Country
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Acting Head of State
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Since
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Albania
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Lindita Nikolla (Speaker of the Parliament)
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10 September 2021
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Algeria
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Salah Goudjil (President of the Council of the Nation)
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10 April 2019
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Armenia
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Designated Acting President
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Alen Simonyan (President of the National Assembly of Armenia)[13]
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2 August 2021
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Australia
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Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio)
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Linda Dessau (Administrator of the Commonwealth and Governor of Victoria)
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1 November 2021
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Austria
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Presidential College
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Wolfgang Sobotka (First President of the National Council) Doris Bures (Second President of the National Council) Norbert Hofer (Third President of the National Council)
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20 December 2017 9 November 2017 20 December 2017
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Bangladesh
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad)
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30 April 2013
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Barbados
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Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
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Reginald Farley (President of the Senate)
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10 April 2019
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Belarus
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Roman Golovchenko (Prime Minister)
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4 June 2020
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Cameroon
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Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)
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Joseph Ngute (Prime Minister)[14]
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4 January 2019
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Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
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Marcel Niat Njifenji (President of the Senate)[15]
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12 June 2013
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Canada
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Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio)
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Richard Wagner (Administrator of the Government of Canada and Chief Justice of Canada)
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18 December 2017
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Cape Verde
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Austelino Tavares Correia (President of the National Assembly)[16]
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19 May 2021
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Central African Republic
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Simplice Sarandji (President of the National Assembly)[17]
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5 May 2021
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Chile
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Carolina Tohá (Minister of the Interior and Public Security)
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7 September 2022
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Comoros
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore)
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11 November 2021[c]
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Modeste Bahati Lukwebo (President of the Senate)
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5 February 2021
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Congo, Republic of the
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Pierre Ngolo (President of the Senate)[18]
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25 August 2011
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Croatia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Gordan Jandroković (Speaker of Parliament)
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5 May 2017
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Cyprus
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Designated Acting President (de facto)
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Annita Demetriou (President of the House of Representatives)
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10 June 2021
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Czech Republic
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Presidential Commission
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Markéta Pekarová Adamová (Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies) Petr Fiala (Prime Minister)
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10 November 2021 17 December 2021
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Djibouti
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Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)
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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (Prime Minister)
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1 April 2013
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Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
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Abdourahman Cheick Mohamed (President of the Supreme Court)
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East Timor
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Maria Fernanda Lay (President of National Parliament)[19]
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22 June 2023
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Egypt
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Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)[20]
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Mostafa Madbouly (Prime Minister)
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14 June 2018
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Designated Acting President (for absolute absences)
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Hanafy El Gebaly (Speaker of the House of Representatives)[21]
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12 January 2021
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Eritrea
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Isaias Afwerki (Chairman of National Assembly)
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1993
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Estonia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Lauri Hussar (Speaker of the Riigikogu)
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10 April 2023
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France
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Gérard Larcher (President of the Senate)
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2014
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Fiji
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Kamal Kumar (Chief Justice)
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2019
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Finland
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Petteri Orpo (Prime Minister)
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20 June 2023
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Gabon
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Designated Acting President
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Paulette Missambo (President of the Senate)[22]
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18 September 2023
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Georgia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Shalva Papuashvili (Chairperson of the Parliament)
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29 December 2021
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Germany
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Designated Acting Head of State (ex officio)
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Manuela Schwesig (President of the Bundesrat and Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
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1 November 2023
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Greece
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Konstantinos Tasoulas (Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament)
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18 July 2019
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Guinea
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Dansa Kourouma (President of the National Assembly)[23]
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5 February 2022
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Guinea-Bissau
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Cipriano Cassamá (President of the National People's Assembly)
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16 June 2014
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Haiti
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Transitional Presidential Council
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25 April 2024
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Hungary
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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László Kövér (Speaker of the National Assembly)
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6 August 2010
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Iceland
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Presidential Commission
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Bjarni Benediktsson (Prime Minister) Birgir Ármannsson (Speaker of the Alþing) Benedikt Bogason (President of the Supreme Court)
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9 April 2024 1 December 2021 1 September 2020
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Iraq
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Designated Acting President[24]
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Mohamed Al-Halbousi (Speaker of the Council of Representatives)
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15 September 2018
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Ireland
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Presidential Commission
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Frank Clarke (Chief Justice) Mark Daly (Cathaoirleach) Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Ceann Comhairle)
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2011 2016 2016
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Israel
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Designated Interim and Acting President (ex officio)
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Amir Ohana (Speaker of the Knesset)[25]
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29 December 2022
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Italy
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Ignazio La Russa (President of the Senate)
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13 October 2022
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Ivory Coast
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Designated Acting President[26]
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Robert Beugré Mambé (Prime Minister)
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17 October 2023
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Kazakhstan
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Mäulen Äşimbaev (Chair of the Senate)[27]
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4 May 2020
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South Korea
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Han Duck-soo (Prime Minister)
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21 May 2022
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Kyrgyzstan
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Nurlanbek Shakiev (Speaker of the Supreme Council)[28]
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5 October 2022
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Latvia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Daiga Mieriņa (Speaker of the Saeima)
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20 September 2023
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Lithuania
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (Speaker of the Seimas)
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14 November 2016
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Madagascar
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Richard Ravalomanana (President of the Senate)
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13 October 2023
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Malaysia
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Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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Nazrin Shah of Perak (Sultan of Perak)[d]
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13 December 2016
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Malta
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Angelo Farrugia (Speaker of the House of Representatives)[29]
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6 April 2013
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Mauritania
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Cheikh Ahmed Baye (President of the National Assembly)[30]
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9 October 2018
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Mexico
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Designated Provisional President (ex officio)
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Luisa María Alcalde Luján (Secretary of the Interior)
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19 June 2023
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Moldova
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Igor Grosu (President of the Moldovan Parliament)[31]
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29 July 2021
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Mongolia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Gombojavyn Zandanshatar (Chairman of the State Great Khural)
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1 February 2019
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Montenegro
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Andrija Mandić (President of the Parliament)
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30 October 2023
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Mozambique
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Esperança Bias (President of the Assembly of the Republic)[32]
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13 January 2020
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New Zealand
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Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio)
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Helen Winkelmann (Administrator of the government and Chief Justice of New Zealand)
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14 March 2019
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North Macedonia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Afrim Gashi (President of the Assembly)
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28 May 2024
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Pakistan
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Yusuf Raza Gilani (Chairman of the Senate)
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9 April 2024
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Palestine
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Aziz Dweik (Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council)
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29 March 2006
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Peru
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Alejandro Soto Reyes (President of Congress)
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26 July 2023
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Poland
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Szymon Hołownia (Marshal of the Sejm)
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13 November 2023
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Portugal
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic)
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29 March 2022
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Romania
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Nicolae Ciucă (President of the Senate)
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13 June 2023
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Russia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Mikhail Mishustin (Prime Minister)
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16 January 2020
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Rwanda
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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François-Xavier Kalinda (President of the Senate)[33]
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9 January 2023
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Celmira Sacramento (President of the National Assembly)[34]
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8 November 2022
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Senegal
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Amadou Mame Diop (President of the National Assembly)[35]
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12 September 2022
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Serbia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Vladimir Orlić (President of the National Assembly)
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2 August 2022
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Singapore
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Eddie Teo (Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers)
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2 January 2019
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Slovakia
|
Presidential Commission
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Peter Žiga (ActingSpeaker of the National Council) Robert Fico (Prime Minister)
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7 April 2024 25 October 2023
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Slovenia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Urška Klakočar Zupančič (Speaker of the National Assembly)
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13 May 2022
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Somalia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Aden Madobe (President of the House of the People)
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10 April 2022.
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Sri Lanka
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Dinesh Gunawardena (Prime Minister)
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22 July 2022
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Syria
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Designated Acting President[36]
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Hussein Arnous (Prime Minister)
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17 July 2021
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Tajikistan
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Rustam Emomali (Chairman of the National Assembly)
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17 April 2020
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Togo
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Yawa Djigbodi Tségan (President of the National Assembly)
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24 January 2019
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Nigel de Freitas (President of the Senate)
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18 January 2023
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Tunisia
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Ahmed Hachani (Prime Minister)
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2 August 2023
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Turkmenistan
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Dünýägözel Gulmanowa (Speaker of the Assembly)
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6 April 2023
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Ukraine
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Ruslan Stefanchuk (Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada)
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8 October 2021
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Vanuatu
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Designated Acting President (ex officio)
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Seule Simeon (Speaker of the Parliament)
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15 June 2021
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