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.
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, 143 days |
Ralph Gonsalves | Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Constitutional monarchy | 29 March 2001 | 23 years, 55 days |
Roosevelt Skerrit | Prime Minister of Dominica | Parliamentary republic | 8 January 2004 | 20 years, 136 days |
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates | Constitutional monarchy | 11 February 2006 | 18 years, 102 days |
Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister of Bangladesh | Parliamentary republic | 6 January 2009 | 15 years, 138 days |
Viktor Orbán | Prime Minister of Hungary | Parliamentary republic | 29 May 2010 | 13 years, 360 days |
Mark Rutte | Prime Minister of the Netherlands | Constitutional monarchy | 14 October 2010 | 13 years, 222 days |
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | Prime Minister of Djibouti | Presidential republic | 1 April 2013 | 11 years, 52 days |
Edi Rama | Prime Minister of Albania | Parliamentary republic | 13 September 2013 | 10 years, 253 days |
Kokhir Rasulzoda | Prime Minister of Tajikistan | Presidential republic | 23 November 2013 | 10 years, 182 days |
Narendra Modi | Prime Minister of India | Parliamentary republic | 26 May 2014 | 9 years, 363 days |
Gaston Browne | Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda | Constitutional monarchy | 13 June 2014 | 9 years, 345 days |
Saara Kuugongelwa | Prime Minister of Namibia | Semi-presidential republic | 21 March 2015 | 9 years, 63 days |
Keith Rowley | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago | Parliamentary republic | 9 September 2015 | 8 years, 257 days |
Justin Trudeau | Prime Minister of Canada | Constitutional monarchy | 4 November 2015 | 8 years, 201 days |
Kassim Majaliwa | Prime Minister of Tanzania | Presidential republic | 20 November 2015 | 8 years, 185 days |
Andrew Holness | Prime Minister of Jamaica | Constitutional monarchy | 3 March 2016 | 8 years, 81 days |
Ulisses Correia e Silva | Prime Minister of Cape Verde | Semi-presidential republic | 22 April 2016 | 8 years, 31 days |
Andrej Plenković | Prime Minister of Croatia | Parliamentary republic | 19 October 2016 | 7 years, 217 days |
Abdulla Aripov | Prime Minister of Uzbekistan | Presidential republic | 14 December 2016 | 7 years, 161 days |
Pravind Jugnauth | Prime Minister of Mauritius | Parliamentary republic | 23 January 2017 | 7 years, 121 days |
Édouard Ngirente | Prime Minister of Rwanda | Presidential republic | 30 August 2017 | 6 years, 267 days |
Abiy Ahmed | Prime Minister of Ethiopia | Parliamentary republic | 2 April 2018 | 6 years, 51 days |
Nikol Pashinyan | Prime Minister of Armenia | Parliamentary republic | 8 May 2018 | 6 years, 15 days |
Mia Mottley | Prime Minister of Barbados | Parliamentary republic | 25 May 2018 | 5 years, 364 days |
Pedro Sánchez | Prime Minister of Spain | Constitutional monarchy | 2 June 2018 | 5 years, 356 days |
Christian Ntsay | Prime Minister of Madagascar | Semi-presidential republic | 6 June 2018 | 5 years, 352 days |
Moustafa Madbouly | Prime Minister of Egypt | Semi-presidential republic | 7 June 2018 | 5 years, 351 days |
Joseph Ngute | Prime Minister of Cameroon | Presidential republic | 4 January 2019 | 5 years, 140 days |
Xavier Espot Zamora | Prime Minister of Andorra | Constitutional monarchy | 16 May 2019 | 5 years, 7 days |
James Marape | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea | Constitutional monarchy | 30 May 2019 | 4 years, 359 days |
Mette Frederiksen | Prime Minister of Denmark | Constitutional monarchy | 27 June 2019 [1] | 4 years, 331 days |
Ali Asadov | Prime Minister of Azerbaijan | Semi-presidential republic | 8 October 2019 | 4 years, 228 days |
Manuel Marrero Cruz | Prime Minister of Cuba | One-party state | 21 December 2019 | 4 years, 154 days |
Luca Beccari | San Marino Secretary for Foreign Affairs | Parliamentary republic | 7 January 2020 | 4 years, 137 days |
Haitham bin Tariq | Prime Minister of Oman | Absolute monarchy | 11 January 2020 | 4 years, 133 days |
Robert Abela | Prime Minister of Malta | Parliamentary republic | 13 January 2020 | 4 years, 131 days |
Mikhail Mishustin | Prime Minister of Russia | Semi-presidential republic | 16 January 2020 | 4 years, 128 days |
Denys Shmyhal | Prime Minister of Ukraine | Semi-presidential republic | 4 March 2020 | 4 years, 80 days |
Roman Golovchenko | Prime Minister of Belarus | Presidential republic | 4 June 2020 | 3 years, 354 days |
Hussein Arnous | Prime Minister of Syria | Semi-presidential republic | 11 June 2020 | 3 years, 347 days |
Mark Phillips | Prime Minister of Guyana | Parliamentary republic | 2 August 2020 | 3 years, 295 days |
Mohamed Ould Bilal | Prime Minister of Mauritania | Semi-presidential republic | 6 August 2020 | 3 years, 291 days |
Kim Tok-hun | Premier of North Korea | One-party state | 13 August 2020 | 3 years, 284 days |
Pierre Dartout | Minister of State (Monaco) | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 1 September 2020 | 3 years, 265 days |
Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | Prime Minister of Togo | Presidential republic | 28 September 2020 | 3 years, 238 days |
Alexander De Croo | Prime Minister of Belgium | Constitutional monarchy | 1 October 2020 | 3 years, 235 days |
Bisher Khasawneh | Prime Minister of Jordan | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 12 October 2020 | 3 years, 224 days |
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa | Prime Minister of Bahrain | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 11 November 2020 | 3 years, 194 days |
Johnny Briceño | Prime Minister of Belize | Parliamentary republic | 12 November 2020 | 3 years, 193 days |
Ingrida Šimonytė | Prime Minister of Lithuania | Semi-presidential republic | 11 December 2020 | 3 years, 164 days |
Kaja Kallas | Prime Minister of Estonia | Parliamentary republic | 26 January 2021 | 3 years, 118 days |
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene | Prime Minister of Mongolia | Semi-presidential republic | 27 January 2021 | 3 years, 117 days |
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | Prime Minister of Libya GNU [ further explanation needed ] | Provisional government | 15 March 2021 | 3 years, 69 days |
Daniel Risch | Prime Minister of Liechtenstein | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 25 March 2021 | 3 years, 59 days |
Phạm Minh Chính | Prime Minister of Vietnam | One-party state | 5 April 2021 | 3 years, 48 days |
Anatole Collinet Makosso | Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo | Semi-presidential republic | 12 May 2021 | 3 years, 11 days |
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | Prime Minister of Samoa | Parliamentary republic | 24 May 2021 | 2 years, 365 days |
Choguel Kokalla Maïga | Acting Prime Minister of Mali | Presidential republic | 6 June 2021 | 2 years, 352 days |
Robinah Nabbanja | Prime Minister of Uganda | Presidential republic | 21 June 2021 | 2 years, 337 days |
Phillip Pierre | Prime Minister of Saint Lucia | Constitutional monarchy | 28 July 2021 | 2 years, 300 days |
Min Aung Hlaing | Prime Minister of Myanmar | Assembly-independent republic | 1 August 2021 | 2 years, 296 days |
Hasan Akhund | Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan | Provisional government | 7 September 2021 | 2 years, 259 days |
Najib Mikati | Prime Minister of Lebanon | Parliamentary republic | 10 September 2021 | 2 years, 256 days |
Philip Davis | Prime Minister of the Bahamas | Constitutional monarchy | 17 September 2021 | 2 years, 249 days |
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga | President of the Governorate of Vatican City | Absolute monarchy | 1 October 2021 | 2 years, 235 days |
Fumio Kishida | Prime Minister of Japan | Constitutional monarchy | 4 October 2021 | 2 years, 232 days |
Aziz Akhannouch | Prime Minister of Morocco | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 7 October 2021 | 2 years, 229 days |
Akylbek Japarov | Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan | Presidential republic | 12 October 2021 | 2 years, 224 days |
Jonas Gahr Støre | Prime Minister of Norway | Constitutional monarchy | 14 October 2021 | 2 years, 222 days |
Petr Fiala | Prime Minister of Czech Republic | Parliamentary republic | 28 November 2021 | 2 years, 177 days |
Karl Nehammer | Chancellor of Austria | Parliamentary republic | 6 December 2021 | 2 years, 169 days |
Olaf Scholz | Chancellor of Germany | Parliamentary republic | 8 December 2021 | 2 years, 167 days |
Siaosi Sovaleni | Prime Minister of Tonga | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 27 December 2021 | 2 years, 148 days |
Osman Hussein | Acting Prime Minister of Sudan | Provisional government | 19 January 2022 | 2 years, 125 days |
Félix Moloua | Prime Minister of Central African Republic | Presidential republic | 7 February 2022 | 2 years, 106 days |
Adriano Maleiane | Prime Minister of Mozambique | Semi-presidential republic | 3 March 2022 | 2 years, 81 days |
Han Duck-soo | Prime Minister of South Korea | Presidential republic | 21 May 2022 | 2 years, 2 days |
Anthony Albanese | Prime Minister of Australia | Constitutional monarchy | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 0 days |
Robert Golob | Prime Minister of Slovenia | Parliamentary republic | 1 June 2022 | 1 year, 357 days |
Dickon Mitchell | Prime Minister of Grenada | Constitutional monarchy | 24 June 2022 | 1 year, 334 days |
Hamza Abdi Barre | Prime Minister of Somalia | Parliamentary republic | 26 June 2022 | 1 year, 332 days |
Dinesh Gunawardena | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka | Semi-presidential republic | 22 July 2022 | 1 year, 306 days |
Terrance Drew | Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis | Constitutional monarchy | 6 August 2022 | 1 year, 291 days |
Gervais Ndirakobuca | Prime Minister of Burundi | Presidential republic | 7 September 2022 | 1 year, 259 days |
Mohammed bin Salman | Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | Absolute monarchy | 27 September 2022 | 1 year, 239 days |
Ulf Kristersson | Prime Minister of Sweden | Constitutional monarchy | 18 October 2022 | 1 year, 218 days |
Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela | Acting Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | Provisional government | 21 October 2022 | 1 year, 215 days |
Giorgia Meloni | Prime Minister of Italy | Parliamentary republic | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 214 days |
Rishi Sunak | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Constitutional monarchy | 25 October 2022 | 1 year, 211 days |
Musalia Mudavadi | Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya | Presidential republic | 27 October 2022 | 1 year, 209 days |
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | Prime Minister of Iraq | Parliamentary republic | 27 October 2022 | 1 year, 209 days |
Sam Matekane | Prime Minister of Lesotho | Constitutional monarchy | 28 October 2022 | 1 year, 208 days |
Patrice Trovoada | Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe | Semi-presidential republic | 11 November 2022 | 1 year, 194 days |
Anwar Ibrahim | Prime Minister of Malaysia | Constitutional monarchy | 24 November 2022 | 1 year, 181 days |
Sitiveni Rabuka | Prime Minister of Fiji | Parliamentary republic | 24 December 2022 | 1 year, 151 days |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Prime Minister of Nepal | Parliamentary republic | 26 December 2022 | 1 year, 149 days |
Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister of Israel | Parliamentary republic | 29 December 2022 | 1 year, 146 days |
Sonexay Siphandone | Prime Minister of Laos | One-party state | 30 December 2022 | 1 year, 145 days |
Borjana Krišto | Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Parliamentary republic | 25 January 2023 | 1 year, 119 days |
Manuela Roka Botey | Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea | Presidential republic | 1 February 2023 | 1 year, 112 days |
Dorin Recean | Prime Minister of Moldova | Parliamentary republic | 16 February 2023 | 1 year, 97 days |
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani | Prime Minister of Qatar | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 7 March 2023 | 1 year, 77 days |
Li Qiang | Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China | One-party state | 11 March 2023 | 1 year, 73 days |
Osama Hamada | claimed Acting Prime Minister of Libya appointed by HoR [ further explanation needed ] | Provisional government | 16 May 2023 [2] | 1 year, 7 days |
Marcel Ciolacu | Prime Minister of Romania | Semi-presidential republic | 15 June 2023 | 343 days |
Petteri Orpo | Prime Minister of Finland | Parliamentary republic | 20 June 2023 | 338 days |
Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Prime Minister of Greece | Parliamentary republic | 26 June 2023 | 332 days |
Xanana Gusmão | Prime Minister of East Timor | Semi-presidential republic | 1 July 2023 | 327 days |
David Moinina Sengeh | Chief Minister of Sierra Leone | Presidential republic | 10 July 2023 | 318 days |
Ahmed Hachani | Prime Minister of Tunisia | Semi-presidential republic | 2 August 2023 | 295 days |
Ali Lamine Zeine | Prime Minister of Niger | Provisional government | 8 August 2023 | 289 days |
Hun Manet | Prime Minister of Cambodia | Constitutional monarchy | 22 August 2023 | 275 days |
Srettha Thavisin | Prime Minister of Thailand | Constitutional monarchy | 22 August 2023 | 275 days |
Raymond Ndong Sima | Prime Minister of Gabon | Transitional government | 7 September 2023 | 259 days |
Evika Siliņa | Prime Minister of Latvia | Parliamentary republic | 15 September 2023 | 251 days |
Charlot Salwai | Prime Minister of Vanuatu | Parliamentary republic | 6 October 2023 | 230 days |
Robert Beugré Mambé | Prime Minister of Ivory Coast | Presidential republic | 17 October 2023 | 219 days |
Robert Fico | Prime Minister of Slovakia | Parliamentary republic | 25 October 2023 | 211 days |
Milojko Spajić | Prime Minister of Montenegro | Parliamentary republic | 31 October 2023 | 205 days |
Russell Dlamini | Prime Minister of Eswatini | Absolute monarchy | 3 November 2023 | 202 days |
Nadir Larbaoui | Prime Minister of Algeria | Semi-presidential republic | 11 November 2023 | 194 days |
Luc Frieden | Prime Minister of Luxembourg | Constitutional monarchy | 17 November 2023 | 188 days |
Christopher Luxon | Prime Minister of New Zealand | Constitutional monarchy | 27 November 2023 | 178 days |
Nicolás Posse | Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina | Presidential republic | 10 December 2023 | 165 days |
Donald Tusk | Prime Minister of Poland | Parliamentary republic | 13 December 2023 | 162 days |
Rui Duarte de Barros | Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau | Semi-presidential republic | 21 December 2023 | 154 days |
Viktor Rossi | Chancellor of Switzerland | Semi-presidential republic* | 1 January 2024 | 143 days |
Succès Masra | Prime Minister of Chad | Provisional government | 1 January 2024 | 143 days |
Gabriel Attal | Prime Minister of France | Semi-presidential republic | 9 January 2024 | 135 days |
Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister of Bhutan | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 28 January 2024 | 116 days |
Talat Xhaferi | Prime Minister of North Macedonia | Parliamentary republic | 28 January 2024 | 116 days |
Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak | Prime Minister of Yemen | Provisional government | 5 February 2024 | 108 days |
Oljas Bektenov | Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | Presidential republic | 6 February 2024 | 107 days |
Irakli Kobakhidze | Prime Minister of Georgia | Parliamentary republic | 8 February 2024 | 105 days |
Feleti Teo | Prime Minister of Tuvalu | Parliamentary republic | 26 February 2024 | 87 days |
Bah Oury | Prime Minister of Guinea | Provisional government | 27 February 2024 | 86 days |
Shehbaz Sharif | Prime Minister of Pakistan | Parliamentary republic | 4 March 2024 | 80 days |
Gustavo Adrianzén | Prime Minister of Peru | Presidential republic | 6 March 2024 | 78 days |
Mohammad Mustafa | Prime Minister of Palestine | Semi-presidential republic | 14 March 2024 | 70 days |
Judith Tuluka | Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Semi-presidential republic | 1 April 2024 | 52 days |
Luís Montenegro | Prime Minister of Portugal | Semi-presidential republic | 2 April 2024 | 51 days |
Ousmane Sonko | Prime Minister of Senegal | Presidential republic | 3 April 2024 | 50 days |
Simon Harris | Taoiseach | Parliamentary republic | 9 April 2024 | 44 days |
Dimitar Glavchev | Acting Prime Minister of Bulgaria | Parliamentary republic | 9 April 2024 | 44 days |
Bjarni Benediktsson | Prime Minister of Iceland | Parliamentary republic | 9 April 2024 | 44 days |
Fritz Bélizaire | Prime Minister of Haiti | Semi-presidential republic | 30 April 2024 | 23 days |
Jeremiah Manele | Prime Minister of Solomon Islands | Parliamentary republic | 2 May 2024 | 21 days |
Miloš Vučević | Prime Minister of Serbia | Parliamentary republic | 2 May 2024 | 21 days |
Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah | Prime Minister of Kuwait | Semi-constitutional monarchy | 15 May 2024 | 8 days |
Lawrence Wong | Prime Minister of Singapore | Parliamentary republic | 15 May 2024 | 8 days |
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