Leadership changes

A running log of national leadership changes we track: who took office, who they replaced, and when, refreshed weekly from Wikidata and curated sources.

Last checked Nov 1, 2026. Updated weekly.

DateCountryChange
Sep 29, 2026MoroccoPrime MinisterAziz Akhannouch→Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
Sep 27, 2026SerbiaPresidentAleksandar Vučić→Ana Brnabić
Aug 7, 2026ColombiaPresidentGustavo Petro→Abelardo de la Espriella
Jul 28, 2026PeruPresidentJosé María Balcázar→Keiko Fujimori
Jul 22, 2026MoldovaPrime MinisterAlexandru Munteanu→Vasile Tofan
Jul 20, 2026United KingdomPrime MinisterKeir Starmer→Andy Burnham
Jul 14, 2026LithuaniaPrime MinisterInga Ruginienė→Mindaugas Sinkevičius
Jun 19, 2026Cape VerdePrime MinisterUlisses Correia e Silva→Francisco Carvalho
May 15, 2026Solomon IslandsPrime MinisterJeremiah Manele→Matthew Wale
May 14, 2026IraqPrime MinisterMuhammad Shia' al-Sudani→Ali al-Zaidi
Apr 7, 2026VietnamPresidentLuong Cuong→To Lam
Feb 17, 2026BangladeshPrime MinisterMuhammad Yunus→Tarique Rahman
Nov 11, 2025IrelandPresidentMichael D. Higgins→Catherine Connolly
Sep 9, 2025FrancePrime MinisterFrançois Bayrou→Sébastien Lecornu
Apr 10, 2025LiechtensteinPrime MinisterDaniel Risch→Brigitte Haas
Mar 13, 2025GreecePresidentKyriakos Mitsotakis→Konstantinos Tasoulas
Feb 8, 2025LebanonPrime MinisterNajib Mikati→Nawaf Salam
Sep 15, 2024JordanPrime MinisterBisher Al-Khasawneh→Jafar Hassan
May 15, 2024KuwaitPrime MinisterMohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah→Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
Mar 10, 2024PakistanPresidentArif Alvi→Asif Ali Zardari
Jul 7, 2021IsraelPresidentReuven Rivlin→Isaac Herzog