List of openly LGBT heads of government
This is a list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans people who have been the head of government of a country or a subnational division, such as a state, a province or a territory. To date, there have been five openly LGBT people who have served as a national head of government, holding office in Iceland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Serbia.
National
| Name | Image | Country | Office | Political Party | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Sexual orientation / Gender identity |
| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Prime Minister of Iceland | Social Democratic Alliance | Lesbian | |||||
| Elio Di Rupo | Prime Minister of Belgium | Socialist Party | Gay | |||||
| Xavier Bettel | Prime Minister of Luxembourg | Democratic Party | Incumbent | Gay | ||||
| Leo Varadkar | Taoiseach | Fine Gael | Gay | |||||
| Ana Brnabić | Prime Minister of Serbia | Serbian Progressive Party | Incumbent | Lesbian |
Sub-national
| Name | Image | Entity | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Sexual orientation / Gender identity |
| Don Dunstan | Premier of South Australia | 1 June 1967 2 June 1970 | 17 April 1968 15 February 1979 | 321 days, 8 years, 258 days | Bisexual | ||
| Jerónimo Saavedra | President of the Canary Islands | 29 November 1982 11 July 1991 | 4 July 1987 2 April 1993 | Gay | |||
| Elio Di Rupo | Minister-President of Wallonia | 15 July 1999 | 4 April 2000 | Gay | |||
| Jan Franssen | King's Commissioner of South Holland | 3 May 2000 | 1 January 2014 | Gay | |||
| Klaus Wowereit | Governing Mayor of Berlin | 16 June 2001 | 11 December 2014 | Gay | |||
| Ole von Beust | First Mayor of Hamburg | 31 October 2001 | 25 August 2010 | Gay | |||
| Jim McGreevey | Governor of New Jersey | 15 January 2002 | 15 November 2004 | Gay | |||
| Nichi Vendola | President of Apulia | 4 April 2005 | 1 June 2015 | Gay | |||
| Clemens Cornielje | King's Commissioner of Gelderland | 31 August 2005 | 6 February 2019 | Gay | |||
| Elio Di Rupo | Minister-President of Wallonia | 6 October 2005 | 20 July 2007 | Gay | |||
| Lynne Brown | Western Cape | Premier of the Western Cape | 25 July 2008 | 6 May 2009 | Lesbian | ||
| Allan Bell | Chief Minister of the Isle of Man | 11 October 2011 | 4 October 2016 | Gay | |||
| Rosario Crocetta | President of Sicily | 10 November 2012 | 18 November 2017 | Gay | |||
| Kathleen Wynne | Premier of Ontario | 11 February 2013 | 7 June 2018 | Lesbian | |||
| Andrew Barr | Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | 11 December 2014 | Incumbent | Gay | |||
| Kate Brown | Governor of Oregon | 18 February 2015 | Incumbent | Bisexual | |||
| Wade MacLauchlan | Premier of Prince Edward Island | 23 February 2015 | 9 May 2019 | Gay | |||
| Niluka Ekanayake | Central Province | Governor of the Central Province | 17 March 2016 | 11 April 2018 | Transgender woman | ||
| Arno Brok | King's Commissioner of Friesland | 1 March 2017 | Incumbent | Gay | |||
| Niluka Ekanayake | Sabaragamuwa Province | Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province | 12 April 2018 | 31 December 2018 | Transgender woman | ||
| Jared Polis | Governor of Colorado | 8 January 2019 | Incumbent | Gay | |||
| Elio Di Rupo | Minister-President of Wallonia | 13 September 2019 | Incumbent | Gay | |||
| Gustavo Melella | Governor of Tierra del Fuego | 17 December 2019 | Incumbent | Gay |
Others
Politicians who were closeted while in office and never officially came out or were outed only after their deaths or retirement include:- William II of the Netherlands: King of the Netherlands between 1840–1849, headed a government between 1848 and 1849 after the constitutional reform of 1848. The records and books indicate that he was either gay or bisexual, and that he had been blackmailed because of it.
- Richard Hatfield: Premier of the province of New Brunswick between 1970–1987. Although he never officially came out as such during his lifetime, and his sexual orientation only began to be discussed on the record in media and biographical sources after his death.
- Canaan Banana: President of Zimbabwe between 1980–1987. Despite his denial, was found to be either gay or bisexual in 1997. After a highly publicized trial, he was convicted in 1998 of 11 sodomy and "unnatural acts", for which he was imprisoned for six months.