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Lists of office-holders
These are lists of incumbents , i.e. lists of people in various offices and positions,
including heads of states or of subnational entities (in no particular order). A historical discipline, archontology , focuses on the study of past and current incumbents.
Current incumbents may also be found in the countries' articles (main article and "Politics of ") and the list of national leaders , recent changes on 2005 in politics , and past leaders on State leaders by year and Colonial governors by year .
Various articles group lists by title, function or topic: e.g. abdication , assassinated persons , cabinet , chancellor , ex-monarchs (20th century) , head of government , head of state , lieutenant governor , mayor , military commanders , minister (and ministers by portfolio below), order of precedence , peerage , president , prime minister , Reichstag participants (1792) , Secretary of State .
Religious leaders
see also Religious leaders by year
England and ecclesiastical dependencies
Other
Heads of International Organizations
see also International organization leaders by year
See also: List of international organization leaders in 2003 , 2004
Heads of state or government (defunct entities)
Ancient world
Akkad
Assyria
Athens
Babylon
Bithynia
British Isles
Cappadocia
Carthage
Cyrene
Dacia
Kings of Diaokhi
Egypt
Elamite emperors, see Elamite Empire
Galatia
Hanilgalbat
Hittites
India
Indo-Greek kings, see Indo-Greek Kingdom
Greco-Bactrian kings, see Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Indo-Scythian kings, see Indo-Scythian
Indo-Parthian kings, see Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Kushan emperors, see Kushan Empire
Western Kshatrapas
Kings of Chera, see Chera
Emperors of Gupta , see Gupta dynasty
Emperors of Magadha , see Shishunaga dynasty
List of Maurya emperors
Emperors of Nanda, see Nanda dynasty
Emperors of Satavahana, see Satavahana
Emperors of Sunga , see Sunga dynasty
Ancient Jewish rulers
Kommagene
Kush
Lydia
Macedon
Mauretania
The Medes
Nabatea
Numidia
Osroene
Paeonia
Pergamon
Persia
Pontus
Rome
Scandinavia
Sparta
Sumer
Syracuse
Thrace
Tyre
Ugarit
Urartu
Africa
Americas
Asia (excl. Latin, Hellenic and Arabic)
List of Kings of Ani
List of Armenian Kings
Monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Ahom Rulers of Assam
Kings of Ayutthaya, see Ayutthaya kingdom
The Table of Chinese monarchs
Sultans of Delhi, see Delhi Sultanate
Ghaznavid emperors, see Ghaznavid Empire
Kings of Golconda , see Qutb Shahi dynasty
Emperors of Gupta , see Gupta dynasty
Kings of Gujarat , see Solanki
List of Indian monarchs
List of Emperors of Japan
Khans of Kara-Khitai, see Kara-Khitan Khanate
List of Kazan khans
Khmer emperors, see Khmer Empire
Rulers of Korea
List of Mughal emperors
Emperors of Pala, see Pala Empire
Pallava emperors, see Pallava
Kings of Tamil Nadu , see Cholas
List of emperors of Tibet
Kings of Sukhothai, see Sukhothai kingdom
Vijayanagaran emperors, see Vijayanagara empire
Kings of Vietnam, see History of Vietnam
Near Eastern (Arabic, Turk, Kurd)
Barbarian States
Ostrogothic rulers, see Ostrogoth
List of rulers of Bosnia
British Isles
King of Burgundy
List of Crimean khans
Chancellor of Florence
Frankish Kings
French monarchs
Prince of Condé
Prince of Conti
Dukes of Aiguillon
Counts and dukes of Alençon
Counts and dukes of Angouleme
Counts and Dukes of Anjou
Duke of Aquitaine
Counts and Dukes of Auvergne
Duc de Berry
Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Brittany
Duke of Burgundy
Dukes of Gascony, see Gascony
Duc de Guise
Duke of Lorraine
Counts and Dukes of Maine
Counts and Dukes of Montpensier, see Montpensier
Duc de Nemours
Duke of Normandy
Duke of Orléans
Count of Armagnac
Count of Artois, see County of Artois
County of Auxerre
Count of Blois
Count of Boulogne
Count of Burgundy
Count of Champagne
Count of Comminges
Count of Flanders
Count of Foix
Count of La Marche, see County of La Marche
Count of Nevers
Count of Poitiers
Counts of Provence
Counts of Toulouse
Viscounts of Béarn, see Béarn
Lords of Albret, see Albret
Lords of Baux
Lords of Le Puiset, see Le Puiset
Lords of Lusignan, see Lusignan
Lords of Montpellier, see Montpellier
Sires of Montmorency, see Montmorency family
Great Officers of the Crown of France
German Kings and Emperors
Georgia
List of Hungarian rulers
Italy
Rulers of Kievan Rus'
Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium)
Dukes of Pomerania
List of Portuguese monarchs
Romania
Scandinavia
Spain
Oceania
Heads of state or government (modern entities)
See also: List of national leaders (in office), state leaders by year .
see also Canadian incumbents by year
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic , Bohemia , Czech lands
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Hungary
Iberian Peninsula : Spain , Portugal
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
see Iberian Peninsula above
Romania
Russia and the Soviet Union
San Marino
Serbia
Spain
see Iberian Peninsula above
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Kings of England, Scotland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1721-present)
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559-present)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972-present)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968-present)
Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768-1782; 1794-1801; 1854-1966)
Secretary of State for India (1858-1947)
Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1660-1782)
Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660-1782)
Secretary of State for the Home Department (1782-present)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1782-1968)
Secretary of State for War (1794-1801; 1854-1966)
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801-1854)
Secretary of State for Air (1918-1966)
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925-1947)
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947-1966)
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1966-1968)
Secretary of State for Scotland (1926-present)
Secretary of State for Wales (1964-present)
Secretary of State for International Development (1970-1979, 1997-present)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1970-present)
Secretary of State for Education and Skills (and preceding positions, 1902-present)
Secretary of State for Employment (and preceding positions, 1916-present)
Secretary of State for Transport (and preceding positions, 1924-present)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (and preceding positions, 1992-present)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972-present)
Secretary of State for the Environment (1970-1997)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001-present)
Lord Chancellor (1068-present)
Lord President of the Council (1678-present)
Lord Privy Seal (1307-present)
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889-2001)
First Lord of the Admiralty , (1709-1964), see also Admiralty
Master-General of the Ordnance (1544-1855)
President of the Board of Trade (1696-1782; 1784-present)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1413-present)
Postmaster General (1823-1968)
Paymaster of the Forces (1661-1836)
Master-General of the Ordnance (1544-1855)
Master of the Mint (1572-1869)
Treasurer of the Navy (1544-1836)
Secretary at War (1661-1863)
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1810-1851)
First Commissioner of Works (1851-1937)
President of the Poor Law Board (1834-1871)
President of the Local Government Board (1871-1919)
Secretary for Scotland (1885-1926)
HM Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons (1721-present)
Great Officers of State
Officers of the Royal Household
Legal Officers
Judges
Members of Parliament elected in 2001
Heads of London Government
Members of the House of Lords
Judiciary
Duke of Devonshire
Bailiffs of Guernsey
Tenants of Herm
Bailiffs of Jersey
Duke of Norfolk
Seigneurs of Sark
Tenants of Brecqhou
Isle of Man
Rulers of Wales
Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
High Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
United Kingdom order of precedence
Vatican City
Australia
Belgium
Canada
See also: Canadian history timeline for the premiers in any given year; List of mayors in Canada
Finland
France
Germany
India
Sweden
United States
Ministers by portfolio
Municipal leaders
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Canada
Germany
Ireland
United Kingdom
USA
Mayors of Baltimore, Maryland
Mayors of Bloomington, Minnesota
Mayors of Chicago
Mayors of Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Mayors of Dallas, Texas
Mayors of Denver, Colorado
Mayors of Detroit, Michigan
Mayors of El Paso, Texas
Mayors of Houston, Texas
Mayors of Las Vegas, Nevada
Mayors of Littleton, Colorado
Mayors of Los Angeles, California
Mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mayors of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mayors of New York City
Mayors of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mayors of Raleigh, North Carolina
Mayors of Sacramento, California
Mayors of Vancouver, Washington
Mayors of Washington, D.C.
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