VERITY World Leaders Directory
Explore national governments, political systems, constitutional structures, and biographies of current heads of state and world leaders across 195 nations.
Afghanistan
Government System
De facto Islamic emirate (authoritarian, unelected)
Albania
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Algeria
Government System
Presidential republic
Andorra
Government System
Parliamentary co-principality
Angola
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Antigua and Barbuda
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Argentina
Government System
Federal presidential republic
Current Leadership
Armenia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Australia
Government System
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Austria
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Azerbaijan
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party, authoritarian leaning)
Current Leadership
Bahamas
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Bahrain
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Bangladesh
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Barbados
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Belarus
Government System
Presidential republic (authoritarian)
Current Leadership
Belgium
Government System
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Belize
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Benin
Government System
Presidential republic
Bhutan
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic (power-sharing)
Botswana
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Brazil
Government System
Federal presidential republic
Current Leadership
Brunei
Government System
Absolute monarchy
Current Leadership
Bulgaria
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Burkina Faso
Government System
Military junta (transitional)
Burundi
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Current Leadership
Cabo Verde
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
No leadership profile listed yet.
Cambodia
Government System
Constitutional monarchy (dominant-party)
Current Leadership
Cameroon
Government System
Presidential republic
Canada
Government System
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Cape Verde
Government System
Constitutional system.
Current Leadership
Central African Republic
Government System
Presidential republic
Chad
Government System
Presidential republic
Chile
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
China
Government System
One-party socialist republic
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Government System
Constitutional system.
Congo, Republic of the
Government System
Constitutional system.
Costa Rica
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Croatia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Cuba
Government System
One-party socialist republic
Current Leadership
Czech Republic
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
No leadership profile listed yet.
Denmark
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Djibouti
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Dominica
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Dominican Republic
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Egypt
Government System
Presidential republic
El Salvador
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Equatorial Guinea
Government System
Presidential republic (authoritarian)
Current Leadership
Eritrea
Government System
One-party state (authoritarian)
Estonia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Eswatini
Government System
Absolute monarchy
Current Leadership
Ethiopia
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Fiji
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Finland
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
France
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Gabon
Government System
Transitional presidential republic
Georgia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Germany
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Ghana
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Greece
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Grenada
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Guatemala
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Guinea
Government System
Military junta (transitional)
Guinea-Bissau
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Haiti
Government System
Transitional republic
Current Leadership
Hungary
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Iceland
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
India
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Iran
Government System
Theocratic republic
Iraq
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Ireland
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Israel
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Italy
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Ivory Coast
Government System
Presidential republic
Jamaica
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Japan
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Jordan
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Kazakhstan
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Kenya
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Kuwait
Government System
Constitutional monarchy (emirate)
Laos
Government System
One-party socialist republic
Current Leadership
Latvia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Lebanon
Government System
Confessional parliamentary republic
Lesotho
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Liberia
Government System
Presidential republic
Libya
Government System
Transitional/divided government
Liechtenstein
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Lithuania
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Luxembourg
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy (grand duchy)
Current Leadership
Madagascar
Government System
Presidential republic
Malaysia
Government System
Federal constitutional monarchy
Maldives
Government System
Presidential republic
Mali
Government System
Military junta (transitional)
Malta
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Mauritania
Government System
Presidential republic
Mauritius
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Mexico
Government System
Federal presidential republic
Current Leadership
Micronesia
Government System
Federal presidential republic
Current Leadership
Moldova
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Monaco
Government System
Constitutional monarchy (principality)
Current Leadership
Mongolia
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Montenegro
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Morocco
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Mozambique
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Myanmar
Government System
Military junta
Current Leadership
Namibia
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Nepal
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Netherlands
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
New Zealand
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Nicaragua
Government System
Presidential republic (authoritarian leaning)
Current Leadership
Niger
Government System
Military junta (transitional)
Nigeria
Government System
Federal presidential republic
Current Leadership
North Korea
Government System
One-party totalitarian state
Current Leadership
North Macedonia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Norway
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Oman
Government System
Absolute monarchy (sultanate)
Current Leadership
Pakistan
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
Palestine
Government System
Semi-presidential (limited/disputed sovereignty)
Panama
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Papua New Guinea
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Peru
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Poland
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Portugal
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Qatar
Government System
Absolute monarchy (emirate)
Republic of the Congo
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
No leadership profile listed yet.
Romania
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Russia
Government System
Federal presidential republic (authoritarian)
Rwanda
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Government System
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Saint Lucia
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Samoa
Government System
Parliamentary republic
San Marino
Government System
Parliamentary republic (dual Captains Regent)
Sao Tome and Principe
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Saudi Arabia
Government System
Absolute monarchy
Senegal
Government System
Presidential republic
Serbia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Sierra Leone
Government System
Presidential republic
Singapore
Government System
Parliamentary republic (dominant-party)
Current Leadership
Slovakia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Slovenia
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Solomon Islands
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Somalia
Government System
Federal parliamentary republic
South Africa
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
South Korea
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
South Sudan
Government System
Presidential republic (transitional)
Spain
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Sri Lanka
Government System
Presidential republic
Sudan
Government System
Military-led transitional government
Suriname
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Sweden
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Switzerland
Government System
Federal directorial republic
Current Leadership
Syria
Government System
Transitional republic
Taiwan
Government System
Constitutional system.
Current Leadership
Tajikistan
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Tanzania
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)
Thailand
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Timor-Leste
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
Togo
Government System
Presidential republic
Tonga
Government System
Constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Trinidad and Tobago
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Tunisia
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Turkey
Government System
Presidential republic
Turkmenistan
Government System
Presidential republic (authoritarian)
Current Leadership
Tuvalu
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Current Leadership
Uganda
Government System
Presidential republic
Ukraine
Government System
Semi-presidential republic
Current Leadership
United Arab Emirates
Government System
Federal absolute monarchy
United Kingdom
Government System
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
United States
Government System
Federal presidential republic
Uzbekistan
Government System
Presidential republic
Current Leadership
Vanuatu
Government System
Parliamentary republic
Current Leadership
Vatican City
Government System
Absolute elective monarchy (theocracy)
Current Leadership
No leadership profile listed yet.
Vatican City (Holy See)
Government System
Constitutional system.
Current Leadership
Venezuela
Government System
Presidential republic (authoritarian leaning)
Current Leadership
Vietnam
Government System
One-party socialist republic
Current Leadership
Yemen
Government System
Republic (transitional/civil conflict)
Zambia
Government System
Presidential republic
Zimbabwe
Government System
Presidential republic (dominant-party)