Asia[edit]

Afghanistan

President Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan (2014present)

Prime Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan (2014present)

Bahrain

Monarch Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain (1999present)

Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970present)[c]

Bangladesh

President Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh (2013present)

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2009present)

Bhutan

Monarch Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (2006present)

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan (2013present)

Brunei

Monarch Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967present)[d]

Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Brunei (1984present)

Cambodia

Monarch Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia (2004present)

Prime Minister Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985present)[e]

China (People's Republic of China)

Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (2012
present)

President Xi Jinping, President of China (2013present)

Premier Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of China (2013present)

 East Timor

President Taur Matan Ruak, President of East Timor (2012present)

Prime Minister Rui Maria de Arajo, Prime Minister of East Timor (2015present)

India

President Pranab Mukherjee, President of India (2012present)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (2014present)

Indonesia

President Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia (2014present)

Iran

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (1989present)

President Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran (2013present)

Iraq

President Fuad Masum, President of Iraq (2014present)

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq (2014present)

Israel

President Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel (2014present)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (2009present)

Japan

Monarch Akihito, Emperor of Japan (1989present)

Prime Minister Shinz Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (2012present)

Jordan

Monarch Abdullah II, King of Jordan (1999present)

Prime Minister

1. Hani Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan (2016present)

 Kazakhstan

President Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan (1990present)[f]

Prime Minister

1. Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2016present)

North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

Communist Party Leader Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea[4] (2012present)

De facto Head of State Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea[5]
[g]
(2011present)

De jure Head of State Kim Yong-nam, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of
North Korea (1998present)

Premier Pak Pong-ju, Premier of the Cabinet of North Korea (2013present)

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

President

1. Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea (2013present)

2. Hwang Kyo-ahn, Acting President of South Korea (2016present)

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, Prime Minister of South Korea (2015present)

Kuwait

Monarch Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (2006present)

Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait (2011
present)

Kyrgyzstan

President Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan (2011present)

Prime Minister

1. Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2016present)[6]

2. Laos

Communist Party Leader

 1. Bounnhang Vorachith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2016present)

President

1. Bounnhang Vorachith, President of Laos (2016present)

Prime Minister

1. Thongloun Sisoulith, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Laos (2016present)

3. Lebanon

President

1. Michel Aoun, President of Lebanon (2016present)

Prime Minister

1. Saad Hariri, Prime Minister (2016present)

4. Malaysia

Monarch

1. Muhammad V, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (2016present)

Prime Minister Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia (2009present)

5. Maldives

President Abdulla Yameen, President of the Maldives (2013present)

6. Mongolia

President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia (2009present)

Prime Minister

1. Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, Prime Minister of Mongolia (2016present)

7. Myanmar

President

1. Htin Kyaw, President of Myanmar (2016present)

Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar (2016present)

8. Nepal
 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal (2015present)

Prime Minister

1. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister of Nepal (2016present)

9. Oman

Monarch Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman (1970present)

Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al Said, Prime Minister of Oman (1972present)

10. Pakistan

President Mamnoon Hussain, President of Pakistan (2013present)

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2013present)

11. Palestine[h]

President Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine (2005present)

Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of Palestine (2013present)

12. Philippines

President

1. Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines (2016present)

13. Qatar

Monarch Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (2013present)

Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar (2013
present)

14. Saudi Arabia

Monarch Salman, King of Saudi Arabia (2015present)

Prime Minister Salman, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (2015present)

15. Singapore

President Tony Tan, President of Singapore (2011present)

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore (2004present)

16. Sri Lanka

President Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka (2015present)

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2015present)

17. Syria

Syrian Arab Republic

1. President Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria (2000present)

2. Prime Minister

1. Imad Khamis, Prime Minister of Syria (2016present)

Syrian Interim Government (partially recognised, rival government)

1. President

1. Anas al-Abdah, President of the Syrian National Coalition (2016present)

2. Prime Minister

1. Jawad Abu Hatab, Prime Minister of the Syrian National Coalition (2016present)

Taiwan (Republic of China)

President

1. Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan (2016present)

Premier

1. Lin Chuan, President of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (2016present)

2. Tajikistan

President Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan (1992present)

Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda, Prime Minister of Tajikistan (2013present)

3. Thailand

Monarch

1. Maha Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (2016present)

Regent Prem Tinsulanonda, Regent of Thailand (2016)

 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand (2014present)

4. Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoan, President of Turkey (2014present)

Prime Minister

1. Binali Yldrm, Prime Minister of Turkey (2016present)

5. Turkmenistan

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (2006present)

6. United Arab Emirates

President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (2004present)

Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab
Emirates (2006present)

7. Uzbekistan

President

1. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan (2016present)

Prime Minister

1. Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (2016present)

8. Vietnam

Communist Party Leader Nguyn Ph Trng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of
Vietnam (2011present)

President

1. Trn i Quang, President of Vietnam (2016present)

Prime Minister

1. Nguyn Xun Phc, Prime Minister of Vietnam (2016present)

9. Yemen

Republic of Yemen

1. President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, President of Yemen (2012present)

 2. Prime Minister

1. Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, Prime Minister of Yemen (2016present)

Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen to 14 August 2016 then Supreme Political

Council (unrecognised, rival government)

1. Head of State

1. Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen (2016present)

2. Prime Minister

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