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Changes to heads of state and government in 2021

Notable Changes

• 
  Japan
  Fumio Kishida,
  Prime Minister
• 
  DR Congo
  Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde,
  Prime Minister of DR Congo
• 
  Tanzania
  Samia Suluhu Hassan,
  President of Tanzania
• 
  Israel
  Naftali Bennett,
  Prime Minister of Israel
• 
  Myanmar
  Min Aung Hlaing,
  Prime Minister of Myanmar

January

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Laos	General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party	15 January 2021		Thongloun Sisoulith		Bounnhang Vorachit	Election	Head of State and Government
Mongolia	Prime Minister of Mongolia	27 January 2021	File:OyunErdene Minister.jpg	Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene		Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh	Election	Head of Government
Kyrgyzstan	President of the Kyrgyz Republic	28 January 2021		Sadyr Japarov		Talant Mamytov	Election	Head of State and Government

February

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Myanmar	Chairman of the State Administration Council	2 February 2021		Min Aung Hlaing		Role created	Coup d'etat	Head of State and Government

March

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Libya	Prime Minister of the State of Libya	15 March 2021		Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh		Fayez al-Sarraj	Unification	Head of Government
Libya	Chairman of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya	15 March 2021		Mohamed al-Menfi		Fayez al-Sarraj	Unification	Head of State
Tanzania	President of the United Republic of Tanzania	19 March 2021		Samia Suluhu Hassan		John Magufuli	Death	Head of State and Government

April

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Niger	President of the Republic of Niger	2 April 2021		Mohamed Bazoum		Mahamadou Issoufou	Election	Head of State
Niger	Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger	3 April 2021		Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou		Brigi Rafini	Election	Head of Government
Chad	de Facto President of the Republic of Chad	20 April 2021		Mahamat Déby		Idriss Déby	Death/Coup d'état	Head of State and Government
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	27 April 2021		Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde		Sylvestre Ilunga	Motion of no confidence	Head of Government

May

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Republic of the Congo	Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo	12 May 2021		Anatole Collinet Makosso		Clément Mouamba	Resignation	Head of Government
Mali	President of the Republic of Mali	24 May 2021		Assimi Goïta		Bah Ndaw	Deposition	Head of State

June

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Mali	Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali	6 June 2021		Choguel Kokalla Maïga		Moctar Ouane	Deposition	Head of Government
Israel	Prime Minister of Israel	13 June 2021		Naftali Bennett		Benjamin Netanyahu	Election	Head of Government
Mongolia	President of Mongolia	13 June 2021		Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh		Khaltmaagiin Battulga	Election	Head of State
Algeria	Prime Minister of Algeria	30 June 2021		Aymen Benabderrahmane		Abdelaziz Djerad	Resignation	Head of Government

July

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Israel	President of Israel	7 July 2021		Isaac Herzog		Reuven Rivlin	Election	Head of State
Nepal	Prime Minister of Nepal	13 July 2021		Sher Bahadur Deuba		KP Sharma Oli	Court Order	Head of Government
Eswatini	Prime Minister of Eswatini	16 July 2021		Cleopas Dlamini		Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini	Death	Head of Government

August

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Iran	President of the Islamic Republic of Iran	3 August 2021		Ebrahim Raisi		Hassan Rouhani	Election	Head of Government
Malaysia	Prime Minister of Malaysia	21 August 2021		Ismail Sabri Yaakob		Muhyiddin Yassin	Election	Head of Government
Zambia	President of the Republic of Zambia	24 August 2021		Hakainde Hichilema		Edgar Lungu	Election	Head of State and Government

September

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Lebanon	President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon	10 September 2021		Najib Mikati		Hassan Diab	Resignation	Head of Government

October

Country	Office	Mandate start	Portrait	New leader name	Portrait	Previous leader name	Reason for change	Head of state or government
Guinea	President of Guinea	1 October 2021		Mamady Doumbouya		Alpha Condé	Coup d'état	Head of State and Government
São Tomé and Príncipe	President of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	2 October 2021		Carlos Vila Nova		Evaristo Carvalho	Election	Head of State
Japan	Prime Minister of Japan	4 October 2021		Fumio Kishida		Yoshihide Suga	Resignation	Head of Government
Tunisia	Prime Minister of Tunisia	Designate		Najla Bouden Romdhane		Hichem Mechichi	Dismissal	Head of Government