LIST OF FIRST PRIMES MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTS

Country	Prime Ministers	President
Abkhazia	Gennady Gagulia	Vladislav Ardzynba
Afghanistan	Shir Ahmad	Hamid Karzai
Albania	Ismail Qemali	Ahmet Zogu
Algeria	Ferhat Abbas	Ahmed Ben Bella
Andorra	Oscar Ribas Reig
Angola	Lopo do Nascimento	Antonio Agostinho Neto
Anguilla	James Ronald Webster	-
Antigua and Barbuda	Vere Bird	John William Ashe
Argentina	Eduardo Bauza	Bernardino Rivadavia
Armenia	Hovhannes Kajaznuni	Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Artsakh	Oleg Yesayan	Robert Kocharyan
Aruba	Henny Eman	-
Australia	Sir Edmund Barton	Sir Richard Baker
Austria	Karl Renner	Karl Seitz
Azerbaijan	Fatali Khan Khoyski	Ayaz Mutallibov
Bahamas	Lynden Pindling	George W.K. Roberts
Bahrain	Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (king)
Bangladesh	Moudud Ahmed	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Barbados	Errol Barrow	John Brathwaite
Belarus	Vyachaslau Kebich	Alexander Lukashenko
Belgium	Etienne Constantin de Gerlache	Goswin Baron de Stassart
Belize	George Cadle Price	Ewart W. Francis
Benin	-	Hubert Maga
Bermuda	Sir Henry Tucker	Sir Josiah Rees
Bhutan	Jigme Palden Dorji	Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck (King)
Bolivia	-	Simon Bolívar
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Haris Silajdzic	Kresimir Zubak
Botswana	Sir Seretse Khama	Sir Seretse Khama
Brazil	Manuel Alves Branco	Deodoro da Fonseca
British Virgin Islands	Hamilty Lavity Stout	Johm Pickering
Brunei	Sultan Hismanal Bookish	Muhammad Shah / Awing Alek Beta tar (monarch)
Bulgaria	Tudor Burma	Petard Mladenovic
Burkina Faso	Gérard Kango Ouedraogo	Maurice Yameogo
Burundi	Joseph Cimpaye	Michel Micombero
Cambodia	Norodom Sihanouk	Son Sann
Cameroon	Ahmadou Ahidjo	Ahmadou Ahidjo
Canada	Sir John A. Macdonald	-
Cape Verde	Pedro Pires	Aristides Pereira
Cayman Islands	Thomas Jefferson	-
Central African Republic	Barthelemy Boganda	David Dacko
Chad	Hissene Habre	Francois Tombalbaye
Chile	-	Manuel Blanco Encalada
China	Zhou Enlai	Sun Yat-sen
Comoros	Abdallah Mohammed	Ikililou Dhoinine
Colombia	-	General Simon Bolívar y Palacios,
Croatia	Stjepan Mesic	Franjo Tudman
Congo (Brazzaville)	Alphonse Massamba-Debat	Fulbert Youlou
Cook Islands	Albert Henry	-
Cote d Ivory	Felix Houphouet-Boigny	Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Cuba	Carlos Saladrigas Zayas	Tomas Estrada Palma
Curacco	Gerrit Schotte	-
Northern Cyprus	Nejat Konuk	Rauf Denktaş
Czech Republic	Petr Pithart	Vaclav Havel
DR Congo	Patrice Lumumba	Joseph Kasavubu
Denmark	Adam Wilhelm Moltke	-
Dijbouti	Ali Aref Bourhan	phillip roman
Norway	Peder Anker	-
Sweden	Louis Gerhard De Geer	-
Dominican Republic	Frank Baron	Francisco del Rosario Sanchez
East Timor	Nicolau dos Reis Lobato	Xanana Gusmao
Ecuador	-	Juan José Flores y Aramburu
Egypt	Nubar Pasha	Muhammad Naguib
Equatorial Guinea	Cristino Seriche Bioko	Francisco Macías Nguema
Eritrea	-	Isaias Afwerki
Estonia	Konstantin Pats	Konstantin Pats
Ethiopia	Habte Giyorgis	Mengistu Haile Mariam
Faroe Islands	Andrass Samuelsen	-
Fiji	Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau
Finland	Esko Aho	Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg
France	Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord	Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
French Polynesia	-	Gaston Flosse
Gabon	Gabriel Leon M'ba	Gabriel Leon M’ba
Gambia	Pierre Sarr N’Jie	David Jawara
Georgia	Noe Ramishvili	Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Germany	Konrad Adenauer	Theodor Heuss
Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah	Kwame Nkrumah
Gibraltar	Joshua Hassan	-
Greece	Spiridon Trikoupis	Michail Stasinopoulos
Greenland	Jonathan Motzfeldt	-
Grenada	Sir Eric Gairy	Greaves Beresford James
Guernsey	Laurie Morgan	-
Guinea	Louis Lansana Beavogui	Ahmed Sekou Toure
Guinea –Bissau	Francisco Mendes	Luis Cabral
Guyana	Forbes Sampson Burnham	Arthur Chung
Haiti	Martial Celestin	Alexandre Petion
Hungary	Lajos Batthyany	Arpad Goncz
Hong Kong	Tung Chee-hwa	Rita Fan
Iceland	Hannes Hafstein	Sveinn Bjornsson
India	Jawaharlal Nehru	Rajendra Prasad
Indonesia	Sutan Sjahrir	Sukarno
Ireland	William Thomas Cosgrave	Douglas Ross Hyde
Iran	Mirza Nasrullah Khan	Abolhassan Banisadr
Iraq	Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
Israel	David Ben-Gurion	Chaim Azriel Weizmann
Italy	Camillo Benso	Enrico De Nicola
Ivory Coast	Felix Houphouet-Boigny	Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Jamaica	Sir Alexander Bustamante	Clifford Clearance Campbell
Japan	Ito Hirobumi	-
Jersey	Frank Harrison Walker	-
Jordan	Rashid Tali’a	-
Kazakhstan	Sergey Tereshchenko	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kenya	Jomo Kenyatta	Jomo Kenyatta
North Korea	-	Kim Il-sung
Kosovo	Bajram Rexhepi	Mehmed Hoxha
Kiribati	-	Ieremia Tienang Tabai
Kuwait	Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah	-
Kyrgyzstan	Nasirdin Isanov	Askar Akayev
Laos	Phetsarath Ratanavongsa	Prince Souphanouvong
Latvia	Karlis Ulmanis	Janis Cakste
Lebanon	Auguste Adib Pacha	Charles Debbas (Pre –Independence) Bechara El Khoury (Post –Independence)
Lesotho	Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane	Makotoko
Libya	Mahmud al-Muntasir	-
Liechtenstein	Josef Ospelt	Karl Schadler
Lithuania	Augustinas Voldemaras	Antanas Smetona
Luxembourg	G.T.I. de la Fontaine	-
Macedonia	Emanuel Cuckov	Kiro Gligorov
Macau	-	Edmund Ho Hau Wah
Madagascar	Andriamihaja	Philibert Tsiranana
Malawi	Hastings Banda	Hastings Banda
Malaysia	Tunku Abdul Rahman	-
Mali	Modibo Keita	Modibo Keita
Maldives	Ibrahim Dorhimeyna Kilegefan	Amin Didi
Malta	Joseph Howard	Sir Anthony Mamo
Isle of Man	Miles Walker	Jack Nivison
Mauritania	Moktar Ould Daddah	Moktar Ould Daddah
Mauritius	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo
Mexico	-	Guadalupe Victoria
Moldova	Mircea Druc	Mircea Snegur
Monaco	Emile Flach	-
Mongolia	Puntsagiin Jasrai	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Montenegro	Duke Bozo Petrovic	Momir Bulatovic
Montserrat	William Henry Bramble	-
Morocco	Mbarek Bekkay	-
Mozambique	Mario da Graca Machungo	Samora Machel
Myanmar	U Nu	Sao Shwe Thaik
Namibia	Hage Geingob	Sam Nujoma
Nauru	-	Hammer DeRoburt
Nepal	Damodar Pande	Ram Baran Yadav
Netherlands	Gerrit, Count Schimmelpenninck	Charles Ignace Philippe Thiennes de Lombise
New Zealand	Sir Geoffrey Palmer	-
NewFound land	Philip Francis Little	-
Niger	Mamane Oumarou	Hamani Diori
Nigeria	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
Niue	Robert Rex	-
Pakistan	Liaquit Ali Khan	Iskander Mirza
Panama	-	Manuel Amador Guerrero
Papua New Guinea	Michael Somare	-
Peru	Juan Manuel del Mar Bernedo	Jose de San Martin
Philippines	Apolinario Mabini	Emilio Aguinaldo
Poland	Tadeusz Mazowiecki	Gabriel Narutowicz
Portugal	Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquis of Palmela	Manuel de Arriaga
Qatar	Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Republic of the Congo	Alphonse Massamba-Débat	Joseph Kasavubu
Reunion	Michel Debre	-
Romania	Barbu Catargiu	Nicolae Ceausescu
Russia	Yegor Gaidar	Boris Yeltsin
Rwanda	Gregoire Kayibanda	Gregoire Kayibanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Kennedy Simmonds	-
Saint Lucia	John Compton	Vincent Flossiac
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Milton Cato	-
Samoa	Albert Barnes Steinberger	Galea'i P. Poumele
Sao Tome and Príncipe	Leonel Mario d'Alva	Manuel Pinto da Costa
Saudi Arabia	King Saud	-
Senegal	Mamadou Dia	Leopold Sedar Senghor
Serbia	Mateja Nenadovic	Slobodan Milosevic
Seychelles	Sir James Richard Mancham	Sir James Richard Marie Mancham
Solomon Islands	Peter Kenilorea	-
Sierra Leone	Sir Milton Margai	Christopher Elnathan Okoro Cole
Singapore	Lee Kuan Yew	Yusof bin Ishak
Saint Maarten	Sarah Wescot-Williams	Gracita R. Arrindell
Slovakia	Vladimir Meciar	Michal Kovac
Slovenia	Boris Kidric	Josip Vidmar
Somalia	Abdullahi Issa Mohamud	Aden Abdulle Osman Daar
South Africa	Louis Botha	Nelson Mandela
South Korea	Lee Beom-seok	Syngman Rhee,
South Ossetia	Oleg Teziev	Znaur Nikolaevich Gassiev
Spain	Estanislao Figueras	Estanislao Figueras
Sri Lanka	Don Stephen Senanayake	William Gopallawa
Sudan	Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi	Ibrahim Abboud
Suriname	Julius Caesar de Miranda	Johan Ferrier
Swaziland	Makhosini Dlamini	John Houlton
Switzerland	-	Jonas Furrer
Syria	Rida Pasha al-Rikabi	Subhi Barakat
Taiwan	-	Chiang Kai-shek
Tajikistan	Izatullo Khayoyev	Qahhor Mahkamov
Tanzania	Julius Nyerere	Julius Nyerere
Thailand	Manopakorn Nititada	Vilas Osathanon
Togo	Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio	Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio
Tonga	Tevita Unga	-
Transnistria	Pyotr Petrovich Stepanov	Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov
Trinidad and Tobago	Eric Eustace Williams	Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke
Tunisia	-	Habib Bourguiba
Turkey	Ismet Inonu	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Turkmenistan	Han Ahmedow	Saparmurat Niyazov
Turks and Caicos Islands	James A.G.S. McCartney	-
Tuvalu	Sir Toaripi Lauti	-
Uganda	Benedicto Kiwanuka	-
Ukraine	Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko	Leonid Kravchuk
United Arab Emirates	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
United Kingdom	Robert Walpole	-
Uruguay	-	Fructuoso Rivera
Uzebekistan	Shukrullo Raxmatovich Mirsaidov	Islam Karimov
Vanautu	Walter Lini	Ati George Sokomanu
Vatican	-	Nicola Kanali
Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh	Ho Chi Minh
Yemen	Haidar Abu Bakar al-Attas	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Zambia	Robert Mugabe	Kenneth Kaunda
Zimbabwe	-	Canaan Banana