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List of political officials who have tested positive for COVID-19

The following political officials were confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.[1] As of 15 November 2025, a total of 43 serving heads of state and 40 serving heads of government of sovereign states and dependencies have tested positive at least once, along with government ministers, diplomats, local and regional officials, former leaders, and members of reigning royal families. Some leaders are also suspected to have been infected with COVID-19, although their respective governments have denied this. Partners, spouses or consorts of head of states and government are included where applicable.

Confirmed positive

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Albert II (left) and Serge Telle (right), respectively head of state and head of government of Monaco, were the first sitting state leaders to test positive for COVID-19.

Heads of state

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Heads of government

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Members of governments and cabinets

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Country Individual Position at the time of diagnosis Date reported[a] Severity Reported source of contraction Ref.
 Brazil Hamilton Mourão Vice President 28 Dec 2020 Positive N/a [131]
Paul Chan Mo-po Financial Secretary 27 Oct 2022 Positive Saudi Arabia [132]
 France Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs 15 Mar 2022 Positive N/a [133]
 Gambia Isatou Touray Vice President 29 Jul 2020 Positive N/a [134][135]
 Ghana Kwaku Agyemang-Manu Minister for Health 14 Jun 2020 Positive N/a [136]
 Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo Vice President 28 Jul 2022 Positive but asymptomatic N/a [137]
 Hungary Judit Varga Minister of Justice 20 Oct 2020 Positive and symptomatic N/a [138]
 India Venkaiah Naidu Vice President 29 Sep 2020 Positive N/a [139]
23 Jan 2022 [140]
 Iran Iraj Harirchi Deputy Minister of Health 25 Feb 2020 Positive and symptomatic N/a [141]
Masoumeh Ebtekar Vice President for Women and Family Affairs 28 Feb 2020 Positive and symptomatic N/a [142]
 Israel Yair Lapid Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 10 Jan 2022 Positive N/a [143]
 Italy Luciana Lamorgese Minister of the Interior 7 Dec 2020 Positive but asymptomatic N/a [144]
 Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko Minister of Defense 6 Apr 2020 Positive but asymptomatic N/a [145]
 Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi Minister for Foreign Affairs 1 Jun 2022 Positive and symptomatic N/a [146]
 Morocco Abdelkader Aamara Minister of Transport and Logistics 14 Mar 2020 Positive and symptomatic Tested positive after returning from Europe [147]
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri Minister of National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy 23 May 2022 Positive N/a [148]
Somaliland Abdirahman Saylici Vice President 16 Mar 2021 Positive N/a [149]
 South Korea Kim Boo-kyum Prime Minister[g] 3 Mar 2022 Positive and symptomatic N/a [150]
 South Sudan Riek Machar First Vice President 19 May 2020 Positive N/a [151]
Angelina Teny Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs
 United Kingdom Liz Truss Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs 31 Jan 2022 Positive Attended a meeting of the House of Commons [152]
 United States Kamala Harris Vice President 26 Apr 2022 Positive but asymptomatic N/a [153]
Antony Blinken Secretary of State 4 May 2022 Positive and symptomatic N/a [154]

Members of legislatures

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Country Individual Position at the time of diagnosis Date reported[a] Severity Reported source of contraction Ref.
 Iran Fatemeh Rahbar Member-elect of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis 7 Mar 2020 Deceased N/a [155]
 United States Luke Letlow Member-elect of the House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district 29 Dec 2020 Deceased N/a [156][157]
Ron Wright Member of the House of Representatives from Texas's 6th congressional district 8 Feb 2021 Deceased N/a [158][159][160]

Other

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Country Individual Position at the time of diagnosis Date reported[a] Severity Reported source of contraction Ref.
 Australia David Hurley Governor-General 9 Jan 2022 Positive and symptomatic N/a [161]
 Canada Mary Simon Governor General 9 Feb 2022 Positive and symptomatic N/a [162]
 Indonesia Ahmad Riza Patria Vice Governor of Jakarta 30 Nov 2020 Positive Contact with a staff member [163]
Gibran Rakabuming Raka Mayor of Surakarta, son of President Joko Widodo 15 Jul 2021 Positive but asymptomatic N/a [164]
7 Mar 2022 Positive and symptomatic [165][166]
19 Aug 2022 Positive but asymptomatic [166]
 Iran Hadi Khosroshahi Former ambassador to the Holy See 27 Feb 2020 Deceased N/a [167]
Mohammad Mirmohammadi Member of the Expediency Discernment Council 2 Mar 2020 Deceased N/a [168]
Ahmad Toyserkani Ravari Advisor to Ebrahim Raisi 3 Mar 2020 Deceased N/a [169]
Hossein Sheikholeslam Former advisor to foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif 5 Mar 2020 Deceased N/a [170]
 Japan Princess Yōko of Mikasa Member of the Imperial House of Japan 23 Feb 2022 Hospitalized; discharged N/a [171]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa Member of the Imperial House of Japan by marriage 14 Jul 2022 Hospitalized; discharged N/a [172]
Aiko, Princess Toshi Daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako 2 Oct 2025 Positive and symptomatic N/a [173]
 Jordan Hussein Crown Prince of Jordan 27 Sep 2021 Positive and symptomatic N/a [174]
 Luxembourg Guillaume Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg 11 Jan 2022 Positive but asymptomatic N/a [175]
 Morocco Prince Moulay Rachid Younger brother of King Mohammed VI and second in line to the throne 14 Oct 2022 Positive N/a [176]
 Palestine Saeb Erekat Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization 10 Nov 2020 Deceased N/a [177]
 Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud Governor of Riyadh Province 8 Apr 2020 Hospitalized; discharged N/a [178]
 South Africa Victor Thulare III King of the Bapedi 12 Jan 2021[h] Deceased N/a [179]
Goodwill Zwelithini King of the Zulu Nation 13 Mar 2021 Deceased N/a [180]
 Sweden Victoria Crown Princess of Sweden 11 Mar 2021 Positive and symptomatic N/a [181]
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland Husband of Crown Princess Victoria
 United Kingdom Charles Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the throne 25 Mar 2020 Positive and symptomatic N/a [182]
10 Feb 2022 Positive COVID-19 cluster at Windsor Castle [183][3]
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Second in line to the throne 1 Nov 2020 "Treated by palace doctors" N/a [184]

Suspected

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The following leaders were speculated to have been infected with COVID-19 in various news sources in spite of officially-disseminated information.

Country Individual Position Date reported[a] Details Status Ref.
 Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza President 9 Jun 2020 Nkurunziza died in office in June 2020, with his cause of death officially given as a heart attack. Opposition politicians and other Burundian sources speculated that he had died of COVID-19 and that the government "hid the actual cause of death"; his wife had previously been flown to Kenya for medical treatment, reportedly of the disease. Deceased [185][186][187]
 North Korea Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader 11 Aug 2022 Kim suffered a "fever" during the COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea, according to a statement by his sister Kim Yo Jong, which news sources took to mean as a suggestion that he had COVID-19. Unknown [188][189][190]
 Russia Ramzan Kadyrov Head of the Chechen Republic 21 May 2020 Russian media outlets reported that Kadyrov had been flown to a hospital in Moscow in May 2020, for an illness suspected to be COVID-19. On 27 May, Kadyrov appeared in a televised interview saying that he felt "absolutely healthy", whereas a catheter appeared to be visible on his right hand. Unknown [191][192]
 Spain Juan Carlos I Former king (1975–2014) 6 Feb 2022 An article in El Mundo republished by several Spanish news outlets alleged that Juan Carlos had suffered from COVID-19 during his period of self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates in 2021. Negative (as of 20 Dec 2021) [193][194][195][196]
 Tanzania John Magufuli President 17 Mar 2021 Magufuli died in office in March 2021 after not appearing in public for several weeks. Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who succeeded him as president, said that he had died from heart complications, although opposition politicians and members of the public had speculated that he had contracted COVID-19. Deceased [197][198][199][200]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Date of the most recent update(s) detailing the individual's condition. Dates on which the positive test was confirmed earlier are noted accordingly.
  2. ↑ Mswati III stated that he tested positive in early January 2021.
  3. ↑ Positive diagnosis confirmed on 19 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Positive diagnosis confirmed on 20 December 2020, although it was not previously reported.
  5. ↑ Positive diagnosis confirmed on 2 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Positive diagnosis announced on 15 November 2020.
  7. ↑ The President of South Korea is the combined head of state and head of government.
  8. ↑ Death reported on 6 January 2021.

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