● Bahrain: King - Hamad ibn al-Khalifah; Prime Minister - Sheikh Khalifah Sulman al-Khalifah; Capital- Manama.
● Bangladesh: President - Zillur Rahman; Prime Minister - Ms. Sheikh Hasina; Capital- Dhaka.
● Belarus: President- Alexander Lukashenko; Prime Minister - Mikhail Myasnikovich; Capital- Minsk.
● Belgium: King - Albert II; Prime Minister-Herman Van Rompuy; Capital- Brussels.
● Bhutan: King - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk; Prime Minister-Jigmi Y. Thinley;
Capital - Thimphu
● Bolivia: President- Evo Morales; Capital - La Paz.
● Brazil: President- Ms. Dilma Rousseff; Capital - Brasilia.
● Bulgaria: President - Georgi Purvanov; Prime Minister - Boyko Borisov; Capital-
Sofia.
● Burkina Faso: President - Blaise Compaore; Prime Minister - Luc-Adolphe-Tiao; Capital-
Ouagadougou.
● Cambodia: King - Norodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister - Hun Sen; Capital - Phnom Penh.
● Canada: Governor-General- David Lloyd Johnston; Prime Minister - Stephen Harper; Capital- Ottawa.
● Chile: President - Ms. Sebastian Pinera; Capital - Santiago.
● China: President- Xi Jinping; Prime Minister-Li Keqiang; Capital- Beijing.
● Colombia: President- Juan Manuel Santos; Capital - Bogota.
● Croatia: President - Stjepan Mesic; Prime Minister -Dr. Ivo Sanader; Capital-Zagreb.
● Cuba: President- Raul Castro; Capital -Havana.
● Czech Republic: President- Vaclav Klaus; Prime Minister -Petr Necas; Capital-Prague.
● Denmark: Queen - Margrethe II; Prime Minister- Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt; Capital - Copenhagen.
● Ecuador: President- Rafael Correa; Capital-Quito.
● Egypt: President - Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting); Capital-Cairo.
● Finland: President - Ms. Tarja Halonen; Prime Minister - Matti Vanhanen; Capital-Helsinki.
● France: President- Francois Hollande; Prime Minister - Francois Fillon; Capital- Paris.
● Germany: President - Joachim Gruck; Chancellor - Ms. Angela Merkel; Capital-Berlin.
● Guyana: President - Bharrat Jagdeo; Prime Minister - Samuel Hinds; Capital- Georgetown.
● Greece: President - Karolos Papoulias; Prime Minister - Antonis Samaras; Capital - Athens.
● Hungary: President- Pal Schmitt; Prime Minister - Viktor Orban; Capital- Budapest.
● Indonesia: President - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; Capital- Jakarta.
● Iran: President - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Capital- Teheran.
● Iraq: President -Jalai Talabani; Prime Minister - Nouri al-Maliki, Capital- Baghdad.
● Ireland: President- Michael D. Higgins; Prime Minister - Enda Kenny, Capital- Dublin.
● Israel: President - Shimon Peres; Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu; Capital- Jerusalem.
● Italy: President - Georgio Napolitano; Prime Minister- Mario Monti; Capital- Rome.
● Japan: Emperor- Akihito; Prime Minister: Yoshihiko Noda; Capital- Tokyo.
● Jordan: King - Abdullah II; Prime Minister-Nader al-Dahabi; Capital- Amman.
● Kazakhstan: President - Nursultan A. Nazarbayev; Prime Minister - Karim Masimov; Capital- Astana.
● Kenya: President - Mwai Kibaki; Prime Minister - Raila Odinga; Capital - Nairobi.
● Korea, North: President - Kim Jong-un; Capital- Pyongyang.
● Korea, South: President-, Lee Myung-Bak; Prime Minister - Kim Hwang-sik; Capital -
Seoul.
● Kuwait: Emir - Sheikh Sabah ai-Ahmad al-Sabah; Capital - Kuwait.
● Kyrgyzstan: President - Nursultan Kurmanbek Bakiyey; Prime Minister - Daniyar Usenov
Capital - Bishkek.
● Lebanon: President - Michel Suleiman; Prime Minister - Najib Mikati, Capital - Beirut.
● Madagascar: President - Andy Rajoelina; Prime Minister - Eugene Mangalaza; Capital-
Antananarivo.
● Malaysia: King - Sultan Abdul Halim; Prime Minister- Najib Tun Razak; Capital-Kuala Lumpur.
● Maldives: President - Mohammed Waheed Hassan; Capital - Male.
● Mauritius: President - Mr. Rajkeshwur Purryag; Prime Minister - Navinchandra Ramgoolam; Capital - Port Louis.
● Mexico: President - Enrique Pena Nieto; Capital - Mexico City.
● Mongolia: President - Nambaryn Enkhbayar; Prime Minister - Sukhbaatar Batblod; Capital - Ulan Bator.
● Montenegro: President - Filip Vujanovic; Prime Minister-Milo Dukanovic; Capital - Podgorica
● Morocco: King - Mohammed VI; Prime Minister - Abbas El Fassi; Capital - Rabat.
● Myanmar (Burma) : Head of Govt. : Gen. Than Shwe; Capital - Nyapidaw.
● Nepal: President - Dr. Ram Baran Yadav; Prime Minister - Khil Raj Regmi; Capital -Kathmandu.
May 2014: Telangana has split from Andhra Pradesh to become the newest -- 29th -- State of India on 2nd June 2014 with Hyderabad as the shared capital. K. Chandrashekhar Rao (TRS party) has become Telangana's Chief Minister. As the new state is born, we make a refreshed and updated list of all the states, their capital cities and their chief ministers.
India comprises 29 States and seven Union Territories. A Chief Minister is an elected head of the local government in a State for a five-year term and can serve unlimited number of terms. Union Territories, unlike States, are directly ruled by the central government. But some Union Territories in India di have a local legislature and a chief minister (such as Delhi or Chandigarh).
Indian States and Ministers:
States (in alphabetical order)
Capital City
Minister – Political party
Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad (shared with Telangana)
Chandrababu Naidu
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar
Nabam Tuki – Congress
Assam
Dispur
Tarun Gogoi (Congress)
Bihar
Patna
Jitan Ram Manjhi(JDU)
Chhattisgarh
Raipur
Raman Singh (BJP)
Goa
Panjim
Manohar Parrikar (BJP)
Gujarat
Gandhinagar
Anandiben Patel (BJP)
Haryana
Chandigarh (shared with Punjab)
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Congress)
Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Virbhadra Singh (Congress)
Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter)
Omar Abdullah (National Conference)
Jharkhand
Ranchi
Hemant Soren (JMM)
Karnataka
Bangalore
Siddaramaiah (Congress)
Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
Oomen Chandy (Congress)
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal
Shivraj Singh Chauhan (BJP)
Maharashtra
Mumbai
Prithviraj Chavan (Congress)
Manipur
Imphal
Okram Ibobi Singh (Congress)
Meghalaya
Shillong
Mukul Sangma (Congress)
Mizoram
Aizawl
Pu Lalthanhawla (Congress)
Nagaland
Kohima
T.R. Zeliang (Nagaland People’s Front)
Odisha (Orissa)
Bhubaneshwar
Naveen Patnaik (BJD)
Punjab
Chandigarh (shared with Haryana)
Parkash Singh Badal (SAD)
Rajasthan
Jaipur
Vasundhara Raje (BJP)
Sikkim
Gangtok
Pawan Chamling (SDF)
Tamil Nadu
Chennai
O. Panneerselvam (AIADMK)
Telangana (from June 2, 2014)
Hyderabad (shared with Andhra Pradesh)
K Chandrashekhar Rao (TRS)
Tripura
Agartala
Manik Sarkar (CPM)
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Akhilesh Yadav (SP)
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
Harish Rawat (Congress)
West Bengal
Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee (Trinamool Congress)
Here’s the list of all Indian Union Territories, capitals and governing bodies:
Union territory (in alphabetical order)
Capital City
Minister/ Governor – Political party (if applicable)
