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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 Sep 13, 2026. Updated weekly.

DateCountryOfficeChange
Aug 7, 2026ColombiaPresidentGustavo Petro→Abelardo de la Espriella
Jul 28, 2026PeruPresidentJosé María Balcázar→Keiko Fujimori
Jul 24, 2026BruneiPresidentHassanal Bolkiah→Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei
Jul 24, 2026JordanPresidentJafar Hassan→Abdullah II of Jordan
Jul 24, 2026KuwaitPrime MinisterAhmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah→Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Jul 24, 2026United Arab EmiratesPrime MinisterMohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan→Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Jul 24, 2026SwitzerlandPresidentGuy Parmelin→Swiss Federal Council
Jul 22, 2026MoldovaPrime MinisterAlexandru Munteanu→Vasile Tofan
Jul 21, 2026United KingdomPrime MinisterKeir Starmer→Andy Burnham
Jul 14, 2026LithuaniaPrime MinisterInga Ruginienė→Mindaugas Sinkevičius
Jun 19, 2026Cape VerdePrime MinisterJosé Maria Neves→Francisco Carvalho
Nov 11, 2025IrelandPresidentMicheál Martin→Catherine Connolly
Nov 8, 2025BoliviaPresidentRodrigo Paz Pereira→Rodrigo Paz
Nov 8, 2025BoliviaPresidentRodrigo Paz→Rodrigo Paz Pereira
Sep 9, 2025FrancePrime Minister(vacant)→Sébastien Lecornu
Jul 3, 2025ThailandPrime MinisterPaetongtarn Shinawatra→Phumtham Wechayachai
Jun 4, 2025South KoreaPresidentLee Jae-myung→Lee Jae Myung
Apr 10, 2025LiechtensteinPrime MinisterDaniel Risch→Brigitte Haas
Feb 8, 2025LebanonPrime MinisterJoseph Aoun→Nawaf Salam
Oct 1, 2024San MarinoPresidentLuca Beccari→Maria Luisa Berti
Sep 23, 2024Sri LankaPresidentAnura Kumara Dissanayake→Anura Kurankan Dissanayake
Sep 15, 2024JordanPrime MinisterAbdullah II of Jordan→Jafar Hassan
Aug 16, 2024ThailandPrime MinisterAnutin Charnvirakul→Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Jul 1, 2024PanamaPresidentJose Raul Mulino→José Raúl Mulino
May 22, 2024VietnamPresidentTo Lam→Tô Lâm
May 15, 2024KuwaitPrime MinisterSabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah→Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
May 2, 2024Solomon IslandsPrime MinisterMatthew Wale→Jeremiah Manele
Feb 26, 2024TuvaluPrime MinisterFeleti Teo→Ben Do
Jan 1, 2024PakistanPresidentShehbaz Sharif→Asif Ali Zardari
Nov 17, 2023LuxembourgPrime MinisterLuc Frieden→Émile Reuter
Jul 27, 2023NigerPresidentAbdourahamane Tchiani→Hassoumi Massoudou
May 29, 2023NigeriaPresidentBola Tinubu→Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Apr 24, 2023BangladeshPresidentMuhammad Yunus→Mohammad Shahabuddin
Feb 12, 2023CyprusPresidentNikos Christodoulides→Nicos Christodoulides
Oct 27, 2022IraqPrime MinisterAli al-Zaidi→Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani
Jun 30, 2022PhilippinesPresidentBongbong Marcos (Ferdinand Marcos Jr.)→Bongbong Marcos
Dec 13, 2021BulgariaPrime MinisterRumen Radev→Kiril Petkov
Nov 12, 2021FijiPresidentNaiqama Lalabalavu→Wiliame Katonivere
Sep 17, 2021BahamasPrime MinisterPhilip Davis→Philip "Brave" Davis
Jul 7, 2021IsraelPresidentBenjamin Netanyahu→Isaac Herzog
Feb 1, 2021MyanmarPresidentMin Aung Hlaing→Myint Swe
Dec 24, 2020MoldovaPresidentVasile Tofan→Maia Sandu
Nov 11, 2020BahrainPrime MinisterSalman bin Hamad Al Khalifa→Salman bin Hamad, Crown Prince of Bahrain
May 20, 2019UkrainePresidentVolodymyr Zelensky→Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Jan 1, 2019KazakhstanPresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev→Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev
Jan 23, 2015Saudi ArabiaPrime MinisterMohammed bin Salman→Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Aug 5, 2014LibyaPresidentAbdul Hamid Dbeibeh→Aguila Saleh Issa
Jul 21, 2013BelgiumPresidentBart De Wever→Philippe of Belgium
Mar 18, 2012TongaPresidentTupou VI→Tupou VI of Tonga
Apr 6, 2005MonacoMonarchAlbert II→Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Jul 20, 1994BelarusPresidentAlexander Lukashenko→Alexander Lukashenka