NOT FREE Countries In 2020:
Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, President of Afghanistan
Algeria – Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria
Angola – João Lourenço, President of Angola (since Sept 26, 2017; replaced Jose Eduardo dos Santos)
Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain
Belarus – Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus
Brunei – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah
Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi
Cambodia – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
Cameroon – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadera
Chad – Idriss Deby, President of Chad
China – Xi Jinping, President of China
Congo, Dem. Rep. of – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo
Congo, Rep of (Brazzaville) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President
Cuba – Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba
Djibouti – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh – Moved from Partly Free to Not Free
Egypt – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt
Equatorial Guinea – OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President
Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea
Ethiopia – Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Gabon – Albert-Bernard Bongo, President of Gabon
Iran – Ali Khamenei, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
Iraq – Barham Salih, President of Iraq
Kazakhstan – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Acting President of Kazakhstan
Laos – Bounnhang Vorachith, President (elected on Apr 19, 2016)
Libya – Nouri Abusahmain, President
Myanmar – Win Myint, President – Moved from Partly Free to Not Free
Mauritania – Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz, President of Mauritania Moved to Partly Free
Nicaragua – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of Nicaragua
North Korea – Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea
Oman – Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, Prime Minister of Oman
Qatar – Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani
Russia – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Rwanda – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Saudi Arabia – King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President
Sudan – Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, President of Sudan
Swaziland (Eswatini) – Mswati III, King of Swaziland
Syria – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
Tajikistan – Emomalii Rahmon, President of Tadjikistan
Thailand – Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand Moved to Partly Free
Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
Turkmenistan – Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, President of Turkmenistan
Uganda – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda
United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Uzbekistan – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan
Venezuela – Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela
Vietnam – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President of Vietnam
Western Sahara – Brahim Ghali, President of Western Sahara
Yemen – Ali Abdallah Salih, President of Yemen
