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This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Chinese descent, other than the heads of state and government of countries of the Greater China. This list includes de facto heads of state and government but does not include acting, caretaker, interim, representative, transitional or temporary heads of state and government.

Heads of state and heads of governments

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  Denotes incumbent heads of state or government
  Denotes officer-elect/designated (presumptive)
S.No. Name[a] Portrait Country Title Tenure Descent
1 Emilio Aguinaldo
埃米利奧·阿奎納多 		Philippine Republic President of the Philippines 1899–1901 Chinese mestizo[1]
2 Pedro Paterno
佩德羅·帕特諾 		Philippine Republic Prime Minister of the Philippines 1899 Chinese mestizo[2]
3 Phraya Manopakorn Nititada
披耶·瑪奴巴功 		Siam Prime Minister of Thailand 1932–1933 Thai Chinese[3]
4 Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
披耶帕鳳·豐派育哈色納 		Siam Prime Minister of Thailand 1933–1938 Thai Chinese[4][5]
5 Manuel L. Quezon
曼努埃爾·奎松 		Philippines Commonwealth President of the Philippines 1935–1944 Chinese mestizo[6]
6 Sergio Osmeña
塞爾吉奧·奧斯梅尼亞 		Philippines Commonwealth President of the Philippines 1944–1946 [7]
7 Plaek Phibunsongkhram
貝·鑾披汶頌堪 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1938–1944,
1948–1957 		Thai Chinese[8]
8 Son Ngoc Thanh
山玉成 		Protectorate of Cambodia Prime Minister of Cambodia 1945,
1972 		[9]
Khmer Republic
9 Seni Pramoj
社尼·巴莫 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1945–1946,
1975,
1976 		Thai Chinese[10]
10 Pridi Banomyong
比里·帕儂榮 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1946 Thai Chinese[11][12]
11 Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
鑾探隆·那瓦沙瓦 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1946–1947 [13][14]
12 Pote Sarasin
乃朴·沙拉信 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1957 [15]
13 Thanom Kittikachorn
他儂·吉滴卡宗 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1958,
1963–1973 		[16]
14 Ne Win
奈溫 		Burma Prime Minister of Myanmar 1958–1960 [17]
Burma Socialist Republic President of Myanmar 1974–1981
15 Sarit Thanarat
沙立·他那叻 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1959–1963 [18][19][20]
16 Lee Kuan Yew
李光耀 		Singapore Prime Minister of Singapore 1959–1990 Chinese Hakka[21]
17 Ferdinand Marcos
費迪南德·馬科斯 		Philippines President of the Philippines 1965–1986 [1][22][23][24]
Prime Minister of the Philippines 1978–1981
18 Lon Nol
朗諾 		Kingdom of Cambodia Prime Minister of Cambodia 1966–1967,
1969–1971 		[25]
Khmer Republic
President of Cambodia 1972–1975
19 Arthur Chung
鍾亞瑟 		Guyana President of Guyana 1970–1980 Chinese Guyanese[26][27]
20 Cheng Heng
鄭興 		Khmer Republic President of Cambodia 1970–1972 [28]
21 Kukrit Pramoj
克立·巴莫 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1975–1976 [10]
22 James Mancham
詹姆斯·曼卡姆 		Seychelles President of Seychelles 1976–1977 Chinese on paternal side[29]
23 Khieu Samphan
喬森潘 		Kampuchea Head of State of Cambodia 1976–1979 [30][31]
24 Pol Pot
波爾布特 		Kampuchea Prime Minister of Cambodia 1976–1979 [32]
25 Nuon Chea
農謝 		Kampuchea Prime Minister of Cambodia 1976 [33][34]
26 Thanin Kraivichien
他寧·蓋威遷 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1976–1977 Thai Chinese[35]
27 Kriangsak Chamanan
江薩·差瑪南 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1977–1980 Thai Chinese[36]
28 Julius Chan
陳仲民 		Papua New Guinea Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea 1980–1982,
1994–1997 		Chinese Taishanese father[37]
29 Henk Chin A Sen
陳亞先 		Suriname Prime Minister of Suriname 1980–1982
President of Suriname
30 San Yu
山友 		Burma Socialist Republic President of Myanmar 1981–1988 [38][39]
31 Chan Sy
姜西 		Kampuchea People's Republic Prime Minister of Cambodia 1982–1984 [40]
32 Hun Sen
洪森 		Kampuchea People's Republic Prime Minister of Cambodia 1984–2023 Teochew[41][42]
State of Cambodia
Cambodia
33 Wee Kim Wee
黃金輝 		Singapore President of Singapore 1985–1993 Straits Chinese Hokkien[43]
34 Corazon Aquino
科拉松·阿基諾 		Philippines President of the Philippines 1986–1992 [22][44]
35 Chatichai Choonhavan
差猜·春哈旺 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1988–1991 [22][45]
36 Roh Tae-woo
盧泰愚 		South Korea President of South Korea 1988–1993 [46][47]
37 Goh Chok Tong
吳作棟 		Singapore Prime Minister of Singapore 1990–2004 [48]
38 Chuan Leekpai
川·立派 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1992–1995,
1997–2001 		Thai Chinese Hokkien[49][50]
39 Ong Teng Cheong
王鼎昌 		Singapore President of Singapore 1993–1999 [51]
40 Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
差瓦立·永猜裕 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1996–1997 [52]
41 Anand Panyarachun
阿南·班雅拉春 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1991–1992 [53][54]
42 Chea Sim
謝辛 		State of Cambodia President of Cambodia 1992–1993 [55]
43 Suchinda Kraprayoon
蘇欽達·甲巴允 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1992 [56][57][58]
44 Banharn Silpa-archa
班漢·西巴阿差 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 1995–1996 Thai Chinese[59]
45 Thaksin Shinawatra
他信·西那瓦 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2001–2006 [60]
46 Tony Tan Keng Yam
陳慶炎 		Singapore President of Singapore 2011–2017
47 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
阿都拉·阿末·巴達威 		Malaysia Prime Minister of Malaysia 2003–2009 Grandfather is Chinese Born Cham[61][62]
48 Abdurrahman Wahid
阿卜杜拉赫曼·瓦希德 		Indonesia President of Indonesia 1999–2001 [63][64]
49 Roh Moo-hyun
盧武鉉 		South Korea President of South Korea 2003–2008 [46][65]
50 George Maxwell Richards
喬治·馬克斯韋爾·理查茲 		Trinidad and Tobago President of Trinidad and Tobago 2003–2013 [66][67][68]
51 Anote Tong
湯安諾 		Kiribati President of Kiribati 2003–2016 [69]
52 Khin Nyunt
欽紐 		Myanmar Prime Minister of Myanmar 2003–2004 [70][71]
53 Lee Hsien Loong
李顯龍 		Singapore Prime Minister of Singapore 2004–2024 [72][73]
54 Samak Sundaravej
沙馬·順達衛 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2008 [15]
55 Somchai Wongsawat
頌猜·旺沙瓦 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2008 [74]
56 Abhisit Vejjajiva
阿披實·威差奇瓦 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2008–2011 [75][76]
57 Benigno Aquino III
貝尼格諾·阿基諾三世 		Philippines President of the Philippines 2010–2016 [77]
58 Dési Bouterse
德西·鮑特瑟 		Suriname President of Suriname 2010–2020 [78][79]
59 Yingluck Shinawatra
英拉·西那瓦 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2011–2014 [60]
60 Park Geun-hye
朴槿惠 		South Korea President of South Korea 2013–2017 The mother of Park Geun-hye, Yuk Young-soo, was from the Okcheon Yuk clan. The progenitor of the Okcheon Yuk Clan, Yuk Bo, was a Tang Dynasty era immigrant who settled in Silla in 927 AD and married a native Korean woman.[citation needed]
61 Luis Guillermo Solís
路易斯·吉列爾莫·索利斯 		Costa Rica President of Costa Rica 2014–2018 [80]
62 Rodrigo Duterte
羅德里戈·杜特爾特 		Philippines President of the Philippines 2016–2022 [81]
63 Bongbong Marcos
小費迪南德·馬科斯 		Philippines President of the Philippines 2022–present [1][22][23][24]
64 Hun Manet
洪玛奈 		Cambodia Prime Minister of Cambodia 2023–present [82]
65 Srettha Thavisin
賽塔·塔維辛 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2023–2024 [83]
66 Lawrence Wong
黃循財 		Singapore Prime Minister of Singapore 2024–present [84]
67 Paetongtarn Shinawatra
貝東丹·欽那瓦 		Thailand Prime Minister of Thailand 2024–present [85]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ There may be different variants of Chinese transliteration for a non-Chinese name. For example, the Chinese name of Yingluck Shinawatra is rendered as "英拉·西那瓦" in mainland China, "英祿·西那瓦" in Hong Kong and Macau, "盈拉·欽那瓦" in Taiwan, "英叻·欽那瓦" in Malaysia and Singapore, and "英樂·秦那越" in Thailand.

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