List of state leaders in 2003
Africa
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- *President – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Ali Benflis, Prime Minister of Algeria
- *#Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria
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- *President – José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola
- *Prime Minister – Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Prime Minister of Angola
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- *President – Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin
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- *President – Festus Mogae, President of Botswana
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- *President – Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso
- *Prime Minister – Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
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- *President –
- *#Pierre Buyoya, President of Burundi
- *#Domitien Ndayizeye, President of Burundi
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- *President – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
- *Prime Minister – Peter Mafany Musonge, Prime Minister of Cameroon
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- *President – Pedro Pires, President of Cape Verde
- *Prime Minister – José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
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- *President –
- *#Ange-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic
- *#François Bozizé, President of the Central African Republic
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Martin Ziguélé, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
- *#Abel Goumba, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
- *#Célestin Gaombalet, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
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- *President – Idriss Déby, President of Chad
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Haroun Kabadi, Prime Minister of Chad
- *#Moussa Faki, Prime Minister of Chad
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- *President – Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros
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- *President – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo
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- *President – Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- *President – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti
- *Prime Minister – Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Prime Minister of Djibouti
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- *President – Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
- *Prime Minister – Atef Ebeid, Prime Minister of Egypt
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- *President – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
- *Prime Minister – Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
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- *President – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea
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- *President – Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia
- *Prime Minister – Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
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- *President – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
- *Prime Minister – Jean-François Ntoutoume Emane, Prime Minister of Gabon
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- *President – Yahya Jammeh, President of the Gambia
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- *President – John Kufuor, President of Ghana
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- *President – Lansana Conté, President of Guinea
- *Prime Minister – Lamine Sidimé, Prime Minister of Guinea
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- *President –
- *#Kumba Ialá, President of Guinea-Bissau
- *#Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Chairman of the Military Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional and Democratic Order of Guinea-Bissau
- *#Henrique Rosa, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Mário Pires, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
- *#Artur Sanhá, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
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- *President – Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Ivory Coast
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Pascal Affi N'Guessan, Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
- *#Seydou Diarra, Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
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- *President – Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
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- *Monarch – Letsie III, King of Lesotho
- *Prime Minister – Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho
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- *Head of State –
- *#Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
- *#Moses Blah, President of Liberia
- *#Gyude Bryant, Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia
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- *De facto Head of State – Muammar Gaddafi, Guide of the Revolution of Libya
- *De jure Head of State – Muhammad az-Zanati, General Secretary of the General People's Congress of Libya
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Imbarek Shamekh, General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya
- *#Shukri Ghanem, General Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya
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- *President – Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar
- *Prime Minister – Jacques Sylla, Prime Minister of Madagascar
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- *President – Bakili Muluzi, President of Malawi
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- *President – Amadou Toumani Touré, President of Mali
- *Prime Minister – Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani, Prime Minister of Mali
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- *President – Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President of Mauritania
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, Prime Minister of Mauritania
- *#Sghair Ould M'Bareck, Prime Minister of Mauritania
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- *President –
- *#Karl Offmann, President of Mauritius
- *#Raouf Bundhun, Acting President of Mauritius
- *#Sir Anerood Jugnauth, President of Mauritius
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius
- *#Paul Bérenger, Prime Minister of Mauritius
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- *redesignated from a departmental collectivity of the French Republic on 28 March
- *Prefect – Jean-Jacques Brot, Prefect of Mayotte
- *Head of Government – Younoussa Bamana, President of the General Council of Mayotte
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- *Monarch – Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
- *Prime Minister – Driss Jettou, Prime Minister of Morocco
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- **President – Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of Western Sahara
- **Prime Minister –
- **#Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun, Prime Minister of Western Sahara
- **#Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Prime Minister of Western Sahara
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- *President – Joaquim Chissano, President of Mozambique
- *Prime Minister – Pascoal Mocumbi, Prime Minister of Mozambique
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- *President – Sam Nujoma, President of Namibia
- *Prime Minister – Theo-Ben Gurirab, Prime Minister of Namibia
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- *President – Mamadou Tandja, President of Niger
- *Prime Minister – Hama Amadou, Prime Minister of Niger
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- *President – Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria
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- *President – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
- *Prime Minister – Bernard Makuza, Prime Minister of Rwanda
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- *Governor – David Hollamby, Governor of Saint Helena
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- *President –
- *#Fradique de Menezes, President of São Tomé and Príncipe
- *#Fernando Pereira, Chairman of the Military Junta of National Salvation of São Tomé and Príncipe
- *#Fradique de Menezes, President of São Tomé and Príncipe
- *Prime Minister – Maria das Neves, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Principe
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- *President – Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal
- *Prime Minister – Idrissa Seck, Prime Minister of Senegal
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- *President – France-Albert René, President of Seychelles
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- *President – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
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- *President – Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Hassan Abshir Farah, Prime Minister of Somalia
- *#Muhammad Abdi Yusuf, Prime Minister of Somalia
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- **President – Dahir Riyale Kahin, President of Somaliland
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- **President – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Puntland
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- *President – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
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- *President – Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan
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- *Monarch – Mswati III, King of Swaziland
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland
- *#Paul Shabangu, Acting Prime Minister of Swaziland
- *#Themba Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland
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- *President – Benjamin Mkapa, President of Tanzania
- *Prime Minister – Frederick Sumaye, Prime Minister of Tanzania
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- *President – Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo
- *Prime Minister – Koffi Sama, Prime Minister of Togo
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- *President – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia
- *Prime Minister – Mohamed Ghannouchi, Prime Minister of Tunisia
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- *President – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
- *Prime Minister – Apolo Nsibambi, Prime Minister of Uganda
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- *President – Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia
- *President – Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
Asia
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- *President – Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
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- *Monarch – Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain
- *Prime Minister – Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain
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- *President – Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
- *Prime Minister – Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
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- *Monarch – Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Kinzang Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan
- *#Jigme Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan
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- *Monarch – Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
- *Prime Minister – Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Brunei
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- *Monarch – Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia
- *Prime Minister – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
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- *Communist Party Leader – Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
- *President –
- *#Jiang Zemin, President of China
- *#Hu Jintao, President of China
- *Premier –
- *#Zhu Rongji, Premier of the State Council of China
- *#Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of China
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- *President – Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
- *Prime Minister – Mari Alkatiri, Prime Minister of East Timor
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- *President – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India
- *Prime Minister – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India
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- *President – Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia
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- *Supreme Leader – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
- *President – Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran
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- *following the 9 April fall of the capital, the occupied Ba'athist Iraq was superseded ensuing invasion on 21 April
- *President – Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq
- *Administrator –
- *#Jay Garner, Civilian administrator of Iraq
- *#Paul Bremer, Civilian administrator of Iraq
- *Head of Government –
- *#Saddam Hussein, Prime Minister of Iraq
- *#Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, President of the Governing Council of Iraq
- *#Ibrahim al-Jaafari, President of the Governing Council of Iraq
- *#Ahmed Chalabi, President of the Governing Council of Iraq
- *#Ayad Allawi, President of the Governing Council of Iraq
- *#Jalal Talabani, President of the Governing Council of Iraq
- *#Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, President of the Governing Council of Iraq
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- *President – Moshe Katsav, President of Israel
- *Prime Minister – Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel
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- **President – Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority
- **Prime Minister –
- **#Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
- **#Ahmed Qurei, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
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- *Monarch – Akihito, Emperor of Japan
- *Prime Minister – Junichirō Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan
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- *Monarch – Abdullah II, King of Jordan
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Ali Abu al-Ragheb, Prime Minister of Jordan
- *#Faisal al-Fayez, Prime Minister of Jordan
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- *President – Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Imangali Tasmagambetov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- *#Daniyal Akhmetov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
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- *Communist Party Leader – Kim Jong-il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
- *De facto Head of State – Kim Jong-il, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea
- *De jure Head of State – Kim Yong-nam, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
- *Premier –
- *#Hong Song-nam, Premier of the Cabinet North Korea
- *#Pak Pong-ju, Premier of the Cabinet of North Korea
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- *President –
- *#Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea
- *#Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Kim Suk-soo, Prime Minister of South Korea
- *#Goh Kun, Prime Minister of South Korea
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- *Monarch – Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Sheikh Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait
- *#Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait
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- *President – Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan
- *Prime Minister – Nikolai Tanayev, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
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- *Communist Party Leader – Khamtai Siphandon, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- *President – Khamtai Siphandon, President of Laos
- *Premier – Bounnhang Vorachith, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Laos
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- *President – Émile Lahoud, President of Lebanon
- *Prime Minister – Rafic Hariri, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon
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- *Monarch – Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- *#Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
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- *President – Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives
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- *President – Natsagiin Bagabandi, President of Mongolia
- *Prime Minister – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Prime Minister of Mongolia
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- *Head of State – Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Than Shwe, Prime Minister of Myanmar
- *#Khin Nyunt, Prime Minister of Myanmar
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- *Monarch – Gyanendra, King of Nepal
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal
- *#Surya Bahadur Thapa, Prime Minister of Nepal
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- *Monarch – Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman
- *Prime Minister – Qaboos bin Said al Said, Prime Minister of Oman
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- *President – Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan
- *Prime Minister – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Prime Minister of Pakistan
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- *President – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines
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- *Monarch – Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
- *Prime Minister – Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar
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- *Monarch – Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia
- *Regent – Crown Prince Abdullah, Regent of Saudi Arabia
- *Prime Minister – Fahd, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
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- *President – S. R. Nathan, President of Singapore
- *Prime Minister – Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister of Singapore
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- *President – Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
- *Prime Minister – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
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- *President – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Muhammad Mustafa Mero, Prime Minister of Syria
- *#Muhammad Naji al-Otari, Prime Minister of Syria
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- *President – Chen Shui-bian, President of Taiwan
- *Premier – Yu Shyi-kun, President of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan
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- *President – Emomali Rahmonov, President of Tajikistan
- *Prime Minister – Oqil Oqilov, Prime Minister of Tajikistan
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- *Monarch – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
- *Prime Minister – Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand
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- *President – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister of Turkey
- *#Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
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- *President – Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan
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- *President – Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates
- *Prime Minister – Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
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- *President – Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Oʻtkir Sultonov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
- *#Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
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- *Communist Party Leader – Nông Đức Mạnh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- *President – Trần Đức Lương, President of Vietnam
- *Prime Minister – Phan Văn Khải, Prime Minister of Vietnam
- *President – Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen
- *Prime Minister – Abdul Qadir Bajamal, Prime Minister of Yemen
Europe
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- *President – Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania
- *Prime Minister – Fatos Nano, Prime Minister of Albania
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- *Monarchs –
- **French Co-Prince – Jacques Chirac, French Co-prince of Andorra
- ***Co-Prince's Representative – Philippe Massoni
- **Episcopal Co-Prince –
- **#Archbishop Joan Martí i Alanis, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra
- **#Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Episcopal Co-prince of Andorra
- ***Co-Prince's Representative – Nemesi Marqués Oste
- *Prime Minister – Marc Forné Molné, Head of Government of Andorra
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- *President – Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia
- *Prime Minister – Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia
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- *President – Thomas Klestil, Federal President of Austria
- *Chancellor – Wolfgang Schüssel, Federal Chancellor of Austria
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- *President –
- *#Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
- *#Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
- *#Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
- *#Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
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- **President – Arkadi Ghukasyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh
- **Prime Minister – Anushavan Danielyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
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- *President – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Gennady Novitsky, Prime Minister of Belarus
- *#Sergei Sidorsky, Prime Minister of Belarus
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- *Monarch – Albert II, King of the Belgians
- *Prime Minister – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
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- *Head of State – Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- **Serb Member –
- **#Mirko Šarović
- **#Borislav Paravac
- **Bosniak Member – Sulejman Tihić
- **Croat Member –
- **#Dragan Čović
- **#Dragan Čović
- *Prime Minister – Adnan Terzić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- *High Representative – Lord Ashdown, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- *President – Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
- *Prime Minister – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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- *President – Stjepan Mesić, President of Croatia
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Ivica Račan, Prime Minister of Croatia
- *#Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia
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- *President –
- *#Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus
- *#Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus
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- **President – Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus
- **Prime Minister – Derviş Eroğlu, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
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- *President –
- *#Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
- *#Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
- *Prime Minister – Vladimír Špidla, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
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- *Monarch – Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
- *Prime Minister – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
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- *President – Arnold Rüütel, President of Estonia
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Siim Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
- *#Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
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- *President – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland
- *#Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Prime Minister of Finland
- *#Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
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- *President – Jacques Chirac, President of France
- *Prime Minister – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
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- *President –
- *#Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia
- *#Nino Burjanadze, Acting President of Georgia
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Avtandil Jorbenadze, Minister of State of Georgia
- *#Zurab Zhvania, Minister of State of Georgia
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- **President – Vladislav Ardzinba, President of Abkhazia
- **Prime Minister –
- **#Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
- **#Raul Khajimba, Prime Minister of Abkhazia
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- **President – Eduard Kokoity, President of South Ossetia
- **Prime Minister –
- **#Gerasim Khugayev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
- **#Igor Sanakoyev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia
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- *President – Johannes Rau, Federal President of Germany
- *Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor of Germany
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- *President – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, President of Greece
- *Prime Minister – Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
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- *President – Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary
- *Prime Minister – Péter Medgyessy, Prime Minister of Hungary
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- *President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
- *Prime Minister – Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
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- *President – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
- *Prime Minister – Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland
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- *President – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy
- *Prime Minister – Silvio Berlusconi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
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- *President – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia
- *Prime Minister – Einars Repše, Prime Minister of Latvia
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- *Monarch – Hans-Adam II, Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein
- *Prime Minister – Otmar Hasler, Head of Government of Liechtenstein
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- *President –
- *#Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
- *#Rolandas Paksas, President of Lithuania
- *Prime Minister – Algirdas Brazauskas, Prime Minister of Lithuania
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- *Monarch – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- *Prime Minister – Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
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- *President – Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia
- *Prime Minister – Branko Crvenkovski, President of the Government of Macedonia
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- *President – Guido de Marco, President of Malta
- *Prime Minister – Eddie Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta
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- *President – Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova
- *Prime Minister – Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova
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- **President – Igor Smirnov, President of Transnistria
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- *Monarch – Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
- *Prime Minister – Patrick Leclercq, Minister of State of Monaco
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- *Monarch – Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands
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- **Prime Minister – Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
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- *Monarch – Harald V, King of Norway
- *Regent – Crown Prince Haakon, Regent of Norway
- *Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
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- *President – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland
- *Prime Minister – Leszek Miller, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland
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- *President – Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
- *Prime Minister – José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister of Portugal
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- *President – Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
- *Prime Minister – Adrian Năstase, Prime Minister of Romania
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- *President – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
- *Prime Minister – Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman of the Government of Russia
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- *Captains-Regent –
- *#Giuseppe Maria Morganti and Mauro Chiaruzzi, Captains Regent of San Marino
- *#Pier Marino Menicucci and Giovanni Giannoni, Captains Regent of San Marino
- *#Giovanni Lonfernini and Valeria Ciavatta, Captains Regent of San Marino
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- * from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 February
- *President –
- *#Vojislav Koštunica, President of Yugoslavia
- *#Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Dragiša Pešić, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
- *#Svetozar Marović, Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro
- *Kosovo
- **President – Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo
- **Prime Minister – Bajram Rexhepi, Prime Minister of Kosovo
- **UN Special Representative –
- **#Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
- **#Charles H. Brayshaw, Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
- **#Harri Holkeri, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Kosovo
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- *President – Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
- *Prime Minister – Mikuláš Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia
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- *President – Janez Drnovšek, President of Slovenia
- *Prime Minister – Anton Rop, Prime Minister of Slovenia
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- *Monarch – Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
- *Prime Minister – José María Aznar, President of the Government of Spain
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- *Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
- *Prime Minister – Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden
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- *Council – Federal Council of Switzerland
- **Members – Kaspar Villiger, Moritz Leuenberger, Pascal Couchepin, Ruth Metzler, Joseph Deiss, Samuel Schmid, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Christoph Blocher, and Hans-Rudolf Merz
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- *President – Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine
- *Prime Minister – Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
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- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
- *Prime Minister – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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- **Lieutenant-Governor – Ian Macfadyen, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
- **Chief Minister – Richard Corkill, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
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- **Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Foley, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
- **Bailiff – Sir de Vic Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey
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- **Lieutenant-Governor – Sir John Cheshire, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
- **Bailiff – Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff of Jersey
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- **Governor –
- **#Sir David Durie, Governor of Gibraltar
- **#David Blunt, Acting Governor of Gibraltar
- **#Sir Francis Richards, Governor of Gibraltar
- **Chief Minister – Peter Caruana, Chief Minister of Gibraltar
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- *Monarch – Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of Vatican City
- *Head of Government – Cardinal Edmund Szoka, President of the Governorate of Vatican City
- *Holy See
- **Secretary of State – Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Secretary of State
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- *see under the [|aforelisted] State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
North America
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- *Governor – Peter Johnstone, Governor of Anguilla
- *Chief Minister – Osbourne Fleming, Chief Minister of Anguilla
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- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda
- *Governor-General – Sir James Carlisle, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
- *Prime Minister – Lester Bird, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
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- *Governor – Olindo Koolman, Governor of Aruba
- *Prime Minister – Nelson Oduber, Prime Minister of Aruba
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the Bahamas
- *Governor-General – Dame Ivy Dumont, Governor-General of the Bahamas
- *Prime Minister – Perry Christie, Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados
- *Governor-General – Sir Clifford Husbands, Governor-General of Barbados
- *Prime Minister – Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Belize
- *Governor-General – Sir Colville Young, Governor-General of Belize
- *Prime Minister – Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
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- *Governor – Sir John Vereker, Governor of Bermuda
- *Premier –
- *#Jennifer M. Smith, Premier of Bermuda
- *#Alex Scott, Premier of Bermuda
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- *Governor – Tom Macan, Governor of the British Virgin Islands
- *Chief Minister –
- *#Ralph T. O'Neal, Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
- *#Orlando Smith, Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
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- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
- *Governor-General – Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada
- *#Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada
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- *Governor – Bruce Dinwiddy, Governor of the Cayman Islands
- *Head of Government – McKeeva Bush, Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands
- '
- *President – Abel Pacheco, President of Costa Rica
- '
- *Communist Party Leader – Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
- *President – Fidel Castro, President of the Council of State of Cuba
- *Prime Minister – Fidel Castro, President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba
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- *President –
- *#Vernon Shaw, President of Dominica
- *#Nicholas Liverpool, President of Dominica
- *Prime Minister – Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica
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- *President – Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic
- '
- *President – Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Grenada
- *Governor-General – Sir Daniel Williams, Governor-General of Grenada
- *Prime Minister – Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada
- '
- *President – Alfonso Portillo, President of Guatemala
- '
- *President – Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti
- *Prime Minister – Yvon Neptune, Prime Minister of Haiti
- '
- *President – Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Jamaica
- *Governor-General – Sir Howard Cooke, Governor-General of Jamaica
- *Prime Minister – P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica
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- *President – Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
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- *Governor – Tony Longrigg, Governor of Montserrat
- *Chief Minister – John Osborne, Chief Minister of Montserrat
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- *Governor – Frits Goedgedrag, Governor of the Netherlands Antilles
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Etienne Ys, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
- *#Ben Komproe, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
- *#Mirna Louisa-Godett, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
- '
- *President – Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
- '
- *President – Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- *Governor-General – Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- *Prime Minister – Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Saint Lucia
- *Governor-General – Dame Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of Saint Lucia
- *Prime Minister – Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
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- *redesignated from a departmental collectivity of the French Republic on 28 March
- *Prefect – Claude Valleix, Prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- *Head of Government – Marc Plantegenest, President of the General Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- *Governor-General – Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- *Prime Minister – Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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- *President –
- *#A. N. R. Robinson, President of Trinidad and Tobago
- *#George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago
- *Prime Minister – Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
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- *Governor – Jim Poston, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- *Chief Minister –
- *#Derek Hugh Taylor, Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- *#Michael Misick, Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- *President – George W. Bush, President of the United States
- *
- **Governor – Sila María Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico
- *
- **Governor – Charles Wesley Turnbull, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Oceania
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- *Governor –
- *#Tauese Sunia, Governor of American Samoa
- *#Togiola Tulafono, Governor of American Samoa
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia
- *Governor-General –
- *#Peter Hollingworth, Governor-General of Australia
- *#Sir Guy Green, Administrator of the Government of Australia
- *#Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia
- *Prime Minister – John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
- *
- **Administrator –
- **#Bill Taylor, Administrator of Christmas Island
- **#Ray Stone, Acting administrator of Christmas Island
- **#Evan Williams, Administrator of Christmas Island
- **Shire-President –
- **#Andrew Smolders, Shire president of Christmas Island
- **#Gordon Thomson, Shire president of Christmas Island
- *Cocos Islands
- **Administrator –
- **#Bill Taylor, Administrator of the Cocos Islands
- **#Ray Stone, Acting administrator of the Cocos Islands
- **#Evan Williams, Administrator of the Cocos Islands
- **Shire-President – Ronald Grant, Shire president of the Cocos Islands
- *
- **Administrator –
- **#Tony Messner, Administrator of Norfolk Island
- **#Michael Stephens, Acting Administrator of Norfolk Island
- **#Grant Tambling, Administrator of Norfolk Island
- **Chief Minister – Geoffrey Robert Gardner, Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
- '
- *President – Ratu Josefa Iloilo, President of Fiji
- *Prime Minister – Laisenia Qarase, Prime Minister of Fiji
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- *redesignated from an overseas territory of the French Republic on 28 March
- *High Commissioner – Michel Mathieu, High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
- *Head of Government – Gaston Flosse, President of the Government of French Polynesia
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- *Governor –
- *#Carl Gutierrez, Governor of Guam
- *#Felix Perez Camacho, Governor of Guam
- '
- *President –
- *#Teburoro Tito, President of Kiribati
- *#Tion Otang, Chairman of the Council of State of Kiribati
- *#Anote Tong, President of Kiribati
- '
- *President – Kessai Note, President of the Marshall Islands
- '
- *President –
- *#Leo Falcam, President of Micronesia
- *#Joseph Urusemal, President of Micronesia
- '
- *President –
- *#René Harris, President of Nauru
- *#Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru
- *#René Harris, President of Nauru
- *#Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru
- *#Derog Gioura, President of Nauru
- *#Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
- *#René Harris, President of Nauru
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- *High Commissioner – Daniel Constantin, High Commissioner of New Caledonia
- *Head of Government – Pierre Frogier, President of the Government of New Caledonia
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
- *Governor-General – Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General of New Zealand
- *Prime Minister – Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- *
- **Queen's Representative – Frederick Tutu Goodwin, Queen's Representative of the Cook Islands
- **Prime Minister – Robert Woonton, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
- *
- **Premier – Young Vivian, Premier of Niue
- *Tokelau
- **Administrator –
- **#Lindsay Johnstone Watt, Administrator of Tokelau
- **#Neil Walter, Administrator of Tokelau
- **Head of Government –
- **#Pio Tuia, Head of Government of Tokelau
- **#Kolouei O'Brien, Head of Government of Tokelau
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- *Governor – Juan Babauta, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
- '
- *President – Tommy Remengesau, President of Palau
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Papua New Guinea
- *Governor-General –
- *#Sir Silas Atopare, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
- *#Bill Skate, Acting Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
- *Prime Minister – Sir Michael Somare, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
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- *Governor – Richard Fell, Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
- *Mayor – Steve Christian, Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands
- '
- *Head of State – Malietoa Tanumafili II, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa
- *Prime Minister – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of the Solomon Islands
- *Governor-General – Sir John Lapli, Governor-General of the Solomon Islands
- *Prime Minister – Sir Allan Kemakeza, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands
- '
- *Monarch – Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, King of Tonga
- *Prime Minister – Prince Lavaka Ata ʻUlukālala, Prime Minister of Tonga
- '
- *Monarch – Elizabeth II, Queen of Tuvalu
- *Governor-General –
- *#Sir Tomasi Puapua, Governor-General of Tuvalu
- *#Faimalaga Luka, Governor-General of Tuvalu
- *Prime Minister – Saufatu Sopoanga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu
- '
- *President – John Bani, President of Vanuatu
- *Prime Minister – Edward Natapei, Prime Minister of Vanuatu
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- *redesignated from an overseas territory of the French Republic on 28 March
- *Administrator – Christian Job, Administrator Superior of Wallis and Futuna
- *Head of Government – Patalione Kanimoa, President of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna
South America
- '
- *President –
- *#Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
- *#Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
- '
- *President –
- *#Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, President of Bolivia
- *#Carlos Mesa, President of Bolivia
- '
- *President – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
- '
- *President – Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
- '
- *President – Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia
- '
- *President –
- *#Gustavo Noboa, President of Ecuador
- *#Lucio Gutiérrez, President of Ecuador
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- *Governor – Howard Pearce, Governor of the Falkland Islands
- *Head of Government –
- *#Michael Blanch, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
- *#Chris Simpkins, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands
- '
- *President – Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana
- *Prime Minister – Sam Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana
- '
- *President –
- *#Luis Ángel González Macchi, President of Paraguay
- *#Nicanor Duarte, President of Paraguay
- '
- *President – Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Luis Solari De La Fuente, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
- *#Beatriz Merino, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
- *#Carlos Ferrero, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
- '
- *President – Ronald Venetiaan, President of Suriname
- '
- *President – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, President of Uruguay
- '
- *President – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela