List of state leaders in 2002
2001 state leaders - Events of 2002 - 2003 state leaders - State leaders by year
Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin - Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin (1996–2006)
- Botswana - Festus Mogae, President of Botswana (1998–2008)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi - Pierre Buyoya, President of Burundi (1996–2003)
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- 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 -
- Lesotho
- Liberia - Charles Taylor, President of Liberia (2000–2003)
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi - Bakili Muluzi, President of Malawi (1994–2004)
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique -
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria - Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria (1999–2007)
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles - France-Albert René, President of Seychelles (1977–2004)
- Sierra Leone - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone (1998–2007)
- Somalia
- South Africa - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa (1999–2008)
- Sudan - Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan (1993–present)
- Swaziland -
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia -
- Frederick Chiluba, President of Zambia (1991–2002)
- Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (2002–2008)
- Zimbabwe - Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe (1987–present)
Asia
Europe
Middle East
North America
- Antigua and Barbuda -
- Bahamas -
- Barbados -
- Belize -
- Canada
- Costa Rica -
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, President of Costa Rica (1998–2002)
- Abel Pacheco, President of Costa Rica (2002–2006)
- Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976–2008)
- Dominica -
- Dominican Republic - Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic (2000–2004)
- El Salvador - Francisco Flores, President of El Salvador (1999–2004)
- Grenada
- Guatemala - Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, President of Guatemala (2000–2004)
- Haiti - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti (2001–2004)
- Honduras -
- Carlos Flores Facussé, President of Honduras (1998–2002)
- Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras (2002–2006)
- Jamaica
- Mexico - Vicente Fox, President of Mexico (2000–2006)
- Nicaragua -
- Arnoldo Alemán, President of Nicaragua (1997–2002)
- Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua (2002–2007)
- Panama - Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama (1999–2004)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States - George W. Bush, President of the United States (2001–present)
Oceania