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Historians generally reject the idea that history is carried on the backs of a few great people. That said, history is still chock-full of leaders and rulers who have had major impacts on the world. Infoplease is here to help with our lists and biographies of some of those people. We’ve broken them down by country or region, though some countries take a lot of different forms; e.g. we only have “Russia” after 1533, since Russia was preceded by nations like the Kievan Rus, Novgorod, and Muscovy. Find a list of past and current leaders of every country in the world.

Ancient and Historical Empires: Rulers Africa: Rulers1 Australia: Prime Ministers Austria: Rulers Britain: Rulers Canada: Governors-General and Prime Ministers China: Rulers Denmark: Kings and Queens Modern Egypt: Rulers France: Rulers Germany and Prussia: Rulers India: Rulers Indonesia: Presidents Modern Persia and Iran: Rulers Iraq: Rulers

Ireland: Presidents Israel: Prime Ministers Japan: Rulers Jordan: Kings Mexico: Presidents Pakistan: Prime Ministers Philippines: Presidents Poland: Rulers Portugal: Kings, Queens, Presidents Russia: Rulers since 1533 South America: Rulers Spain: Kings, Queens, Prime Ministers Sweden: Kings and Queens Turkey: Rulers Vietnam: Rulers

Due to the number of written resources and the focus of modern scholarship, we have more about historical leaders from Western countries and some other nations with strong written traditions. This isn’t to say there weren’t important leaders from, say, Africa’s many kingdoms and empires. But, we know more about Mansa Musa of Mali, who sponsored many Arabic-speaking scholars, than about early leaders of the Kingdom of Kongo, who left few records.

Ancient and Historical Empires: Rulers

Africa: Rulers1

Australia: Prime Ministers

Austria: Rulers

Britain: Rulers

Canada: Governors-General and Prime Ministers

China: Rulers

Denmark: Kings and Queens

Modern Egypt: Rulers

France: Rulers

Germany and Prussia: Rulers

India: Rulers

Indonesia: Presidents

Modern Persia and Iran: Rulers

Iraq: Rulers

Ireland: Presidents

Israel: Prime Ministers

Japan: Rulers

Jordan: Kings

Mexico: Presidents

Pakistan: Prime Ministers

Philippines: Presidents

Poland: Rulers

Portugal: Kings, Queens, Presidents

Russia: Rulers since 1533

South America: Rulers

Spain: Kings, Queens, Prime Ministers

Sweden: Kings and Queens

Turkey: Rulers

Vietnam: Rulers

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