List of governmental leaders in 2003
2002 state leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin - Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin (1996–present)
- Botswana - Festus Mogae, President of Botswana (1998–present)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Pierre Buyoya, President of Burundi (1996–2003)
- Domitien Ndayizeye, President of Burundi (2003–present)
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros - Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros (1999–present)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001–present)
- Republic of the Congo - Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo (1997–present)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea - Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea (1993–present)
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia - Yahya Jammeh, President of the Gambia (1994–present)
- Ghana - John Kufuor, President of Ghana (2001–present)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya - Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya (2002–present)
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Charles Taylor, President of Liberia (2000–2003)
- Moses Blah, President of Liberia (2003)
- Gyude Bryant, Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia (2003–present)
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi - Bakili Muluzi, President of Malawi (1994–present)
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria - Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria (1999–present)
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles - France-Albert René, President of Seychelles (1977–2004)
- Sierra Leone - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone (1998–present)
- Somalia
- South Africa - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa (1999–present)
- Sudan - Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan (1993–present)
- Swaziland -
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia - Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (2002–present)
- Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1987–present)
Asia
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Teburoro Tito, President of Kiribati (1994–2003)
- Tion Otang, Chairman of the Council of State of Kiribati (2003)
- Anote Tong, President of Kiribati (2003–present)
- Marshall Islands - Kessai Note, President of the Marshall Islands (2000–present)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Leo Falcam, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1999–2003)
- Joseph Urusemal, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (2003–present)
- Nauru
- René Harris, President of Nauru (2001–2003)
- Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (2003)
- René Harris, President of Nauru (2003)
- Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (2003)
- Derog Gioura, President of Nauru (2003)
- Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru (2003)
- René Harris, President of Nauru (2003–present)
- New Caledonia
- President of the Government - Pierre Frogier, President of the Government of New Caledonia (2001–present)
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Europe