List of state leaders in 1996

1995 state leaders - Events of 1996 - 1997 state leaders - State leaders by year

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See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1996
• List of international organization leaders in 1996

Africa

• Algeria
  • President - Liamine Zéroual, President of Algeria (1994-1999)
  • Prime Minister - Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria (1995-1998)
• Angola -
  • President - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979-present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Marcolino Moco, Prime Minister of Angola (1992-3 June 1996)
    2. Fernando José de Franca Dias van Dúnem, Prime Minister of Angola (3 June 1996-1999)
• Djibouti -
  • President - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
  • Prime Minister - Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
• Guinea
  • President - Lansana Conté, President of Guinea (1984-present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Position vacant (1984-1996)
    2. Sidia Touré, Prime Minister of Guinea (1996-1999)
• Zambia
  • President - Frederick Chiluba, President of Zambia (1991-2002)
• Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1987-present)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Head of State (Islamic State of Afghanistan) - Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan (1992-2001)
  • Head of Government (Islamic State of Afghanistan) -
    1. Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1995-1996)
    2. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1996)
  • Head of State/Government (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)-
    • Mullah Mohammad Rabbani, Head of the Taliban Supreme Council (1996-2001)
    • Mullah Mohammad Omar, Amir al-Mo'menin (1996-2001)
• People's Republic of China
  • President - Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China (1993-2003)
  • Premier - Li Peng, Premier of the State Council (1987-1998)
  • Head of Communist Party - Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1989-2002)
• India -
  • President - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (1992-1997)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)
    2. Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India (1996)
    3. H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister of India (1996-1997)
• Israel
  • President - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (1993-2000)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel (1995-1996)
    2. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (1996-1999)
• Pakistan -
  • President - Farooq Ahmed Leghari, President of Pakistan (1993-1997)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1993-1996)
    2. Miraj Khalid, interim Prime Minister of Pakistan (1996-1997)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President - Lee Teng-hui, President of the Republic of China (1988-2000)
  • Premier - Lien Chan, President of the Executive Yuan (1993-1997)

Australia and Oceania

• Fiji -
  • President - Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, President of Fiji (16 December, 1993-29 May, 2000)
  • Prime Minister - Sitiveni Rabuka, Prime Minister of Fiji (2 June, 1992-19 May, 1999)

• Tuvalu
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Tuvalu (1978-present)
  • Governor-General - Sir Tulaga Manuella, Governor-General of Tuvalu (1994-1998)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kamuta Latasi, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1993-1996)
    2. Bikenibeu Paeniu, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1996-1999)

Europe

• Albania
  • President - Sali Berisha, President of Albania (1992-1997)
  • Prime Minister - Aleksander Meksi, Prime Minister of Albania (1992-1997)
• Czech Republic -
  • President - Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003)
  • Prime Minister - Václav Klaus, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1993-1997)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
  • Prime Minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1993-2001)
• France -
  • President - Jacques Chirac, President of France (1995-present)
  • Prime Minister - Alain Juppé, Prime Minister of France (1995-1997)
• Germany -
  • President - Roman Herzog, President of Germany (1994-1999)
  • Chancellor - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany (1982-1998)
• Ireland -
  • President - Mary Robinson, President of Ireland (1990-1997)
  • Prime Minister - John Bruton, Taoiseach (1994-1997)
• Italy -
  • President - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy (1992-1999)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Lamberto Dini, Prime Minister of Italy (1995-1996)
    2. Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy (1996-1998)
• Latvia
  • President - Guntis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1993-1999)
  • Prime Minister - Andris Šķēle, Prime Minister of Latvia (1995-1997)
• Poland -
  • President - Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Józef Oleksy, Prime Minister of Poland (1995-1996)
    2. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Prime Minister of Poland (1996-1997)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1990-1997)

North America and the Caribbean

• United States - Bill Clinton, President of the United States (1993-2001)