia 23 October 2019
Najla Bouden Prime Minister of Tunisia 11 October 2021
 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 Rashad al-Alimi* Chairman of the Presidential Leadership
Council of Yemen		 7 April 2022
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 Near East and the Caucasus Aslan Bzhania President of Abkhazia 23 April 2020
Alexander Ankvab Prime Minister of Abkhazia 24 April 2020
 Afghanistan Near East Hibatullah Akhundzada Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 15 August 2021
Hasan Akhund Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan 7 September 2021
 Armenia Near East and the Caucasus Vahagn Khachaturyan President of Armenia 13 March 2022
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
 Chad Central Africa Mahamat Déby Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Chad 20 April 2021
Albert Pahimi Padacké Acting Prime Minister of Chad 26 April 2021
 Cyprus Levant Nicos Anastasiades President of Cyprus 28 February 2013
 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 Near East and the Caucasus Salome Zourabichvili President of Georgia 16 December 2018
Irakli Garibashvili Prime Minister of Georgia 19 February 2021
 Iran Near East Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran 4 June 1989
Ebrahim Raisi President of Iran 3 August 2021
 Israel Levant Isaac Herzog President of Israel 7 July 2021
Naftali Bennett Prime Minister of Israel 13 June 2021
 Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar President of Northern Cyprus 23 October 2020
Faiz Sucuoğlu Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus 5 November 2021
 Sahrawi 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 Near East and the Caucasus Anatoly Bibilov President of South Ossetia 21 April 2017
Gennady Bekoyev Prime Minister of South Ossetia 29 August 2020
 Somaliland Horn of Africa Muse Bihi Abdi President of Somaliland 13 December 2017
 Turkey Anatolia, the Near East,
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 East Thrace / Balkans region, and therefore outside of the MENA
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