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	'''Choi Sang-mok''' ({{Korean\|hangul=최상목}}, born 7 June 1963) is a South Korean politician who has served as ] ] and acting ] since 27 December 2024 and as the ] and ] since December 2023.		'''Choi Sang-mok''' ({{Korean\|hangul=최상목}}, born 7 June 1963) is a South Korean politician who has served as the ] ] and acting ] since 27 December 2024 following the ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2024-12-28 \|title=Why observers say South Korea's latest impeachment puts the country at risk \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-28/han-duck-soo-impeached-republic-korea-explainer/104767790 \|access-date=2024-12-30 \|work=ABC News \|language=en-AU}}</ref> He has also served as the ] and ] since December 2023.

	==Early life and education==		== Early life and education ==
	Choi was born on 7 June 1963 in Seoul. After graduating from Osan High School in ] (72nd), he entered the Department of Law at ] College of Law (Class of 82) in 1982, chose the Department of Law in his second year,<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news \|date=27 December 2024 \|title=Who is Choi Sang-mok, South Korea's second acting president in weeks? \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/who-is-choi-sang-mok-south-koreas-second-acting-president-weeks-2024-12-27/ \|access-date=29 December 2024 \|work=] \|language=en \|first=Cynthia \|last=Kim}}</ref> and passed the 29th Public Administration Examination in 1985.<ref name="herald">{{Cite news \|date=27 December 2024 \|title=Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok becomes acting president amid political turmoil \|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10032213 \|access-date=December ~~27,~~ 2024 \|work=]}}</ref> After graduating summa laude from Seoul National University College of Law in 1986, he completed a master's degree in public administration at Seoul National University's Graduate School of Public Administration.		Choi was born on 7 June 1963 in Seoul. After graduating from Osan High School in ] (72nd), he entered the Department of Law at ] College of Law (Class of 82) in 1982, chose the Department of Law in his second year,<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news \|date=27 December 2024 \|title=Who is Choi Sang-mok, South Korea's second acting president in weeks? \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/who-is-choi-sang-mok-south-koreas-second-acting-president-weeks-2024-12-27/ \|access-date=29 December 2024 \|work=] \|language=en \|first=Cynthia \|last=Kim}}</ref> and passed the 29th Public Administration Examination in 1985.<ref name="herald">{{Cite news \|date=27 December 2024 \|title=Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok becomes acting president amid political turmoil \|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10032213 \|access-date=27 December 2024 \|work=]}}</ref>

	==Career==		== Career ==
	===Early career===		=== Early career ===
	Choi enlisted in the Army on 13 October 1986 after being adjudicated as a six-month National Guard for independent reasons, served as an administrative soldier (general administrative specialty) in the Army Headquarters Command Office, and was demobilized as a private on 12 April 1987.		Choi enlisted in the ] on 13 October 1986 after being adjudicated as a six-month National Guard for independent reasons,{{clarify\|what does "adjudicated" mean here? by whom? from what?\|date=December 2024}} served as an administrative soldier (general administrative specialty) in the Army Headquarters Command Office, and was demobilized as a private on 12 April 1987.

	Since then, he ~~has~~ served as an official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, serving as the Director of the Securities System Division of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (Level 3), the Director of the Financial Policy Division / the Director of the Public Funds Management Committee of the Financial Services Commission (Level 2), the Director of the Policy Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Director of the Economic Policy Bureau, and the Director of the Policy Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (Level 1). In June 1996, he received his PhD in economics from Cornell University, specializing in macroeconomics.		Since then, he served as an official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs,{{when\|date=December 2024}} serving as the Director of the Securities System Division of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (Level 3), the Director of the Financial Policy Division / the Director of the Public Funds Management Committee of the Financial Services Commission (Level 2), the Director of the Policy Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance,{{when\|date=December 2024}} the Director of the Economic Policy Bureau, and the Director of the Policy Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (Level 1). In June 1996, he received his PhD in economics from Cornell University, specializing in macroeconomics.{{citation needed\|date=December 2024}}

	===Vice Minister (2014–2017)===		=== Vice Minister (2014–2017) ===
	From October 2013 to July 2014, he served as Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Policy Advisor to the Minister of Strategy and Finance, and in July 2014, he served as Secretary for Economy and Finance<ref name="herald"/> in the Office of the Chief Economic Officer of the Presidential Secretariat. He returned to the Ministry of Finance and was promoted to vice minister and served as the first vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance until May 2017, when the Moon Jae-in government took office.		From October 2013 to July 2014, he served as Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Policy Advisor to the Minister of Strategy and Finance, and in July 2014, he served as Secretary for Economy and Finance<ref name="herald"/> in the Office of the Chief Economic Officer of the Presidential Secretariat. He returned to the Ministry of Finance and was promoted to vice minister and served as the first vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance until May 2017, when the Moon Jae-in government took office.

	===Private career (2019–2020)===		=== Private career (2019–2020) ===
	On 22 March 2019, he was appointed as an outside director of Ildong Holdings, and as of ~~March~~ 12, 2020, he was appointed as an outside director of Shinhan Investment Corp.		On 22 March 2019, he was appointed as an outside director of Ildong Holdings, and as of 12 March 2020, he was appointed as an outside director of Shinhan Investment Corp.{{citation needed\|date=December 2024}}

	As of 24 March 2020, he was appointed as the 26th president of the ].		As of 24 March 2020, he was appointed as the 26th president of the ].{{citation needed\|date=December 2024}}

	===Deputy Premiership (~~2022–2024~~)===		=== Deputy Premiership (2022–present) ===
	In March 2022, after Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president, he participated in the 20th Presidential Transition Committee as a secretary of the Economy 1 Division. As he ~~has~~ served as the secretary of the transition committee, he ~~is attracting~~ attention as a candidate for the first vice prime minister and ] of the Yoon Suk-yeol government and chairman of the Financial Services Commission along with Rep. Choo Kyung-ho and former head of the Office of State Affairs Coordination. However, he was appointed to the post of Chief Economic Secretary in the Office of the President.<ref name="herald"/>		In March 2022, after Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president, he participated in the 20th Presidential Transition Committee as a secretary of the Economy 1 Division. When he served as the secretary of the transition committee, he attracted attention{{clarify\|of whom?\|date=December 2024}} as a candidate for the first vice prime minister and ] of the Yoon Suk-yeol government and chairman of the Financial Services Commission along with Rep. Choo Kyung-ho and former head of the Office of State Affairs Coordination. However, he was appointed to the post of Chief Economic Secretary in the Office of the President.<ref name="herald"/>

	====Minister of Economy and Finance====		==== Minister of Economy and Finance ====
	{{See also\|Ministry of Economy and Finance (South Korea)\|Minister of Economy and Finance (South Korea)}}		{{See also\|Ministry of Economy and Finance (South Korea)\|Minister of Economy and Finance (South Korea)}}
	After being appointed deputy prime minister and minister of strategy and finance by President ], he told a news conference that strengthening efforts to stabilize people's livelihoods would be the most important priority under his leadership.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=December 5, 2023 \|title='Making economy more dynamic a top priority': finance minister nominee \|url=https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231205000726 \|work=] \|access-date=February ~~22,~~ 2024 \|archive-date=~~February~~ 22, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222194117/https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231205000726 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		After being appointed deputy prime minister and minister of strategy and finance by President ], he told a news conference that strengthening efforts to stabilize people's livelihoods would be the most important priority under his leadership.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=5 December 2023 \|title='Making economy more dynamic a top priority': finance minister nominee \|url=https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231205000726 \|work=] \|access-date=22 February 2024 \|archive-date=22 February 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222194117/https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231205000726 \|url-status=live }}</ref> He was one of Yoon's conservative loyalists, but openly opposed Yoon's ].<ref name="reuters"/>

	===Acting presidency and premiership (2024–present)===		==== Acting presidency and premiership (2024–present) ====
	{{~~see~~\|Impeachment of Han Duck-soo}}		{{further\|Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol\|Impeachment of Han Duck-soo}}
			] and Philippine President ] in Manila on 7 October 2024]]
	Upon the impeachment of ] and concurrent acting president ] on 27 December 2024, he became both acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea.<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Koh \|first1=Ewe \|first2=Jean \|last2=Mackenzie \|date=27 December 2024 \|title=South Korea votes to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj30234e0djo \|access-date=~~December~~ 27, 2024 \|work=]}}</ref>		Upon the impeachment of ] and concurrent acting president ] on 27 December 2024, he became both acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea.<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Koh \|first1=Ewe \|first2=Jean \|last2=Mackenzie \|date=27 December 2024 \|title=South Korea votes to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj30234e0djo \|access-date=27 December 2024 \|work=]}}</ref>

			The crash of ], the deadliest plane crash to occur on South Korean soil, occurred only two days into Choi's acting presidency. One of his first acts was to formally declare ], where the disaster occurred, as a special disaster zone.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=29 December 2024 \|title=Death toll in Jeju Air plane crash rises to 179 with only two survivors \|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241229-plane-with-181-on-board-crashes-in-south-korea-killing-29 \|access-date=29 December 2024 \|work=]}}</ref> He also ordered an emergency review of South Korea's aircraft operation systems.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=30 December 2024 \|title=South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179 \|url=https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-muan-jeju-air-crash-investigation-37561308a8157f6afe2eb507ac5131d5 \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|work=] \|archive-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230125628/https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-muan-jeju-air-crash-investigation-37561308a8157f6afe2eb507ac5131d5 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	The ], the deadliest plane crash to occur on South Korean soil, occurred during Choi’s acting presidency.

			On 31 December 2024, Choi appointed Jeong Gye-seon and Cho Han-chang to the ] as part of efforts to fill vacancies in the court, an issue that contributed to Han's impeachment when he refused to fill three vacancies in the chamber.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=31 December 2024 \|title=(2nd LD) Acting President Choi appoints 2 justices to Constitutional Court \|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241231007652315 \|access-date=31 December 2024 \|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=26 December 2024 \|title=(LEAD) Nat'l Assembly votes in favor of appointment of 3 Constitutional Court judge nominees \|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241226004751315 \|access-date=26 December 2024 \|website=] \|language=en \|last1=Yi \|first1=Wonju }}</ref> The appointments were criticised by both the ruling ], which opposed him making any appointments to the court at all, and the opposition ], which cited his refusal to appoint a third nominee, Ma Eun-hyuk, which Choi based on the lack of bipartisan support for the latter's nomination.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=31 December 2024 \|title=Rival parties condemn acting president's selective approval of 2 justices for Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment trial \|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10380588 \|access-date=31 December 2024 \|website=] \|language=en}}</ref> At the same time, Choi vetoed two special counsel bills that sought to investigate impeached President ] and his wife ] over his ] and charges of corruption.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=31 December 2024 \|title=Acting president vetoes special counsel bills targeting Yoon Suk Yeol, Kim Keon Hee \|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10380555 \|access-date=31 December 2024 \|work=] \|last=Son \|first=Ji-hyoung}}</ref>
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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
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	==References==		== References ==
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Choi Sang-mok

최상목

Choi in 2024

Acting President of South Korea

Incumbent

Assumed office
27 December 2024

President

Yoon Suk Yeol

Prime Minister

Himself (acting)

Preceded by

Han Duck-soo (acting)

Acting Prime Minister of South Korea

Incumbent

Assumed office
27 December 2024

President

Himself (acting)

Preceded by

Han Duck-soo

Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Economy and Finance

Incumbent

Assumed office
29 December 2023

Prime Minister

Han Duck-soo
Himself (acting)

Preceded by

Choo Kyung-ho

Additional offices


Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs
In office 10 May 2022 – 3 December 2023
President	Yoon Suk Yeol
Preceded by	Park Won-ju
Succeeded by	Park Choon-seop
President of the Agricultural Cooperative College
In office 24 March 2020 – 10 May 2022
Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance
In office 18 January 2016 – 31 May 2017
Prime Minister	Hwang Kyo-ahn Yoo Il-ho (acting)
Minister	Yoo Il-ho
Secretary for Economic Affairs and Finance
In office September 2014 – January 2016
Prime Minister	Chung Hong-won Lee Wan-koo Hwang Kyo-ahn

Personal details

Born

(1963-06-07) 7 June 1963 (age 61)
Seoul, South Korea

Political party

Independent

Education

Seoul National University (LLB, MPA)
Cornell University (PhD)

Military service

Allegiance

South Korea

Branch/service

Republic of Korea Army

Korean name

최상목

崔相穆

Choe Sangmok

Ch'oe Sangmok

Choi Sang-mok (Korean: 최상목, born 7 June 1963) is a South Korean politician who has served as the acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea since 27 December 2024 following the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol and Han Duck-soo. He has also served as the deputy prime minister and minister of Economy and Finance since December 2023.

Early life and education

Choi was born on 7 June 1963 in Seoul. After graduating from Osan High School in Seoul (72nd), he entered the Department of Law at Seoul National University College of Law (Class of 82) in 1982, chose the Department of Law in his second year, and passed the 29th Public Administration Examination in 1985.

Career

Early career

Choi enlisted in the Army on 13 October 1986 after being adjudicated as a six-month National Guard for independent reasons, served as an administrative soldier (general administrative specialty) in the Army Headquarters Command Office, and was demobilized as a private on 12 April 1987.

Since then, he served as an official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, serving as the Director of the Securities System Division of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (Level 3), the Director of the Financial Policy Division / the Director of the Public Funds Management Committee of the Financial Services Commission (Level 2), the Director of the Policy Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Director of the Economic Policy Bureau, and the Director of the Policy Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (Level 1). In June 1996, he received his PhD in economics from Cornell University, specializing in macroeconomics.

Vice Minister (2014–2017)

From October 2013 to July 2014, he served as Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Policy Advisor to the Minister of Strategy and Finance, and in July 2014, he served as Secretary for Economy and Finance in the Office of the Chief Economic Officer of the Presidential Secretariat. He returned to the Ministry of Finance and was promoted to vice minister and served as the first vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance until May 2017, when the Moon Jae-in government took office.

Private career (2019–2020)

On 22 March 2019, he was appointed as an outside director of Ildong Holdings, and as of 12 March 2020, he was appointed as an outside director of Shinhan Investment Corp.

As of 24 March 2020, he was appointed as the 26th president of the Agricultural Cooperative College.

Deputy Premiership (2022–present)

In March 2022, after Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president, he participated in the 20th Presidential Transition Committee as a secretary of the Economy 1 Division. When he served as the secretary of the transition committee, he attracted attention as a candidate for the first vice prime minister and minister of economy and finance of the Yoon Suk-yeol government and chairman of the Financial Services Commission along with Rep. Choo Kyung-ho and former head of the Office of State Affairs Coordination. However, he was appointed to the post of Chief Economic Secretary in the Office of the President.

Minister of Economy and Finance

After being appointed deputy prime minister and minister of strategy and finance by President Yoon Suk Yeol, he told a news conference that strengthening efforts to stabilize people's livelihoods would be the most important priority under his leadership. He was one of Yoon's conservative loyalists, but openly opposed Yoon's martial law plan.

Acting presidency and premiership (2024–present)

Further information: Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol and Impeachment of Han Duck-soo

Choi with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Philippine President Bongbong Marcos in Manila on 7 October 2024

Upon the impeachment of Prime Minister of South Korea and concurrent acting president Han Duck-soo on 27 December 2024, he became both acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea.

The crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216, the deadliest plane crash to occur on South Korean soil, occurred only two days into Choi's acting presidency. One of his first acts was to formally declare Muan County, where the disaster occurred, as a special disaster zone. He also ordered an emergency review of South Korea's aircraft operation systems.

On 31 December 2024, Choi appointed Jeong Gye-seon and Cho Han-chang to the Constitutional Court of Korea as part of efforts to fill vacancies in the court, an issue that contributed to Han's impeachment when he refused to fill three vacancies in the chamber. The appointments were criticised by both the ruling People Power Party, which opposed him making any appointments to the court at all, and the opposition Democratic Party, which cited his refusal to appoint a third nominee, Ma Eun-hyuk, which Choi based on the lack of bipartisan support for the latter's nomination. At the same time, Choi vetoed two special counsel bills that sought to investigate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee over his martial law declaration and charges of corruption.

Notes

Yoon's powers and duties are suspended due to his impeachment and pending trial; Choi succeeded Han, who had originally assumed those powers and duties as acting president, due to Han's own impeachment.

References

"Why observers say South Korea's latest impeachment puts the country at risk". ABC News. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ Kim, Cynthia (27 December 2024). "Who is Choi Sang-mok, South Korea's second acting president in weeks?". Reuters. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
^ "Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok becomes acting president amid political turmoil". The Korea Herald. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
"'Making economy more dynamic a top priority': finance minister nominee". The Korea Herald. 5 December 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
Koh, Ewe; Mackenzie, Jean (27 December 2024). "South Korea votes to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo". BBC News. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
"Death toll in Jeju Air plane crash rises to 179 with only two survivors". France 24. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179". AP News. 30 December 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
"(2nd LD) Acting President Choi appoints 2 justices to Constitutional Court". Yonhap News Agency. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
Yi, Wonju (26 December 2024). "(LEAD) Nat'l Assembly votes in favor of appointment of 3 Constitutional Court judge nominees". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
"Rival parties condemn acting president's selective approval of 2 justices for Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment trial". The Korea Herald. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
Son, Ji-hyoung (31 December 2024). "Acting president vetoes special counsel bills targeting Yoon Suk Yeol, Kim Keon Hee". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

Political offices
Preceded byChoo Kyung-ho	Minister of Economy and Finance 2023–present	Incumbent
Preceded byHan Duck-soo Acting	President of South Korea Acting Acting for Yoon Suk Yeol: 2024–present
Preceded byHan Duck-soo	Prime Minister of South Korea Acting Acting for Han Duck-soo: 2024–present

v t e Presidents of South Korea (List)
Provisional Governments (Pre-Union) (1919)	Syngman Rhee (Seoul) • Syngman Rhee (Shanghai) • Yi Dong-nyeong (Shanghai) • Ahn Chang Ho (Shanghai) • Yi Dong-hwi (Shanghai) • Moon Chang-bum (Vladivostok)
Provisional Government (1919–1948)	Syngman Rhee‡ • Yi Dong-nyeong • Park Eun-sik • Lee Yu-pil • Yi Sang-ryong • Yang Gi-tak • Yi Dong-nyeong • Ahn Chang Ho • Yi Dong-nyeong • Hong Jin • Kim Ku • Yi Dong-nyeong • Song Byung-jo • Yi Dong-nyeong • Kim Ku • Syngman Rhee
First Republic (1948–1960)	Syngman Rhee • Ho Chong
Second Republic (1960–1961)	Kwak Sang-hoon • Ho Chong • Baek Nak-jun • Yun Po-sun
Military Junta (1961–1963)	Park Chung Hee
Third Republic (1963–1972)	Park Chung Hee
Fourth Republic (1972–1981)	Park Chung Hee • Choi Kyu-hah • Park Choong-hoon • Chun Doo-hwan
Fifth Republic (1981–1988)	Chun Doo-hwan
Sixth Republic (1988–present)	Roh Tae-woo • Kim Young-sam • Kim Dae-jung • Roh Moo-hyun† • Goh Kun • Lee Myung-bak • Park Geun-hye‡ • Hwang Kyo-ahn • Moon Jae-in • Yoon Suk Yeol‡ • Han Duck-soo‡ • Choi Sang-mok
Italics indicate an acting president • † Impeached, but restored to office • ‡ Impeached and removed from office

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v t e Current heads of state of republics
Africa	Abdelmadjid Tebboune João Lourenço Patrice Talon Duma Boko Ibrahim Traoré* Évariste Ndayishimiye Paul Biya José Maria Neves Faustin-Archange Touadéra Mahamat Déby Azali Assoumani Félix Tshisekedi Denis Sassou Nguesso Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Isaias Afwerki Taye Atske Selassie Brice Oligui* Adama Barrow Nana Akufo-Addo Mamady Doumbouya* Umaro Sissoco Embaló Alassane Ouattara William Ruto Joseph Boakai Mohamed al-Menfi* Andry Rajoelina Lazarus Chakwera Assimi Goïta* Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Dharam Gokhool Filipe Nyusi Nangolo Mbumba Abdourahamane Tchiani* Bola Tinubu Paul Kagame Brahim Ghali Carlos Vila Nova Bassirou Diomaye Faye Wavel Ramkalawan Julius Maada Bio Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Cyril Ramaphosa Salva Kiir Mayardit Transitional Sovereignty Council* Samia Suluhu Hassan Faure Gnassingbé Kais Saied Yoweri Museveni Hakainde Hichilema Emmerson Mnangagwa
Asia	Badra Gunba* Vahagn Khachaturyan Ilham Aliyev Mohammed Shahabuddin Xi Jinping José Ramos-Horta Salome Zourabichvili Droupadi Murmu Prabowo Subianto Ali Khamenei Abdul Latif Rashid Isaac Herzog Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Sadyr Japarov Thongloun Sisoulith Vacant Mohamed Muizzu Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Min Aung Hlaing* Ram Chandra Poudel Kim Jong Un Asif Ali Zardari Mahmoud Abbas Bongbong Marcos Tharman Shanmugaratnam Choi Sang-mok* Alan Gagloev Anura Kumara Dissanayake Syria Vacant Lai Ching-te Emomali Rahmon Serdar Berdimuhamedow Shavkat Mirziyoyev Lương Cường Rashad al-Alimi*
Europe	Bajram Begaj Alexander Van der Bellen Alexander Lukashenko Denis Bećirović, Željka Cvijanović, and Željko Komšić Rumen Radev Zoran Milanović Nikos Christodoulides Petr Pavel Alar Karis Alexander Stubb Emmanuel Macron Frank-Walter Steinmeier Katerina Sakellaropoulou Tamás Sulyok Halla Tómasdóttir Michael D. Higgins Sergio Mattarella Vjosa Osmani Edgars Rinkēvičs Gitanas Nausėda Myriam Spiteri Debono Maia Sandu Jakov Milatović Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova Ersin Tatar Andrzej Duda Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Klaus Iohannis Vladimir Putin Francesca Civerchia and Dalibor Riccardi Aleksandar Vučić Peter Pellegrini Nataša Pirc Musar Viola Amherd, Karin Keller-Sutter, Guy Parmelin, Ignazio Cassis, Albert Rösti, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, and Beat Jans Vadim Krasnoselsky Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Volodymyr Zelenskyy
North America	Sandra Mason Rodrigo Chaves Robles Miguel Díaz-Canel Sylvanie Burton Luis Abinader Nayib Bukele Bernardo Arévalo Transitional Presidential Council* Xiomara Castro Claudia Sheinbaum Daniel Ortega José Raúl Mulino Christine Kangaloo Joe Biden
South America	Javier Milei Luis Arce Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Gabriel Boric Gustavo Petro Daniel Noboa Irfaan Ali Santiago Peña Dina Boluarte Chan Santokhi Luis Lacalle Pou Nicolás Maduro
Oceania	Naiqama Lalabalavu Taneti Maamau Hilda Heine Wesley Simina David Adeang Surangel Whipps Jr. Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Nikenike Vurobaravu
Asterisk () indicate an acting head of state · Italics* indicate a head of state of non-UN member state

v t e Current heads of government
Africa	Larbaoui Tambèla Ndirakobuca Ngute Correia e Silva Moloua Halina Suminwa Makosso Mohamed Madbouly Osa Dlamini Ahmed Sima Oury* Duarte de Barros Beugre Mambe Dbeibeh Matekane Ntsay Maïga Djay Jugnauth Akhannouch Maleiane Kuugongelwa Zeine Ngirente Bayoun Trovoada Sonko Sengeh Barre Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Hussein Majaliwa Dogbé Madouri Nabbanja
Asia	Ankvab Akhund Al Khalifa Yunus* Tobgay Billah Manet Li Gusmão Modi Prabowo Pezeshkian Sudani Netanyahu Ishiba Hassan Bektenov Sabah Japarov Siphandone Mikati Anwar Oyun-Erdene Min Aung Hlaing Oli Kim Sharif Mustafa Marcos Thani Salman Wong Choi* Dzhussoev Amarasuriya Al-Bashir Cho Rasulzoda Paetongtarn Al Maktoum Aripov Phạm Mubarak*
Europe	Rama Espot Pashinyan Nehammer Asadov Golovchenko De Croo Krišto Glavchev Plenković Fiala Frederiksen Michal Orpo Bayrou Kobakhidze Scholz Mitsotakis Orbán Kristrún Harris Meloni Kurti Siliņa Risch Paluckas Frieden Abela Recean Guillaume Spajić Schoof Mickoski Støre Tusk Montenegro Ciolacu Mishustin Vučević Fico Golob Sánchez Kristersson Rossi Erdoğan Shmyhal Starmer Vérgez Alzaga
North America	Wever-Croes Webster Browne Davis Mottley Burt Briceño Wheatley O'Connor-Connolly Marrero Cruz Pisas Trudeau Skerrit Bukele Egede Mitchell Arévalo Fils-Aimé* Holness Sheinbaum Meade Drew Pierre Gonsalves Rowley Biden
South America	Milei Arce Lula Boric Petro Noboa Ali Peña Adrianzén Santokhi Lacalle Pou Maduro
Oceania	Albanese Brown Rabuka Adeang Luxon Tagelagi Marape Mataʻafa Manele Sovaleni Teo Salwai
Asterisk () indicate an acting head of government · Italics* indicate a head of government of non-UN member state

v t e Leaders of the G20
Ghazouani / Faki Milei Albanese Lula Trudeau Xi Costa / von der Leyen Macron Scholz Modi Prabowo Meloni Ishiba Sheinbaum Putin Salman Ramaphosa Choi (acting) Erdoğan Starmer Biden

v t e Heads of state of the G20
Ghazouani Milei Charles III Lula Charles III Xi Costa Macron Steinmeier Murmu Prabowo Mattarella Naruhito Sheinbaum Putin Salman Ramaphosa Choi (acting) Erdoğan Charles III Biden

v t e Heads of government of the G20
Faki Milei Albanese Lula Trudeau Li von der Leyen Barnier Scholz Modi Prabowo Meloni Ishiba Sheinbaum Mishustin Mohammed Ramaphosa Choi (acting) Erdoğan Starmer Biden

v t e Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Albanese Bolkiah Trudeau Boric Xi Lee Prabowo Ishiba Choi (acting) Anwar Sheinbaum Luxon Marape Boluarte Marcos Putin Wong Lai (Envoy: Lin) Paetongtarn Biden Cường
President is a non-participant; Taiwan is represented as Chinese Taipei.

v t e Finance ministers of the G20
Harrison Caputo Chalmers Haddad LeBlanc Lan Dombrovskis Lombard Kukies Sitharaman Sri Mulyani Giorgetti Katō Ramírez Siluanov Al-Jadaan Godongwana Choi Şimşek Reeves Yellen

v t e Finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Chalmers Bolkiah / Amin LeBlanc Marcel Lan Chuang Chan Sri Mulyani Katō Choi Anwar Ramírez Willis Kaeok Arista [es] Recto Siluanov Wong Pichai Yellen Phớc

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Private career (2019–2020)

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Acting presidency and premiership (2024–present)

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