Name a current world leader (head of state or government)

The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.

• Ahmed al-Sharaa— Syria's president once had a $10 million US bounty on his head under his nom de guerre. Now he does state visits. History moves fast.
• Balendra Shah— Nepal's prime minister since March 2026: a structural engineer and former rapper who ran Kathmandu as an independent mayor. The deepest cut with the best mixtape.

Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.

• Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
• Abdelmadjid Tebboune
• Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
• Abdoulaye Maïga
• Abdourahamane Tchiani
• Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
• Abdulla Aripov
• Adama Barrow
• Afioga Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
• Ágnes Forsthoffer
• Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
• Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo
• Alar Karis
• Alassane Ouattara
• Albert II
• Albin Kurti
• Albulena Haxhiu
• Aleksander Rozenberg
• Alexander Stubb
• Alexander Turchin
• Alexander Van der Bellen
• Ali al-Zaidi
• Ali Asadov
• Ali Lamine Zeine
• Alice Mina— San Marino elects TWO heads of state every six months. Both Captains Regent count, and yes, that means the answer changes twice a year.
• Alix Didier Fils-Aimé— Haiti's presidency has been vacant since 2021 and the transitional council expired in February. He is the entire executive branch.
• Allamaye Halina
• Alois
• Américo Ramos
• Anatole Collinet Makosso
• Andrej Plenković
• Andrew Holness
• Andris Kulbergs
• António Costa
• António José Seguro
• Anura Kumara Dissanayake
• Anutin Charnvirakul
• Assimi Goïta
• Azali Assoumani
• Aziz Akhannouch
• Badra Gunba
• Bah Oury
• Bajram Begaj
• Bart De Wever
• Bassirou Diomaye Faye
• Bernardo Arévalo
• Borjana Krišto
• Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
• Brahim Ghali
• Brice Oligui Nguema
• Brigitte Haas
• Carlos Vila Nova
• Catherine Connolly
• Cho Jung-tai
• Christian Stocker
• Christine Kangaloo
• Christophe Mirmand
• Dalton Tagelagi
• Daniel Chapo
• Daniel Noboa
• David Adeang
• Denis Bećirović— Bosnia's head of state is a three-person committee with a chair that rotates every eight months. Bećirović currently holds the gavel.
• Denis Sassou Nguesso
• Dharam Gokhool
• Dickon Mitchell
• Droupadi Murmu
• Duma Boko
• Đuro Macut
• Edgars Rinkēvičs
• Edi Rama
• Emomali Rahmon
• Évariste Ndayishimiye
• Fatafehi Fakafānua
• Faure Gnassingbé
• Faustin-Archange Touadéra
• Feleti Teo
• Félix Moloua
• Félix Tshisekedi
• Francisco Carvalho
• Gaston Browne
• Gitanas Nausėda
• Godwin Friday
• Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
• Guillaume V
• Guy Parmelin— Switzerland has no single head of state — the seven-member Federal Council rules as a body, and the presidency just rotates yearly. Parmelin drew 2026.
• Hafiz Uddin Ahmad
• Haitham bin Tariq
• Hakainde Hichilema
• Halla Tómasdóttir
• Hamza Abdi Barre
• Han Seong-sook
• Hans-Adam II
• Harini Amarasuriya
• Hasan Akhund
• Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
• Hibatullah Akhundzada
• Hilda Heine
• Horta Inta-A Na Man
• Hristijan Mickoski
• Hun Manet
• Ilham Aliyev
• Iliana Iotova
• Ilídio Vieira Té
• Ilie Bolojan
• Irakli Kobakhidze
• Irfaan Ali
• Isaias Afwerki
• Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
• Jafar Hassan
• Jakov Milatović
• James Marape
• Janez Janša
• Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
• Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové
• Jeffrey Bostic
• Jennifer Geerlings-Simons
• Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• João Lourenço
• John Mahama
• Johnny Briceño
• Jonas Gahr Støre
• José Antonio Kast
• José Maria Neves
• José Ramos-Horta
• José Raúl Mulino
• Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat— Andorra's other head of state is a Catalan bishop. His co-prince is the president of France — a job-share running since 1278.
• Joseph Aoun
• Joseph Boakai
• Joseph Ngute
• Jotham Napat
• Judith Suminwa
• Julius Maada Bio
• Justin Nsengiyumva
• Kamil Idris
• Kamla Persad-Bissessar
• Karol Nawrocki
• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
• Konstantinos Tasoulas
• Kristen Michal
• Kristrún Frostadóttir
• Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt
• Laura Fernández Delgado
• Lê Minh Hưng
• Letsie III
• Luc Frieden
• Luca Beccari
• Luis Abinader
• Luís Montenegro
• Mahamat Déby
• Maia Sandu
• Mamady Doumbouya
• Mamitiana Rajaonarison
• Manuel Marrero Cruz
• Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
• Marat Kambolov
• Mark Brown
• Masoud Pezeshkian
• Matthew Wale
• Mia Mottley
• Michael Randrianirina
• Micheál Martin
• Mikheil Kavelashvili
• Milojko Spajić
• Mindaugas Sinkevičius
• Mohamed al-Menfi— Libya has two rival governments; this is the one the UN recognizes. The other one disagrees, loudly.
• Mohamed Muizzu
• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
• Mohammad Mustafa
• Mokhtar Ould Djay
• Mostafa Madbouly
• Mswati III
• Myriam Spiteri Debono
• Nasry Asfura
• Nataša Pirc Musar
• Navin Ramgoolam
• Nawaf Salam
• Nestor Ntahontuye
• Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
• Nicușor Dan
• Nikenike Vurobaravu
• Nikol Pashinyan
• Nikos Christodoulides
• Nizar Amidi
• Norodom Sihamoni
• Ntfombi
• Nyam-Osoryn Uchral
• Oljas Bektenov
• Pak Thae-song
• Patrick Herminie
• Paul Biya
• Peter Mutharika
• Peter Pellegrini
• Petr Pavel
• Petteri Orpo
• Philip Davis
• Philip J. Pierre
• Qohir Rasulzoda
• Raffaella Petrini— The first woman to run Vatican City. The Pope is head of state; she is head of government.
• Ram Chandra Paudel
• Rashad al-Alimi
• Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
• Robert Abela
• Robert Beugré Mambé
• Rodrigo Paz
• Romuald Wadagni
• Roosevelt Skerrit
• Rosario Murillo
• Rumen Radev
• Russell Dlamini
• Sadyr Japarov
• Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
• Salva Kiir
• Sam Matekane
• Santiago Peña
• Sara Zaafarani
• Sébastien Lecornu
• Serdar Berdimuhamedow
• Serhii Koretskyi
• Shavkat Mirziyoyev
• Shaya al-Zindani
• Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
• Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
• Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad
• Sifi Ghrieb
• Sitiveni Rabuka
• Sonexay Siphandone
• Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar
• Surangel Whipps Jr.
• Sylvanie Burton
• Taneti Maamau
• Tarique Rahman
• Taye Atske Selassie
• Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
• Terrance Drew
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam
• Thongloun Sisoulith
• Tshering Tobgay
• Tufan Erhürman
• Tupou VI
• Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
• Ulf Kristersson
• Ünal Üstel
• Vadim Krasnoselsky
• Vahagn Khachaturyan
• Vasile Tofan
• Vladimiro Selva— The other half of San Marino's two-headed presidency. Six-month terms, 1,700 years of practice.
• Wesley Simina
• Xanana Gusmão
• Xavier Espot Zamora
• Yamandú Orsi
• Željka Cvijanović
• Željko Komšić
• Zoran Milanović

Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.

• Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Abelardo de la Espriella
• Abiy Ahmed
• Aleksandar Vučić
• Alexander Lukashenko
• Andrej Babiš
• Andy Burnham
• Anthony Albanese
• Anwar Ibrahim
• Asif Ali Zardari
• Bola Tinubu
• Carl XVI Gustaf
• Christopher Luxon
• Cyril Ramaphosa
• Daniel Ortega
• Delcy Rodríguez— Acting president of Venezuela since January 2026, after Maduro was flown to a New York courtroom. The news cycle barely kept up.
• Donald Tusk
• Emmerson Mnangagwa
• Emperor Naruhito
• Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• Frederik X
• Harald V
• Hassanal Bolkiah
• Isaac Herzog
• Kais Saied
• Keiko Fujimori
• King Abdullah II
• King Felipe VI
• King Mohammed VI
• King Salman
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis
• Lai Ching-te
• Lawrence Wong
• Lee Jae-myung
• Li Qiang
• Maha Vajiralongkorn
• Mahmoud Abbas
• Mette Frederiksen
• Miguel Díaz-Canel
• Mikhail Mishustin
• Min Aung Hlaing
• Mohamed bin Zayed
• Mojtaba Khamenei— Iran's third Supreme Leader, in the job since March 2026. The son succeeded the father in the most consequential succession of the year.
• Nayib Bukele
• Paul Kagame
• Pedro Sánchez
• Péter Magyar
• Philippe
• Prabowo Subianto
• Rob Jetten
• Robert Fico
• Samia Suluhu Hassan
• Sanae Takaichi
• Sergio Mattarella
• Shehbaz Sharif
• Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
• Tô Lâm
• Ursula von der Leyen
• Willem-Alexander
• William Ruto
• Yoweri Museveni

A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.

• Benjamin Netanyahu
• Claudia Sheinbaum
• Emmanuel Macron
• Friedrich Merz
• Giorgia Meloni
• Javier Milei
• Kim Jong Un
• King Charles III
• Lula da Silva
• Mark Carney
• Mohammed bin Salman
• Nicolás Maduro— Still Venezuela's president on paper, which is a strange thing to be from a US courtroom.
• Pope Leo XIV
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan

An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.

• Ibrahim Traoré— The TikTok geopolitics flex of the decade. Yes, Burkina Faso's captain counts — and yes, everyone else's algorithm told them so too.

The most common answer on the board.

• Donald Trump
• Narendra Modi
• Vladimir Putin
• Volodymyr Zelensky
• Xi Jinping