List of state leaders in 1954

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

Africa

Egypt Head of state: President Ali Muhammad Naguib ( 1953-25. February 1954, 1954) ( 1952-1954, 1954 Prime Minister )
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Gamal Abdel Nasser (25 February 1954-27. February 1954, 1954-1970 ) (1954, 1954 to 1958 head of government)
President Ali Muhammad Naguib (1953-1954, February 27, 1954-14. November 1954 ) ( 1952-1954, 1954 Prime Minister )
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954, November 14, 1954-1970 ) ( President from 1956 ) (1954, 1954 to 1958 head of government)

Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Naguib ( 1952-25. February 1954, 1954) ( 1953-1954, 1954 President )
Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser (25 February 1954-8. March 1954, 1954-1958 ) (1954, 1954-1970 Head of State)
Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Naguib (1952-1954, March 8, 1954-18. April 1954 ) ( 1953-1954, 1954 President )
Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954 18 April 1954-1958 ) (1954, 1954-1970 Head of State)

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)

Libya Head of state: King Idris (1951-1969)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mahmud al - Muntasir ( 1951-19. February 1954, 1964-1965 )
Prime Minister Muhammad Sakizli (19 February 1954-12. April 1954 )
Prime Minister Mustafa bin Halim (April 12, 1954-1957 )

South Africa Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1961) Governor General Ernest George Jansen (1951-1959)

Prime Minister Daniel François Malan ( 1948-30. November 1954 )
Prime Minister John Gerhardus Strijdom (30 November 1954-1958 )

America

North America

Canada Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Governor General Vincent Massey (1952-1959)

Mexico Heads of State and Head of Government: President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952-1958)

United States of America Heads of State and Head of Government: President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

Central America

Costa Rica Heads of State and Head of Government: President José Figueres Ferrer (1948-1949, 1953-1958, 1970-1974)

Dominican Republic Heads of State and Head of Government: President Hector Bienvenido Trujillo Molina (1952-1960)

El Salvador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Óscar Osorio (1950-1956)

Guatemala Heads of State and Head of Government: President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán ( 1951-27. June 1954 )
President Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (27 June 1954-28. June 1954 ) (acting)
Chairman of the Junta Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (June 29, 1954 - July 8, 1954 )
President Carlos Castillo Armas (July 8, 1954-1957 ) (until September 1, 1954 Juntavorsizender )

Haiti Heads of State and Head of Government: President Paul Eugène Magloire (1950-1956)

Honduras Heads of State and Head of Government: President Juan Manuel Gálvez ( 1949-5. December 1954 )
Supreme President Julio Lozano Díaz (6 December 1954-1956)

Cuba Heads of State and Head of Government: President Fulgencio Batista (1940-1944, 1952-1959)

Nicaragua Heads of State and Head of Government: President Anastasio Somoza García (1937-1947, 1950-1956)

Panama Heads of state and head of government: President Jose Antonio Remon Cantera (1952-1955)

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 Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1952-1956, 1960-1964, 1985-1989)

Brazil Heads of State and Head of Government: President Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945, 1951-24. August 1954 )
President João Café Filho (24 August 1954-1956)

Chile Heads of State and Head of Government: President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1927-1931, 1952-1958)

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: President José María Velasco Ibarra (1934-1935, 1944-1947, 1952-1956, 1960-1961, 1968-1972)

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1953-1957)

Paraguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Federico Chaves ( 1949-8. May 1954 ) ( to 1953 provisional)
President Tomás Romero Pereira (May 8, 1954-15. August 1954 ) (acting)
President Alfredo Stroessner (August 15, 1954-1989 )

Peru Head of state: President Manuel A. Odría (1949-1950, 1950-1956)
Head of government: Prime Minister Zenón Noriega Agüero ( 1950-9. August 1954 ) (1950 State)
Prime Minister Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (1947-1948, August 9, 1954-1956)

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: Chairman of the Mationalrat Andrés Martínez Trueba (1951-1956) ( until 1952 President )

Venezuela Heads of State and Head of Government: President Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1952-1958) ( until 1953 provisional)

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

Bhutan Head of state: King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1952-1972)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jigme Palden Dorji (1952-1964)

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

Ceylon ( Sri Lanka since 1972 ) Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1972) Governor General: Herwald Ramsbotham ( 1949-17. July 1954 )
Oliver Goonetilleke (17 July 1954-1962 )

China Party Leader: Chairman The Communist Party of China Mao Zedong (1934-1976)
Head of state: Chairman of the People's Republic of Mao Zedong (1949-1959) ( until September 27, 1954 Chairman of the Central People's Government )
Head of government: Prime Minister Zhou Enlai (1949-1976)

Republic of China ( Taiwan) Head of state: President Chiang Kai- shek (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 )
Head of government: Minister Chen Cheng ( 1950-7. June 1954, 1958-1963 )
Prime Minister Yu Hung- Chun (7 June 1954-1958 )

India Head of state: President Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)

Indonesia Head of state: President Sukarno (1945-1967)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo (1953-1955, 1956-1957)

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989) (1921-1926 Regent )
Head of government: Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (1946-1947, 1948-10. December 1954 )
Prime Minister Hatoyama Ichirō (10 December 1954-1956)

Cambodia Head of state: King Norodom Sihanouk (1941-1955)
Head of government: Prime Minister Chan Nak ( 1953-7. April 1954 )
Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk (1945, 1950, 1952-1953, April 7, 1954-18. April 1954, 1955-1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1962 )
Prime Minister Nouth Penn (1948-1949, 1953, 1954-1955 April 18, 1958, 1961, 1968-1969, 1975-1976 )

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 Baek Du- jin ( 1952-28. June 1954 )
Prime Minister Byeon Yeong -tae ( June 28, 1964 -28. November 1954 ) (Official abolished )

Laos Head of state: King List of the rulers of Laos Sisavang Vong (1904-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister Suvanna Phūmā ( 1951-20. October 1954, 1956-1958, 1960, 1962-1975 )
Prime Minister Kátay Don Sasōrit (20 October 1954-1956)

Nepal Head of state: King Tribhuvan (1911-1950, 1951-1955)
Head of government: Prime Minister Matrika Prasad Koirala (1951-1952, 1953-1955)

Pakistan Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1956) Governor General: Ghulam Muhammad (1951-1955)

Philippines Heads of State and Head of Government: President Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957)

Sikkim ( under Indian suzerainty ) Head of state: King Tashi Namgyal (1914-1963)
Head of government: Dewan John S. Lall (1949-1954)
Dewan Nari Kaikhosru Rustomji (1954-1959)

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

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: Nguyễn Phúc Prime Minister Bửu Lộc (January 16, 1954 June 16, 1954)
Phan Huy Quat Prime Minister (16 June 1954-26. June 1954 1965) (acting)
Ngo Dinh Diem prime minister (26 June 1954-1955 ) ( 1955-1963 President )

Southwest Asia

Iraq Head of state: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad Fadhel al - Jamali ( 1953-29. April 1954 )
Prime Minister Irshad al - Umari (1946, April 29, 1954-4. August 1954 )
Prime Minister Nuri as- Said (1930-1932, 1938-1940, 1941-1944, 1946-1947, 1949, 1950-1952, 1954-1957 August 4, 1958)

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Fazlollah Zahedi (1953-1955)

Israel Head of state: President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1952-1963)
Head of government: Prime Minister Moshe Scharet (1953-1955)

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 Hussein (1952-1999)
Head of government: Prime Minister Fawzi al - Mulki ( 1953-4. May 1954 )
Prime Minister Tawfiq Abu al - Huda (1938-1944, 1947-1950, 1951-1953, May 4, 1954 to 1955 )

Lebanon Head of state: President Camille Chamoun (1952-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Abdullah Aref al - Yafi (1938-1939, 1951-1952, 1953-17. September 1954, 1956, 1966, 1968-1969 )
Prime Minister Sami as- Solh (1942-1943, 1945-1946, 1952, September 17, 1954-1955, 1956-1958 )

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

Saudi Arabia Heads of State and Head of Government: King Saud ibn Abd al - Aziz (1953-1964)

Syria Head of state: President Adib al- Schischakl (1951, 1953-25. February 1954 ) ( Prime Minister 1953-1954 )
President Maamun al - Kuzbari (26 February 1954-28. February 1954, 1961)
Hashim al - Atassi President Khalid (1943-1949, 1949-1951, February 28, 1954-1955 ) (1920, 1949 Prime Minister )

Prime Minister Adib al- Shishakli ( 1953-1. March 1954 ) (1951, 1953-1954 President )
Prime Minister Sabri al - Assali (1 March 1954-19. June 1954, 1955, 1956-1958 )
Prime Minister Said al - Ghazzi (19 June 1954-29. October 1954, 1955-1956 )
Prime Minister Faris al - Churi (1944-1945, October 29, 1954-1955 )

Turkey Head of state: President Celâl Bayar (1950-1960) (1937-1939 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Adnan Menderes (1950-1960)

Central Asia

Afghanistan Head of State: King Mohammed Zahir Shah (1933-1973)

Mongolia Head of state: (acting) Süchbaataryn Jandschmaa ( 1953-7. July 1954 )
President Dschamsrangiin Sambuu (July 7, 1954-1972 )

Australasia

Australia Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Governor-General William Slim (1953-1960)

New Zealand Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Governor General: Charles Norrie (1952-1957)

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 Haxhi Lleshi (1953-1982)

Prime Minister Enver Hoxha ( 1946-20. July 1954 )
Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu (July 20, 1954-1981 )

Andorra Co - Prince: President of France: Vincent Auriol ( 1947-16. January 1954 )
René Coty (January 16, 1954-1959 )

Belgium Head of state: King Baudouin I (1951-1993)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jean Van Houtte ( 1952-23. April 1954 )
Prime minister Achille Van Acker (1945-1946, 1946, April 23, 1954-1958 )

Bulgaria Party leader: General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Walko Chervenkov ( 1949-4. March 1954 )
General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Todor Zhivkov (4 March 1954 to 1989 ) ( 1971-1989 State Council Chairman) ( 1962-1971 Prime Minister )

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

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: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, Walter Ulbricht (1950-1971) (1960-1973 State Council Chairman)
Head of state: President Wilhelm Pieck (1949-1960)
Head of government: Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl (1949-1964)

Finland Head of state: President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946-1956)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sakari Tuomioja ( 1953-5. May 1954 )
Prime Minister Ralf Törngren (5 May 1954-20. October 1954 )
Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen (1950-1953, October 20, 1954-1956) ( 1956-1982 President )

France Head of state: President Vincent Auriol ( 1947-16. January 1954 )
President René Coty (January 16, 1954-1959 )

President of the Council of Ministers Joseph Laniel ( 1953-19. June 1954 )
President of the Council of Ministers Pierre Mendès -France (June 19, 1954-1955 )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos (1952-1955)

Ireland Head of state: President Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1945-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister Éamon de Valera (1932-1948, 1951-2. June 1954, 1957-1959 ) ( 1959-1973 President )
Prime Minister John A. Costello (1948-1951, June 2, 1954-1957 )

Iceland Head of state: President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1952-1968) (1932-1934 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Ólafur Thors (1942, 1944-1947, 1949-1950, 1953-1956, 1959-1963 )

Italy Head of state: President Luigi Einaudi (1948-1955)
Head of government: Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella ( 1953-18. January 1954 )
Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani ( January 18, 1954 -8. February 1954, 1958-1959, 1960-1963, 1982-1983, 1987)
Prime Minister Mario Scelba (February 8, 1954 to 1955 )

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

Channel Islands Guernsey Head of state: Duchess Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Vice Governor: Thomas Elmhirst (1953-1958)

Head of state: Duchess Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Vice Governor: Gresham Nicholson (1953-1958)

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 Joseph Bech (1926-1937, 1953-1958)

Isle of Man Head of state: Lord of Man Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Vice Governor: Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (1952-1959)

Monaco Head of State: Prince Rainier III. (1949-2005)
Head of government: Henry Soum (1953-1959)

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 Oscar Torp (1951-1955)

Austria (1945-1955 under occupation law) Head of State: President Theodor Körner (1951-1957)
Head of Government: Chancellor Julius Raab (1953-1961)

Poland Party leader: first secretary Bolesław Bierut ( 1948-1956 ) ( to 17 March Secretary General) ( 1947-1952 President ) ( 1952-1954 Prime Minister )
Head of state: President Aleksander Zawadzki State Council (1952-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Bolesław Bierut ( 1952-19. March 1954 ) ( 1948-1956 Party leader ) ( 1974-1952 President )
Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (1947-1952, March 19 1954-1970 ) ( 1970-1972 State Council Chairman)

Portugal Head of state: President Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1951-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (1932-1968)

Romania Party leader: General Secretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu -Dej ( 1945-20. April 1954, 1955-1965 ) ( 1952-1954 Prime Minister ) ( 1961 to 1965 Head of State)
Secretary General Gheorghe Apostol (20 April 1954-1955 )

San Marino Captains Regent: Giordano Giacomini (1948-1949 October 1, 1953-1. April 1954, 1957) and Giuseppe Renzi (1948, October 1st 1953-1. April 1954 )
Giuseppe Forcellini (1946, 1950, April 1 1954-1. October 1954, 1959-1960 ) and Secondo Fiorini (1 April 1954-1. October 1954 )
Agostino Giacomini (1 October 1954-1. April 1955 ) and Luigi Montironi ( 1946-1947, 1950-1951, October 1st 1954-1. April 1955 )

Sweden Head of state: King Gustav VI. Adolf (1950-1973)
Head of government: Prime Minister Tage Erlander (1946-1969)

Switzerland German President: Rodolphe Rubattel (1954 )
Bundesrat: Philipp Etter (1934-1959)
Karl Kobelt ( 1941-31. December 1954 )
Max Pierre Petit (1945-1961)
Rodolphe Rubattel ( 1948-31. December 1954 )
Josef Escher ( 1950-9 December 1954 )
Markus Feldmann (1952-1958)
Max Weber ( 1952-31. January 1954 )
Hans Streuli (31 January 1954-1959 )

Soviet Union Party Leader: General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev (1953-1964) (1958-1964 Chairman of the Council of Ministers )
Head of state: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Kliment Voroshilov (1953-1960)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Georgi Malenkov (1953-1955)

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

Czechoslovakia Party Leader: President Antonín Novotný (1953-1968) (1957-1968 President )
Head of state: President Antonín Zápotocký (1953-1957) (1948-1953 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Viliam Široký (1953-1963)

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 István Dobi (1952-1967) (1948-1952 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Imre Nagy (1953-1955, 1956)

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

United Kingdom Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952) ( crowned 1953)
Head of government: Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1940-1945, 1951-1955)

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