Heads of state in Asia and years appointed or elected.

Afghanistan

• Leader – Hibatullah Akhundzada, Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)
• Prime Minister – Hasan Akhund, Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan (2021–present)

Bahrain

• Monarch – Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain (1999–present)
• Prime Minister – Prince Salman ben Hamad Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain (2020–present)

Bangladesh

• President – Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh (2013–present)
• Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2009–present)

Bhutan

• Monarch – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (2006–present)
• Prime Minister – Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan (2018–present)

Brunei

• Monarch – Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
• Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Brunei (1984–present)

Cambodia

• Monarch – Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia (2004–present)
• Prime Minister – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–present) [d]

China (People’s Republic of China)

• Communist Party Leader – Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present)
• President – Xi Jinping, President of China (2013–present)
• Premier – Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of China (2013–present)

East Timor

• President – Francisco Guterres, President of East Timor (2017–present)
• Prime Minister – Taur Matan Ruak, Prime Minister of East Timor (2018–present)

India

• President – Ram Nath Kovind, President of India (2017–present)
• Prime Minister – Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (2014–present)

Indonesia

• President – Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia (2014–present)

Iran

• Supreme Leader – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (1989–present)
• President – Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran (2021–present)

Iraq

• President – Barham Salih, President of Iraq (2018–present)
• Prime Minister – Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq (2020–present)

Israel

• President – Isaac Herzog, President of Israel (2021–present)
• Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel (2021–present)

Japan

• Monarch – Naruhito, Emperor of Japan (2019–present)
• Prime Minister – Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan (2021–present)

Jordan

• Monarch – Abdullah II, King of Jordan (1999–present)
• Prime Minister – Bisher Al-Khasawneh, Prime Minister of Jordan (2020–present)

Kazakhstan

• President – Kassym-Dzomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan (2019–present)
• Prime Minister –

1. Askar Mamin, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2019–2022)
2. Alihan Smaiylov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2022–present)

North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)

• Communist Party Leader – Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (2012–present)
• De facto Head of State – Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea (2011–present)
• De jure Head of State – Choe Ryong-hae, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea (2019–present)
• Premier – Kim Tok-hun, Premier of the Cabinet of North Korea (2020–present)

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

• President – Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea (2017–present)
• Prime Minister – Kim Boo-kyum, Prime Minister of South Korea (2021–present)

Kuwait

• Monarch – Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (2020–present)
• Prime Minister – Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait (2019–present)

Kyrgyzstan

• President – Sadyr Dzaparov, President of Kyrgyzstan (2021–present)
• Prime Minister – Akylbek Dzaparov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan (2021–present)

Laos

• Communist Party Leader – Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (2021–present)
• President – Thongloun Sisoulith, President of Laos (2021–present)
• Prime Minister – Phankham Viphavanh, Prime Minister of Laos (2021–present)

Lebanon

• President – Michel Aoun, President of Lebanon (2016–present)
• Prime Minister – Najib Mikati, President of the Council of Ministers (2021–present)

Malaysia

• Monarch – Abdullah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (2019–present)
• Prime Minister – Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia (2021–present)

Maldives

• President – Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Maldives (2018–present)

Mongolia

• President – Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, President of Mongolia (2021–present)
• Prime Minister – Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, Prime Minister of Mongolia (2021–present)

Myanmar

• Myanmar

1. State Leader– Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administrative Council (2021–present)
2. President – Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar (2021–present)
3. Prime Minister – Min Aung Hlaing, Prime Minister of Myanmar (2021–present)

National Unity Government of Myanmar (body claiming to be the legitimate government of

• Myanmar (Burma), existing in parallel with State Administration Council military junta)

President –

1. Win Myint, President of National Unity Government of Myanmar (2021–present)
2. Duwa Lashi La, Acting President of National Unity Government of Myanmar (2021–present)

Prime Minister –

• Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of National Unity Government of Myanmar (2021–present)
• Mahn Win Khaing Than, Prime Minister of National Unity Government of Myanmar (2021–present)

Nepal

• President – Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal (2015–present)
• Prime Minister – Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal (2021–present)

Oman

• Monarch – Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman (2020–present)
• Prime Minister – Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Prime Minister of Oman (2020–present)

Pakistan

• President – Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan (2018–present)
• Prime Minister –
• Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022)
• Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2022–present)

Palestine

• President – Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine (2005–present)
• Prime Minister – Mohammad Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of Palestine (2019–present)

Philippines

• President – Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines (2016–present)

Qatar

• Monarch – Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (2013–present)
• Prime Minister – Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar (2020–present)

Saudi Arabia

• Monarch – Salman, King of Saudi Arabia (2015–present)
• Prime Minister – Salman, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (2015–present)

Singapore

• President – Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore (2017–present)
• Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore (2004–present)

Sri Lanka

• President – Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka (2019–present)
• Prime Minister – Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2019–present)

Syria

• Syrian Arab Republic

1. President – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria (2000–present)
2. Prime Minister – Hussein Arnous, Prime Minister of Syria (2020–present)

• Syrian opposition

1. Syrian Interim Government (partially recognised, rival government)
2. President – Salem al-Meslet, President of the Syrian National Coalition (2021–present)
3. Prime Minister – Abdurrahman Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Syrian National Coalition (2019–present)

• Syrian Salvation Government (rival government)

1. Prime Minister – Ali Keda, Prime Minister of the Syrian Salvation Government (2019–present)

Taiwan (Republic of China)

• President – Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan (2016–present)
• Premier – Su Tseng-chang, President of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (2019–present)

Tajikistan

• President – Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan (1992–present)
• Prime Minister – Kokhir Rasulzoda, Prime Minister of Tajikistan (2013–present)

Thailand

• Monarch – Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (2016–present)
• Prime Minister – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand (2014–present)

Turkey

• President – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey (2014–present)

Turkmenistan

• President –
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2006–2022)
• Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2022–present)

United Arab Emirates

• President – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (2004–present)
• Prime Minister – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (2006–present)

Uzbekistan

• President – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan (2016–present)
• Prime Minister – Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2016–present)

Vietnam

• Communist Party Leader – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2011–present)
• President – Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, President of Vietnam (2021–present)
• Prime Minister – Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister of Vietnam (2021–present)

Yemen

• Republic of Yemen

President –

2. Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen (2012–2022)
3. Rashad al-Alimi, President of Yemen (2022–present)
4. Prime Minister – Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, Prime Minister of Yemen (2018–present)

Supreme Political Council (unrecognised, rival government)

• Head of State – Mahdi al-Mashat, Head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen (2018–present)

Prime Minister – Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour, Prime Minister of Yemen (2016–present)