Country Leaders for GC and World 2020

[Balthagor]

We're still expanding on this and have some very clear ideas on some of the leaders but in other cases we're not sure who should be set as leader. We are open to suggestions on the following regions;

• Philippines
  Switzerland

[b52g]

This might help: (This is from Wikipedia)

State Head of state Head of government
Afghanistan President - Ashraf Ghani Prime Minister - Abdullah Abdullah
Albania President - Bujar Nishani Prime Minister - Edi Rama
Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika Prime Minister - Abdelmalek Sellal
Andorra Episcopal Co-Prince - Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Representative - Josep Maria Mauri
French Co-Prince - François Hollande[n 1]
Representative - Sylvie Hubac Head of Government - Antoni Martí
Angola
President - José Eduardo dos Santos
Antigua and Barbuda Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Rodney Williams Prime Minister - Gaston Browne
Argentina
President - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Armenia President - Serzh Sargsyan Prime Minister - Hovik Abrahamyan
Australia Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Peter Cosgrove Prime Minister - Tony Abbott
Austria Federal President - Heinz Fischer Federal Chancellor - Werner Faymann
Azerbaijan President - Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister - Artur Rasizade
Bahamas Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Dame Marguerite Pindling Prime Minister - Perry Christie
Bahrain King - Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prime Minister - Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Bangladesh President - Abdul Hamid Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
Barbados Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Elliott Belgrave Prime Minister - Freundel Stuart
Belarus President - Alexander Lukashenko Prime Minister - Mikhail Myasnikovich
Belgium King - Philippe Prime Minister - Charles Michel
Belize Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Colville Young Prime Minister - Dean Barrow
Benin
President - Yayi Boni
Bhutan King - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Prime Minister - Tshering Tobgay
Bolivia
President - Evo Morales
Bosnia and Herzegovina
High Representative - Valentin Inzko
Presidency:[1]
Mladen Ivanić (Chairman)
Bakir Izetbegović (Member)
Dragan Čović (Member) Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Vjekoslav Bevanda
Botswana
President - Ian Khama
Brazil
President - Dilma Rousseff
Brunei
Sultan and Prime Minister - Hassanal Bolkiah
Bulgaria President - Rosen Plevneliev Prime Minister - Boyko Borisov
Burkina Faso Head of State of the Transition - Michel Kafando Acting Prime Minister - Yacouba Isaac Zida
Burundi
President - Pierre Nkurunziza
Cambodia King - Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister - Hun Sen
Cameroon President - Paul Biya Prime Minister - Philémon Yang
Canada Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor General - David Johnston Prime Minister - Stephen Harper
Cape Verde President - Jorge Carlos Fonseca Prime Minister - José Maria Neves
Central African Republic Head of State of the Transition - Catherine Samba-Panza Acting Prime Minister - Mahamat Kamoun
Chad President - Idriss Déby Prime Minister - Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet
Chile
President - Michelle Bachelet
China President - Xi Jinping Premier of the State Council - Li Keqiang
Colombia
President - Juan Manuel Santos
Comoros
President - Ikililou Dhoinine
Congo, Democratic Republic of the President - Joseph Kabila Prime Minister - Augustin Matata Ponyo
Congo, Republic of the
President - Denis Sassou Nguesso
Costa Rica
President - Luis Guillermo Solís
Croatia President - Ivo Josipović Prime Minister - Zoran Milanović
Cuba
President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers - Raúl Castro
Cyprus
President - Nicos Anastasiades
Czech Republic President - Miloš Zeman Prime Minister - Bohuslav Sobotka
Denmark Queen - Margrethe II Prime Minister - Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Djibouti President - Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Prime Minister - Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Dominica President - Charles Savarin Prime Minister - Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Republic
President - Danilo Medina
East Timor President - Taur Matan Ruak Prime Minister - Xanana Gusmão
Ecuador
President - Rafael Correa
Egypt President - Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Prime Minister - Ibrahim Mahlab
El Salvador
President - Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Equatorial Guinea President - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prime Minister - Vicente Ehate Tomi
Eritrea
President - Isaias Afwerki
Estonia President - Toomas Hendrik Ilves Prime Minister - Taavi Rõivas
Ethiopia President - Mulatu Teshome Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn
Fiji President - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau Prime Minister - Frank Bainimarama
Finland President - Sauli Niinistö Prime Minister - Alexander Stubb
France President - François Hollande[n 1] Prime Minister - Manuel Valls
Gabon President - Ali Bongo Ondimba Prime Minister - Daniel Ona Ondo
Gambia, The
President - Yahya Jammeh
Georgia President - Giorgi Margvelashvili Prime Minister - Irakli Garibashvili
Germany Federal President - Joachim Gauck Federal Chancellor - Angela Merkel
Ghana
President - John Dramani Mahama
Greece President - Karolos Papoulias Prime Minister - Antonis Samaras
Grenada Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Dame Cécile La Grenade Prime Minister - Keith Mitchell
Guatemala
President - Otto Pérez Molina
Guinea President - Alpha Condé Prime Minister - Mohamed Said Fofana
Guinea-Bissau President - José Mário Vaz Prime Minister - Domingos Simões Pereira
Guyana President - Donald Ramotar Prime Minister - Sam Hinds
Haiti President - Michel Martelly Prime Minister - Laurent Lamothe
Honduras
President - Juan Orlando Hernández
Hungary President - János Áder Prime Minister - Viktor Orbán
Iceland President - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Prime Minister - Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
India President - Pranab Mukherjee Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
Indonesia
President - Joko Widodo
Iran
Supreme Leader - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
President - Hassan Rouhani
Iraq President - Fuad Masum Prime Minister - Haider Al-Abadi
Ireland President - Michael D. Higgins Taoiseach - Enda Kenny
Israel President - Reuven Rivlin Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu
Italy President - Giorgio Napolitano President of the Council of Ministers - Matteo Renzi
Ivory Coast President - Alassane Ouattara Prime Minister - Daniel Kablan Duncan
Jamaica Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Patrick Allen Prime Minister - Portia Simpson-Miller
Japan Emperor - Akihito Prime Minister - Shinzō Abe
Jordan King - Abdullah II Prime Minister - Abdullah Ensour
Kazakhstan President - Nursultan Nazarbayev Prime Minister - Karim Masimov
Kenya
President - Uhuru Kenyatta
Kiribati
President - Anote Tong
Kuwait Emir - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prime Minister - Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan President - Almazbek Atambayev Prime Minister - Djoomart Otorbaev
Laos President - Choummaly Sayasone Prime Minister - Thongsing Thammavong
Latvia President - Andris Bērziņš Prime Minister - Laimdota Straujuma
Lebanon
Acting President and President of the Council of Ministers - Tammam Salam
Lesotho King - Letsie III Prime Minister - Tom Thabane
Liberia
President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya Head of state - disputed
Aguila Saleh Issa (Chairman of the House of Representatives) (Tobruk)
Nouri Abusahmain (President of the General National Congress) (Tripoli) Prime Minister - disputed
Abdullah al-Thani (Tobruk)
Omar al-Hasi (Tripoli)
Liechtenstein Sovereign Prince - Hans-Adam II
Regent - Hereditary Prince Alois Head of Government - Adrian Hasler
Lithuania President - Dalia Grybauskaitė Prime Minister - Algirdas Butkevičius
Luxembourg Grand Duke - Henri Prime Minister - Xavier Bettel
Macedonia President - Gjorge Ivanov President of the Government - Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar President - Hery Rajaonarimampianina Prime Minister - Roger Kolo
Malawi
President - Peter Mutharika
Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Abdul Halim Prime Minister - Najib Razak
Maldives
President - Abdulla Yameen
Mali President - Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Prime Minister - Moussa Mara
Malta President - Marie Louise Coleiro Preca Prime Minister - Joseph Muscat
Marshall Islands
President - Christopher Loeak
Mauritania President - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Prime Minister - Yahya Ould Hademine
Mauritius President - Rajkeswur Purryag Prime Minister - Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Mexico
President - Enrique Peña Nieto
Micronesia
President - Manny Mori
Moldova President - Nicolae Timofti Prime Minister - Iurie Leancă
Monaco Sovereign Prince - Albert II Minister of State - Michel Roger
Mongolia President - Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Prime Minister of Mongolia - Chimediin Saikhanbileg
Montenegro President - Filip Vujanović Prime Minister - Milo Đukanović
Morocco King - Mohammed VI Prime Minister - Abdelilah Benkirane
Mozambique President - Armando Guebuza
President-elect - Filipe Nyusi Prime Minister - Alberto Vaquina
Myanmar
President - Thein Sein
Namibia President - Hifikepunye Pohamba
President-elect - Hage Geingob Prime Minister - Hage Geingob
Nauru
President - Baron Waqa
Nepal President - Ram Baran Yadav Prime Minister - Sushil Koirala
Netherlands King - Willem-Alexander Prime Minister - Mark Rutte
New Zealand Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Jerry Mateparae[n 3] Prime Minister - John Key
Nicaragua
President - Daniel Ortega
Niger President - Mahamadou Issoufou Prime Minister - Brigi Rafini
Nigeria
President - Goodluck Jonathan
North Korea Supreme Leader - Kim Jong-un[n 4]
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly - Kim Yong-nam[n 5] Premier of the Cabinet - Pak Pong-ju
Norway King - Harald V Prime Minister - Erna Solberg
Oman
Sultan and Prime Minister - Qaboos bin Said al Said
Pakistan President - Mamnoon Hussain Prime Minister - Nawaz Sharif
Palau
President - Tommy Remengesau
Palestine President - Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister - Rami Hamdallah
Panama
President - Juan Carlos Varela
Papua New Guinea Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Michael Ogio Prime Minister - Peter O'Neill
Paraguay
President - Horacio Cartes
Peru President - Ollanta Humala President of the Council of Ministers - Ana Jara
Philippines
President - Benigno Aquino III
Poland President - Bronisław Komorowski President of the Council of Ministers - Ewa Kopacz
Portugal President - Aníbal Cavaco Silva Prime Minister - Pedro Passos Coelho
Qatar Emir - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Prime Minister - Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
Romania President - Traian Băsescu
President-elect - Klaus Iohannis Prime Minister - Victor Ponta
Russia President - Vladimir Putin Chairman of the Government - Dmitry Medvedev
Rwanda President - Paul Kagame Prime Minister - Anastase Murekezi
Saint Kitts and Nevis Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Edmund Lawrence Prime Minister - Denzil Douglas
Saint Lucia Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Dame Pearlette Louisy Prime Minister - Kenny Anthony
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Frederick Ballantyne Prime Minister - Ralph Gonsalves
Samoa O le Ao o le Malo - Tufuga Efi Prime Minister - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
San Marino
Captain Regent - Gianfranco Terenzi
Captain Regent - Guerrino Zanotti
São Tomé and Príncipe President - Manuel Pinto da Costa Prime Minister - Patrice Trovoada
Saudi Arabia
King and Prime Minister - Abdullah
Senegal President - Macky Sall Prime Minister - Mohamed Dionne
Serbia President - Tomislav Nikolić President of the Government - Aleksandar Vučić
Seychelles
President - James Michel
Sierra Leone
President - Ernest Bai Koroma
Singapore President - Tony Tan Prime Minister - Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia President - Andrej Kiska Prime Minister - Robert Fico
Slovenia President - Borut Pahor President of the Government - Miro Cerar
Solomon Islands Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Frank Kabui Prime Minister - Manasseh Sogavare
Somalia President - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Prime Minister - Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
South Africa
President - Jacob Zuma
South Korea President - Park Geun-hye Prime Minister - Jung Hong-won
South Sudan
President - Salva Kiir Mayardit
Spain King - Felipe VI President of the Government - Mariano Rajoy
Sri Lanka President - Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister - D. M. Jayaratne
Sudan
President - Omar al-Bashir
Suriname
President - Dési Bouterse
Swaziland King - Mswati III Prime Minister - Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden King - Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister - Stefan Löfven
Switzerland
Federal Council:[2]
Doris Leuthard (Member), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (Member), Ueli Maurer (Member), Didier Burkhalter (President),
Simonetta Sommaruga (Vice President), Johann Schneider-Ammann (Member), Alain Berset (Member)
Syria President - Bashar al-Assad Prime Minister - Wael Nader Al-Halqi
Tajikistan President - Emomalii Rahmon Prime Minister - Kokhir Rasulzoda
Tanzania President - Jakaya Kikwete Prime Minister - Mizengo Pinda
Thailand King - Bhumibol Adulyadej Prime Minister - Prayuth Chan-ocha
Togo President - Faure Gnassingbé Prime Minister - Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
Tonga King - Tupou VI Prime Minister - Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō
Trinidad and Tobago President - Anthony Carmona Prime Minister - Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia President - Moncef Marzouki Head of Government - Mehdi Jomaa
Turkey President - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkmenistan
President - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2]
Governor-General - Sir Iakoba Italeli Prime Minister - Enele Sopoaga
Uganda President - Yoweri Museveni Prime Minister - Ruhakana Rugunda
Ukraine President - Petro Poroshenko Prime Minister - Arseniy Yatsenyuk
United Arab Emirates President - Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Prime Minister - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Kingdom Queen - Elizabeth II[n 2] Prime Minister - David Cameron
United States
President - Barack Obama
Uruguay
President - José Mujica
President-elect - Tabaré Vázquez
Uzbekistan President - Islam Karimov Prime Minister - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Vanuatu President - Baldwin Lonsdale Prime Minister - Joe Natuman
Vatican City Sovereign - Pope Francis President of the Governorate - Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello
Venezuela
President - Nicolás Maduro
Vietnam President - Trương Tấn Sang Prime Minister - Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Yemen President - Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi Prime Minister - Khaled Bahah
Zambia
Acting President - Guy Scott
Zimbabwe
President - Robert Mugabe

[Balthagor]

This might help: (This is from Wikipedia)

State Head of state Head of government..

Not really, that's the leaders today. I can easily Google each one of those. I need logical choices of who will be the leader in 6 years. For both Philippines and Switzerland, I'm convinced it won't be the current leaders.

But thanks for the idea.

[Zuikaku]

This might help: (This is from Wikipedia)

State Head of state Head of government..

Not really, that's the leaders today. I can easily Google each one of those. I need logical choices of who will be the leader in 6 years. For both Philippines and Switzerland, I'm convinced it won't be the current leaders.

But thanks for the idea.

Can you build some database of "generic" regional leaders to avoid switzerland having leaders like "John Stevenson" or Venezuela being led by "Mohammad Hadrun"? Not big issue but affects immersion...

[Balthagor]

There is one, but it may at times get regional values out of balance. Are those starting leaders?

[Zuikaku]

There is one, but it may at times get regional values out of balance. Are those starting leaders?

Yes, leaders (ministers) seems to have wrong name types from start (like Brazil having mix of african, french and "american" minister names). And the same wrong minister names seem to plague all regions in every game type (1936, 1940, 1941, 1949, 2020).

Like I have said, not really a big issue, but it looks funny

P.S. now I see you are talking about leaders, not ministers ... my fault

[b52g]

Some of the leaders today will be there in 2020 (monarchy, dictatorship, theocracy, etc). Here are some prime minsters, presidents, and monarchs for some SE Asian countries (that will be there in 2020):

Thailand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayut_Chan-o-cha
Indonesia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joko_Widodo
Vietnam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C ... A%A5n_Sang
Papua New Guinea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Neill
Laos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choummaly_Sayasone
Cambodia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun_Sen
Myanmar (Burma): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thein_Sein
Brunei: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanal_Bolkiah
Malaysia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najib_Razak
Singapore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tan

[Balthagor]

That's great, thanks.

[MrRipper]

Samson as leader of the Netherlands? Almost everyone like to puke on him even in his own party! He wont last long as leader of the PVDA.
Mark Rutte, now minister president, is much better choice. VVD is known for fixing economy and much higher change he's still leader in 2020.
I can also give you options for new PVDA or VVD leader..

[Balthagor]

Samson as leader of the Netherlands? Almost everyone like to puke on him even in his own party! He wont last long as leader of the PVDA.
Mark Rutte, now minister president, is much better choice. VVD is known for fixing economy and much higher change he's still leader in 2020.
I can also give you options for new PVDA or VVD leader..

Noted, I'll change it to Rutte.
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[Balthagor]

I'm looking for someone more appropriate for Iraq. The one I choose is just too unrealistic.

suggestions?

[Ater]

After the overthrow into of the government, make it Bakr Sidqi. Before that make it Yasin al-Hashimi. (Leaders in 1936 - Wikipedia)

[Balthagor]

This thread is for modern day scenarios. I'm looking for a leader for Iraq for 2020.

[Fistalis]

I started a game as US in GC 2020 and Australia had a nameless faceless silhouette. I'm pretty sure Australia will have A leader in 2020.. who isn't as important as the existence of one..

[Balthagor]

Already reported, will be fixed for the next update.