List of current prime ministers by date of assumption of office
This is a list of current prime ministers of the world's sovereign states by the date they took office, from the earliest to the latest.
List of current prime ministers[edit]
Prime Minister | Title | State's political system | Date of assumption | Current length of term | |
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Hassanal Bolkiah | Prime Minister of Brunei | Absolute monarchy | 1 January 1984 | 40 years, 123 days | |
Ralph Gonsalves | Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Constitutional monarchy | 29 March 2001 | 23 years, 35 days | |
Roosevelt Skerrit | Prime Minister of Dominica | Parliamentary republic | 8 January 2004 | 20 years, 116 days | |
Lee Hsien Loong | Prime Minister of Singapore | Parliamentary republic | 12 August 2004 | 19 years, 265 days | |
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates | Constitutional monarchy | 11 February 2006 | 18 years, 82 days | |
Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister of Bangladesh | Parliamentary republic | 6 January 2009 | 15 years, 118 days | |
Viktor Orbán | Prime Minister of Hungary | Parliamentary republic | 29 May 2010 | 13 years, 340 days | |
Mark Rutte | Prime Minister of the Netherlands | Constitutional monarchy | 14 October 2010 | 13 years, 202 days | |
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | Prime Minister of Djibouti | Presidential republic | 1 April 2013 | 11 years, 32 days | |
Edi Rama | Prime Minister of Albania | Parliamentary republic | 13 September 2013 | 10 years, 233 days | |
Kokhir Rasulzoda | Prime Minister of Tajikistan | Presidential republic | 23 November 2013 | 10 years, 162 days | |
Narendra Modi | Prime Minister of India | Parliamentary republic | 26 May 2014 | 9 years, 343 days | |
Gaston Browne | Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda | Constitutional monarchy | 13 June 2014 | 9 years, 325 days | |
Saara Kuugongelwa | Prime Minister of Namibia | Semi-presidential republic | 21 March 2015 | 9 years, 43 days | |
Keith Rowley | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago | Parliamentary republic | 9 September 2015 | 8 years, 237 days | |
Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister of Canada | Constitutional monarchy | 4 November 2015 | 8 years, 181 days | |
Kassim Majaliwa | Prime Minister of Tanzania | Presidential republic | 20 November 2015 | 8 years, 165 days | |
Andrew Holness | Prime Minister of Jamaica | Constitutional monarchy | 3 March 2016 | 8 years, 61 days | |
Ulisses Correia e Silva | Prime Minister of Cape Verde | Semi-presidential republic | 22 April 2016 | 8 years, 11 days | |
Andrej Plenković | Prime Minister of Croatia | Parliamentary republic | 19 October 2016 | 7 years, 197 days | |
Abdulla Aripov | Prime Minister of Uzbekistan | Presidential republic | 14 December 2016 | 7 years, 141 days | |
Pravind Jugnauth | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Parliamentary republic | 23 January 2017 | 7 years, 101 days | |
Édouard Ngirente | Prime Minister of Rwanda | Presidential republic | 30 August 2017 | 6 years, 247 days | |
Abiy Ahmed | Prime Minister of Ethiopia | Parliamentary republic | 2 April 2018 | 6 years, 31 days | |
Nikol Pashinyan | Prime Minister of Armenia | Parliamentary republic | 8 May 2018 | 5 years, 361 days | |
Mia Mottley | Prime Minister of Barbados | Parliamentary republic | 25 May 2018 | 5 years, 344 days | |
Pedro Sánchez | Prime Minister of Spain | Constitutional monarchy | 2 June 2018 | 5 years, 336 days | |
Christian Ntsay | Prime Minister of Madagascar | Semi-presidential republic | 6 June 2018 | 5 years, 332 days | |
Moustafa Madbouly | Prime Minister of Egypt | Semi-presidential republic | 7 June 2018 | 5 years, 331 days | |
Joseph Ngute | Prime Minister of Cameroon | Presidential republic | 4 January 2019 | 5 years, 120 days | |
Xavier Espot Zamora | Prime Minister of Andorra | Constitutional monarchy | 16 May 2019 | 4 years, 353 days | |
James Marape | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea | Constitutional monarchy | 30 May 2019 | 4 years, 339 days | |
Mette Frederiksen | Prime Minister of Denmark | Constitutional monarchy | 27 June 2019[1] | 4 years, 311 days | |
Ali Asadov | Prime Minister of Azerbaijan | Semi-presidential republic | 8 October 2019 | 4 years, 208 days | |
Manuel Marrero Cruz | Prime Minister of Cuba | One-party state | 21 December 2019 | 4 years, 134 days | |
Luca Beccari | San Marino Secretary for Foreign Affairs | Parliamentary republic | 7 January 2020 | 4 years, 117 days | |
Haitham bin Tariq | Prime Minister of Oman | Absolute monarchy | 11 January 2020 | 4 years, 113 days | |
Robert Abela | Prime Minister of Malta | Parliamentary republic | 13 January 2020 | 4 years, 111 days | |
Mikhail Mishustin | Prime Minister of Russia | Semi-presidential republic | 16 January 2020 | 4 years, 108 days | |
Denys Shmyhal | Prime Minister of Ukraine | Semi-presidential republic | 4 March 2020 | 4 years, 60 days | |
Roman Golovchenko | Prime Minister of Belarus | Presidential republic | 4 June 2020 | 3 years, 334 days | |
Hussein Arnous | Prime Minister of Syria | Semi-presidential republic | 11 June 2020 | 3 years, 327 days | |
Mark Phillips | Prime Minister of Guyana | Parliamentary republic | 2 August 2020 | 3 years, 275 days | |
Mohamed Ould Bilal | Prime Minister of Mauritania | Semi-presidential republic | 6 August 2020 | 3 years, 271 days | |
Kim Tok-hun | Premier of North Korea | One-party state | 13 August 2020 | 3 years, 264 days | |
Pierre Dartout | Minister of State (Monaco) | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 1 September 2020 | 3 years, 245 days | |
Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | Prime Minister of Togo | Presidential republic | 28 September 2020 | 3 years, 218 days | |
Alexander De Croo | Prime Minister of Belgium | Constitutional monarchy | 1 October 2020 | 3 years, 215 days | |
Bisher Khasawneh | Prime Minister of Jordan | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 12 October 2020 | 3 years, 204 days | |
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa | Prime Minister of Bahrain | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 11 November 2020 | 3 years, 174 days | |
Johnny Briceño | Prime Minister of Belize | Parliamentary republic | 12 November 2020 | 3 years, 173 days | |
Ingrida Šimonytė | Prime Minister of Lithuania | Semi-presidential republic | 11 December 2020 | 3 years, 144 days | |
Kaja Kallas | Prime Minister of Estonia | Parliamentary republic | 26 January 2021 | 3 years, 98 days | |
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene | Prime Minister of Mongolia | Semi-presidential republic | 27 January 2021 | 3 years, 97 days | |
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | Prime Minister of Libya GNU [further explanation needed] | Provisional government | 15 March 2021 | 3 years, 49 days | |
Daniel Risch | Prime Minister of Liechtenstein | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 25 March 2021 | 3 years, 39 days | |
Phạm Minh Chính | Prime Minister of Vietnam | One-party state | 5 April 2021 | 3 years, 28 days | |
Anatole Collinet Makosso | Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo | Semi-presidential republic | 12 May 2021 | 2 years, 357 days | |
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | Prime Minister of Samoa | Parliamentary republic | 24 May 2021 | 2 years, 345 days | |
Choguel Kokalla Maïga |
Acting Prime Minister of Mali | Presidential republic | 6 June 2021 | 2 years, 332 days | |
Robinah Nabbanja | Prime Minister of Uganda | Presidential republic | 21 June 2021 | 2 years, 317 days | |
Phillip Pierre | Prime Minister of Saint Lucia | Constitutional monarchy | 28 July 2021 | 2 years, 280 days | |
Min Aung Hlaing | Prime Minister of Myanmar | Assembly-independent republic | 1 August 2021 | 2 years, 276 days | |
Hasan Akhund | Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan | Provisional government | 7 September 2021 | 2 years, 239 days | |
Najib Mikati | Prime Minister of Lebanon | Parliamentary republic | 10 September 2021 | 2 years, 236 days | |
Philip Davis | Prime Minister of the Bahamas | Constitutional monarchy | 17 September 2021 | 2 years, 229 days | |
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga | President of the Governorate of Vatican City | Absolute monarchy | 1 October 2021 | 2 years, 215 days | |
Fumio Kishida | Prime Minister of Japan | Constitutional monarchy | 4 October 2021 | 2 years, 212 days | |
Aziz Akhannouch | Prime Minister of Morocco | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 7 October 2021 | 2 years, 209 days | |
Akylbek Japarov | Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan | Presidential republic | 12 October 2021 | 2 years, 204 days | |
Jonas Gahr Støre | Prime Minister of Norway | Constitutional monarchy | 14 October 2021 | 2 years, 202 days | |
Petr Fiala | Prime Minister of Czech Republic | Parliamentary republic | 28 November 2021 | 2 years, 157 days | |
Karl Nehammer | Chancellor of Austria | Parliamentary republic | 6 December 2021 | 2 years, 149 days | |
Olaf Scholz | Chancellor of Germany | Parliamentary republic | 8 December 2021 | 2 years, 147 days | |
Siaosi Sovaleni | Prime Minister of Tonga | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 27 December 2021 | 2 years, 128 days | |
Osman Hussein | Acting Prime Minister of Sudan | Provisional government | 19 January 2022 | 2 years, 105 days | |
Félix Moloua | Prime Minister of Central African Republic | Presidential republic | 7 February 2022 | 2 years, 86 days | |
Adriano Maleiane | Prime Minister of Mozambique | Semi-presidential republic | 3 March 2022 | 2 years, 61 days | |
Han Duck-soo | Prime Minister of South Korea | Presidential republic | 21 May 2022 | 1 year, 348 days | |
Anthony Albanese | Prime Minister of Australia | Constitutional monarchy | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 346 days | |
Robert Golob | Prime Minister of Slovenia | Parliamentary republic | 1 June 2022 | 1 year, 337 days | |
Dickon Mitchell | Prime Minister of Grenada | Constitutional monarchy | 24 June 2022 | 1 year, 314 days | |
Hamza Abdi Barre | Prime Minister of Somalia | Parliamentary republic | 26 June 2022 | 1 year, 312 days | |
Dinesh Gunawardena | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | Semi-presidential republic | 22 July 2022 | 1 year, 286 days | |
Terrance Drew | Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis | Constitutional monarchy | 6 August 2022 | 1 year, 271 days | |
Gervais Ndirakobuca | Prime Minister of Burundi | Presidential republic | 7 September 2022 | 1 year, 239 days | |
Mohammed bin Salman | Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | Absolute monarchy | 27 September 2022 | 1 year, 219 days | |
Ulf Kristersson | Prime Minister of Sweden | Constitutional monarchy | 18 October 2022 | 1 year, 198 days | |
Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela | Acting Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | Provisional government | 21 October 2022 | 1 year, 195 days | |
Giorgia Meloni | Prime Minister of Italy | Parliamentary republic | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 194 days | |
Rishi Sunak | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Constitutional monarchy | 25 October 2022 | 1 year, 191 days | |
Musalia Mudavadi | Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya | Presidential republic | 27 October 2022 | 1 year, 189 days | |
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | Prime Minister of Iraq | Parliamentary republic | 27 October 2022 | 1 year, 189 days | |
Sam Matekane | Prime Minister of Lesotho | Constitutional monarchy | 28 October 2022 | 1 year, 188 days | |
Patrice Trovoada | Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe | Semi-presidential republic | 11 November 2022 | 1 year, 174 days | |
Anwar Ibrahim | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Constitutional monarchy | 24 November 2022 | 1 year, 161 days | |
Sitiveni Rabuka | Prime Minister of Fiji | Parliamentary republic | 24 December 2022 | 1 year, 131 days | |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Prime Minister of Nepal | Parliamentary republic | 26 December 2022 | 1 year, 129 days | |
Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister of Israel | Parliamentary republic | 29 December 2022 | 1 year, 126 days | |
Sonexay Siphandone | Prime Minister of Laos | One-party state | 30 December 2022 | 1 year, 125 days | |
Borjana Krišto | Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Parliamentary republic | 25 January 2023 | 1 year, 99 days | |
Manuela Roka Botey | Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea | Presidential republic | 1 February 2023 | 1 year, 92 days | |
Dorin Recean | Prime Minister of Moldova | Parliamentary republic | 16 February 2023 | 1 year, 77 days | |
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani | Prime Minister of Qatar | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 7 March 2023 | 1 year, 57 days | |
Li Qiang | Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China | One-party state | 11 March 2023 | 1 year, 53 days | |
Osama Hamada | claimed Acting Prime Minister of Libya appointed by HoR [further explanation needed] | Provisional government | 16 May 2023[2] | 353 days | |
Marcel Ciolacu | Prime Minister of Romania | Semi-presidential republic | 15 June 2023 | 323 days | |
Petteri Orpo | Prime Minister of Finland | Parliamentary republic | 20 June 2023 | 318 days | |
Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Prime Minister of Greece | Parliamentary republic | 26 June 2023 | 312 days | |
Xanana Gusmão | Prime Minister of East Timor | Semi-presidential republic | 1 July 2023 | 307 days | |
David Moinina Sengeh | Chief Minister of Sierra Leone | Presidential republic | 10 July 2023 | 298 days | |
Ahmed Hachani | Prime Minister of Tunisia | Semi-presidential republic | 2 August 2023 | 275 days | |
Ali Lamine Zeine | Prime Minister of Niger | Provisional government | 8 August 2023 | 269 days | |
Hun Manet | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Constitutional monarchy | 22 August 2023 | 255 days | |
Srettha Thavisin | Prime Minister of Thailand | Constitutional monarchy | 22 August 2023 | 255 days | |
Raymond Ndong Sima | Prime Minister of Gabon | Transitional government | 7 September 2023 | 239 days | |
Evika Siliņa | Prime Minister of Latvia | Parliamentary republic | 15 September 2023 | 231 days | |
Charlot Salwai | Prime Minister of Vanuatu | Parliamentary republic | 6 October 2023 | 210 days | |
Robert Beugré Mambé | Prime Minister of Ivory Coast | Presidential republic | 17 October 2023 | 199 days | |
Robert Fico | Prime Minister of Slovakia | Parliamentary republic | 25 October 2023 | 191 days | |
Milojko Spajić | Prime Minister of Montenegro | Parliamentary republic | 31 October 2023 | 185 days | |
Russell Dlamini | Prime Minister of Eswatini | Absolute monarchy | 3 November 2023 | 182 days | |
Nadir Larbaoui | Prime Minister of Algeria | Semi-presidential republic | 11 November 2023 | 174 days | |
Luc Frieden | Prime Minister of Luxembourg | Constitutional monarchy | 17 November 2023 | 168 days | |
Christopher Luxon | Prime Minister of New Zealand | Constitutional monarchy | 27 November 2023 | 158 days | |
Nicolás Posse | Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina | Presidential republic | 10 December 2023 | 145 days | |
Donald Tusk | Prime Minister of Poland | Parliamentary republic | 13 December 2023 | 142 days | |
Rui Duarte de Barros | Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau | Semi-presidential republic | 21 December 2023 | 134 days | |
Viktor Rossi | Chancellor of Switzerland | Semi-presidential republic* | 1 January 2024 | 123 days | |
Succès Masra | Prime Minister of Chad | Provisional government | 1 January 2024 | 123 days | |
Gabriel Attal | Prime Minister of France | Semi-presidential republic | 9 January 2024 | 115 days | |
Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister of Bhutan | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 28 January 2024 | 96 days | |
Talat Xhaferi | Prime Minister of North Macedonia | Parliamentary republic | 28 January 2024 | 96 days | |
Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak | Prime Minister of Yemen | Provisional government | 5 February 2024 | 88 days | |
Oljas Bektenov | Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | Presidential republic | 6 February 2024 | 87 days | |
Irakli Kobakhidze | Prime Minister of Georgia | Parliamentary republic | 8 February 2024 | 85 days | |
Feleti Teo | Prime Minister of Tuvalu | Parliamentary republic | 26 February 2024 | 67 days | |
Bah Oury | Prime Minister of Guinea | Provisional government | 27 February 2024 | 66 days | |
Shehbaz Sharif | Prime Minister of Pakistan | Parliamentary republic | 4 March 2024 | 60 days | |
Gustavo Adrianzén | Prime Minister of Peru | Presidential republic | 6 March 2024 | 58 days | |
Mohammad Mustafa | Prime Minister of Palestine | Semi-presidential republic | 14 March 2024 | 50 days | |
Ivica Dačić | Acting Prime Minister of Serbia | Parliamentary republic | 20 March 2024 | 44 days | |
Judith Tuluka | Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Semi-presidential republic | 1 April 2024 | 32 days | |
Luís Montenegro | Prime Minister of Portugal | Semi-presidential republic | 2 April 2024 | 31 days | |
Ousmane Sonko | Prime Minister of Senegal | Presidential republic | 3 April 2024 | 30 days | |
Simon Harris | Taoiseach | Parliamentary republic | 9 April 2024 | 24 days | |
Dimitar Glavchev | Acting Prime Minister of Bulgaria | Parliamentary republic | 9 April 2024 | 24 days | |
Bjarni Benediktsson | Prime Minister of Iceland | Parliamentary republic | 9 April 2024 | 24 days | |
Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah | Prime Minister of Kuwait | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 15 April 2024 | 18 days | |
Fritz Bélizaire | Prime Minister of Haiti | Semi-presidential republic | 30 April 2024 | 3 days | |
Jeremiah Manele | Prime Minister of Solomon Islands | Parliamentary republic | 2 May 2024 | 1 day |
References[edit]
- ^ "Denmark's youngest prime minister to lead new government". Deutsche Welle. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Libya parliament suspends rival eastern-based PM Bashagha". Al Jazeera. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.