List of state leaders in 1942

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3.1 East, South and Southeast Asia
3.2 Middle East
3.3 Central Asia

Africa

Egypt Head of state: King Farouk (1936-1952)
Head of government: Hussein Sirri Pasha, Prime Minister ( 1940-5 February. , 1942 )
Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas Pasha to - (February 5, 1942-1944 )

Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie (1941-1974)

Liberia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Edwin Barclay (1930-1944)

South Africa Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General: Patrick Duncan (1937-1943)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jan Smuts (1939-1948)

America

North America

Canada Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General: Prince Alexander of Cambridge (1940-1946)
Head of government: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1935-1948)

Mexico Heads of State and Head of Government: President Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940-1946)

United States Heads of State and Head of Government: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Central America

Costa Rica Heads of State and Head of Government: President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1940-1944)

Dominican Republic Heads of State and Head of Government: President Manuel Troncoso de la Concha (1940 to May 1942)
President Rafael Trujillo (May 1942-1952 )

El Salvador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1935-1944)

Guatemala Heads of state and head of government: President Jorge Ubico Castañeda (1931-1944)

Haiti Heads of State and Head of Government: President Elie Lescot (1941-1946)

Honduras Heads of State and Head of Government: President Tiburcio Carias Andino (1933-1949)

Cuba Heads of State and Head of Government: President Fulgencio Batista (1940-1944)

Nicaragua Heads of State and Head of Government: President Anastasio Somoza García (1937-1947)

Panama Heads of state and head of government: President Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango (1941-1945)

South America

Argentina Heads of State and Head of Government: President Roberto María Ortiz (1938-1943, to 27 June, acting)

Bolivia Heads of state and head of government: President Enrique Penaranda (1940-1943)

Brazil Heads of State and Head of Government: President Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945)

Chile Heads of State and Head of Government: (acting) Jerónimo Méndez ( 1941-2. April 1942 )
President Juan Antonio Ríos (April 2, 1942 to 1946 )

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (1940-1944)

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Eduardo Santos ( 1938-7. August 1942 )
President Alfonso López Pumarejo (7 August 1942-1945 )

Paraguay Heads of State and Head of Government: General Higinio Morinigo (1940-1948)

Peru Heads of State and Head of Government: President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche (1939-1945)

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Alfredo Baldomir (1938-1943)

Venezuela Heads of State and Head of Government: General Isaías Medina Angarita (1941-1945)

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

Bhutan Ruler: King Jigme Wangchuk (1926-1952)

China Head of state: Chairman of the National Government Lin Sen (1931-1943)
Head of government: Chairman of the Executive Yuan Chiang Kai- shek (1939-1945)

British India Kaiser: George VI. (1936-1947)
Viceroy: Victor Alexander John Hope (1936-1943)

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989)
Head of government: Prime Minister Tōjō Hideki (1941-1944)

Manchukuo (disputed ) Head of State: Emperor Pu Yi (1932-1945)
Head of government: Prime Minister Zhang Jinghui (1935-1945)

Nepal Head of state: King Tribhuvan (1911-1955)
Head of government: Prime Minister Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Juddha (1932-1945)

Siam (now Thailand) Head of state: King Ananda Mahidol (1935-1946)
Head of government: Field Marshal Phibul Songkhram (1938-1944)

Southwest Asia

Iraq Head of state: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Nuri as- Said (1941-1944)

Yemen Ruler: King Yahya bin Muhammad (1918-1948)

Persia (now Iran) Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Foroughi ( 1941-2. March 1942 )
Prime Minister Ghavam os- Saltaneh (8 August 1942-1943 )

Transjordan (now Jordan) Ruler: Emir Abdallah ibn Husain I. (1921-1951)

Central Asia

Afghanistan Head of State: King Mohammed Zahir Shah (1933-1973)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (1929-1946)

Mongolia Head of state: Chairman of the Grand State Churals Gontschigiin Bumtsend (6 July 1940-1953 )
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Chorloogiin Choibalsan (1939-1952)

Tibet ( disputed) Ruler: Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatsho (1935-1951)

Australasia

Australia Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister John Curtin (1941-1945)

New Zealand Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General: Marshal Baron Cyril Newall (1941-1946)
Head of government: Prime Minister Peter Fraser (1940-1949)

Europe

Andorra Co - Prince: President of France: Henri Philippe Pétain (1940-1944)
Bishop of Urgell: Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1940-1969)

Belgium (busy ) Head of state: King Leopold III. (1934-1951)
Military Governor General Alexander Falkenhausen (1940-1944)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot (1939-1945)

Bulgaria Head of State: Tsar Boris III. (1918-1943)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Bogdan Filow (1940-1943)

Denmark ( occupied ) Head of state: King Christian X (1912-1947)
Head of government: State Minister Thorvald Stauning ( 1929-3. May 1942 )
State Minister Erik Scavenius (November 9, 1942-1943 )

German Empire Heads of State and Head of Government: " Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor " Adolf Hitler (1933-1945)

Finland Head of state: President Risto Ryti (1940-1944)
Head of government: Minister of State Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1941-1943)

France ( occupied ) Head of state Philippe Pétain (1940-1944)
Military Governor General Alexander Falkenhausen (1940-1944)

Greece ( occupied ) Head of government: Prime Minister George Tsolakoglou ( 1941-2. December 1942 )
Prime Minister Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (2 December 1942-1943 )

Ireland Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1949)
Head of government: Prime Minister Eamon de Valera (1932-1948)

Italy Head of state: King Victor Emmanuel III. (1900-1946)
Head of government: President of the Council of Ministers Benito Mussolini (1922-1943)

Croats Head of state: King Tomislav II (May 18, 1941-1943, nominal)
Head of government: "leader" Ante Pavelić (20 April 1941-1945 )

Liechtenstein Head of State: Prince Franz Josef II (1938-1989)
Head of government: Prime Minister Josef Hoop (1928-1945)

Monaco Prince Louis II (1922-1949) Head of government: Minister of State Roblot Émile (1937-1944)

Netherlands (busy ) Head of state: Queen Wilhelmina (1890-1948)
Governor: Reich Commissioner Arthur Seyss- Inquart (1940-1945)

Norway (busy ) Head of state: King Haakon VII (1906-1957)
Governor: Empire Josef Terboven (1940-1945)

Portugal Head of state: President Óscar Carmona (1925-1951)
Head of government: Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (1932-1968)

Romania Head of state: King Michael I (1940-1947)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ion Antonescu (1940-1944)

San Marino Captains Regent: Gozi Giuliano, Giovanni Lonfernini ( 1941-1. April 1942 )
Settimio Belluzzi, Celio Gozi ( 1 April to 1 October 1942)
Carlo Balsimelli, Renato Martelli (October 1, 1942-1943 )

Sweden Head of state: King Gustav V (1907-1950)
Head of government: Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson (1936-1946)

Switzerland German President: Philipp Etter (1939, 1942, 1947, 1953)

Slovakia Head of state: Jozef Tiso (1939-1945)
Head of government: Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka (1939-1944)

Soviet Union Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (1922-1946)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Joseph Stalin (1941-1953)

Spain Heads of State and Head of Government: General Francisco Franco (1939-1975)

Turkey Head of state: President İsmet İnönü (1938-1950)
Head of government: (acting) Interior Minister Ahmet Fikri Tüzer ( July 8 to July 9 1942)
Prime Minister Sukru Saracoglu (July 9, 1942-1946 )

Hungary Head of state: Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
Head of government: Prime Minister László Bárdossy ( 1941-9. March 1942 )
Prime Minister Miklós Kállay (March 9, 1942 to 1944 )

Vatican City Head of state: Pope Pius XII. (1939-1958)

United Kingdom Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1940-1945)

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