List of state leaders in 2017

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 2017.

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Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America
gollark: I don't think they should be all-judging, and I don't think eternal torture is right ever.
gollark: The Islamic god is claimed to be omnipotent, I think. Thus, they know *in advance* if someone is going to go to hell or not when they're created or whatever. And then create them/allow them to be created *anyway*, knowing they're bound for eternal torture because a system they created makes them get eternally tortured. Just... why?
gollark: I consider eternal torture unethical *anyway*, but given the situation with god it's even worse.
gollark: I'm fairly sure Islam has a hell-type thing.
gollark: I think Islam has the whole "eternal torture" thing going on too, which is not very good.

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Notes
  1. Eritrea only became independent in 1993.
  2. South Sudan only became independent in 2011.
  3. Bahrain only became independent in 1971.
  4. Brunei only became independent in 1984.
  5. Hun Sen was titled Second Prime Minister in 1993–98.
  6. Kazakhstan only became independent in 1991.
  7. Kim was referred to as supreme leader in 2011, and then appointed as First Chairman of the National Defence Commission in 2012 and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission in 2016 —having been de facto leader of North Korea throughout.
  8. Hwang Kyo-ahn assumed powers and duties as acting president upon the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on 9 December 2016. Hwang continued as acting president, following President Park's conviction and removal from office on 10 March 2017
  9. Palestine continues to be administered de jure by the Palestinian National Authority, and hence the Palestinian head of state and head of government jointly remain as both the president and prime minister of this corresponding National Authority. Supplementary to its existing status internationally as a partially recognised state, it remains an occupied state on the part of Israel in the West Bank.
  10. Montenegro only became independent in 2006.
  11. The seven-member Swiss Federal Council is head of state and government collectively. Within this executive council, the president serves solely in a primus inter pares capacity for one year.

References
  1. "Patrice Talon sworn in as Benin president". The Daily Star Newspaper – Lebanon.
  2. "Ukraine MPs approve Volodymyr Groysman as new PM – BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. "Taneti Maamau declared new president of Kiribati". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  • CIDOB Foundation (in Spanish)—contextualised biographies of world political leaders
  • Portale Storia (in Spanish)—a list of current rulers by country
  • Rulers—a list of rulers throughout time and places
  • WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories
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