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US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

This dataset makes the "chief of state", as labeled here, and head of government, available for all countries in the World Factbook which have such roles.

Where a monarch has a local representative of e.g. an ex-colony, both the monarch and any local representatives are generally included.

The World Factbook source pages contain much more narrative about each country. From the website:

The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Data overview

Entities:
Total1,388
Searchable920
Targets459
Entity types:
Positions461
People459
Countries:
236 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · United States
Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
Information:www.cia.gov
Source data:www.cia.gov · JSON
Coverage:added · update frequency: weekly
Last processed:2024-10-12 15:39:05
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities640.65 KB
names.txtTarget names text file9.29 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format588.88 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON632.7 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV88.03 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Jafar HASSANPersonJordan
Michel BARNIERPersonFrance
PHAETHONGTHAN ChinnawatPersonThailand
Didier GUILLAUMEPersonMonaco
Harini AmarasuriyaPersonSri Lanka
Muhammad YunusPersonBangladesh
Kamel MadouriPersonTunisia
Halla TomasdottirPersonIceland
Dick SCHOOFPersonNetherlands
Sam MostynPersonAustralia
Fernando Vérgez AlzagaPersonVatican City · Spain
Lyndon TROTTPersonGuernsey
David Tiva KapuPersonSolomon Islands
Russell DlaminiPersonEswatini
General Abdourahame TIANIPersonNiger