Many national governments of the 27 member states of the EU are run by socialists and democrats, alone or in coalition with other political parties. Find out more about our leadership, the prime ministers, heads of state, and deputy prime ministers from the PES political family.
PES Leadership
Heads of state and government
Gintautas Paluckas
Prime Minister of Lithuania
Kristrún Frostadóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland and leader of Samfylkingin
Deputy prime ministers
Leaders of PES member parties
Andreas Babler
Leader of SPÖ Austria
Conner Rousseau
Leader of Vooruit Belgium.
Atanas Zafirov
Leader of BSP Bulgaria and Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić
Leader of SDP Croatia
Jana Maláčová
Leader of SOCDEM Czech Republic
Olivier Faure
Leader of Socialist Party France.
Imre Komjathi
Leader of MSZP Hungary
Elly Schlein
Leader of PD Italy
Nils Ušakovs
Leader of Saskana Latvia
Pedro Nuno Santos
Leader of PS Portugal
Robert Fico
Leader of SMER Slovakia (PARTY SUSPENDED)
Matjaž Han
Leader of SD Slovenia
Claire Hanna
Leader of SDLP Northern Ireland
Georgi Anastasov
Leader of pBS Bulgaria
Kristrún Frostadóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland and leader of Samfylkingin
Tudor Ulianovschi
Leader of Partidul Social Democrat European Moldova
Ivan Vujović
Leader of SDP Montenegro
Danijel Zivkovic
Leader of Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore
Venko Filipče
Leader of the Socialdemocratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM)
Srđan Milivojević
Leader of DS Serbia
Matúš Šutaj Eštok
Leader of HLAS Slovakia (PARTY SUSPENDED)
Özgür Özel
Leader of CHP Turkey
Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç
Co-leader of DEM Turkey
Tuncer Bakırhan
Co-leader of DEM Turkey
Pere Baró
Leader of PS Andorra
Ihar Barysau
Leader of BSDP Belarus
Mikola Statkevich
Leader of Belarusian Social Democratic Party – People’s Assembly, Belarus
Yair Golan
Leader of Democrats, Israel
Jānis Dinevičs
Leader of LSDSP Latvia.
Driss Lachgar
Leader of USFP Morocco.
Mahmoud Abbas
Leader of Fatah.
Luca Lazzari
Leader of PSD San Marino
Khalil Zaouia
Leader of ETTAKATOL Tunisia