List of state leaders in 1952

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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 ( 1936-26. July 1952 )
King Fu'ad II (July 26, 1952-1953 )

Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas Pasha - to (1928, 1930, 1936-1937, 1942-1944, 1950-27. January 1952 )
Prime Minister Ali Maher Pasha (1936, 1939-1940 27 January, 1952-2. March 1952, 1952)
Prime Minister Ahmad Pasha Naguib Hilali (2 March 1952-2. July 1952, 1952)
Hussein Sirri Pasha, Prime Minister (1940-1942, 1949-1950, July 2, 1952-22. July 1952 )
Prime Minister Ahmad Naguib Hilali Pasha (1952, July 22 1952-23. July 1952 )
Prime Minister Ali Maher Pasha (1936, 1939-1940, 1952, July 23, 1952-7. September 1952 )
Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Naguib (September 7, 1952-1954, 1954) ( 1953-1954, 1954 President )

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 (1951-1954, 1964-1965)

South Africa Head of state: King George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen Elizabeth II (February 6, 1952-1961 )
Governor General Ernest George Jansen (1951-1959)

America

North America

Canada Head of state: King George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen: Elizabeth II ( since 6 February 1952 )
Governor General: Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis ( 1946-28 February. , 1952 )
Vincent Massey (February 28, 1952-1959 )

Mexico Heads of State and Head of Government: ( November 1946-30. , 1952 ) President Miguel Alemán Valdés
President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (December 1, 1952-1958 )

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, 1942-16. August 1952 )
President Hector Bienvenido Trujillo Molina (August 16, 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 (1951-1954)

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 (1949-1954)

Cuba Head of state: President Carlos Prio Socarrás ( 1948-10. March 1952 )
President Fulgencio Batista (1940-1944, March 10, 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 Alcibiades Arosemena ( 1951-1. October 1952 )
President José Antonio Remon Cantera (October 1, 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 Hugo Ballivián ( 1951-11. April 1952 )
President Hernán Siles Zuazo (11 April 1952-16. April 1952, 1956-1960, 1928-1985 )
President Víctor Paz Estenssoro (April 16, 1952-1956, 1960-1964, 1985-1989 )

Brazil Heads of State and Head of Government: President Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945, 1951-1954)

Chile Heads of State and Head of Government: President Gabriel González Videla ( 1946-3. November 1952 )
President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1927-1931, November 3, 1952 to 1958 )

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Galo Plaza Lasso ( 1948-1. September 1952 )
President José María Velasco Ibarra (1934-1935, 1944-1947, September 1 1952-1956, 1960-1961, 1968-9172 )

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Laureano Gómez (1950-1953)
President Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (1951-1953) (acting)

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

Peru Head of state: President Manuel A. Odría (1949-1950, 1950-1956)
Head of government: Prime Minister Zenón Noriega Agüero (1950-1954) (1950 State)

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Andrés Martínez Trueba (1951-1956) (from March 1, 1952 Chairman of the Mationalrats )

Venezuela Heads of State and Head of Government: President Germán Suárez Flamerich ( 1950-2. December 1952 )
President Marcos Pérez Jiménez (2 December 1952-1958 ) ( until 1953 provisional)

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

Bhutan Head of state: King Jigme Wangchuk ( 1926-24. March 1952 )
King Jigme Dorje Wangchuck (March 24, 1952-1972 )

Burma ( Myanmar since 1989 ) Head of state: President Sao Shwe Thaik ( 1948-13. March 1952 )
President U Ba (13 March 1952-1957 )

Ceylon ( Sri Lanka since 1972 ) Head of state: King George VI. ( 1948-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen Elizabeth II (February 6, 1952-1972 ) Governor General: Herwald Ramsbotham (1949-1954)

Prime Minister Don Stephen Senanayake ( 1947-22. March 1952 )
Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake Shelton (26 March 1952-1953, 1960, 1970-1975 )

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 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: Prime Minister Chen Cheng (1950-1954, 1958-1963)

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 Soekiman Wirjosandjojo ( 1951-1. April 1952 )
Prime Minister Wilopo (April 1, 1952 to 1953 )

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 Chang Myon ( 1950-24. April 1952, 1960-1961 )
Prime Minister Yi Yun -yong (April 24, 1952-6. May 1952 ) (acting)
Prime Minister Jang Taek -sang (6 May 1952-6. October 1952 )
Prime Minister Baek Du- jin (October 9, 1952 to 1954 )

Nepal Head of state: King Tribhuvan (1911-1950, 1951-1955)
Head of government: Matrika Prasad Koirala Prime Minister ( 1951-13. August 1952, 1953-1955 )
Vacant ( August 13 1952-1953 )

Pakistan Head of state: King George VI. ( 1947-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen Elizabeth II (February 6, 1952-1956 ) Governor General: Ghulam Muhammad (1951-1955)

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)

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: Trần Văn Hữu Prime Minister ( 1950-6. June 1952 )
Nguyễn Văn Tâm Prime Minister (June 6, 1952 to 1953 )

Southwest Asia

Iraq Head of state: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Nuri as- Said (1930-1932, 1938-1940, 1941-1944, 1946-1947, 1949, 1950-12. July 1952, 1954-1957, 1958)
Prime Minister Mustafa Mahmoud al - Umari (12 July 1952-23. November 1952 )
Prime Minister Nureddin Mahmud (November 23, 1952-1953 )

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh ( 1951-17. July 1952, 1952-1953 )
Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam (1921, 1922-1923, 1942-1973, 1946-1947, July 17, 1952-22. July 1952 )
Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh (1951-1952, July 22 1952 to 1953 )

Israel Head of state: President Chaim Weizmann ( 1948-9. November 1952 )
Speaker of Parliament Yosef Sprinzak (9 November 1952-10. December 1952 ) (acting)
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (December 8, 1952 to 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 Talal ( 1951-11. August 1952 )
King Hussein (August 11, 1952-1999 ) Regent: Regency Council (June 4, 1952 to 1953 )

Lebanon Head of state: President Béchara el- Khoury (1943, 1943-18. September 1952 ) ( 1927-1928, 1929 Prime Minister )
Army chief Fouad Chehab (18 September 1952-22. September 1952, 1958-1964 ) (1952 Premier )
President Camille Chamoun (September 23, 1952-1958 )

Prime Minister Abdullah Aref al - Yafi (1938-1939, 1951-11. February 1952, 1953-1954, 1956, 1968-1969 )
Prime Minister Sami as- Solh (1942-1943, 1945-1946, February 11, 1952-10. September 1952, 1954-1955, 1956-1958 )
Prime Minister Nazim al - Akkari (10 September 1952-14. September 1952 )
Prime Minister Saeb Salam (14 September 1952-18. September 1952 )
Prime Minister Fouad Chehab (September 18, 1952-1. October 1952 )
Prime Minister Khaled Chehab (1938, October 1st 1952 to 1953 )

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 Heads of State and Head of Government: President Fawzi Selu (1951-1953)

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)
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 ( 1939-26. January 1952 )
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Jumdschaagiin Tsedenbal (January 26, 1952-1974 )

Australasia

Australia Head of state: King George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952 ) Governor General William McKell (1947-1953)

New Zealand Head of state: King George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952 ) Governor General: Bernard Freyberg ( 1946-15. August 1952 )
Chief Justice Humphrey O'Leary (August 15, 1952-2. December 1952 ) (acting)
Charles Norrie (2 December 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 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 Baudouin I (1951-1993)
Head of government: Prime Minister Joseph Pholien ( 1950-15. January 1952 )
Prime Minister Jean Van Houtte (January 15, 1952-1954 )

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 Georgi Damjanow (1950-1958)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Wulko Chervenkov (1950-1956)

Denmark Head of State: King Frederick IX. (1947-1972)
Head of government: Prime Minister Erik Eriksen (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: 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 Urho Kekkonen (1950-1953, 1954-1956) (1956-1982 President )

France President Vincent Auriol (1947-1954)

President of the Council of Ministers René Pleven (1950-1951, 1951-20. January 1952 )
President of the Council of Ministers Edgar Faure ( 20 January to 8 March 1952 from 1955 to 1956 )
President of the Council of Ministers Antoine Pinay (8 March 1952-1953 )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras (1945, 1950, 1951-11. October 1952 )
Prime Minister Dimitrios Kiousopoulos ( 11 October-19 November 1952)
Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos (November 19, 1952-1955 )

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

Iceland Head of state: President Sveinn Björnsson ( 1944-25. January 1952 )
Triumvirate: Steingrímur Steinthorsson, Jón Pálmason, Jón Ásbjörnsson (January 25 - July 31, 1952 ) (acting)
President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (August 1, 1952-1968 ) ( 1932-1934 Prime Minister )

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 )

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

Channel Islands Guernsey Head of state:
Duke George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Duchess Elizabeth II ( since 6 February 1952 ) Vice Governor: Philip Neame (1945-1953)

Head of state:
Duke George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Duchess Elizabeth II ( since 6 February 1952 ) Vice Governor: Arthur Edward Grassett (1945-1953)

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. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Lord of Man Elizabeth II ( since 6 February 1952 ) Vice Governor: Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (1945-1952)
Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (1952-1959)

Monaco Head of State: Prince Rainier III. (1949-2005)
Head of government: Minister of State Pierre Voizard (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 Oscar Torp (1951-1955)

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

Poland Party Leader: Secretary General Bolesław Bierut (1948-1956) (1947-1952 President ) (1952-1954 Prime Minister )
Head of state: President Bolesław Bierut ( 1947-20. November 1952 ) ( party leader from 1948 to 1956 ) ( 1952-1954 Prime Minister )
State Council Chairman Aleksander Zawadzki (20 November 1952-1964 )

Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz ( 1947-20. November 1952, 1954-1970 ) ( 1970-1972 State Council Chairman)
Prime Minister Bolesław Bierut (20 November 1952-1954 ) ( 1948-1956 Party leader ) ( 1974-1952 President )

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 (1945-1954, 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 ( 1947-2. June 1952 )
President of the Presidium of the National Assembly Petru Groza (3 June 1952-1958 ) ( 1945-1952 Prime Minister )

Prime Minister Petru Groza (1945-1952) (1952-1958 head of state )
Prime Minister Gheorghe Gheorghiu -Dej (June 2, 1952-1955 ) ( 1945-1954,1955-1965 party leader ) ( 1961-1965 head of state )

San Marino Captains Regent: Domenico Forcellini (1947-1948 October 1, 1951-1. April 1952, 1955, 1958-1959, 1962, 1967-1968 ) and Giovanni Terenzi (1 October 1951-1. April 1952 )
Domenico Morganti (1 April 1952-1. October 1952 ) and Mariano Ceccoli ( 1947-1948, April 1 1952-1. October 1952 )
Arnaldo Para (1948, October 1st 1952-1. April 1953 ) and Eugenio Bernardini (1 October 1952-1. April 1953, 1956-1957 )

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

Switzerland German President: Karl Kobelt (1946, 1952)
Bundesrat: Philipp Etter (1934-1959)
Karl Kobelt (1941-1954)
Max Pierre Petit (1945-1961)
Rodolphe Rubattel (1948-1954)
Josef Escher (1950-1954)
Markus Feldmann (January 1, 1952-1958 )
Max Weber (January 1, 1952-1954 )

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 Sandor Ronai ( 1950-14. August 1952 )
Chairman of the Presidential Council István Dobi (August 14, 1952-1967 ) ( 1948-1952 Prime Minister )

Prime Minister István Dobi ( 1948-14. August 1952 ) ( 1952-1957 President )
Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi (1946, 1947 14 August, 1952-1953 ) ( 1945-1956 Party leader )

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

United Kingdom Head of state: King George VI. ( 1936-6 February. , 1952 )
Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952 )

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