President of the Republic
The President of the Republic is a title used for heads of state and/or heads of government in countries having republican form of government.
Designation
In most cases the President of a republic is elected, either:- by direct universal suffrage, or
- by indirect suffrage, or
- by a Parliament or one of its Chambers, or
- by an electoral college which may itself be designated.
Republics having Presidents
Africa
- : President of Algeria, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria since 1962
- : President of Benin, President of the Republic of Benin since 1960
- : President of Botswana, President of the Republic of Botswana since 1966
- : President of Cameroon, President of the Republic of Cameroon since 1960
- : President of Egypt, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt since 1953
- : President of Ethiopia, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since 1974
- : President of Ghana, President of the Republic of Ghana since 1960
- : President of Ivory Coast, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire since 1960
- : President of the Republic of Liberia since 1848
- : President of Senegal since 1960
- : President of Seychelles since 1976
- : President of Sierra Leone, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone since 1971
- : President of Somalia, Madaxaweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliyeed since 1960
- : President of South Africa, President of the Republic of South Africa since 1960
- : President of South Sudan since 1958
- : President of Sudan since 1956
- : President of Tunisia, President of the Republic of Tunisia since 1957
- : President of Uganda, President of the Republic of Uganda since 1963
The Americas
- : President of Argentina, Presidente de la Nación Argentina since 1826
- : President of Brazil, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil since 1889
- : President of Colombia, Presidente de la República de Colombia since 1819
- : President of Chile, Presidente de la República de Chile since 1826
- : President of Costa Rica, Presidente de la República de Costa Rica since 1848
- : President of Cuba, Presidente del Consejo de Estado de Cuba since 1902
- : President of Ecuador, Presidente de la República del Ecuador since 1830
- : President of Guatemala, Presidente de Guatemala since 1839
- : President of Guyana, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana since 1970
- : President of Haiti, Président de la République d'Haïti, Prezidan peyi Repiblik Ayiti since 1807
- : President of Honduras, Presidente de la República de Honduras since 1982
- : President of Suriname, President van de Republiek Suriname since 1975
- : President of the United States of America since 1789
- : President of Uruguay, Presidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay since 1830
- : President of Mexico, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos since 1824
Asia
- : President of Afghanistan, د افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوریت رئیس since 1973
- : President of Azerbaijan, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 1991
- : President of the Republic of China, 中華民國總統 since 1912
- : President of the People's Republic of China, 中华人民共和国主席 since 1954, restored in 1982
- : President of Grande Comore since 2002
- : President of India, भारत गणराज्य के राष्ट्रपति, President of the Republic of India since 1950
- : President of Indonesia, Presiden Republik Indonesia since 1945
- : President of Iran, رییسجمهور ایران Rayis Jomhur-e Irān since 1980
- : President of Iraq,رئيس العراق Rayis aleiraq since 1958
- : President of Israel, נשיא מדינת ישראל, President of the State of Israel since 1949
- : President of Kazakhstan, Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті, Qazaqstan Respwblïkasınıñ Prezïdenti since 1990
- : President of Mongolia, Монгол Улсын Ерөнхийлөгч, Mongol Ulsyn Yerönkhiilögch since 1990
- : President of the Philippines, President of the Republic of the Philippines, "Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas" since 1899
- : President of South Korea,대한민국 대통령, President of the Republic of South Korea since 1948
- : President of Sri Lanka, ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති,இலங்கை சனாதிபதி since 1972
- : President of Laos, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic since 1975
- : President of Syria, رئيس سوريا Rayis suria since 1946
- : President of Uzbekistan, Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining Prezidenti since 1990
- : President of Vietnam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since 1945
- : President of Singapore, President of the Republic of Singapore since 1965
Europe
- : President of Albania, Presidenti i Shqipërisë since 1991
- : President of Austria, Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich since 1920
- : President of Belarus, Прэзідэнт Рэспублікі Беларусь or Президент Республики Беларусь since 1994
- : President of Bulgaria, Президент на Република България since 1990
- : President of Croatia Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske since 1990
- : President of Cyprus, Πρόεδρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας or Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı since 1960
- : President of Northern Cyprus Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti cumhurbaşkanı since 1983
- : President of Estonia, Eesti Vabariigi President since 1992
- : President of Finland, Tasavallan presidentti or Republikens president since 1919
- : President of the French Republic, Président de la République Française since 1848
- : President of Georgia, საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი since 1991
- : President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland since 1949
- : President of the Czech Republic, Prezident České republiky since 1918*
- : President of the Hellenic Republic, Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας since 1974
- : President of the Republic of Hungary, Köztársasági elnök since 1989
- : President of Iceland, Forseti Íslands since 1944
- : President of Dáil Éireann, alternative title President of the Republic used by Éamon de Valera from August 1921 to January 1922
- : President of Ireland, Uachtarán na hÉireann since 1936
- : President of the Italian Republic, Presidente della Repubblica Italiana sice 1948
- : President of Poland, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej since 1922
- : President of Portugal, Presidente da República Portuguesa since 1910
- : President of Romania, Președintele României since 1974
- : President of Russia, Президент Российской Федерации Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii since 1991
- : President of Serbia,Председник Републике Србије Predsednik Republike Srbije since 1945
- : President of the Slovak Republic, Prezident Slovenskej republiky since 1993
- : President of Slovenia, Predsednik Republike Slovenije since 1991
- : President of Turkey, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı since 1923
- : President of Ukraine, Президент України since 1991
Oceania
- : President of Fiji, President of the Republic of Fiji since 1987
- : President of French Polynesia since 1984