States Recognised by the United Nations

States recognised by the United Nations

State / Head of state / Head of government
Afghanistan / PresidentHamid Karzai
Albania / PresidentBamir Topi / Prime MinisterSali Berisha
Algeria / PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika / Prime MinisterAhmed Ouyahia
Andorra / Co-PrinceJoan Enric Vives Sicília
RepresentativeNemesi Marquès Oste
Co-PrinceNicolas Sarkozy
RepresentativeChristian Frémont / Prime MinisterJaume Bartumeu
Angola / PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos
Antigua and Barbuda / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralLouise Lake-Tack / Prime MinisterBaldwin Spencer
Argentina / PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Armenia / PresidentSerzh Sargsyan / Prime MinisterTigran Sargsyan
Australia / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralQuentin Bryce / Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Austria / PresidentHeinz Fischer / ChancellorWerner Faymann
Azerbaijan / PresidentIlham Aliyev / Prime MinisterArtur Rasizade
Bahamas / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralArthur Foulkes / Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham
Bahrain / KingHamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah / Prime MinisterKhalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah
Bangladesh / PresidentZillur Rahman / Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Barbados / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralClifford Husbands / Prime MinisterFreundel Stuart
Belarus / PresidentAlexander Lukashenko / Prime MinisterSergei Sidorsky
Belgium / KingAlbert II / Prime MinisterYves Leterme
Belize / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralColville Young / Prime MinisterDean Barrow
Benin / PresidentYayi Boni
Bhutan / KingJigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck / Prime MinisterJigme Thinley
Bolivia / PresidentEvo Morales
Bosnia and Herzegovina / Presidency[2]:
Nebojša Radmanović (Chairman)
Željko Komšić (Member)
Bakir Izetbegović (Member) / Prime MinisterNikola Špirić
Botswana / PresidentIan Khama
Brazil / PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President-electDilma Rousseff
Brunei / SultanHassanal Bolkiah
Bulgaria / PresidentGeorgi Parvanov / Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov
Burkina Faso / PresidentBlaise Compaoré / Prime MinisterTertius Zongo
Burma (Myanmar) / Chairman of the State Peace and Development CouncilThan Shwe / Prime MinisterThein Sein
Burundi / PresidentPierre Nkurunziza
Cambodia / KingNorodom Sihamoni / Prime MinisterHun Sen
Cameroon / PresidentPaul Biya / Prime MinisterPhilémon Yang
Canada / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralDavid Johnston / Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Cape Verde / PresidentPedro Pires / Prime MinisterJosé Maria Neves
Central African Republic / PresidentFrançois Bozizé / Prime MinisterFaustin-Archange Touadéra
Chad / PresidentIdriss Déby / Prime MinisterEmmanuel Nadingar
Chile / PresidentSebastián Piñera
China, People's Republic of / PresidentHu Jintao / PremierWen Jiabao
Colombia / PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Comoros / PresidentAhmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
Congo-Brazzaville / PresidentDenis Sassou-Nguesso
Congo-Kinshasa / PresidentJoseph Kabila / Prime MinisterAdolphe Muzito
Costa Rica / PresidentLaura Chinchilla
Côte d'Ivoire / Disputed:
PresidentLaurent Gbagbo / Alassane Ouattara / Disputed:
Prime MinisterGilbert Marie N'gbo Aké / Guillaume Soro
Croatia / PresidentIvo Josipović / Prime MinisterJadranka Kosor
Cuba / PresidentRaúl Castro
Cyprus / PresidentDimitris Christofias
Czech Republic / PresidentVáclav Klaus / Prime MinisterPetr Nečas
Denmark / QueenMargrethe II / Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Djibouti / PresidentIsmail Omar Guelleh / Prime MinisterDileita Mohamed Dileita
Dominica / PresidentNicholas Liverpool / Prime MinisterRoosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Republic / PresidentLeonel Fernández
East Timor / PresidentJosé Ramos-Horta / Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Ecuador / PresidentRafael Correa
Egypt / PresidentHosni Mubarak / Prime MinisterAhmed Nazif
El Salvador / PresidentMauricio Funes
Equatorial Guinea / PresidentTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo / Prime MinisterIgnacio Milam Tang
Eritrea / PresidentIsaias Afewerki
Estonia / PresidentToomas Hendrik Ilves / Prime MinisterAndrus Ansip
Ethiopia / PresidentGirma Wolde-Giorgis / Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Fiji / PresidentEpeli Nailatikau / Acting Prime MinisterFrank Bainimarama
Finland / PresidentTarja Halonen / Prime MinisterMari Kiviniemi
France / PresidentNicolas Sarkozy / Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Gabon / PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba / Prime MinisterPaul Biyoghé Mba
Gambia / PresidentYahya Jammeh
Georgia / PresidentMikheil Saakashvili / Prime MinisterNikoloz Gilauri
Germany / PresidentChristian Wulff / ChancellorAngela Merkel
Ghana / PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Greece / PresidentKarolos Papoulias / Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou
Grenada / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralCarlyle Glean / Prime MinisterTillman Thomas
Guatemala / PresidentÁlvaro Colom
Guinea / Acting PresidentSékouba Konaté
President-electAlpha Condé / Prime MinisterJean-Marie Doré
Guinea-Bissau / PresidentMalam Bacai Sanhá / Prime MinisterCarlos Gomes Júnior
Guyana / PresidentBharrat Jagdeo / Prime MinisterSam Hinds
Haiti / PresidentRené Préval / Prime MinisterJean-Max Bellerive
Honduras / PresidentPorfirio Lobo Sosa
Hungary / PresidentPál Schmitt / Prime MinisterViktor Orbán
Iceland / PresidentÓlafur Ragnar Grímsson / Prime MinisterJóhanna Sigurðardóttir
India / PresidentPratibha Patil / Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Indonesia / PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Iran / Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei / PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iraq / PresidentJalal Talabani / Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki
Ireland / PresidentMary McAleese / TaoiseachBrian Cowen
Israel / PresidentShimon Peres / Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
Italy / PresidentGiorgio Napolitano / Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Jamaica / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralPatrick Allen / Prime MinisterBruce Golding
Japan / EmperorAkihito / Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Jordan / KingAbdullah II / Prime MinisterSamir Rifai
Kazakhstan / PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev / Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Kenya / PresidentMwai Kibaki / Prime MinisterRaila Odinga
Kiribati / PresidentAnote Tong
Kuwait / EmirSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah / Prime MinisterNasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan / PresidentRoza Otunbayeva
Laos / PresidentChoummaly Sayasone / Prime MinisterBouasone Bouphavanh
Latvia / PresidentValdis Zatlers / Prime MinisterValdis Dombrovskis
Lebanon / PresidentMichel Suleiman / Prime MinisterSaad Hariri
Lesotho / KingLetsie III / Prime MinisterPakalitha Mosisili
Liberia / PresidentEllen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya / Guide of the RevolutionMuammar al-Gaddafi
Secretary General of the General People's CongressMohamed Abdul Quasim al-Zwai / Prime MinisterBaghdadi Mahmudi
Liechtenstein / PrinceHans-Adam II
Prince-RegentAlois / Prime MinisterKlaus Tschütscher
Lithuania / PresidentDalia Grybauskaitė / Prime MinisterAndrius Kubilius
Luxembourg / Grand DukeHenri / Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
Macedonia / PresidentGjorge Ivanov / Prime MinisterNikola Gruevski
Madagascar / PresidentAndry Rajoelina / Prime MinisterAlbert Camille Vital
Malawi / PresidentBingu wa Mutharika
Malaysia / Yang di-Pertuan AgongMizan Zainal Abidin / Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Maldives / PresidentMohamed Nasheed
Mali / PresidentAmadou Toumani Touré / Prime MinisterModibo Sidibé
Malta / PresidentGeorge Abela / Prime MinisterLawrence Gonzi
Marshall Islands / PresidentJurelang Zedkaia
Mauritania / PresidentMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz / Prime MinisterMoulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Mauritius / PresidentAnerood Jugnauth / Prime MinisterNavin Ramgoolam
Mexico / PresidentFelipe Calderón
Micronesia, Federated States of / PresidentManny Mori
Moldova / Acting PresidentMihai Ghimpu / Prime MinisterVlad Filat
Monaco / PrinceAlbert II / Minister of StateMichel Roger
Mongolia / PresidentTsakhiagiin Elbegdorj / Prime MinisterSükhbaataryn Batbold
Montenegro / PresidentFilip Vujanović / Prime MinisterMilo Đukanović
Morocco / KingMuhammad VI / Prime MinisterAbbas El Fassi
Mozambique / PresidentArmando Guebuza / Prime MinisterAires Ali
Namibia / PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba / Prime MinisterNahas Angula
Nauru / PresidentMarcus Stephen
Nepal / PresidentRam Baran Yadav / Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Netherlands / QueenBeatrix / Prime MinisterMark Rutte
New Zealand / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralAnand Satyanand / Prime MinisterJohn Key
Nicaragua / PresidentDaniel Ortega
Niger / Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of DemocracySalou Djibo / Prime MinisterMahamadou Danda
Nigeria / PresidentGoodluck Jonathan
North Korea / Chairman of the National Defence CommissionKim Jong-Il
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's AssemblyKim Yong-nam
Eternal PresidentKim Il-sung[3] / PremierChoe Yong-rim
Norway / KingHarald V / Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Oman / SultanQaboos bin Said al Said
Pakistan / PresidentAsif Ali Zardari / Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Palau / PresidentJohnson Toribiong
Panama / PresidentRicardo Martinelli
Papua New Guinea / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Acting Governor GeneralJeffrey Nape / Acting Prime MinisterSam Abal
Paraguay / PresidentFernando Lugo
Peru / PresidentAlan García / Prime MinisterJosé Antonio Chang
Philippines / PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Poland / PresidentBronisław Komorowski / Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Portugal / PresidentAníbal Cavaco Silva / Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates
Qatar / EmirHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani / Prime MinisterHamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
Romania / PresidentTraian Băsescu / Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Russia / PresidentDmitry Medvedev / Prime MinisterVladimir Putin
Rwanda / PresidentPaul Kagame / Prime MinisterBernard Makuza
Saint Kitts and Nevis / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralCuthbert Sebastian / Prime MinisterDenzil Douglas
Saint Lucia / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralPearlette Louisy / Prime MinisterStephenson King
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralFrederick Ballantyne / Prime MinisterRalph Gonsalves
Samoa / O le Ao o le MaloTufuga Efi / Prime MinisterTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
San Marino / Captain RegentGiovanni Francesco Ugolini
Captain RegentAndrea Zafferani
São Tomé and Príncipe / PresidentFradique de Menezes / Prime MinisterPatrice Trovoada
Saudi Arabia / KingAbdullah
Senegal / PresidentAbdoulaye Wade / Prime MinisterSouleymane Ndéné Ndiaye
Serbia / PresidentBoris Tadić / Prime MinisterMirko Cvetković
Seychelles / PresidentJames Michel
Sierra Leone / PresidentErnest Bai Koroma
Singapore / PresidentSellapan Ramanathan / Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Slovakia / PresidentIvan Gašparovič / Prime MinisterIveta Radičová
Slovenia / PresidentDanilo Türk / Prime MinisterBorut Pahor
Solomon Islands / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralFrank Kabui / Prime MinisterDanny Philip
Somalia / PresidentSharif Ahmed / Prime MinisterMohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
South Africa / PresidentJacob Zuma
South Korea / PresidentLee Myung-bak / Prime MinisterKim Hwang-sik
Spain / KingJuan Carlos I / Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Sri Lanka / PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa / Prime MinisterD. M. Jayaratne
Sudan / PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Suriname / PresidentDési Bouterse
Swaziland / KingMswati III / Prime MinisterBarnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden / KingCarl XVI Gustaf / Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
Switzerland / Federal Council[4]: Doris Leuthard (Pres.), Micheline Calmy-Rey (VP.), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Ueli Maurer, Didier Burkhalter, Simonetta Sommaruga, Johann Schneider-Ammann
Syria / PresidentBashar al-Assad / Prime MinisterMohamed al-Otari
Tajikistan / PresidentEmomalii Rahmon / Prime MinisterOqil Oqilov
Tanzania / PresidentJakaya Kikwete / Prime MinisterMizengo Pinda
Thailand / KingBhumibol Adulyadej / Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva
Togo / PresidentFaure Gnassingbé / Prime MinisterGilbert Houngbo
Tonga / KingGeorge Tupou V / Prime MinisterFeleti Sevele
Trinidad and Tobago / PresidentGeorge Maxwell Richards / Prime MinisterKamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia / PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali / Prime MinisterMohamed Ghannouchi
Turkey / PresidentAbdullah Gül / Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkmenistan / PresidentGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu / QueenElizabeth II[1]
Governor GeneralIakoba Italeli / Prime MinisterMaatia Toafa
Uganda / PresidentYoweri Museveni / Prime MinisterApolo Nsibambi
Ukraine / PresidentViktor Yanukovych / Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
United Arab Emirates / PresidentKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan / Prime MinisterMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Kingdom / QueenElizabeth II[1] / Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
United States / PresidentBarack Obama
Uruguay / PresidentJosé Mujica
Uzbekistan / PresidentIslam Karimov / Prime MinisterShavkat Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu / PresidentIolu Abil / Prime MinisterSato Kilman
Vatican City / PopeBenedict XVI / President of the GovernorateGiovanni Lajolo
Venezuela / PresidentHugo Chávez
Vietnam / PresidentNguyễn Minh Triết / Prime MinisterNguyễn Tấn Dũng
Yemen / PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh / Prime MinisterAli Muhammad Mujawar
Zambia / PresidentRupiah Banda
Zimbabwe / PresidentRobert Mugabe / Prime MinisterMorgan Tsvangirai