Country
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Position(s) designated to act as head of state
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Incumbent(s)
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Since
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Albania
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Speaker of the Parliament
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Elisa Spiropali
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30 July 2024
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Algeria
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President of the Council of the Nation
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Salah Goudjil
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10 April 2019
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Armenia
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President of the National Assembly
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Alen Simonyan
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2 August 2021
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Prime Minister (if the above cannot exercise their duties)
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Nikol Pashinyan
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8 May 2018
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Australia
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Administrator of the Commonwealth[d]
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Margaret Beazley (Governor of New South Wales)
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9 August 2023
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Austria
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Presidium of the National Council
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Wolfgang Sobotka (President) Doris Bures (Second President) Norbert Hofer (Third President)
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20 December 2017 9 November 2017 20 December 2017
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Barbados
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President of the Senate (for absolute absences)
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Reginald Farley
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10 April 2019
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Belarus
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Prime Minister
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Roman Golovchenko
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4 June 2020
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Cameroon
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Prime Minister (for temporary absences)
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Joseph Ngute
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4 January 2019
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President of the Senate (for absolute absences)
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Marcel Niat Njifenji
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12 June 2013
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Canada
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Administrator of the Government of Canada
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Richard Wagner (Chief Justice)
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18 December 2017
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Cape Verde
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President of the National Assembly
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Austelino Tavares Correia
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19 May 2021
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Central African Republic
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President of the National Assembly
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Simplice Sarandji
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5 May 2021
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Chile
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Minister of the Interior and Public Security
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Carolina Tohá
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7 September 2022
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Comoros
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Governor of the island currently holding the presidency[e]
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Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore)
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11 November 2021
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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President of the Senate
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Modeste Bahati Lukwebo
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5 February 2021
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Congo, Republic of the
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President of the Senate
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Pierre Ngolo
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25 August 2011
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President of the National Assembly (if the above cannot exercise their duties)
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Isidore Mvouba
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19 August 2017
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Prime Minister (if neither of the above can exercise their duties)
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Anatole Collinet Makosso
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12 May 2021
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Croatia
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Speaker of Parliament
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Gordan Jandroković
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5 May 2017
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Cyprus
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President of the House of Representatives[f]
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Annita Demetriou
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10 June 2021
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Czech Republic
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Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Prime Minister
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Markéta Pekarová Adamová Petr Fiala
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10 November 2021 17 December 2021
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Djibouti
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Prime Minister (for temporary absences)
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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
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1 April 2013
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President of the Supreme Court (for absolute absences)
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Abdourahman Cheick Mohamed
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East Timor
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President of National Parliament
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Maria Fernanda Lay
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22 June 2023
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Egypt
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Prime Minister (for temporary absences)[f]
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Mostafa Madbouly
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14 June 2018
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Speaker of the House of Representatives[g] (for absolute absences)
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Hanafy El Gebaly
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12 January 2021
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Eritrea
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Chairman of the National Assembly
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Isaias Afwerki
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1 February 1994
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Estonia
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Speaker of the Riigikogu
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Lauri Hussar
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10 April 2023
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France
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President of the Senate
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Gérard Larcher
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1 October 2014
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Fiji
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Chief Justice
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Salesi Temo (Acting)
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30 January 2023
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Finland
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Prime Minister
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Petteri Orpo
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20 June 2023
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Gabon
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President of the Senate
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Paulette Missambo
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18 September 2023
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Georgia
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Chairperson of the Parliament
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Shalva Papuashvili
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29 December 2021
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Germany
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President of the Bundesrat
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Manuela Schwesig (Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
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1 November 2023
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Greece
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Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
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Konstantinos Tasoulas
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18 July 2019
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Guinea
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President of the National Assembly
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Dansa Kourouma
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5 February 2022
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Guinea-Bissau
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President of the National People's Assembly
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Domingos Simões Pereira
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27 July 2023
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Hungary
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Speaker of the National Assembly
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László Kövér
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6 August 2010
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Iceland
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Prime Minister Speaker of the Alþing President of the Supreme Court
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Bjarni Benediktsson Birgir Ármannsson Benedikt Bogason
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9 April 2024 1 December 2021 1 September 2020
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Iraq
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Speaker of the Council of Representatives[f]
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Mohamed Al-Halbousi
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15 September 2018
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Ireland
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Presidential Commission
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Donal O'Donnell (Chief Justice) Jerry Buttimer (Cathaoirleach) Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Ceann Comhairle)
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11 October 2021 16 December 2022 10 March 2016
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Israel
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Acting President (for temporary absences)
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Amir Ohana (Speaker of the Knesset)
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29 December 2022
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Interim President (for absolute absences)
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Italy
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President of the Senate
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Ignazio La Russa
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13 October 2022
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Ivory Coast
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Prime Minister[h]
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Robert Beugré Mambé
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17 October 2023
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Kazakhstan
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Chairman of the Senate
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Mäulen Äşimbaev
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4 May 2020
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Kyrgyzstan
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Speaker of the Supreme Council
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Nurlanbek Shakiev
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5 October 2022
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Latvia
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Speaker of the Saeima
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Daiga Mieriņa
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20 September 2023
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Lithuania
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Speaker of the Seimas
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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
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14 November 2016
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Madagascar
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President of the Senate
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Richard Ravalomanana
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13 October 2023
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Malaysia
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Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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Nazrin Shah of Perak (Sultan of Perak)[i]
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13 December 2016
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Malta
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Speaker of the House of Representatives[j]
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Angelo Farrugia
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6 April 2013
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Mauritania
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President of the National Assembly
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Cheikh Ahmed Baye
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9 October 2018
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Mexico
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Secretary of the Interior[k]
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Luisa María Alcalde Luján
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19 June 2023
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Moldova
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President of the Parliament
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Igor Grosu
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29 July 2021
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Prime Minister (if the above cannot exercise their duties)
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Dorin Recean
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16 February 2023
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Mongolia
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Chairman of the State Great Khural
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Gombojavyn Zandanshatar
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1 February 2019
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Montenegro
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President of the Parliament
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Andrija Mandić
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30 October 2023
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Mozambique
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President of the Assembly of the Republic
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Esperança Bias
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13 January 2020
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New Zealand
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Administrator of the Government
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Helen Winkelmann (Chief Justice of New Zealand)
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14 March 2019
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North Macedonia
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President of the Assembly
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Afrim Gashi
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28 May 2024
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Pakistan
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Chairman of the Senate
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Yusuf Raza Gilani
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9 April 2024
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Palestine
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Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
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Aziz Dweik
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29 March 2006
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Peru
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President of Congress
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Eduardo Salhuana
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26 July 2024
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Poland
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Marshal of the Sejm
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Szymon Hołownia
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13 November 2023
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Portugal
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President of the Assembly of the Republic
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José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
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29 March 2022
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Romania
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President of the Senate
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Nicolae Ciucă
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13 June 2023
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Russia
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Prime Minister
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Mikhail Mishustin
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16 January 2020
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Rwanda
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President of the Senate
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François-Xavier Kalinda
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9 January 2023
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President of the Chamber of Deputies (if the above cannot exercise their duties)
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Donatille Mukabalisa
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3 October 2013
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Prime Minister (if neither of the above can exercise their duties)
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Édouard Ngirente
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30 August 2017
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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President of the National Assembly
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Celmira Sacramento
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8 November 2022
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Senegal
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President of the National Assembly
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Amadou Mame Diop
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12 September 2022
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Serbia
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President of the National Assembly
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Ana Brnabić
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20 March 2024
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Singapore
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Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers
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Eddie Teo
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2 January 2019
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Speaker of the Parliament (if the above cannot exercise their duties)
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Seah Kian Peng
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2 August 2023
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Slovakia
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Speaker of the National Council Prime Minister
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Peter Žiga (Acting) Robert Fico
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7 April 2024 25 October 2023
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Slovenia
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Speaker of the National Assembly
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Urška Klakočar Zupančič
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13 May 2022
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Somalia
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President of the House of the People
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Aden Madobe
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10 April 2022
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Sri Lanka
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Prime Minister
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Dinesh Gunawardena
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22 July 2022
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Syria
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Prime Minister[h]
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Hussein Arnous
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17 July 2021
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Tajikistan
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Chairman of the National Assembly
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Rustam Emomali
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17 April 2020
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Togo
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President of the National Assembly
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Yawa Djigbodi Tségan
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24 January 2019
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Trinidad and Tobago
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President of the Senate
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Nigel de Freitas
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18 January 2023
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Tunisia
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Prime Minister
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Kamel Madouri
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7 August 2024
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Turkmenistan
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Speaker of the Assembly
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Dünýägözel Gulmanowa
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6 April 2023
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Ukraine
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Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada
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Ruslan Stefanchuk
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8 October 2021
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Vanuatu
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Speaker of the Parliament
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Seule Simeon
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15 June 2021
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