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Countries with capital, currency, president, Prime Minister and India’s ambassador to these countries

Country NameCapitalCurrencyPresidentPrime-MinisterAmbassador
AfghanistanKabulAfghaniAshraf GhaniRudrendra Tandon
AlbaniaTiraneLek
AlgeriaAlgiersDinarNoureddine Bedoui
AndorraAndorra la VellaEuro
AngolaLuandaNew Kwanza
Antigua and BarbudaSaint John'sEast Caribbean dollar
ArgentinaBuenos AiresPesoMauricio MacriDinesh bhatia
ArmeniaYerevanDramKisan Dan Dewal
AustraliaCanberraAustralian dollarScott MorrisonAnumula Gitesh Sarma
AustriaViennaEuro (formerly schilling)Jaideep Mazumdar
AzerbaijanBakuManat
The BahamasNassauBahamian dollar
BahrainManamaBahrain dinarKing: Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaPiyush Srivastava
BangladeshDhakaTakaAbdul HamidSheikh HasinaVikram Doraiswami
BarbadosBridgetownBarbados dollar
BelarusMinskBelarusian rubleAlexander Lukashenko
BelgiumBrusselsEuro (formerly Belgian franc)
BelizeBelmopanBelize dollar
BeninPorto-NovoCFA Franc
BhutanThimphuNgultrumJigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckLotay Shering
BoliviaLa Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)BolivianoLuis Arce
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoMarka
BotswanaGaboronePula
BrazilBrasiliaRealJiar Bolsonaro
BruneiBandar Seri BegawanBrunei dollar
BulgariaSofiaLev
Burkina FasoOuagadougouCFA Franc
BurundiBujumburaBurundi franc
CambodiaPhnom PenhRielHun SenDevyani Uttam Khobragade
CameroonYaoundeCFA Franc
CanadaOttawaCanadian dollarJustin TrudeauAjay Bisaria
Cape VerdePraiaCape Verdean escudo
Central African RepublicBanguiCFA Franc
ChadN'DjamenaCFA Franc
ChileSantiagoChilean Peso
ChinaBeijingYuan/RenminbiXi JinpingLi Keqiang
ColombiaBogotaColombian Peso
ComorosMoroniFrancAzali Assoumani
Republic of the Congo,BrazzavilleCFA Franc
Congo, Democratic Republic of theKinshasaCongolese franc
Costa RicaSan JoseColón
Cote d'IvoireYamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)CFA Franc
CroatiaZagrebKuna
CubaHavanaCuban PesoMiguel Díaz-CanelManuel Marrero Cruz
CyprusNicosiaCyprus pound
Czech RepublicPragueKoruna
DenmarkCopenhagenKroneLars Lokke Rasmussen
DjiboutiDjiboutiDjibouti franc
DominicaRoseauEast Caribbean dollar
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoDominican PesoLuis Abinader
East Timor (Timor-Leste)DiliU.S. dollar
EcuadorQuitoU.S. dollar
EgyptCairoEgyptian poundABDELFATTAH EL-SISIMustafa Madbouly
El SalvadorSan SalvadorColón; U.S. dollarNayib Bukele
Equatorial GuineaMalaboCFA Franc
EritreaAsmaraNakfa
EstoniaTallinnKroonKaja Kallas (first female PM)
EthiopiaAddis AbabaBirrSahle work Zewde
(first female President)
Abiy AHmed
FijiSuvaFiji dollarFrank Bainimarama.Padmaja
FinlandHelsinkiEuro (formerly markka)Raveesh Kumar
FranceParisEuro (formerly French franc)Emmanuel MacronEdouard PhilippeJawed Ashraf
GabonLibrevilleCFA Franc
The GambiaBanjulDalasi
GeorgiaTbilisiLari
GermanyBerlinEuro (formerly Deutsche mark)angela markelfrank water
GhanaAccraCedi
GreeceAthensEuro (formerly drachma)Katerina SakellaropoulouAlexis tsipras
GrenadaSaint George'sEast Caribbean dollar
GuatemalaGuatemala CityQuetzal
GuineaConakryGuinean francAlpha CondéIbrahima Kasoory Fofana
Guinea-BissauBissauCFA FrancUmaro Cissoko Embalo
GuyanaGeorgetownGuyanese dollarK J Srinivasa
HaitiPort-au-PrinceGourdeJean Michel Lapin
HondurasTegucigalpaLempira
HungaryBudapestForintvictor orban
IcelandReykjavikIcelandic króna
IndiaNew DelhiRupeeRam Nath KovindNarendra Modi
IndonesiaJakartaRupiahJoko Widodo
IranTehranTomanHassan rouhani
IraqBaghdadIraqi DinarBarham SolihBirender SIngh Yadav
IrelandDublinEuro (formerly Irish pound [punt])Leo Varadkar
IsraelJerusalem*new ShekelRuven rivlinBenjamin netanyahu
ItalyRomeEuro (formerly lira)Sergio MattarellaGuiseppe conte
JamaicaKingstonJamaican dollar
JapanTokyoYenAkihito(emperor)Yoshihide Suga
JordanAmmanJordanian dinarBishr al-Khasawneh
KazakhstanNursultanTengeKassym Jormat Tokayev
KenyaNairobiKenya shillingUhuru Kenyatta
KiribatiTarawa AtollAustralian dollar
Korea, NorthPyongyangWonKim Jong-un
Korea, SouthSeoulWonMoon Jae-inLee Nak yong
KosovoPristinaEuro (German Mark prior to 2002)Hashim ThaciAlbin Kurti
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwaiti dinarSibi George
KyrgyzstanBishkekSom
LaosVientianeNew Kip
LatviaRigaLats
LebanonBeirutLebanese poundMichel AounSaad-al-Hariri
LesothoMaseruMaluti
LiberiaMonroviaLiberian dollar
LibyaTripoliLibyan dinar
LiechtensteinVaduzSwiss franc
LithuaniaVilniusLitas
LuxembourgLuxembourgEuro (formerly Luxembourg franc)Jean claude junkerxavier bettel
MadagascarAntananarivoMalagasy francAndry RajoelinaOlivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana
MalawiLilongweKwachaPeter MutharikaAnurag Bhushan
MalaysiaKuala LumpurRinggitMuhyiddin Yasin
MaldivesMaleRufiyaIbrahim Mahommad SolihSunjay Sudhir
MaliBamakoCFA FrancMoctar Ouane
MaltaVallettaMaltese lira
Marshall IslandsMajuroU.S. Dollar
MauritaniaNouakchottOuguiyaMahommad Ould Ghanzouni
MauritiusPort LouisMauritian rupeeBarlen VyapooryParveen Jagnauth
MexicoMexico CityMexican pesoManpreet vohra
Micronesia, Federated States ofPalikirU.S. Dollar
MoldovaChisinauLeuMaia Sandu
MonacoMonacoEuro
MongoliaUlaanbaatarTugrik
MontenegroPodgoricaEuro
MoroccoRabatDirhamShambhu S Kumaran
MozambiqueMaputoMeticalrajeev kumar
Myanmar (Burma)Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)KyatWin Mynt
NamibiaWindhoekNamibian dollar
Nauruno official capital; government offices in Yaren DistrictAustralian dollar
NepalKathmanduNepalese rupeeBidya Devi BhandariKhagda Parsad OliIndia to Nepal:
Vinay Mohan Kwatra
nepal to india : nilambar acharya
NetherlandsAmsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)Euro (formerly guilder)mark RuttePradeep Kumar Rawat
New ZealandWellingtonNew Zealand dollarJacinda ArdenMuktesh kumar pardeshi
NicaraguaManaguaCordobaDaniel Ortega Saavedra
NigerNiameyCFA FrancPrem K Nair
North MacedoniaSkopjeMacedonian DenarStevo PendarovskiZoran Zaev
NorwayOsloNorwegian krone
OmanMuscatOmani rial
PakistanIslamabadPakistani rupeeArif Ur Rehman AlviImran Khan
PalauMelekeokU.S. dollar
PalestineRamallah,
East Jerusalem
Mahmoud AbbasMahommad Shtayyeh
PanamaPanama Citybalboa; U.S. dollarLaurentino Cortizo
Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyKinaJames MarapeSushil Singhal
ParaguayAsuncionGuaraní
PeruLimaNuevo sol (1991)
PhilippinesManilaPeso
PolandWarsawZloty
PortugalLisbonEuro (formerly escudo)
QatarDohaQatari riyalSheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al ThaniDeepak Mittal
RomaniaBucharestLeuKlaus Lohannis
RussiaMoscowRubleVladimir PutinMikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin
RwandaKigaliRwanda francPaul Kagame
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreEast Caribbean dollar
Saint LuciaCastriesEast Caribbean dollar
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownEast Caribbean dollar
SamoaApiaTala
San MarinoSan MarinoEuroDr. Neena Malhotra
Sao Tome and PrincipeSao TomeDobra
Saudi ArabiaRiyadhRiyalMohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
(crown price)
Ausaf sayeed
SenegalDakarCFA FrancMacky Sall
SerbiaBelgradeYugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal
SeychellesVictoriaSeychelles rupeeWavel Ramkalawan
Sierra LeoneFreetownLeone
SingaporeSingaporeSingapore dollarHalima YacobPeriasamy Kumaran
SlovakiaBratislavaEuroZuzana Caputova
SloveniaLjubljanaEuroBorut PahorNamrata S. Kumar
Solomon IslandsHoniaraSolomon Islands dollar
SomaliaMogadishuSomali shillingMohamed Hussein Roble
South AfricaPretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)RandCyril Ramaphosa
South SudanJubaSudanese Pound
SpainMadridEuro (formerly peseta)Pedro Sanchez
Sri LankaColombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)Sri Lanka rupeeMaithripala SrisenaRanil WikremesingheGopal Baglay
SudanKhartoumDinar
SurinameParamariboSurinamese dollar
SwazilandMbabaneLilangeni
SwedenStockholmKronaStevfan lofvenTanmay Lal
SwitzerlandBernSwiss francUeli Maurer
SyriaDamascusSyrian poundBashar Al asad
TajikistanDushanbesomoniviraj singh
TanzaniaDar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)Tanzanian shillingJohn Pombe MagufuliSanjiv kohli
ThailandBangkokbahtKing: Maha VajiralongkornPrayut chan-o-cha
TogoLomeCFA Franc
TongaNuku'alofaPa'anga
Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-SpainTrinidad and Tobago dollarKeith Rowley
TunisiaTunisTunisian dinarPuneet roy kundal
TurkeyAnkaraTurkish lira (YTL)Recep tayyip erdoganSanjay Kumar Panda
TurkmenistanAshgabatManatVidhu P Nair
TuvaluVaiaku village, Funafuti provinceAustralian dollar
UgandaKampalaUgandan new shilling
UkraineKyivHryvnaPetro PoroshenkoDenys Shmygal
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiU.A.E. dirhamKhalifa Bin Zayed Al NahayanPavan Kapoor
United KingdomLondonPound sterlingBoris JhonsonGaitri Kumar
United States of AmericaWashington D.C.dollarJoe BidenTaranjit singh Sandhu
UruguayMontevideoUruguay peso
UzbekistanTashkentUzbekistani somShavkat MirziyoyevSantosh Jha
VanuatuPort-VilaVatu
Vatican CityVatican CityEuro
VenezuelaCaracasBolivarNicolas MaduroAbhishek Singh
VietnamHanoiDongPranay Kumar verma
YemenSanaaRial
ZambiaLusakaKwacha
ZimbabweHarareZimbabwean dollarEmmerson Mnangagwa
NiueAlofiNew zealand DollarMuktesh Kumar Pardeshi

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