List of heads of state and government of Indian origin

S.No. Name (birth―death) Portrait Office Designation Country Term Tenure Birthplace Ref. 1 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 12 March 1968 30 June 1982 14 years, 110 days Belle Rive, British Mauritius ^[1][2] 2 Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923–1996) Prime Minister of Portugal Head of government  Portugal 28 August 1978 22 November 1978 86 days Lisbon, Portugal ^[3] 3 Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) Prime Minister of Malaysia Head of government  Malaysia 16 July 1981 31 October 2003 24 years, 38 days Alor Setar, British Malaya ^[4][5] 10 May 2018 1 March 2020 4 Devan Nair (1923–2005) President of Singapore Head of state  Singapore 23 October 1981 27 March 1985 3 years, 155 days Melaka, Straits Settlements ^[6][7] 5 Fred Ramdat Misier (1926–2004) President of Suriname Head of state  Suriname 8 February 1982 25 January 1988 5 years, 351 days Paramaribo, Surinam ^[8] 6 Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 30 June 1982 22 December 1995 18 years, 225 days La Caverne, British Mauritius ^[9][10] 17 September 2000 30 September 2003 17 December 2014 23 January 2017 President of Mauritius Head of state 7 October 2003 31 March 2012 8 years, 176 days 7 Errol Alibux (born 1948) Prime Minister of Suriname Head of government  Suriname 26 February 1983 8 January 1984 316 days Paramaribo, Surinam ^[11][12] 8 Pretaap Radhakishun (1934–2001) Prime Minister of Suriname Head of government  Suriname 17 July 1986 7 April 1987 264 days Paramaribo, Surinam ^[13] 9 Noor Hassanali (1918–2006) President of Trinidad and Tobago Head of state  Trinidad and Tobago 20 March 1987 17 March 1997 9 years, 362 days San Fernando, British Trinidad and Tobago ^[14][15] 10 Ramsewak Shankar (born 1937) President of Suriname Head of state, Head of government  Suriname 25 January 1988 24 December 1990 2 years, 333 days Nieuw Amsterdam, Surinam ^[16][17] 11 Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920–2000) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 12 March 1992 30 June 1992 110 days Port Louis, British Mauritius ^[18][19] 12 Cassam Uteem (born 1941) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 30 June 1992 15 February 2002 9 years, 230 days Port Louis, British Mauritius ^[20][21] 13 Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 9 October 1992 6 March 1997 4 years, 148 days Ankerville, British Guiana ^[22][23] 14 Basdeo Panday (born 1933) Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Head of government  Trinidad and Tobago 9 November 1995 24 December 2001 6 years, 45 days St. Julien Village, British Trinidad and Tobago ^[24][25][26] 15 Navin Ramgoolam (born 1947) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 27 December 1995 11 September 2000 14 years, 59 days Port Louis, British Mauritius ^[27] 5 July 2005 17 December 2014 16 Mahendra Chaudhry (born 1942) Prime Minister of Fiji Head of government  Fiji 19 May 1999 27 May 2000 1 year, 8 days Ba, British Fiji ^[28][29] 17 Bharrat Jagdeo (born 1964) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 11 August 1999 3 December 2011 12 years, 114 days Unity Village, British Guiana ^[30][31] 18 S. R. Nathan (1924–2016) President of Singapore Head of state  Singapore 1 September 1999 31 August 2011 11 years, 364 days Singapore, Straits Settlements ^[32][33] 19 Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952) Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Head of government  Trinidad and Tobago 26 May 2010 9 September 2015 5 years, 108 days Siparia, British Trinidad and Tobago ^[34][35] 20 Donald Ramotar (born 1950) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 3 December 2011 16 May 2015 3 years, 164 days Caria Caria, British Guiana ^[36][37] 21 Kailash Purryag (born 1947) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 21 July 2012 29 May 2015 2 years, 312 days Camp Fouquereaux, British Mauritius ^[38][39] 22 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (born 1959) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 5 June 2015 23 March 2018 2 years, 291 days Surinam, British Mauritius ^[40][41] 23 António Costa (born 1961) Prime Minister of Portugal Head of government  Portugal 26 November 2015 Incumbent 7 years, 142 days Lisbon, Portugal ^[42][43] 24 Pravind Jugnauth (born 1961) Prime Minister of Mauritius Head of government  Mauritius 23 January 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 84 days La Caverne, British Mauritius ^[44] 25 Leo Varadkar (born 1979) Taoiseach Head of government  Ireland 14 June 2017 27 June 2020 3 years, 13 days Dublin, Ireland ^[45][46] 17 December 2022 Incumbent 121 days 26 Halimah Yacob (born 1954) President of Singapore Head of state  Singapore 14 September 2017 Incumbent 5 years, 215 days Singapore City, British Singapore ^[47][48] 27 Prithvirajsing Roopun (born 1959) President of Mauritius Head of state  Mauritius 2 December 2019 Incumbent 3 years, 136 days Quatre Bornes, British Mauritius ^[49][50] 28 Chan Santokhi (born 1959) President of Suriname Head of state, Head of government  Suriname 16 July 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 275 days Lelydorp, Suriname ^[51] 29 Irfaan Ali (born 1980) President of Guyana Head of state, Head of government  Guyana 2 August 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 258 days Leonora, Guyana ^[52][53] 30 Wavel Ramkalawan (born 1961) President of Seychelles Head of state, Head of government  Seychelles 26 October 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 173 days Mahé, British Seychelles ^[54][55] 31 Rishi Sunak (born 1980) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Head of government  United Kingdom 25 October 2022 Incumbent 174 days Southampton, England, United Kingdom ^[56][57] 32 Christine Kangaloo (born 1961) President of Trinidad and Tobago Head of state  Trinidad and Tobago 20 March 2023 Incumbent 28 days Cascade, British Trinidad and Tobago