List of Countries that require their Leader to belong to a certain Religion

Source: In 30 countries, heads of state must belong to a certain religion | Pew Research Center

1. Christian

• Andorra
• Lebanon

2. Muslim

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Brunei
4. Iran
5. Jordan
6. Malaysia
7. Maldives
8. Mauritania
9. Morocco
10. Oman
11. Pakistan
12. Qatar
13. Saudi Arabia
14. Somalia
15. Syria
16. Tunisia
17. Yemen

3. Buddhist

• Bhutan
• Thailand

4. Pancasila

• Indonesia

Top 20 global leaders with the longest names

Source & Thanks: World Political Heads and Foreign Premiers | News | The Guardian

State	Head of state	Name count
Madagascar	Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana	44
Bhutan	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	27
Argentina	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner	27
Kuwait	Sabah AlAhmad AlJaber AlSabah	26
Guinea Bissau	Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo	26
Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	26
Turkmenistan	Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow	24
United Arab Emirates	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan	23
Andorra	Joan Enric Vives Sicília	22
Indonesia	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	22

State	Head of government	Name count
Qatar	Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani	34
Samoa	Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi	31
Kuwait	Jaber AlMubarak AlHamad AlSabah	28
United Arab Emirates	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	26
Iceland	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	26
Mauritania	Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf	25
Djibouti	Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed	23
Swaziland	Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini	23
Tonga	Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō	23
Chad	Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet	21
Vanuatu	Moana Carcasses Kalosil	21