This is a list of heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who are of full or partial Indian origin, other than the heads of state and government of countries of the Indian subcontinent. This list does not include acting, interim, transitional, temporary or representative heads of state and government.

Heads of state and heads of government

  Denotes incumbent head of state or government
S.No. Name (birth―death) Portrait Office Designation Country Term Tenure Birthplace Ref.
1 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 12 March 1968 30 June 1982 14 years, 110 days Belle Rive, British Mauritius [1][2]
2 Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923–1996) Prime Minister of Portugal Head of government  Portugal 28 August 1978 22 November 1978 86 days Lisbon, Portugal [3]
3 Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) Prime Minister of Malaysia Head of government  Malaysia 16 July 1981 31 October 2003 24 years, 38 days Alor Setar, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya [4][5]
10 May 2018 1 March 2020
4 Devan Nair (1923–2005) President of Singapore Head of state  Singapore 23 October 1981 27 March 1985 3 years, 155 days Melaka, Straits Settlements [6][7]
5 Fred Ramdat Misier (1926–2004) President of Suriname Head of state  Suriname 8 February 1982 25 January 1988 5 years, 351 days Paramaribo, Surinam [8]
6 Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 30 June 1982 22 December 1995 18 years, 225 days La Caverne, British Mauritius [9][10]
17 September 2000 30 September 2003
17 December 2014 23 January 2017
President of Mauritius Head of state 7 October 2003 31 March 2012 8 years, 176 days
7 Errol Alibux (born 1948) Prime Minister of Suriname Head of government  Suriname 26 February 1983 8 January 1984 316 days Paramaribo, Surinam [11][12]
8 Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) Prime Minister of Suriname Head of government  Suriname 17 July 1986 7 April 1987 264 days Paramaribo, Surinam [13]
9 Noor Hassanali (1918–2006) President of Trinidad and Tobago Head of state  Trinidad and Tobago 20 March 1987 17 March 1997 9 years, 362 days San Fernando, British Trinidad and Tobago [14][15]
10 Ramsewak Shankar (born 1937) President of Suriname Head of state, Head of government  Suriname 25 January 1988 24 December 1990 2 years, 333 days Nieuw Amsterdam, Surinam [16][17]
11 Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 12 March 1992 30 June 1992 110 days Port Louis, British Mauritius [18][19]
12 Cassam Uteem (born 1941) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 30 June 1992 15 February 2002 9 years, 230 days Port Louis, British Mauritius [20][21]
13 Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 9 October 1992 6 March 1997 4 years, 148 days Ankerville, British Guiana [22][23]
14 Basdeo Panday (born 1933) Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Head of government  Trinidad and Tobago 9 November 1995 24 December 2001 6 years, 45 days St. Julien Village, British Trinidad and Tobago [24][25][26]
15 Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 27 December 1995 11 September 2000 14 years, 59 days Port Louis, British Mauritius [27]
5 July 2005 17 December 2014
16 Mahendra Chaudhry (born 1942) Prime Minister of Fiji Head of government  Fiji 19 May 1999 27 May 2000 1 year, 8 days Ba, British Fiji [28][29]
17 Bharrat Jagdeo (born 1964) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 11 August 1999 3 December 2011 12 years, 114 days Unity Village, British Guiana [30][31]
18 S. R. Nathan (1924–2016) President of Singapore Head of state  Singapore 1 September 1999 31 August 2011 11 years, 364 days Singapore, Straits Settlements [32][33]
19 Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952) Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Head of government  Trinidad and Tobago 26 May 2010 9 September 2015 5 years, 108 days Siparia, British Trinidad and Tobago [34][35]
20 Donald Ramotar (born 1950) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 3 December 2011 16 May 2015 3 years, 164 days Caria Caria, British Guiana [36][37]
21 Kailash Purryag (born 1947) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 21 July 2012 29 May 2015 2 years, 312 days Camp Fouquereaux, British Mauritius [38][39]
22 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (born 1959) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 5 June 2015 23 March 2018 2 years, 291 days Surinam, British Mauritius [40][41]
23 António Costa (born 1961) Prime Minister of Portugal Head of government  Portugal 26 November 2015 Incumbent 8 years, 60 days Lisbon, Portugal [42][43]
24 Pravind Jugnauth (born 1961) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 23 January 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 2 days La Caverne, British Mauritius [44]
25 Leo Varadkar (born 1979) Taoiseach Head of government  Ireland 14 June 2017 27 June 2020 3 years, 13 days Dublin, Ireland [45][46]
17 December 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 39 days
26 Halimah Yacob (born 1954) President of Singapore Head of state  Singapore 14 September 2017 14 September 2023 6 years, 0 days Singapore City, British Singapore [47][48]
27 Prithvirajsing Roopun (born 1959) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 2 December 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 54 days Quatre Bornes, British Mauritius [49][50]
28 Chan Santokhi (born 1959) President of Suriname Head of state, Head of government  Suriname 16 July 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 193 days Lelydorp, Suriname [51]
29 Irfaan Ali (born 1980) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 2 August 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 176 days Leonora, Guyana [52][53]
30 Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1961) President of Seychelles Head of state, Head of government  Seychelles 26 October 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 91 days Mahé, British Seychelles [54][55]
31 Rishi Sunak (born 1980) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Head of government  United Kingdom 25 October 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 92 days Southampton, England, United Kingdom [56][57]
32 Christine Kangaloo (born 1961) President of Trinidad and Tobago Head of state  Trinidad and Tobago 20 March 2023 Incumbent 311 days Cascade, British Trinidad and Tobago

See also

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