List of openly LGBT heads of state and government

Name	Portrait	Country	National population (while in office)	Office	Political party	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length	Sexual orientation/ gender identity
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir		Iceland	315,556 (2011 census)	Prime Minister of Iceland	Social Democratic Alliance	1 February 2009	23 May 2013	4 years, 111 days	Lesbian[2]
Elio Di Rupo		Belgium	11,209,044 (2015)	Prime Minister of Belgium	Socialist Party	6 December 2011	11 October 2014	2 years, 309 days	Gay[3]
Xavier Bettel		Luxembourg	633,622 (2021 estimate)	Prime Minister of Luxembourg	Democratic Party	4 December 2013	Incumbent	8 years, 147 days	Gay[4]
Leo Varadkar		Ireland	4,761,865 (2016 census)	Taoiseach (Prime Minister)	Fine Gael	14 June 2017	27 June 2020	3 years, 13 days	Gay[5]
Ana Brnabić		Serbia	6,926,705 (2020 estimate)	Prime Minister of Serbia	Serbian Progressive Party	29 June 2017	Incumbent	4 years, 305 days	Lesbian[6]

Some openly LGBT persons have also served as deputy prime ministers, or an analogous office, who may take the position of the acting head of government when they are temporarily absent.

Name	Portrait	Country	National population (while in office)	Office	Political party	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length	Sexual orientation/ gender identity
Etienne Schneider		Luxembourg	604,245 (2018 estimate)	Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	4 December 2013	4 February 2020	6 years, 62 days	Gay
Petra De Sutter		Belgium	11,492,641 (2020 estimate)	Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium	Groen	1 October 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 211 days	Transgender woman
Grant Robertson		New Zealand	5,136,220 (2022 estimate)	Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand	New Zealand Labour Party	6 November 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 175 days	Gay

Politicians who were closeted while in office and never officially came out or were outed only after their deaths or retirement include:

• Frederick the Great of Prussia: King of Prussia between 1740–1786, considered to have been homosexual by most historians, he had many suspected relationships with men and wrote Homoerotic poetry. Never came out although he did not do much to hide it.[8] After his death many historians tried to pass off his homosexuality as a rumor, but it is now it is widely accepted.
• William II of the Netherlands: King of the Netherlands between 1840–1849, head of government until the constitutional reform of 1848 which led to the creation of the position of Prime Minister of the Netherlands. The records and books indicate that he was either gay or bisexual; he had been blackmailed because of it.[9][10]
• Richard Hatfield: Premier of the province of New Brunswick between 1970–1987. He never officially came out as such during his lifetime; his sexual orientation only began to be discussed on the record in media and biographical sources after his death.[11][12][13][14][15]
• Canaan Banana: President of Zimbabwe between 1980–1987. Despite his denial, was found to be either gay or bisexual in 1997. After a highly publicized trial, he was convicted in 1998 of 11 sodomy and "unnatural acts", for which he was imprisoned for six months.[16][17][18][19][20]

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