List of leaders of dependent territories
This page lists the main local rulers: rulers of dependencies and of the main administrative divisions (autonomous regions, insular or peninsular regions, successors of historical regions or regions with strong identity, regions in the news, etc.)
For national rulers, i.e. heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions or prime ministers who are not heads of government...) of the 194 states usually recognized like that (192 UN members + Vatican City + Taiwan), of 10 other national entities (quasi and unrecognized states), and of 7 in exile and/or alternative governments (only in exile governments that exercised power or succeeded governments that exercised power) :
Dependencies[change]
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Autonomous regions and particular administrative divisions - A-L[change]
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Autonomous regions and particular administrative divisions - M-Z[change]
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Uncertain status autonomous regions[change]
| Region | Status | Name | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azad Kashmir Azad Kashmir | President | Raja Zulqarnain Khan | 25 Aug 2006 |
| Prime minister | Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan | 24 Jul 2006 | |
| Somalia Galmudug | President | Mohamed Warsame Ali "Kiimiko" | 14 Aug 2006 |
| File:Flag of Maakhir.svg Maakhir | President | Jibrell Ali Salad | 1 Jul 2007 |
| Somalia Puntland | President | Abdirahman Mohamed Farole | 8 Jan 2009 |
Autonomous subdivisions, etc.[change]
Notes[change]
- ↑ Previously prime minister from 9 Feb 1989 to 29 Jul 1994
- ↑ Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
- ↑ Previously from 21 Nov 2000 to 8 Nov 2001.
- ↑ Previously from 15 Sep 2015 to 16 Sep 2019.
- ↑ Previously from 14 Jun to 23 Oct 2004 and from 3 Mar 2005 to 26 Dec 2006.
- ↑ Previously acting chief executive from 12 Mar to 1 Jun 2005.
- ↑ Since 1 Jan 1995, Jan Mayen is administered by the governor of Nordland county.
- ↑ The British high commissioner to New Zealand.
- ↑ Previously Deputy Mayor from 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2013.
- ↑ Previously from 2 Aug to 7 Aug 2019.
- ↑ Delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007 is also state representative in Saint-Barthélemy.
- ↑ Mayor from Jun 1995 to 15 Jul 2007.
- ↑ Delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007 is also state representative in Saint-Martin.
- ↑ Since 3 Oct 1985, the governor of the Falkland Islands.
- ↑ Previously from 1992 to Feb 1993, from Feb 1995 to Feb 1996, from Feb 1998 to Feb 1999, and from Feb 2001 to Feb 2002.
- ↑ Chief minister to 9 Aug 2006.
- ↑ Acting to 17 Jan 2007.
- ↑ Previously Chairman of the Interim Council from 7 May 2004 to 20 Jul 2004.
- ↑ Previously from 14 Apr 2002 to 26 Apr 2007.
- ↑ "Interim" to 22 Oct 1991.
- ↑ Previously from 27 Jul 1999 to 27 Jun 2003.
- ↑ Previously from 2001 to 2005.
- ↑ Chairman Supreme Council to Dec 1993.
- ↑ Previously from 12 Jul 1989 to 15 Jul 1999
- ↑ Acting to 5 Apr 2007.
- ↑ Acting to 27 Apr 2004.
- ↑ Previously from 13 Feb 1997 to 14 May 1998.
- ↑ Previously from 22 Mar 2007 to 23 Mar 2007.
- ↑ Acting to 12 Feb 2007.
- ↑ Acting to Jan 2004.
- ↑ Acting to 14 Jan 2004.
- ↑ Acting to 12 Dec 2007.
- ↑ Acting governor of Kamchatka Oblast from 23 May to 30 Jun 2007.
- ↑ Acting to 28 Jan 2005. Previously from 27 Oct 2000 to 6 Sep 2003.
- ↑ Chairman of the government to 12 May 2002.
- ↑ Previously de facto ruler of the Government of the Kurdish Democratic Party (31 Aug 1996 - Jun 2005).
- ↑ Previously prime minister of the Government of the Kurdish Democratic Party (20 Dec 1999 - Jun 2005).
- ↑ Minister of the Republic to 30 Mar 2006.
- ↑ Chairman State Council to 22 Sep 1995.
- ↑ Acting to 7 Aug 2006.
- ↑ Acting to May 1998.
- ↑ Previously from 31 Jan 1998 to 16 Jan 2001.
- ↑ Acting to 11 Aug 2007.
- ↑ Previously from 1972 to 17 Jun 1987.
- ↑ Previously from acting governor from 9 Aug to 3 Dec 2004.
- ↑ Acting to 21 Mar 2004.
- ↑ Chairman Supreme Council to Jun 1991.
- ↑ Chairman State Council to 3 Nov 2000.
- ↑ Acting to 28 Nov 2000.
- ↑ Acting to 15 Feb 2000.
- ↑ Previously from Nov 1989 to 19 Nov 1998.
- ↑ In opposition, recognized by the administrator-superior from late Jul to 26 Sep 2005; continues in exile in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from late Sep 2005.