Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of authoritarian, charismatic, democratic, paternalistic and Laissez faire leadership styles on the performance of civil servants in West Sulawesi provincial government. The results obtained were that authoritarian leadership style did not significantly affect employee performance, charismatic leadership style significantly affected employee performance. There was an effect of democratic leadership style on the performance of civil servants in the regional secretariat of West Sulawesi Province and it was significant. There was a significant effect of paternalistic leadership style on the performance of civil servants in the regional secretariat of West Sulawesi Province. There was a significant effect of laissez faire/free leadership style on the performance of civil servants in the regional secretariat of West Sulawesi.