Current World Leaders Flashcards by Alex Hinz

Prime Minister of Australia

Anthony Albanese (2022- ) - Labor Party
Scott Morrison (2018-22) - Liberal Party
Malcolm Turnbull (2015-18) - Liberal Party
Tony Abbott (2013-15) - Liberal Party
First: Sir Edmund Barton (1901-03)

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Prime Minister of Bangladesh (Bangladesher Prodhanmontri)

Sheikh Hasina (2009- , also 1996-2001) - Awami League
Khaleda Zia (2001-06, also 1991-96)
Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1989-90) - Most recent male PM
First: Tajuddin Ahmad (1971-72)

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President of Brazil (Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil)

Jair Bolsonaro (2019- ) - Social Liberal Party (PSL)
Michel Temer (2016-18) - Brazilian Democratic Movement
Dilma Rousseff (2011-16) - 1st female - Impeached in 2016 for breaking budgetary laws
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-10)

First: Deodoro da Fonseca (1891)

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Prime Minister of Canada

Justin Trudeau (2015- )
- Liberal Party - Son of Pierre - From Ottawa
Stephen Harper (2006-15)
Paul Martin (2003-06)
Jean Chretian (1993-2003)
…Pierre Trudeau (1968-79, 1980-84)
First: John A. Macdonald (1867-91)

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General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党中央委员会总书记)

Xi Jinping 习近平 (2012-) - From Beijing
Hu Jintao 胡锦涛 (2002-12)
Jiang Zemin 江泽民 (1989-2002)
First: Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1943-1976)

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President of the European Commission (EU)

Ursula von der Leyen (GER - 2019- )
Jean-Claude Juncker (LUX - 2014-19)
José Manuel Barroso (POR - 2004-14)
Romano Prodi (ITA - 1999-2004)
First: Walter Hallstein (GER - 1958-67)

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President of France (Président de la République française)

Emmanuel Macron (2017-)
- Founder of En Marche! Party - Age 39, youngest ever
Francois Hollande (2012-17)
Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-12)
Jacques Chirac (1995-2007)
First: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III) (1848-52)

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Chancellor of Germany (Bundeskanzler)

Olaf Scholz (2021- ) - Social Democratic Party
Angela Merkel (2005-21)
Gerhard Schroder (1998-2005)
Helmut Kohl (1982-1998)
…Adolf Hitler (1933-45)
First: Otto von Bismark (1871-90)

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Prime Minister of India (Bhārat kā Pradhānamantrī)

Narendra Modi (2014-)
- Bharatiya Janata Party - From Gujarat
Manmohan Singh (2004-2014)
Atal Vajpayee (1998-2004)
First: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-64)

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President of Indonesia (Presiden Republik Indonesia)

Joko Widodo (since 2014) - Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2004-2014)
Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001-04 - 1st woman)
Suharto (1968-1998)
First: Sukarno (1945-67)

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President of Iran (Rayis Jomhur-e Irān)

Ebrahim Raisi (2021- ) - Combatant Clergy Assoc.

Hassan Rouhani (2013-21) - Moderation and Development Party

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-13)

First: Abolhassan Banisadr (1980-81)

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Prime Minister of Israel (Rosh HaMemshala)

Yair Lapid (2022- ) - Yesh Atid Party
Naftali Bennett (2021-22) - New Right Party
Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu (2009-21, y 1996-99)
Ehud Olmert (2006-2009)
Ariel Sharon (2001-2006)
First: David Ben-Gurion (1948-63)

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Prime Minister of Italy (Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana)

Giorgia Meloni - (2022- ) - Brothers of Italy party - First woman
Mario Draghi (2021-22)
Giuseppe Conte (2018-21)
Paolo Gentiloni (2016-18)
First: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1861)

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Emperor of Japan (Tennō (天皇)

Oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world, founded in 660 BCE - Emperor sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne

Naruhito (2019- )
Akihito (1989-2019 abdicated)
Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa (1926-89)
Yoshihito or Emperor Taishō (1912-26)
First: Emperor Jimmu (660-585 BCE)

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Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣 Naikaku-sōri-daijin)

Fumio Kishida (2021- ) - Liberal Democratic Party
Yoshihide Suga (2020-21)
Shinzo Abe (2012-20, y 2006-07) - Assassinated 7/08/22
Yoshihiko Noda (2011-2012)
First: Itō Hirobumi (1885-1888)

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King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Ruled by the Hashemite Dynasty since 1921, oldest in the Islamic World

Abdullah II (1999-)
Hussein (1952-99)
Abdullah (1921-46)

President of Mexico (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos)

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (aka AMLO) (2018- ) - MORENA Party - From Tabasco
Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018)
Felipe Calderon (2006-12)
Vicente Fox (2000-06)
First: Guadalupe Victoria (1824-29)

Monarch of the Netherlands (Koning der Nederlanden)

Willem-Alexander (since 2013)
Beatrix (1980-2013)
Juliana (1948-80)
Wilhelmina (1890-1948)

President of Nigeria

Muhammadu Buhari (2015-; also 1983-85) - All Progressives Congress party
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-15)
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (2007-10)
First: Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66)

Prime Minister of Pakistan (Wazīr-ē Aʿẓam)

Shehbaz Sharif (2022- ) - Pakistan Muslim League
Imran Khan (2018-22)
Nawaz Sharif (2013-17)

First: Liaquat Ali Khan (1947-51)

President of the Philippines (Pangulo ng Pilipinas)

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos (2022- ) - Partido Federal ng Pilipinas - Son of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Rodrigo Duterte (2016-22)
Benigno Aquino III (2010-16)
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001-10)
Corazon Aquino (1986-92)
Ferdinand Marcos (1965-86)
First: Emilio Aguinaldo (1899-1901)