Leaders & Statesmen
Rulers, presidents, and reformers who steered nations.
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Contemporary era
Joseph Ngute
b. March 12, 1954
Prime Minister of Cameroon
Contemporary era
José Maria Neves
b. March 28, 1960
Cape Verdean politician and former prime minister of Cape Verde
Contemporary era
Francisco Carvalho
b. December 4, 1970
Cape Verdean politician
Contemporary era
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
b. April 21, 1957
President of the Central African Republic since 2016
Contemporary era
Félix Moloua
b. June 1, 1957
Central African Republic politician
Contemporary era
Idriss Déby
June 18, 1952 – April 20, 2021
Chadian former president (1952–2021)
Contemporary era
Albert Pahimi Padacké
b. November 15, 1966
Chadian politician, former and final Prime Minister of Chad
Contemporary era
José Antonio Kast
b. January 18, 1966
President of Chile since 2026
Contemporary era
Abelardo de la Espriella
b. July 31, 1978
43ᵗʰ President of Colombia since 2026
Contemporary era
Azali Assoumani
b. January 1, 1959
President of Comoros
Contemporary era
Laura Fernández Delgado
b. July 4, 1986
President of Costa Rica since 2026
Contemporary era
Zoran Milanović
b. October 30, 1966
President of Croatia since 2020
Contemporary era
Andrej Plenković
b. April 8, 1970
Prime Minister of Croatia since 2016
Contemporary era
Miguel Díaz-Canel
b. April 20, 1960
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
Contemporary era
Manuel Marrero Cruz
b. July 11, 1963
Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba
Contemporary era
Nicos Christodoulides
b. December 6, 1973
Cypriot politician, 8th and current President of Cyprus (2023–)
Contemporary era
Andrej Babiš
b. September 2, 1954
Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Contemporary era
Félix Tshisekedi
b. June 13, 1963
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Contemporary era
Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre
b. March 28, 1947
Congolese politician
Contemporary era
Ismail Omar Guelleh
b. November 27, 1947
President of Djibouti since 1999
Contemporary era
Dileita Mohamed Dileita
b. March 12, 1958
Prime Minister of Djibouti
Contemporary era
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
b. July 1, 1952
Prime Minister of Djibouti (2013-present)
Contemporary era
Sylvanie Burton
b. 1956
Dominican politician
Contemporary era
Roosevelt Skerrit
b. June 8, 1972
Prime Minister of Dominica
Contemporary era
Luis Abinader
b. July 12, 1967
President of the Dominican Republic
Contemporary era
Daniel Noboa
b. November 30, 1987
President of Ecuador since 2023
Contemporary era
Mostafa Madbouly
b. April 28, 1966
Prime minister of Egypt since 2018
Modern era
Teodoro Obiang
b. June 5, 1942
Equatoguinean politician, President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
Contemporary era
Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
b. July 21, 1976
Equatoguinean politician
Contemporary era
Isaias Afwerki
b. February 2, 1946
President of Eritrea since 1993
Contemporary era
Alar Karis
b. March 26, 1958
Estonian molecular geneticist and President of Estonia (born 1958)
Contemporary era
Kristen Michal
b. July 12, 1975
Estonian politician (born 1975)
Contemporary era
Mswati III
b. April 19, 1968
King of Eswatini
Contemporary era
Edeupa Yerimin
b. October 23, 1973
PM of Swaziland
Contemporary era
Taye Atske Selassie
b. January 13, 1956
Ethiopian politician and diplomat
Contemporary era
Wesley Simina
b. September 10, 1961
Federated States of Micronesia politician
Contemporary era
Wiliame Katonivere
b. April 20, 1964
6th President of Fiji (2021-2024)
Contemporary era
Sitiveni Rabuka
b. September 13, 1948
Prime Minister of Fiji from 1992 to 1999 and from 2022-
Contemporary era
Alexander Stubb
b. April 1, 1968
Finnish politician and the 13th President of Finland (2024–)
Contemporary era
Petteri Orpo
b. November 3, 1969
Finnish politician and the 47th Prime Minister of Finland
Contemporary era
Sébastien Lecornu
b. June 11, 1986
Prime Minister of France since 2025
Contemporary era
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
b. March 3, 1975
President of Gabon since 2023
Contemporary era
Raymond Ndong Sima
b. January 23, 1955
Gabonese politician
Contemporary era
Mikheil Kavelashvili
b. July 22, 1971
Georgian politician and former footballer, sixth President of Georgia since 2024
Contemporary era
Irakli Kobakhidze
b. September 25, 1978
Prime Minister of Georgia since 2024
Contemporary era
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
b. January 5, 1956
German politician, president of Germany since 2017
Contemporary era
John Mahama
b. November 29, 1958
President of the Republic of Ghana
Modern era
Nana Akufo-Addo
b. March 29, 1944
President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025
Contemporary era
Konstantinos Tasoulas
b. July 17, 1959
Greek politician, President of Greece since 2025
Contemporary era
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
b. March 4, 1968
Greek politician, prime Minister of Greece, President of New Democracy party
Contemporary era
Dickon Mitchell
b. October 8, 1978
Grenadian politician (1978-)
Contemporary era
Bernardo Arévalo de León
b. October 7, 1958
President of Guatemala since 2024
Contemporary era
Mamady Doumbouya
b. December 5, 1984
Guinean military officer and politician (1980-)
Contemporary era
Bah Oury
b. 1958
Guinean politician
Contemporary era
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
b. September 23, 1972
President of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025
Contemporary era
Rui Duarte de Barros
b. February 18, 1960
Guinea-Bissauan prime minister
Contemporary era
José Mário Vaz
b. December 10, 1957
President of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to 2020
Contemporary era
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
March 25, 1958 – March 17, 2020
Guinea-Bissauan politician (1958-2020)
Contemporary era
Irfaan Ali
b. April 25, 1980
President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Contemporary era
Mark Phillips
b. October 5, 1961
Guyanese politician and retired military officer