World Leaders at the UN 2026
Key global leaders expected at the UN General Assembly high-level week in 2026.
12 faces
Who's in this deck?12 names — peek before you play
Joe Biden
President · United States
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American retired politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025.
Xi Jinping
General Secretary · China
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who is the paramount leader of China.
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister · India
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 26 May 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Varanasi.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President · Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as president of Brazil since 2023 and from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
Emmanuel Macron
President · France
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. He has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party in 2016.
Olaf Scholz
Chancellor · Germany
Olaf Scholz is a German politician who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister · United Kingdom
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026. He served as Leader of the Labour Party from 2020 to 2026 and as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President · Ukraine
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister · Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu, nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
Masoud Pezeshkian
President · Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian is an Iranian politician and heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the oldest person to serve in this position, taking office at the age of 69.
Cyril Ramaphosa
President · South Africa
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
António Guterres
Secretary-General · United Nations
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who, since 2017, has served as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.