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These are '''lists of incumbents''' (individuals holding offices or positions), including [[Head of state|heads of state]]s or of [[Administrative division|subnational entities]].

A historical discipline, archontology, focuses on the study of past and current office holders.

[[Incumbent]]s may also be found in the countries' articles ([[List of sovereign states|main article]] and "[[Politics of present-day nations and states|politics of]]") and the [[List of current heads of state and government|list of national leaders]], recent changes in [[2024 in politics and government]], and past leaders on [[state leaders by year]] and [[colonial governors by century]].

Various articles group lists by title, function or topic: e.g. [[abdication]], [[List of assassinated people|assassinated persons]], [[cabinet (government)]], [[chancellor]], [[List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 20th century|ex-monarchs (20th century)]], [[head of government]], [[head of state]], [[Lieutenant Governor|lieutenant governor]], [[mayor]], [[List of military commanders|military commanders]], [[Minister (government)|minister]] (and [[#Ministers by portfolio|ministers by portfolio]] below), [[order of precedence]], [[peerage]], [[President (government title)|president]], [[prime minister]], [[List of Imperial Diet participants (1792)|Reichstag participants (1792)]], [[secretary of state]].