List of state leaders in 1944

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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: Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas Pasha - to (1928, 1930, 1936-1937, 1942-10. October 1944, 1950-1952 )
Prime Minister Ahmed Maher Pasha (October 10, 1944-1945 )

Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie (1930-1974)

Liberia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Edwin Barclay ( 1930-3. January 1944 )
President William S. Tubman (3 January 1944-1971 )

South Africa Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952) Governor General Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1943-1946)

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 ( 1940-8. May 1944 )
President Teodoro Picado Michalski (8 May 1944-1948 )

Dominican Republic Heads of State and Head of Government: President Rafael Trujillo (1942-1952)

El Salvador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ( 1935-9. May 1944 )
(provisional) Andrés Ignacio Menéndez ( 9 May to 20 October 1944)
(provisional) Osmin Aguirre y Salinas (October 21, 1944-1945 )

Guatemala Heads of State and Head of Government: President Jorge Ubico Castañeda ( 1931-4. July 1944 )
President Federico Ponce Valdez ( 4 July to 20 October 1944)
Military junta Francisco Javier Arana, Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, Jorge Toriello Garrido (20 October 1944-1945 )

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 ( 1940-10. October 1944 )
President Ramón Grau San Martín (10 October 1944-1948 )

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: (provisional) President Pedro Pablo Ramírez ( 1943-24 February. , 1944 )
President Edelmiro Julián Farrell (February 24, 1944-1946 )

Bolivia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Gualberto Villarroel López (1943-1946)

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

Chile Heads of state and head of government: President Juan Antonio Ríos (1942-1946)

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río ( 1940-29. May 1944 )
President Julio Teodoro Salem Gallegos ( 29 May to 31 May 1944)
President José María Velasco Ibarra (May 31, 1944-1947 )

Colombia Heads of state and head of government: President Alfonso López Pumarejo (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 Juan José de Amézaga (1943-1947)

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, Chiang Kai -shek (1943-1948)
Head of government: Chairman of the Executive Yuan Chiang Kai- shek (1939-1945)

British India Kaiser: George VI. (1936-1947)
Viceroy Archibald Wavell (1943-1947)

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō ( 1941-22. July 1944 )
Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso (July 22, 1944-1945 )

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 ( 1938-1. August 1944 )
Major Kuang Abhayawongse (August 1, 1944-1945 )

Southwest Asia

Iraq Head of state: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Nuri as- Said ( 1941-3. June 1944 )
Prime Minister Hamdi al - Bajaji (1944-1946)

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ali Soheili (1943-1944)
Prime Minister Mohammad Saed (1944 )

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

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 (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

Albania Head of government: Prime Minister Rexhep Mitrovica (1943-1944)
Prime Minister Fiqeri Dino (1944 )

Andorra Co - Prince: President of France: Henri Philippe Pétain (1940-1944)
Charles de Gaulle (1944-1946)
Bishop of Urgell: Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1940-1969)

Belgium 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 ( staffed from September ) Head of State: Tsar Simeon II (1943-1946)
Regent: Prince Kyril (1943-1946)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dobri Boschilow ( 1943-1. June 1944 )
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Ivan Ivanov Bagrjanow ( 1 June to 2 September 1944)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Konstantin Wladow Muravieff ( 2 September to 9 September 1944)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Kimon Georgiev (September 9, 1944 to 1946 )

Denmark ( occupied ) Head of state: King Christian X (1912-1947)

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

Finland Head of state: President Risto Ryti ( 1940-4. August 1944 )
President Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 August 1944-1946 )
Head of government: Minister of State Edwin Linkomies ( 1943-8. August 1944 )
Minister of State Antti Hackzell ( 8 August to 21 September 1944)
State Minister Urho Castren ( 21 September-17 November 1944)
State Minister Juho Kusti Paasikivi (November 17, 1944-1946 )

France ( occupied until July ) Head of state: Philippe Pétain (1940-1944)
(provisional) Charles de Gaulle (3 June 1944-1946 )

Greece ( occupied until October ) Head of government: Prime Minister Ioannis Rallis ( 1943-12. October 1944 )
Prime Minister George Papandreou (18 October 1944-1945 )

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

Iceland ( Independent since June 17, 1944 ) Head of state: President Sveinn Björnsson (June 17, 1944-1952 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Björn Þórðarson ( 17 June to 21 October 1944)

Italy Head of state: King Victor Emmanuel III. (1900-1946)
Head of government: (provisional) General Pietro Badoglio ( 1943-18. June 1944 )
President of the Council of Ministers Ivanoe Bonomi (18 June 1944-1945 )
Republic of Salò Heads of State and Head of Government: Benito Mussolini (1943-1945)

Croatia Head of government: "leader" Ante Pavelić (1941-1945)

Liechtenstein Head of State: Prince Franz Josef II (1938-1989)

Monaco Prince Louis II (1922-1949) Head of government: Minister of State Émile Roblot ( 1937-29. September 1944 )
State Minister Pierre Blanchy ( 29 September-13 October 1944)
State Minister Pierre de Witasse (13 October 1944-1948 )

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)

Poland (disputed ) Head of government: Prime Minister Edward Osóbka - Morawski (July 22, 1944-1947 )

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

Romania ( occupied from September) Head of state: King Michael I (1940-1947)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ion Antonescu ( 1940-23. August 1944 )
Prime Minister Iuliu Maniu ( 23 August to 27 August 1944)
Prime Minister Constantin Sanatescu ( August 27 to December 2 1944)
Prime Minister Nicolae Rădescu (2 December 1944-1945 )

San Marino Captains Regent: Marino Della Balda, Sante Lonfernini ( 1943-1. April 1944 )
Francesco Balsimelli, Sanzio Valentini, ( 1 April to 1 October 1944)
Teodoro Lonfernini, Leonida Suzzi Valli (October 1, 1944-1945 )

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

Switzerland President Eduard von Steiger (1944, 1951)

Slovakia Head of state: Jozef Tiso (1939-1945)
Head of government: Vojtech Tuka Prime Minister ( 1939-5. September 1944 )
Prime Minister Štefan Tiso (September 5, 1944 to 1945 )

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: Prime Minister Sukru Saracoglu (1942-1946)

Hungary Head of state: Regent Miklós Horthy ( 1920-15. October 1944 )
" Leader of the Hungarian nation " Ferenc Szálasi (16 October 1944-1945 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Miklós Kállay ( 1942-23. March 1944 )
Prime Minister domes Sztojay ( 23 March to 29 August 1944)
Prime Minister Géza Lakatos ( 29 August-15 October 1944)
Prime Minister Ferenc Szálasi (October 15, 1944-1945 )

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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