List of state leaders in 1950

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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 (1940-1942, 1949-12. January 1950, 1952)
Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas Pasha - to (1928, 1930, 1936-1937, 1942-1944 12 January 1950 to 1952 )

Ethiopia Head of State: Emperor Haile Selassie (1930-1974) (1936-1941 in exile )
Head of government: Prime Minister Endelkachew Makonnen (1942-1957)

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 (1946-1951)

America

North America

Canada Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952) Governor-General Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis ( 1946-1952 )

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 Otilio Ulate Blanco (1949-1953)

Dominican Republic Heads of State and Head of Government: President Rafael Trujillo (1930-1938, 1942-1952)

El Salvador Heads of State and Head of Government: Revolutionary Government ( 1948-14. September 1950 )
President Óscar Osorio (September 14, 1950-1956 )

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 ( 1946-10. May 1950)
Chairman of the Government Junta Franck Lavaud (1946, May 10, 1956-6. December 1950 )
President Paul Eugène Magloire (6 December 1950-1956 )

Honduras Heads of state and head of government: President Juan Manuel Gálvez (1949-1954)

Cuba Head of state: President Carlos Prio Socarrás (1948-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister Manuel Antonio de Varona ( 1948-6. October 1950 )
Prime Minister Félix Sánchez Lancis (1944-1945, October 6, 1950 to 1951 )

Nicaragua Heads of State and Head of Government: President Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes ( 1947-6. May 1950)
President Manuel Fernando Zurita (6 May 1950-7. May 1950) (acting)
President Anastasio Somoza García (1937-1947, May 7 1950 to 1956 )

Panama Heads of State and Head of Government: President Arnulfo Arias (1940-1941, 1949-1951, 1968)

South America

Argentina Heads of state and head of government: President Juan Perón (1946-1955, 1973-1974)

Bolivia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Mamerto Urriolagoitia (1949-1951)

Brazil Heads of State and Head of Government: President 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: President Galo Plaza Lasso (1948-1952)

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Mariano Ospina Pérez ( 1946-7. August 1950 )
President Laureano Gómez (7 August 1950-1953 )

Paraguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Federico Chaves (1949-1954) ( until 1953 provisional)

Peru Head of state: Chairman of the Military Junta, Manuel A. Odría ( 1948-1. June 1950, 1950-1956 )
Chairman of the Military Junta Zenón Noriega Agüero (1 June 1950-28. July 1950 ) ( 1950-1954 Prime Minister )
President Manuel A. Odría (1949-1950, July 28, 1950-1956 )

Prime Minister Zenón Noriega Agüero (28 July 1950-1954 ) (1950 State)

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Luis Batlle Berres (1947-1951, 1955-1956)

Venezuela Heads of State and Head of Government: President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud ( 1948-13. November 1950 )
President Germán Suárez Flamerich (November 13, 1950-1952 )

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

Bhutan Head of state: King Jigme Wangchuk (1926-1952)

Burma ( Myanmar since 1989 ) Head of state: President Sao Shwe Thaik (1948-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister U Nu (1948-1956, 1957-1958, 1960-1962)

Ceylon ( Sri Lanka since 1972 ) Head of state: King George VI. (1948-1952) Governor General: Herwald Ramsbotham (1949-1954)

China Party Leader: Chairman The Communist Party of China Mao Zedong (1934-1976)
Head of state: Chairman of the Central People's Government of Mao Zedong (1949-1954)
Head of government: Prime Minister Zhou Enlai (1949-1976)

Republic of China ( Taiwan) Head of state: President Li Zongren ( 1949-1. March 1950 )
President Chiang Kai- shek (March 1, 1950-1975 ) ( 1928-1931, 1928-1943 Chairman of the National Government of China, 1948-1949 President of Nationalist China, 1930-1931, 1935-1938, 1939-1945, 1947 Prime Minister of Nationalist China )

Prime Minister Yan Xishan ( 1949-8. March 1950 )
Minister Chen Cheng (March 8, 1950-1954, 1958-1963 )

India ( since January 26, 1950 Republic of ) Head of state: Emperor George VI. ( 1947-26. January 1950 ) Governor General C. Rajagopalachari ( 1948-26. January 1950 )

Indonesia Head of state: President Sukarno (1945-1967)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mohammad Hatta ( 1948-16. January 1950 )
Prime Minister Abdul Halim (16 January 1950-5. September 1950 )
Prime Minister Mohammad Natsir (September 5, 1950 to 1951 )

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989) (1921-1926 Regent )
Head of government: Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (1946-1947, 1948-1954)

North Korea Party Leader: Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Il-sung (1946-1994)
Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Du- bong (1948-1957)
Head of government: Prime Minister Kim Il-sung (1948-1972)

South Korea Head of state: President Rhee Syng -man (1948-1960)
Head of government: Prime Minister Lee Beom -seok ( 1948-21. April 1950 )
Prime Minister Shin Sung -mo (21 April 1950-23. November 1950 ) (acting)
Prime Minister Chang Myon (November 23, 1950-1952, 1960-1961 )

Nepal Head of state: King Tribhuvan ( 1911-7. November 1950, 1951-1955 )
King Gyanendra (November 7, 1950-1951, 2001-2008 )

Pakistan Head of state: King George VI. (1947-1952) Governor General: Khawaja Nazimuddin (1948-1951)

Philippines Heads of State and Head of Government: President Elpidio Quirino (1948-1953)

Sikkim ( under Indian suzerainty ) Head of state: King Tashi Namgyal (1914-1963)
Head of government: Dewan John S. Lall (1949-1954)

Thailand Head of state: King Rama IX. Bhumibol Adulyadej (since 1946)
Head of government: Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1938-1944, 1948-1957)

Tibet (October 7, 1950 by China occupied; 1951 by China annexed ) Heads of State and Head of Government: Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatsho ( Since 1935) ( November 17, 1950 over the government ) Regent: Radreng Rinpoche Ngawang Tagdrag Sungrab Thutob ( 1941-17 November 1950. )

North Vietnam Head of state: President Hồ Chí Minh (1945-1969)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hồ Chí Minh (1945-1955)

South Vietnam Head of state: President Bảo Dai (1949-1955)
Head of government: Prime Minister Bảo Dai ( 1949-21. January 1950 )
Prime Minister Nguyen Phan Long (21 January 1951-26. April 1950 )
Trần Văn Hữu Prime Minister (27 April 1950-1952 )

Middle East

Iraq Head of state: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ali al - Dschaudat Aiyubi (1934-1935, 1949-5 February. , 1950, 1957)
Prime Minister Tawfiq al- Suwaidi (1929, 1946, February 5, 1950-15. September 1950 )
Prime Minister Nuri as- Said (1930-1932, 1938-1940, 1941-1944, 1946-1947, 1949, September 15, 1950-1952, 1954-1957, 1958)

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei (1944, 1948-23. March 1950 )
Prime Minister Rajab Ali Mansour (1940-1941, March 23, 1950-26. June 1950)
Haj Ali Razmara Prime Minister (June 26, 1950-1951 )

Israel Head of state: President Chaim Weizmann (1948-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister David Ben- Gurion (1948-1953, 1955-1963)

Yemen Ruler: King Ahmad ibn Yahya (1948-1955, 1955-1962)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hassan ibn Yahya (1948-1955)

Jordan Head of state: King Abdallah ibn Husain I. (1946-1951)
Head of government: Prime Minister Tawfiq Abu al - Huda (1938-1944, 1947-12. April 1950, 1951-1953, 1954-1955 )
Sa ʿ id Prime Minister al - Mufti (12 April 1950-4. December 1950, 1955, 1956)
Prime Minister Samir al- Rifa ʿ i (1944-1945, 1947, December 4, 1950-1951, 1956, 1958-1959, 1963)

Lebanon Head of state: President Béchara el- Khoury (1943, 1943-1952 ) ( 1927-1928, 1929 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Riad as- Solh (1943-1945, 1946-1951)

Oman (1891-1971 British protectorate ) Ruler: Sultan Said ibn Taimur (1932-1970)

Saudi Arabia Heads of State and Head of Government: King Abd al- Aziz ibn Saud (1932-1953)

Syria Head of state: President Hashim al - Atassi Khalid (1936-1939, 1949-1951, 1954-1955) (1920, 1949 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Khaled al -Azm (1941, 1946, 1948-1949, 1949-4. June 1950, 1951, 1962-1963 )
Prime Minister Nazim al - Qudsi (1949, June 4, 1950 to 1951 ) ( 1961-1963 President )

Turkey Head of state: President İsmet İnönü ( 1938-22. May 1950) ( 1923-1924, Prime Minister 1925-1937 )
President Celâl Bayar (May 22, 1950-1960 ) ( 1937-1939 Prime Minister )

Prime Minister Şemsettin Günaltay ( 1949-22. May 1950)
Prime Minister Adnan Menderes (May 22, 1950-1960 )

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)

New Zealand Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952) Governor-General Bernard Freyberg (1946-1952)

Europe

Albania Party leader: first secretary of the Albanian Workers' Party Enver Hoxha ( 1948-1985 )
Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly 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 (1943-1969)

Belgium Head of state: King Leopold III. (1934-1951) (1940-1945 in German captivity, 1945-22. July 1950 in exile in Switzerland ) Regent: Prince Charles ( 1944-20. July 1950 )
Prince Baudoin (August 11, 1950-1951 ) ( 1951-1993 King )

Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens ( 1949-8. June 1950, 1958-1961, 1968-1973 )
Prime Minister Jean Duvieusart ( 8 June-15 August 1950)
Prime Minister Joseph Pholien (August 15, 1950-1952 )

Bulgaria Party Leader: General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Walko Chervenkov (1949-1954)
Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Mincho Naichew ( 1947-27. May 1950)
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Georgi Damjanow (May 27, 1950-1958 )

Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vasil Kolarov ( 1949-23. January 1950 )
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Wulko Chervenkov (23 January 1950 to 1956 ) (acting to February 1, 9150 )

Denmark Head of State: King Frederick IX. (1947-1972)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hans Hedtoft ( 1947-30. October 1950, 1953-1955 )
Prime Minister Erik Eriksen (30 October 1950-1953 )

Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1955 under occupation law) Head of State: President Theodor Heuss (1949-1959)
Head of Government: Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1949-1963)

German Democratic Republic Party leader: Chairman of the SED Wilhelm Pieck ( 1946-25. July 1950 ) ( 1949-1960 President )
Chairman of the SED Grotewohl ( 1946-25. July 1950 ) ( Prime Minister 1949-1964 )
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, Walter Ulbricht (25 July 1950-1971 ) ( 1960-1973 State Council Chairman)

Finland Head of state: President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946-1956)
Head of government: Prime Minister Karl- August Fagerholm ( 1948-17. March 1950, 1956-1957, 1958-1959 )
Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen (17 March 1950-1953, 1954-1956) ( 1956-1982 President )

France Head of state: President Vincent Auriol (1947-1954)
Head of government: President of the Council of Ministers Georges Bidault ( 1949-2. July 1950 )
President of the Council of Ministers Queuille Henri (1948-1949, July 2, 1950-12. July 1950, 1951)
President of the Council of Ministers René Pleven (July 12, 1950-1951, 1951-1952 )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Alexandros Diomidis ( 1949-6. January 1950 )
Prime Minister Ioannis Theotokis ( January 6, 1950 -23. March 1950 )
Prime Minister Venizelos Sophoklis (1944, March 23-April 15 1950 August 21 1950 to 1951 )
Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras (1945, April 15 to August 21 in 1950, 1951-1952 )
Prime Minister Venizelos Sophoklis (1944, March 23-April 15 1950 August 21 1950 to 1951 )

Ireland Head of state: President Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1945-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister John A. Costello (1948-1951, 1954-1957)

Iceland Head of state: President Sveinn Björnsson (1944-1952) President of Iceland # Incumbent
Head of government: Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister (1942, 1944-1947, 1949-14. March 1950, 1953-1956, 1959-1963 )
Prime Minister Steingrímur Steinthorsson (March 14, 1950-1953 )

Italy Head of state: President Luigi Einaudi (1948-1955)
Head of government: Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (1945-1953)

Yugoslavia Head of state: President Ivan Ribar (1945-1953)
Head of government: Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito (1945-1963) (1953-1980 President )

Channel Islands Guernsey Head of State: Duke George VI. (1936-1952) Vice Governor: Philip Neame (1945-1953)

Head of State: Duke George VI. (1936-1952) Vice Governor: Arthur Edward Grassett (1945-1953)

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

Luxembourg Head of State: Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919-1964) (1940-1945 in exile in Britain )
Head of government: Prime Minister Pierre Dupong (1937-1953)

Isle of Man Head of state: Lord of Mann George VI. (1936-1952) Vice Governor: Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (1945-1952)

Monaco Head of State: Prince Rainier III. (1949-2005) Head of government: State Minister Jacques Rueff ( 1949-1. August 1950 )
State Minister Pierre Voizard (August 1, 1950-1953 )

Netherlands Head of state: Queen Juliana (1948-1980)
Head of government: Prime Minister Willem Drees (1948-1958)

Norway Head of state: King Haakon VII (1905-1957) (1940-1945 in exile in Britain )
Head of government: Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen (1945-1951, 1955-1963, 1963-1965)

Austria (1945-1955 under occupation law) Head of State: President Karl Renner ( 1945-31 December 1950. ) ( 1918-1920 Chancellor )
Head of Government: Chancellor Leopold Figl (1945-1953)

Poland Party Leader: Secretary General Bolesław Bierut (1948-1965) (1947-1952 President ) (1952-1954 Prime Minister )
Head of state: President Bolesław Bierut (1947-1952) (1948-1965 Party leader ) (1952-1954 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (1947-1952, 1954-1970) (1970-1972 State Council Chairman)

Portugal Head of state: President António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (1925-1951)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers António de Oliveira Salazar (1932-1968)

Romania Party Leader: General Secretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu -Dej (1945-1954, 1955-1965) (1952-1954 Prime Minister ) (1961-1965 head of state )
Head of state: President of the Presidium of the National Assembly Constantin Ion Parhon (1947-1952)
Head of government: Prime Minister Petru Groza (1945-1952)

San Marino Captains Regent: Vincenzo Pedini (1946, October 1st 1949-1. April 1950, 1953) and Agostino Biordi (1 October 1949-1. April 1950, 1959, 1962-1963 )
Giuseppe Forcellini (1946, April 1 1950-1. October 1950, 1954, 1959-1960 ) and Primo Taddei (1 April 1950-1. October 1950 )
Marino Della Balda (1943-1944, 1947 October 1, 1950-1. April 1951) and Luigi Montironi ( 1946-1947 October 1, 1950-1. April 1951, 1954-1955 )

Sweden Head of state: King Gustav V ( 1907-29. October 1950 )
King Gustav VI. Adolf (29 October 1950-1973 )

Switzerland German President: Max Petit Pierre (1950, 1955, 1960)
Bundesrat: Philipp Etter (1934-1959)
Enrico Celio ( 1940-15. October 1950 )
Karl Kobelt (1941-1954)
Eduard von Steiger (1941-1951)
Ernst Nobs (1944-1951)
Max Pierre Petit (1945-1961)
Rodolphe Rubattel (1948-1954)
Josef Escher (15 October 1950-1954 )

Soviet Union Party Leader: General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin (1922-1953)
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: Caudillo Francisco Franco (1939-1975)

Czechoslovakia Party Leader: President Klement Gottwald (1929-1953)
Head of state: President Klement Gottwald (1948-1953)
Head of government: Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký (1948-1953) (1953-1957 President )

Hungary Party Leader: General Secretary of the Party of the Hungarian Working People Mátyás Rákosi (1945-1956) (1946, 1947, Prime Minister from 1952 to 1953 )
Head of state: Chairman of the Presidential Council Árpád Szakasits ( 1948-26. April 1950 )
Chairman of the Presidential Council Sandor Ronai (26 April 1950-1952 )

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 Clement Attlee (1945-1951)

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