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The Central Intelligence Agency publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments weekly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States. Regimes with which the United States has no diplomatic exchanges are indicated by the initials NDE.

Governments are listed in alphabetical order according to the most commonly used version of each country's name. The spelling of the personal names in this directory follows transliteration systems generally agreed upon by US Government agencies, except in the cases in which officials have stated a preference for alternate spellings of their names.

NOTE: Although the head of the central bank is listed for each country, in most cases he or she is not a Cabinet member. Ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the UN, New York, have also been included.



Quick links to countries by alphabetical order:

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A...

Afghanistan Argentina
Albania Armenia
Algeria Aruba
Andorra Australia
Angola Austria
Antigua and Barbuda Azerbaijan

B...

Bahamas, The Bolivia
Bahrain Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bangladesh Botswana
Barbados Brazil
Belarus Brunei
Belgium Bulgaria
Belize Burkina Faso
Benin Burma
Bermuda Burundi
Bhutan--NDE  

C...

Cambodia Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cameroon Congo, Republic of the
Canada Cook Islands
Cape Verde Costa Rica
Central African Republic Cote d'Ivoire
Chad Croatia
Chile Cuba--NDE
China Cyprus
Colombia Czech Republic
Comoros  

D...

Denmark Dominica
Djibouti Dominican Republic

E...

East Timor Equatorial Guinea
Ecuador Eritrea
Egypt Estonia
El Salvador Ethiopia

F...

Fiji France
Finland  

G...

Gabon Grenada
Gambia, The Guatemala
Georgia Guinea
Germany Guinea-Bissau
Ghana Guyana
Greece  

H...

Haiti Honduras
Holy See (Vatican City) Hungary

I...

Iceland Iraq
India Ireland
Indonesia Israel
Iran--NDE Italy

J...

Jamaica Jordan
Japan  

K...

Kazakhstan Korea, South
Kenya Kuwait
Kiribati Kyrgyzstan
Korea, North--NDE  

L...

Laos Libya
Latvia Liechtenstein
Lebanon Lithuania
Lesotho Luxembourg
Liberia  

M...

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Mauritius
Madagascar Mexico
Malawi Micronesia, Federated States of
Malaysia Moldova
Maldives Monaco
Mali Mongolia
Malta Morocco
Marshall Islands Mozambique
Mauritania  

N...

Namibia New Zealand
Nauru Nicaragua
Nepal Niger
Netherlands Nigeria
Netherlands Antilles Norway

O...

Oman  

P...

Pakistan Peru
Palau Philippines
Panama Poland
Papua New Guinea Portugal
Paraguay  

Q...

Qatar  

R...

Romania Rwanda
Russia  

S...

Saint Kitts and Nevis Slovakia
Saint Lucia Slovenia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands
Samoa Somalia
San Marino South Africa
Sao Tome and Principe Spain
Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka
Senegal Sudan
Serbia and Montenegro Suriname
Seychelles Swaziland
Sierra Leone Sweden
Singapore Switzerland
Syria

T...

Taiwan--NDE Trinidad and Tobago
Tajikistan Tunisia
Tanzania Turkey
Thailand Turkmenistan
Togo Tuvalu
Tonga  

U...

Uganda United Kingdom
Ukraine Uruguay
United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

V...

Vanuatu Vietnam
Venezuela  

Y...

Yemen

Z...

Zambia Zimbabwe





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