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 OfficeMaghrebAbdelmadjid TebbounePresident of Algeria 19 December 2019Sifi GhriebPrime Minister of Algeria 28 August 2025Arabian PeninsulaHamad bin Isa Al KhalifaKing of Bahrain 6 March 1999Salman bin Hamad Al KhalifaPrime Minister of Bahrain 11 November 2020Indian OceanAzali AssoumaniPresident of the Comoros 26 May 2016Horn of AfricaIsmaïl Omar GuellehPresident of Djibouti 8 May 1999Abdoulkader Kamil MohamedPrime Minister of Djibouti 1 April 2013Northeast AfricaAbdel Fattah el-SisiPresident of Egypt 8 June 2014Mostafa MadboulyPrime Minister of Egypt 14 June 2018Fertile CrescentNizar AmidiPresident of Iraq 11 April 2026 Ali al-ZaidiPrime Minister of Iraq 14 May 2026Abdullah II of JordanKing of Jordan 7 February 1999Jafar HassanPrime Minister of Jordan 15 September 2024Arabian PeninsulaMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahEmir of Kuwait 16 December 2023Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-SabahPrime Minister of Kuwait 15 May 2024LevantJoseph AounPresident of Lebanon 9 January 2025Nawaf SalamPrime Minister of Lebanon 8 February 2025MaghrebMohamed al-MenfiChairman of the Presidential Council of Libya 10 March 2021Abdul Hamid DbeibehPrime Minister of Libya 15 March 2021Mohamed Ould GhazouaniPresident of Mauritania 1 August 2019Mokhtar Ould DjayPrime Minister of Mauritania 5 August 2024Mohammed VI of MoroccoKing of Morocco 23 July 1999Aziz AkhannouchPrime Minister of Morocco 7 October 2021Arabian PeninsulaHaitham bin TariqSultan of Oman 11 January 2020LevantMahmoud AbbasPresident of Palestine 8 May 2005Mohammad MustafaPrime Minister of Palestine 12 March 2024Arabian PeninsulaTamim bin Hamad Al ThaniEmir of Qatar 25 June 2013Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al ThaniPrime Minister of Qatar 7 March 2023 Salman of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia 23 January 2015Mohammed Bin SalmanPrime Minister of Saudi Arabia 27 September 2022Horn of AfricaAden MadobeActing President of Somalia 15 May 2026Hamza Abdi BarrePrime Minister of Somalia 25 June 2022Northeast AfricaAbdel Fattah al-BurhanChairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council 11 November 2021Kamil IdrisPrime Minister of Sudan 19 May 2025LevantAhmed al-SharaaPresident of Syria 8 December 2024MaghrebKais SaiedPresident of Tunisia 23 October 2019Sara ZaafaraniPrime Minister of Tunisia 21 March 2025Arabian PeninsulaMohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab Emirates 14 May 2022Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumPrime Minister of the United Arab Emirates 11 February 2006Rashad al-AlimiChairman of the Presidential LeadershipCouncil of Yemen 7 April 2022Shaya al-ZindaniPrime Minister of Yemen 15 January 2026
Leaders of other states and unrecognised states in the MENA region State Region Image LeaderTitle In OfficeNear East and the CaucasusBadra GunbaPresident of Abkhazia 2 April 2025Vladimir DelbaPrime Minister of Abkhazia 3 April 2025Near EastHibatullah AkhundzadaSupreme Leader of Afghanistan 15 August 2021Hasan AkhundPrime Minister of Afghanistan 23 August 2025Near East and the CaucasusVahagn KhachaturyanPresident of Armenia 13 March 2022Nikol PashinyanPrime Minister of Armenia 8 May 2018Ilham AliyevPresident of Azerbaijan 31 October 2003Ali AsadovPrime Minister of Azerbaijan 8 October 2019Central AfricaMahamat DébyPresident of ChadAllamaye HalinaPrime Minister of Chad 24 May 2024LevantNikos ChristodoulidesPresident of Cyprus 28 February 2023Horn of AfricaIsaias AfwerkiPresident of Eritrea 24 May 1993Taye Atske SelassiePresident of Ethiopia 7 October 2024Abiy AhmedPrime Minister of Ethiopia 2 April 2018Near East and the CaucasusMikheil KavelashviliPresident of Georgia 29 December 2024Irakli KobakhidzePrime Minister of Georgia 8 February 2023Near EastMojtaba KhameneiSupreme Leader of Iran 8 March 2026Masoud PezeshkianPresident of Iran 28 July 2024LevantIsaac HerzogPresident of Israel 7 July 2021Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of Israel 29 December 2022Tufan ErhürmanPresident of Northern Cyprus 23 October 2025Ünal ÜstelPrime Minister of Northern Cyprus 12 May 2022MaghrebBrahim GhaliPresident of the Sahrawi Republic 12 July 2016Bouchraya Hammoudi BayounPrime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 13 January 2020Near East and the Caucasus Marat KambolovActing President of South Ossetia 23 June 2026Prime Minister of South Ossetia 16 June 2026Horn of AfricaAbdirahman Mohamed AbdullahiPresident of Somaliland 12 December 2024Anatolia, the Fertile Crescent,and the CaucasusRecep Tayyip ErdoğanPresident of Turkey 28 August 2014
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