List of state leaders in 1940

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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 Ali Maher Pasha ( 1939-28. June 1940 )
Prime Minister Hassan Sabry Pasha ( 28 June to 14 November 1940)
Hussein Sirri Pasha, Prime Minister (November 14, 1940-1942 )

Ethiopia ( Italian) King Victor Emmanuel III. , Emperor of Ethiopia (1936-1941)

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 Christiaan Smuts (1939-1948)

America

North America

Canada Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General: John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir ( 1935-11 February. , 1940 )
Prince Alexander Cambridge (21 June 1940-1946 )
Head of government: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1935-1948)

Mexico Heads of State and Head of Government: President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río ( 1934-1. December 1940 )
President Manuel Ávila Camacho (1 December 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 León Cortés Castro ( 1936-8. May 1940 )
President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (8 May 1940-1944 )

Dominican Republic Heads of State and Head of Government: President Jacinto Bienvenido Reynado ( 1938-7. March 1940 )
President Manuel Troncoso de la Concha (12 March 1940-1942 )

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 Sténio Vincent (1930-1941)

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

Cuba Heads of State and Head of Government: President Federico Laredo Brú ( 1936-10. October 1940 )
President Fulgencio Batista (10 October 1940-1944 )

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

Panama Heads of State and Head of Government: (acting) Augusto Samuel Boyd ( 1939-1. October 1940 )
President Arnulfo Arias (October 1, 1940-1941 )

South America

Argentina Heads of State and Head of Government: President Roberto María Ortiz (1938-1942)

Bolivia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Carlos Quintanilla ( 1939-15. April 1940 )
President Enrique Penaranda (April 15, 1940-1943 )

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

Chile Heads of State and Head of Government: President Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1938-1941)

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: (acting) Andrés Córdova ( 1939-10. August 1940 )
(acting) Julio Enrique Moreno ( 10 August-1 September 1940)
President Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (1 September 1940-1944 )

Colombia Heads of state and head of government: President Eduardo Santos (1938-1942)

Paraguay Heads of State and Head of Government: General José Félix Estigarribia ( 1939-7. September 1940 )
General Higinio Morinigo (September 7, 1940 to 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 Eleazar López Contreras (1935-1941)

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 Abe Nobuyuki ( 1939-16. January 1940 )
Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai ( 16 January to 22 July 1940)
Prime Minister Prince Konoe Fumimaro (July 22, 1940-1941 )

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 ( 1938-21. March 1940 )
Prime Minister Rashid Ali al - Kaylani (March 21, 1940-1941 )

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

Persia (now Iran) Head of state: Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925-1941)
Head of government:?

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 Robert Menzies (1939-1941)

New Zealand Head of state: King George VI. (1936-1952)
Governor General Viscount Monckton - Arundell, George (1935-1941)
Head of government: Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage ( 1935-27. March 1940 )
Prime Minister Peter Fraser (27 March 1940-1949 )

Europe

Andorra Co - Prince: President of France: Albert Lebrun (1932-1940)
Henri Philippe Pétain (1940-1944)
Bishop of Urgell: Justi Guitart i Vilardebó (1920-1940)
Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1940-1969)

Belgium ( occupied from May) 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 Georgi Kjoseiwanow ( 1935-16. February 1940 )
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Bogdan Filow (February 16, 1940-1943 )

Denmark ( occupied from April ) Head of state: King Christian X (1912-1947)
Head of government: Minister of State Thorvald Stauning (1929-1942)

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

Estonia ( occupied June to August) Head of state: President Konstantin Pats (. 1933-23 July 1940 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Jüri Uluots (. 1939-21 June 1940 )

Finland Head of state: President Kyösti Kallio ( 1937-19. December 1940 )
President Risto Ryti (19 December 1940-1944 )
Head of government: Minister of State Risto Ryti (1939-1941)

France ( occupied from June) Head of state: President Albert Lebrun (1932-1940)
President of the Vichy regime Henri Philippe Pétain (1940-1944)
Military Governor General Alexander Falkenhausen (1940-1944)
Head of government: President of the Ministerial Council Édouard Daladier ( 1938-21. March 1940 )
President of the Council of Ministers Paul Reynaud ( 21 March-16 June 1940)
President of the Council of Ministers Philippe Pétain ( 16 June-11 July 1940)

Greece Head of state: King George II (1935-1941)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas (1936-1941)

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)

Yugoslavia Head of state: King Peter II (1934-1941, nominal)
Regent Prince Paul (1934-1941)
Head of government: Prime Minister Milan Stojadinović (1935-1939)
Prime Minister Dragiša Cvetković (1939-1941)

Latvia (busy June to August) Head of state: President Karlis Ulmanis ( 1936-21. July 1940 )
President Kirhenšteins August ( 21 July-25 August 1940)
Head of government: Prime Minister Karlis Ulmanis (. 1934-22 June 1940 )

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

Lithuania (busy June to August) Head of state: President Antanas Smetona ( 1926-15. June 1940 )
(acting) Prime Minister Antanas Merkys ( 15 June to 17 June 1940)
President Justas Paleckis ( 17 June-21 July 1940)
Head of government: Prime Minister Antanas Merkys ( 1939-15 Juni1940. )

Luxembourg ( occupied from May) 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 Roblot Émile (1937-1944)

Netherlands ( occupied from May) Head of state: Queen Wilhelmina (1890-1948)
Governor: Reich Commissioner Arthur Seyss- Inquart (1940-1945)
Head of government: Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer ( 1939-4 September 1940. )

Norway ( occupied from April ) Head of state: King Haakon VII (1906-1957)
Governor: Empire Josef Terboven (April 24, 1940-1945 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold (1935-1940)

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 Charles II ( 1930-6. September 1940 )
King Michael I (September 6, 1940 to 1947 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Gheorghe Tătărescu ( 1939-4. July 1940 )
Prime Minister Ion Gigurtu ( 4 July to 4 September 1940)
Prime Minister Ion Antonescu (September 4, 1940 to 1944 )

San Marino Captains Regent: Marino Michelotti, Orlando reffi ( 1939-1. April 1940 )
Angelo Manzoni Borghesi, Filippo Mularoni ( 1 April to 1 October 1940)
Federico Gozi, Salvatore Foschi (October 1, 1940-1941 )

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

Switzerland German President: Marcel Pilet- Golaz (1934, 1940)
Federal: John Baumann, Enrico Celio ( from 22 Feb), Philipp Etter, Rudolf Minger (until 10 Dec.), Giuseppe Motta ( to January 23 ), Hermann Obrecht ( until July 31 ), Marcel Pilet Golaz, Walther Stampfli (from July 31 ), Eduard von Steiger ( as of 10 Dec.), Serious Weather

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 Kalinin (1922-1946)
Head of Government (Nominal): Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov ( 1930-1941 )
Head of government ( de facto): General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin ( 1922-1953 )

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:?

Hungary Head of state: Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
Head of government: Prime Minister Pál Teleki (1939-1941)

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 Arthur Neville Chamberlain ( 1937-10. May 1940 )
Prime Minister Winston Churchill (May 10, 1940-1945 )

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