The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
regularly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a
reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is
considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the
United States.
Governments are listed in alphabetical order according to the most
commonly used version of each country's name. The spelling of the
personal names in this directory follows transliteration systems
generally agreed upon by US Government agencies, except in the cases in
which officials have stated a preference for alternate spellings of
their names.
NOTE: Although the head of the central bank is listed for each country, in most cases he or she is not a Cabinet member.
Ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the UN, New York, have also been included.
