^Paul Biya was previously Prime Minister from 30 June 1975 – 6 November 1982.
^Ali Khamenei was previously Prime Minister from 13 October 1981 – 3 June 1989.
^Letsie III was previously Monarch from 12 November 1990 – 25 January 1995.
^Denis Sassou Nguesso was previously President from 8 February 1979 – 31 August 1992.
^Ilham Aliyev was previously Prime Minister from 4 August 2003 – 31 October 2003.
^Mahmoud Abbas was previously Prime Minister from 19 March 2003 – 6 September 2003.
^Faure Gnassingbé was previously President from 5 February 2005 – 25 February 2005.
^Harald V was previously Monarch from 1 June 1990 – 25 November 2003 and 13 April 2004 – 29 March 2005.
^Daniel Ortega was previously President from 18 July 1979 – 25 April 1990.
^Viktor Orbán was previously Prime Minister from 6 July 1998 – 27 May 2002.
^Alassane Ouattara was previously Prime Minister from 7 November 1990 – 9 December 1993.
^Tupou VI was previously Prime Minister from 3 January 2000 – 11 February 2006
^Vladimir Putin was previously Prime Minister from 8 August 1999 – 31 December 1999 and 7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 and President from 31 December 1999 – 7 May 2008.
^Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was previously Prime Minister from 14 March 2003 – 28 August 2014.
^Andrew Holness was previously Prime Minister from 23 October 2011 – 5 January 2012.
^Faustin-Archange Touadéra was previously Prime Minister from 22 January 2008 – 17 January 2013.
^Azali Assoumani was previously President from 30 April 1999 – 21 January 2001 and 26 May 2001 – 26 May 2006.
^Shavkat Mirziyoyev was previously Prime Minister from 12 December 2003 – 8 September 2016.
^António Guterres was previously Prime Minister of Portugal from 28 October 1995 – 6 April 2002.
^Aleksandar Vučić was previously Prime Minister from 27 April 2014 – 30 May 2017.
^Va'aletoa Sualauvi was previously President from 11 May 2007 – 20 June 2007.
^Julius Maada Bio was previously President from 16 January 1996 – 29 March 1996.
^Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was previously Prime Minister from 1 October 1999 – 28 January 2002.
^Nechirvan Barzani was previously Prime Minister from 1 March 2006 – 31 August 2009 and 7 March 2012 – 10 July 2019.
^Anas al-Abdah was previously President from 9 March 2018 – 29 June 2019.
^Abdelmadjid Tebboune was previously Prime Minister from 25 May 2017 – 15 August 2017.
^Zoran Milanović was previously Prime Minister from 23 December 2011 – 22 January 2016.
^Umaro Sissoco Embaló was previously Prime Minister from 18 November 2016 – 16 January 2018.
^Alexander Ankvab was previously Prime Minister from 14 February 2005 – 13 February 2010 and President from 29 May 2011 – 1 June 2014.
^Ersin Tatar was previously Prime Minister from 22 May 2019 – 23 October 2020.
^Maia Sandu was previously Prime Minister from 8 June 2019 – 14 November 2019.
^Sadyr Japarov was previously Prime Minister from 6 October 2020 — 15 October 2020 and President from 15 October 2020 – 14 November 2020.
^Albin Kurti was previously Prime Minister from 3 February 2020 – 3 June 2020.
^Thongloun Sisoulith was previously Prime Minister from 20 April 2016 – 22 March 2021.
^Vjosa Osmani was previously President from 5 November 2020 – 22 March 2021.
^Assimi Goïta was previously President from 18 August 2020 – 25 September 2020.
^Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh was previously Prime Minister from 4 October 2017 – 27 January 2021.
^José Maria Neves was previously Prime Minister from 1 February 2001 – 22 April 2016.
^José Ramos-Horta was previously Prime Minister from 26 June 2006 – 19 May 2007 and President from 20 May 2007 – 11 February 2008 and 17 April 2008 – 20 May 2012.
^Han Duck-soo was previously Prime Minister from 14 March 2006 – 19 April 2006 and 2 April 2007 – 29 February 2008.
^Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was previously President from 10 September 2012 – 16 February 2017.
^Ranil Wickremesinghe was previously Prime Minister from 7 May 1993 – 18 August 1994, 9 December 2001 – 6 April 2004, 9 January 2015 – 26 October 2018, 15 December 2018 – 21 November 2019 and 12 May 2022 – 13 July 2022.
^Najib Mikati was previously Prime Minister from 19 April 2005 – 19 July 2005, 13 June 2011 – 15 February 2014 and 10 September 2021 – 31 October 2022.
^Patrice Trovoada was previously Prime Minister from 14 February 2008 – 22 June 2008, 14 August 2010 – 12 December 2012 and 25 November 2014 – 3 December 2018.
^Choguel Maïga was previously Prime Minister from 6 June 2021 – 21 August 2022.
^Sitiveni Rabuka was previously President from 7 October 1987 – 5 December 1987 and Prime Minister from 2 June 1992 – 19 May 1999.
^Benjamin Netanyahu was previously Prime Minister from 18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 and 31 March 2009 – 13 June 2021.
^Lula da Silva was previously President from 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2010.
^Bob Dadae was previously Governor General from 28 February 2017 – 20 February 2023.
^Kyriakos Mitsotakis was previously Prime Minister from 8 July 2019 – 24 May 2023.
^Xanana Gusmão was previously President from 20 May 2002 – 20 May 2007 and Prime Minister from 8 August 2007 – 16 February 2015.
^Hasan Akhund was previously Prime Minister from 7 September 2021 – 17 May 2023.
^Raymond Ndong Sima was previously Prime Minister from 27 February 2012 – 27 January 2014.
^Samvel Shahramanyan was previously Prime Minister from 1 September 2023 – 10 September 2023.
^Hadi al-Bahra was previously President from 9 July 2014 – 4 January 2015.
^Charlot Salwai was previously Prime Minister from 11 February 2016 – 20 April 2020.
^Robert Fico was Prime Minister of Slovakia 4 July 2006 – 8 July 2010 and 4 April 2012 – 22 March 2018.
^Christian Ntsay was previously Prime Minister from 6 June 2018 – 9 September 2023 and President from 9 September 2023 – 27 October 2023.
^Donald Tusk was previously Prime Minister from 16 November 2007 – 22 September 2014 and President of the European Union from 1 December 2014 – 1 December 2019.
^Andry Rajoelina was previously President from 17 March 2009 – 25 January 2014 and 19 January 2019 – 9 September 2023.
^Rui Duarte de Barros was previously Prime Minister from 16 May 2012 – 3 July 2014.
^Hilda Heine was previously President from 28 January 2016 – 13 January 2020.
^Tshering Tobgay was previously Prime Minister from 27 July 2013 – 9 August 2018.
^Alexander Stubb was previously Prime Minister from 24 June 2014 – 29 May 2015.
^Shehbaz Sharif was previously Prime Minister from 11 April 2022 – 14 August 2023.
^Asif Ali Zardari was previously President from 9 September 2008 – 9 September 2013.
^Alessandro Rossi was previously President from 1 April 2007 – 1 October 2007.
^Bjarni Benediktsson was previously Prime Minister from 11 January 2017 – 30 November 2017.
^Lai Ching-te was previously Prime Minister from 8 September 2017 – 14 January 2019.
^Nayib Bukele was previously President from 1 June 2019 – 1 December 2023.
^Peter Pellegrini was previously Prime Minister from 22 March 2018 – 21 March 2020.
^KP Sharma Oli was previously Prime Minister from 12 October 2015 – 24 August 2016 and 15 February 2018 – 13 July 2021.
^Min Aung Hlaing was previously Prime Minister from 2 February 2021 – 22 July 2024.
^António Costa was previously Prime Minister of Portugal from 26 November 2015 – 2 April 2024.