List of state leaders in 1948

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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 Mahmoud an- Nukrashi Pasha ( 1946-28. December 1948 )
Prime Minister Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha (December 28, 1948-1949 )

Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie (1941-1974)

Liberia Heads of State and Head of Government: President William S. Tubman (1944-1971)

South Africa Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General Gideon Brand van Zyl (1946-1950)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jan Smuts ( 1939-4. June 1948 )
Prime Minister Daniel François Malan (June 4, 1948 to 1954 )

America

North America

Canada Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor-General Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis ( 1946-1952 )
Head of government: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King ( 1935-15. November 1948 )
Prime Minister Louis Saint -Laurent (November 15, 1948-1957 )

Mexico Heads of State and Head of Government: President Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946-1952)

United States of America Heads of State and Head of Government: President Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

Central America

Costa Rica Heads of State and Head of Government: President Teodoro Picado Michalski ( 1944-20. April 1948 )
President José Figueres Ferrer ( 8 May 1948-1949 )

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

El Salvador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Salvador Castaneda Castro ( 1945-14. December 1948 )
Revolutionary Government (14 December 1948-1950 )

Guatemala Heads of state and head of government: President Juan José Arévalo (1945-1951)

Haiti Heads of State and Head of Government: President Dumarsais Estimé (1946-1950)

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

Cuba Heads of State and Head of Government: President Ramón Grau San Martín ( 1944-10. October 1948 )
President Carlos Prio Socarrás (10 October 1948-1952 )

Nicaragua Heads of State and Head of Government: President Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes (1947-1950)

Panama Heads of State and Head of Government: (provisional) Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Brin ( 1945-7. August 1948 )
President Domingo Díaz Arosemena (7 August 1948-1949 )

South America

Argentina Heads of State and Head of Government: Colonel Juan Perón (1946-1955)

Bolivia Heads of state and head of government: President Enrique Hertzog (1947-1949)

Brazil Heads of State and Head of Government: General Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946-1951)

Chile Heads of State and Head of Government: President Gabriel González Videla (1946-1952)

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: Julio Arosemena Tola President Carlos ( 1947-1. September 1948 )
President Galo Plaza Lasso (1 September 1948-1952 )

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Luis Mariano Ospina Pérez (1946-1950)

Paraguay Heads of State and Head of Government: General Higinio Morinigo ( 1940-3. June 1948 )
(provisional) General Juan Manuel Frutos ( 3 June to 15 August 1948)
President Juan Natalico González ( 15 August to 30 December 1948)

Peru Heads of State and Head of Government: Bustamante y Rivero, José Luis ( 1945-29. October 1948 )
President Manuel A. Odría (29 October 1948-1950 )

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Luis Batlle Berres (1947-1951)

Venezuela Heads of State and Head of Government: President Rómulo Betancourt (1945-1948)
President Rómulo Gallegos ( 1948)
President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1948-1950)

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 (1943-1949, from 20 May "President" )
Head of government: Chairman of the Executive Yuan Chang Ch'ün ( 1947-24. May 1948 )
Chairman of the Executive Yuan Wong Wen- hao ( 24 May to 26 November 1948)
Chairman of the Executive Yuan Sun Ke (November 26, 1948-1949 )

India Head of state:. , George VI, Emperor of India (1947-1950)
Governor General: Earl Louis Mountbatten ( 1947-21. June 1948 )
C. Rajagopalachari (June 21, 1948-1950 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)

Indonesia ( controversial Dutch East Indies ) Heads of State and Head of Government: President Sukarno (1945-1967)
Governor-general: Hubertus van Mook (1942-1948)
Governor-General Louis Beel (1948-1949)

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989)
Head of government: Prime Minister Tetsu Katayama ( 1947-10. March 1948 )
Prime Minister Ashida Hitoshi ( 10 March to 15 October 1948)
Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru (15 October 1948-1954 )

Korea (busy ) Soviet zone of occupation: Marshal Gennadi Korotkov (1947-1948)
American Zone of Occupation: General William F. Dean (1947-1948)

North Korea Head of state: President Kim Doo -bong (1948-1957)
Head of government: Prime Minister Kim Il-sung (1948-1972)

South Korea Head of state: President Syngman Rhee (August 13, 1948-1960 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Lee Bum Suk (1948-1950)

Nepal Head of state: King Tribhuvan (1911-1955)
Head of government: Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Minister Rana ( 1945-30. April 1948 )
Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Minister Rana (30 April 1948-1951 )

Pakistan Head of state: King George VI. (1947-1952)
Governor General: Ali Jinnah ( 1947-11. September 1948 )
Khawaja Nazimuddin (14 September 1948-1951 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan (1947-1951)

Siam (now Thailand) Head of State: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (since 1946)
Head of government: Prime Minister Major Kuang Abhayawongse ( 1947-8. April 1948 )
Prime Minister Field Marshal Phibul Songkhram (April 8, 1948 to 1957 )

Middle East

Iraq Head of state: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
Head of government: Sayyid Salih Jabr Prime Minister (1947-1948)
Prime Minister Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr (1948 )
Prime Minister al - Muzahim Bajaji (1948-1949)

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ahmad al - Qavam Saltaneh (1946 - January 1948 )
Prime Minister Ebrahim Hakimi (1948 )
Prime Minister Abdolhossein Hazhir (1948 )
Prime Minister Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei (1948-1950)

Israel Head of state: President Chaim Weizmann (16 May 1948-1952 )

Yemen ruler: King Yahya bin Muhammad (1918-1948)
King Ahmad ibn Yahya (1948-1962)

Transjordan / Jordan Ruler: King Abdallah ibn Husain I. (1946-1951)

Central Asia

Afghanistan Head of State: King Mohammed Zahir Shah (1933-1973)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan (1946-1953)

Mongolia Head of state: Chairman of the Grand State Churals Gontschigiin Bumtsend (1940-1953)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Chorloogiin Choibalsan (1939-1952)

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

Australasia

Australia Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General William McKell (1947-1953)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ben Chifley (1945-1949)

New Zealand Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor-General: Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg (1946-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister Peter Fraser (1940-1949)

Europe

Albania Head of State: Bureau Chairman Omer Nishani (1946-1953)
Head of government: Prime Minister Enver Hoxha (1946-1954)

Andorra Co - Prince: President of France Vincent Auriol (1947-1954)
Bishop of Urgell: Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1940-1969)

Belgium Head of state: King Leopold III. (1934-1951)
Regent: Prince Charles (1944-1950)
Head of government: Prime Minister Paul -Henri Spaak (1947-1949)

Bulgaria Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Naichew Mincho (1947-1950)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Georgi Dimitrov (1946-1949)

Denmark Head of State: King Frederick IX. (1947-1972)
Head of government: Minister of State Hans Christian Hedtoft -Hansen (1947-1950)

Germany ( occupied ) Military Governors: American Zone of Occupation: General Lucius D. Clay (1947-1949)
British zone of occupation: General Brian Robertson (1947-1949)
French Zone of Occupation: General Marie- Pierre Koenig (1945-1949)
Soviet zone of occupation: Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky (1946-1949)

Finland Head of state: President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946-1956)
Head of government: Minister of State Mauno Pekkala ( 1946-29. July 1948 )
State Minister Karl- August Fagerholm (July 29, 1948-1950 )

France Head of state: President Vincent Auriol (1947-1954)
Head of government: President of the Council of Ministers Robert Schuman ( 1947-26. July 1948 )
President of the Council of Ministers André Marie ( July 26 to September 5 1948)
President of the Council of Ministers Robert Schuman ( 5 September to 11 September 1948)
President of the Council of Ministers Henri Queuille (September 11, 1948-1949 )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Themistocles Sophoulis (1947-1949)

Ireland Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1949)
Head of government: Prime Minister Eamon de Valera ( 1932-18. February 1948 )
Prime Minister John A. Costello (February 18, 1948-1951 )

Iceland Head of state: President Sveinn Björnsson (1944-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1947-1949)

Italy Head of state: President Enrico De Nicola ( 1946-12. May 1948 )
President Luigi Einaudi (May 12, 1948-1955 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (1945-1953)

Yugoslavia Head of state: (provisional) Ivan Ribar ( 1945-1953 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito (1945-1953)

Liechtenstein Head of State: Prince Franz Josef II (1938-1989)
Head of government: Prime Minister Alexander Frick (1945-1962)

Luxembourg Head of State: Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919-1964)
Head of government: President Pierre Dupong government (1937-1953)

Monaco Prince Louis II (1922-1949) Head of government: Minister of State, Pierre de Witasse (1944 - December 1948 )

Netherlands Head of state: Queen Wilhelmina ( 1890-4. September 1948 )
Queen Juliana (4 September 1948-1980 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Louis Beel ( 1946-7. August 1948 )
Prime Minister Willem Drees (7 August 1948-1958 )

Norway Head of state: King Haakon VII (1906-1957)
Head of government: Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen (1945-1951)

Austria (busy ) Head of State: President Karl Renner (1945-1950)
Head of Government: Chancellor Leopold Figl (1945-1953)

Poland Head of state: President Bolesław Bierut (1947-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (1947-1952)

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

Romania Head of state: Transition committee Mihail Sadoveanu, Constantin Ion Parhon ( 1947-13. April 1948 )
Chairman of the State Committee Constantin Parhon (13 April 1948-1952 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Petru Groza (1945-1952)

San Marino Captains Regent: Domenico Forcellini, Mariano Ceccoli ( 1947-1. April 1948 )
Arnaldo Para, Giuseppe Renzi ( 1 April to 1 October 1948)
Giordano Giacomini, Domenico Tomassoni (October 1, 1948-1949 )

Sweden Head of state: King Gustav V (1907-1950)
Head of government: Prime Minister Tage Erlander (1946-1969)

Switzerland President Enrico Celio (1943, 1948)
Federal Enrico Celio, Philipp Etter, Karl Kobelt, Ernst Nobs, Max Petit Pierre, Rodolphe Rubattel, Eduard von Steiger

Soviet Union Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Nikolai Shvernik (1946-1953)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Joseph Stalin (1941-1953)

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

Czechoslovakia Head of state: President Edvard Beneš ( 1945-7. June 1948 )
President Klement Gottwald ( 14 June 1948-1953 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Klement Gottwald ( 1946-15. June 1948 )
Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký (June 15, 1948-1953 )

Turkey Head of state: President İsmet İnönü (1938-1950)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hasan Saka (1947-1949)

Hungary Head of state: President Zoltán Tildy ( 1946-2. August 1948 )
President Árpád Szakasits (August 2, 1948 to 1949 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Lajos Dinnyés ( 1947-10. December 1948 )
Prime Minister István Dobi (December 10, 1948-1952 )

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 Earl Clement Attlee (1945-1951)

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