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List of heads of state and government of Chinese descent

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This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of sovereign countries who are of full or partial Chinese descent where ethnic Chinese are a minority. 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

  Denotes incumbent heads of state or government
  Denotes officer-elect/designated (presumptive)
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S.No. Name[a] Portrait Title Country Tenure Descent
1 Emilio Aguinaldo
埃米利奧·阿奎納多		 President of the Philippines Philippine Republic 1899–1901 Chinese mestizo[1]
2 Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada
披耶·瑪奴巴功		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1932–1933 Thai Chinese[2]
3 Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
披耶帕鳳·豐派育哈色納		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1933–1938 Thai Chinese[3][4]
4 Manuel L. Quezon
曼努埃爾·奎松		 President of the Philippines Philippines Commonwealth 1935–1944 Chinese mestizo[5]
5 Plaek Phibunsongkhram貝·鑾披汶頌堪 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1938–1944,
1948–1957		 Thai Chinese[6]
6 Sergio Osmeña
吳文釗
塞爾吉奧·奧斯梅尼亞		 President of the Philippines Philippines Commonwealth 1944–1946 [7]
7 Sơn Ngọc Thành
山玉成		 Prime Minister of Cambodia Kingdom of Kampuchea 1945,
1972		 [8]
Khmer Republic
8 Seni Pramoj
社尼·巴莫		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1945–1946,
1975,
1976		 Thai Chinese[9]
9 Pridi Banomyong
比里·帕儂榮		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1946 Thai Chinese[10][11]
10 Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
鄭連淡
鑾探隆·那瓦沙瓦		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1946–1947 Thai Chinese[12][13]
11 Pote Sarasin
乃朴·沙拉信		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1957 Thai Chinese[14]
12 Thanom Kittikachorn
他儂·吉滴卡宗		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1958,
1963–1973		 Thai Chinese[15]
14 Sarit Thanarat
沙立·他那叻		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1959–1963 [16][17][18]
15 Ferdinand Marcos
費迪南德·馬科斯		 President of the Philippines Philippines 1965–1986 [1][19][20][21]
Prime Minister of the Philippines 1978–1981
16 Lon Nol
朗諾		 Prime Minister of Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia 1966–1967,
1969–1971		 [22]
President of Cambodia Khmer Republic 1972–1975
17 Arthur Chung
鍾亞瑟		 President of Guyana Guyana 1970–1980 Chinese Guyanese[23][24]
18 Cheng Heng
鄭興		 President of Cambodia Khmer Republic 1970–1972 [25]
19 Kukrit Pramoj
克立·巴莫		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1975–1976 Thai Chinese[9]
20 James Mancham
詹姆斯·曼卡姆		 President of Seychelles Seychelles 1976–1977 Chinese on paternal side[26]
21 Khieu Samphan
喬森潘		 Head of State of Cambodia Kampuchea 1976–1979 [27][28]
22 Pol Pot
波爾布特		 Prime Minister of Cambodia Kampuchea 1976–1979 [29]
23 Thanin Kraivichien
他寧·蓋威遷		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1976–1977 Thai Chinese[30]
24 Kriangsak Chamanan
江薩·差瑪南		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1977–1980 Thai Chinese[31]
25 Julius Chan
陳仲民		 Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 1980–1982,
1994–1997,
1997		 Chinese Taishanese father[32]
26 Henk Chin A Sen
陳亞先		 Prime Minister of Suriname Suriname 1980–1982
President of Suriname
27 San Yu
山友		 President of Myanmar Burma 1981–1988 Chinese Burmese[33][34]
28 Chan Sy
姜西		 Prime Minister of Cambodia Kampuchea People's Republic 1982–1984 [35]
29 Hun Sen
洪森		 Prime Minister of Cambodia Kampuchea People's Republic 1984–2023 Teochew[36][37]
State of Cambodia
Cambodia
30 Corazon Aquino
許娜桑
科拉松·阿基諾		 President of the Philippines Philippines 1986–1992 [19][38]
31 Roh Tae-woo
盧泰愚		 President of South Korea South Korea 1988–1993 Shandong Peninsula[39][40]
32 Chatichai Choonhavan
差猜·春哈旺		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1988–1991 [19][41]
33 Anand Panyarachun
阿南·班雅拉春		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1991–1992 [42][43]
34 Chea Sim
謝辛		 Head of State of Cambodia State of Cambodia 1992–1993 [44]
35 Suchinda Kraprayoon
蘇欽達·甲巴允		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1992-1992 [45][46][47]
36 Chuan Leekpai
呂基文
川·立派		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1992–1995,
1997–2001		 Thai Chinese Hokkien[48][49]
37 Banharn Silpa-archa
馬德祥
班漢·西巴阿差		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1995–1996 Thai Chinese[50]
38 Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
差瓦立·永猜裕		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 1996–1997 [51]
39 Abdurrahman Wahid
阿卜杜拉赫曼·瓦希德		 President of Indonesia Indonesia 1999–2001 [52][53]
40 Thaksin Shinawatra
丘達新
他信·西那瓦		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2001–2006 Chinese Siamese[54]
41 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
阿都拉·阿末·巴達威		 Prime Minister of Malaysia Malaysia 2003–2009 Grandfather is Chinese Born Cham[55][56]
42 Roh Moo-hyun
盧武鉉		 President of South Korea South Korea 2003–2008 [39][57]
43 George Maxwell Richards
喬治·馬克斯韋爾·理查茲		 President of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2003–2013 [58][59][60]
44 Anote Tong
湯安諾		 President of Kiribati Kiribati 2003–2016 [61]
45 Khin Nyunt
欽紐		 Prime Minister of Myanmar Myanmar 2003–2004 Chinese Burmese[62][63]
46 Samak Sundaravej
沙馬·順達衛		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2008 Chinese Siamese[14]
47 Abhisit Vejjajiva
阿披實·威差奇瓦		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2008–2011 Thai Chinese[64][65]
48 Benigno Aquino III
許漸華
貝尼格諾·阿基諾三世		 President of the Philippines Philippines 2010–2016 [66]
49 Dési Bouterse
德西·鮑特瑟		 President of Suriname Suriname 2010–2020 [67][68]
50 Yingluck Shinawatra
丘英樂
英拉·西那瓦		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2011–2014 Thai Chinese[54]
51 Luis Guillermo Solís
路易斯·吉列爾莫·索利斯		 President of Costa Rica Costa Rica 2014–2018 [69]
52 Rodrigo Duterte
羅德里戈·杜特爾特		 President of the Philippines Philippines 2016–2022 [70]
53 Bongbong Marcos
小費迪南德·馬科斯		 President of the Philippines Philippines 2022–present [1][19][20][21]
54 Hun Manet
洪玛奈		 Prime Minister of Cambodia Cambodia 2023–present [71]
55 Srettha Thavisin
賽塔·塔維辛		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2023–2024 [72]
56 Paetongtarn Shinawatra
貝東丹·欽那瓦		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2024–2025[73] [74]
57 Stuart Young
斯圖爾特·楊		 Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2025 Chinese Trinidadian[75]
58 Anutin Charnvirakul
陳錫堯		 Prime Minister of Thailand Thailand 2025–Present[76] Thai Chinese[77]
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  1. [a]
    There may be different variants of Chinese transliteration for a non-Chinese name. For example, the actual Chinese name of Yingluck Shinawatra is "丘英樂” but is usually 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. These transliterated non-Chinese names are in italic.

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