CENTRAL ASIA

STATE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF STATE

Chief of State: President
Nursultan Abishuly
REPUBLIC UNDER Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan AUTHORITARIAN
PRESIDENTIAL RULE Head of Government: Prime
Minister Bakytzhan
Sagintayev
Chief of State: President
Almazbek Atambayev
Kyrgyzstan REPUBLIC Head of Government: Prime
Minister Sooronbay
Jeenbekov
Chief of State: President
Emomali Rahmon
Tajikistan REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda
Chief of State and Head of
REPUBLIC UNDER Government: President
Turkmenistan AUTHORITARIAN
PRESIDENTIAL RULE Gurbanguly
Berdimuhamedow
Chief of State: Interim
REPUBLIC UNDER President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Uzbekistan AUTHORITARIAN
PRESIDENTIAL RULE Head of Government: Prime
Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev

EASTERN ASIA
STATE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF STATE
Chief of State: President Xi
Jinping
China COMMUNIST STATE Head of
Government: Premier Li
Keqiang
SPECIAL Chief of State: President of
ADMINISTRATIVE China Xi Jinping
*Hong Kong REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA Head of Government: Chief
[LIMITED DEMOCRACY] Executive Leung Chun-ying
Japan CONSTITUTIONAL Chief of State: Emperor
MONARCHY Akihito
Head of Government: Prime
 Minister Shinzo Abe
Chief of State: Kim Jong Un
Head of
North Korea COMMUNIST STATE
Government: Premier Pak
Pong-ju
Chief of State: President Park
Geun-hye
South Korea REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn
SPECIAL Chief of State: President of
ADMINISTRATIVE China Xi Jinping
*Macau REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S Head of Government: Chief
REPUBLIC OF CHINA Executive Fernando Chui Sai-
[LIMITED DEMOCRACY] on
Chief of State: President
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Mongolia PARLIAMENTARY
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat
Chief of State: President Tsai
Ing-wen
MULTIPARTY
Taiwan Head of
DEMOCRATIC REGIME
Government: Premier Lin
Chuan

NORTHERN ASIA
STATE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF STATE
Chief of State: President
Vladimir Putin
Russia FEDERATION
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev

SOUTHEASTERN ASIA
STATE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF STATE
Chief of State and Head of
CONSTITUTIONAL Government: Sultan and
Brunei
SULTANATE Prime Minister Hassanal
Bolkiah
Chief of State and Head of
PARLIAMENTARY
Myanmar Government: President Htin
GOVERNMENT
Kyaw
Cambodia MULTIPARTY Chief of State: King
 DEMOCRACY UNDER A Norodom Sihamoni
CONSTITUTIONAL Head of Government: Prime
MONARCHY Minister Hun Sen
Indonesia Chief of State and Head of
REPUBLIC Government: President Joko
Widodo
Laos Chief of State: President
Bounnhang Vorachith
COMMUNIST STATE
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Thongloun Sisoulith
Malaysia Chief of State: King Tuanku
Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah
CONSTITUTIONAL
Head of Government: Prime
MONARCHY
Minister Mohamed Najib bin
Abdul Najib Razak
Philippines Chief of State and Head of
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Government: President
Rodrigo Duterte
Singapore Chief of State: President
PARLIAMENTARY Tony Tan Keng Yam
REPUBLIC Head of Government: Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Thailand Chief of State: Privy Council
CONSTITUTIONAL President Prem Tinsulanonda
MONARCHY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
Timor-Leste Chief of State: President Taur
Matan Ruak
REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Rui Maria de Arajo
Vietnam Chief of State: President Tran
Dai Quang
COMMUNIST STATE
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

SOUTHERN ASIA
STATE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF STATE
Chief of State and Head of
Afghanistan ISLAMIC REPUBLIC Government: President
Ashraf Ghani
Bangladesh PARLIAMENTARY Chief of State: President
 Abdul Hamid
DEMOCRACY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina
Chief of State: King Jigme
CONSTITUTIONAL Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Bhutan
MONARCHY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Tshering Tobgay
Chief of State: President
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
India FEDERAL REPUBLIC Head of Government: Prime
Minister Narendra
Damodardas Modi
Chief of State and Head of
Government: President
Maldives REPUBLIC
Abdulla Yameen Abdul
Gayoom
Chief of State: President
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Nepal
REPUBLIC Head of Government: Prime
Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Chief of State: President
Mamnoon Hussain
Pakistan FEDERAL REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif
Chief of State and Head of
Sri Lanka REPUBLIC Government: President
Maithripala Sirisena

WESTERN ASIA
STATE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF STATE
Chief of State: President
Serzh Sargsyan
Armenia REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Karen Karapetyan
Chief of State: President
Ilham Aliyev
Azerbaijan REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Artur Rasizade
Bahrain CONSTITUTIONAL Chief of State: King Hamad
MONARCHY bin Isa Al Khalifa
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Khalifa bin Salman
 Al Khalifa
Chief of State and Head of
Cyprus REPUBLIC Government: President Nicos
Anastasiadies
Chief of State: President
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Georgia REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Chief of State: Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini-
Khamenei
Iran ISLAMIST REPUBLIC
Head of
Government: President
Hassan Rouhani
Chief of State: President
PARLIAMENTARY Fuad Masum
Iraq
DEMOCRACY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Haider al-Abadi
Chief of State: President
PARLIAMENTARY Reuven Rivlin
Israel
DEMOCRACY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Chief of State: King Abdullah
CONSTITUTIONAL II ibn Al-Hussein
Jordan
MONARCHY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Hani Al-Mulki
Chief of State: Emir Sabah
IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-
CONSTITUTIONAL Sabah
Kuwait
EMIRATE Head of Government: Prime
Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak
Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Chief of State: President
(acting) Tammam Salam
Lebanon REPUBLIC
Head of Government: Prime
Minister Tammam Salam
Chief of State and Head of
Government: Sultan and
Oman MONARCHY
Prime Minister Qaboos bin
Said Al Said
Palestine PARLIAMENTARY President: Mahmoud Abbasa
DEMOCRACY
 Prime Minister: Rami
Hamdallah
Chief of State: Emir Tamim
bin Hamad Al Thani
Qatar EMIRATE Head of Government: Prime
Minister Abdullah bin Nasser
bin Khalifa Al Thani
Chief of State and Head of
Government: King and Prime
Saudi Arabia MONARCHY
Minister Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud
Chief of State: President
REPUBLIC UNDER Bashar al-Asad
Syria AUTHORITARIAN Head of Government: Prime
PRESIDENTIAL RULE Minister Imad Mohammad
Deeb Khamis
Chief of State: President
REPUBLICAN Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey PARLIAMENTARY
DEMOCRACY Head of Government: Prime
Minister Binali Yildirim
Chief of State: President
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
FEDERATION OF Head of Government: Prime
United Arab Emirates
EMIRATES Minister and Vice President
Mohammad bin Rashid Al
Maktoum
Chief of State: President Abd
Rabuh Mansur Hadi
Yemen REPUBLIC Head of Government: Prime
Minister Khalid Mahfuz
Bahah