List of state leaders in 1955

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

Africa

Egypt Head of state: Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954, 1954-1970 ) ( President from 1956 ) (1954, 1954 to 1958 head of government)
Head of government: Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser ( 1954.1954-1958 ) (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 Mustafa bin Halim (1954-1957)

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

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 Carlos Castillo Armas (1954-1957)

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

Honduras Heads of State and Head of Government: Supreme President Julio Lozano Díaz (1954-1956)

Cuba Head of state: President Fulgencio Batista (1952-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jorge García Montes (February 24, 1955-1957 )

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 José Antonio Remon Cantera ( 1952-2. January 1955 )
President José Ramón Valdés Guizado (2 January 1955-29. March 1955 )
President Ricardo Arias Manuel Espinoza (29 March 1955-1956 )

South America

Argentina Heads of State and Head of Government: President Juan Perón ( 1946-21. September 1955, 1973-1974 )
Chairman of the Military Junta, José Domingo Molina Gómez (21 September 1955-23. September 1955 )
President Eduardo Lonardi (23 September 1955-13. November 1955 ) (acting)
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu President (November 13, 1955-1958 ) (acting)

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 João Café Filho (1954-1956)
President of the Senate Carlos Coimbra da Luz (9 November 1955-11. November 1955 ) (acting)
Vice- President of the Senate Nereu Ramos de Oliveira (November 11, 1955-1956 ) (acting)

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 Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989)

Peru Head of state: President Manuel A. Odría (1949-1950, 1950-1956)
Head of government: Prime Minister Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (1947-1948, 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: Oliver Goonetilleke (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 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: Prime Minister Yu Hung- Chun (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)
Prime Minister Burhanuddin Harahap (August 11, 1955-1956 )

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989) (1921-1926 Regent )
Head of government: Prime Minister Hatoyama Ichirō (1954-1956)

Cambodia Head of state: King Norodom Sihanouk ( 1941-3. March 1955 )
King Norodom Suramarit (March 3, 1955 to 1960 )

Prime Minister Nouth Penn (1948-1949, 1953, 1954-25. January 1955, 1958, 1961, 1968-1969, 1975-1976 )
Prime Minister Leng Ngeth (25 January 1955-5. October 1955 )
Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk (1945, 1950, 1952-1953, 1954 October 3, 1955 to 1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1962 )

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 Heads of State and Head of Government: President Rhee Syng -man (1948-1960)

Laos Head of state: King List of the rulers of Laos Sisavang Vong (1904-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister Kátay Don Sasōrit (1954-1956)

Nepal Head of state: King Tribhuvan (1911-1950, 1951-13. March 1955 )
King Mahendra (March 14, 1955-1972 )

Matrika Prasad Koirala Prime Minister (1951-1952, 1953-2. March 1955 )
Vacant (2 March 1955 to 1956 )

Pakistan Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1956) Governor General: Ghulam Muhammad (1951-1955)
Iskander Mirza (7 August 1955-1956 ) (acting since 6 October 1955) ( 1956-1958 President )

Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra ( 1953-11. August 1955 )
Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (11 August 1955-1956 )

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 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) (1945-1955 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Hồ Chí Minh Prime Minister ( 1945-20. September 1955 ) ( 1945-1969 President )
Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (September 20, 1955-1976 )

South Vietnam Head of state: President Bảo Dai ( 1949-26. October 1955 )
President Ngo Dinh Diem (October 26, 1955-1963 ) ( 1954-1955 Prime Minister )

Middle East

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, 1950-1952, 1954-1957, 1958)

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Fazlollah Zahedi ( 1953-7. April 1955 )
Prime Minister Hossein Ala (1951, April 7, 1955 to 1957 )

Israel Head of state: President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1952-1963)
Head of government: Prime Minister Moshe Scharet ( 1953-3. November 1955 )
Prime Minister David Ben- Gurion (1948-1953, November 3, 1955 to 1963 )

Yemen ruler: King Ahmad ibn Yahya ( 1948-31. March 1955, 1955-1962 )
King Abdullah ibn Yahya (31 March 1955-5. April 1955 )
King Ahmad ibn Yahya (1948-1955, April 5, 1955 to 1962 )

Jordan Head of state: King Hussein (1952-1999)
Head of government: Prime Minister Tawfiq Abu al - Huda (1938-1944, 1947-1950, 1951-1953, 1954-30. May 1955 )
Sa ʿ id Prime Minister al - Mufti (1950, May 30, 1955-15. December 1955, 1956)
Prime Minister Hazza al- Majali (15 December 1955-21. December 1955, 1959-1960 )
Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashem (1933-1938, 1945-1947, December 21, 1955-1956, 1956, 1957-1958 )

Lebanon Head of state: President Camille Chamoun (1952-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sami as- Solh (1942-1943, 1945-1946, 1952, 1954-19. September 1955, 1956-1958 )
Prime Minister Rashid Karami (September 19, 1955-1956, 1958-1960, 1961-1964, 1965-1966, 1966-1968, 1969-1970, 1975-1976, 1984-1987)

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: Hashim al - Atassi President Khalid (1943-1949, 1949-1951, 1954-6. September 1955 ) (1920, 1949 Prime Minister )
President Shukri al - Quwatli (1943-1946, September 6, 1955 to 1958 )

Prime Minister Faris al - Churi (1944-1945, 1954-13. February 1955 )
Prime Minister Sabri al - Assali (1954, February 13, 1955-13. September 1955, 1956-1958 )
Prime Minister Said al - Ghazzi (1954, September 13, 1955-1956 )

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: President Dschamsrangiin Sambuu (1954-1972)
Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Jumdschaagiin Tsedenbal (1952-1974)

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)
Head of government: Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu (1954-1981)

Andorra Co - Prince: President of France: René Coty (1954-1959)
Bishop of Urgell: Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1943-1969)

Belgium Head of state: King Baudouin I (1951-1993)
Head of government: Prime Minister Achille Van Acker (1945-1946, 1946, 1954-1958 )

Bulgaria Party Leader: General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Todor Zhivkov (1954-1989) (1971-1989 State Council Chairman) (1962-1971 Prime Minister )
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 Hans Hedtoft (1947-1950, 1953-29. January 1955 )
Prime Minister Hans Christian Svane Hansen (February 1, 1955 to 1960 )

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 René Coty (1954-1959)

President of the Council of Ministers Pierre Mendès -France ( 1954-23. February 1955 )
President of the Council of Ministers Edgar Faure (1952, February 23, 1955-1956 )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos ( 1952-4. October 1955 )
Prime Minister Stephanos Stephanopoulos (4 October 1955-6. October 1955, 1965-1966 ) (acting)
Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis ( October 6 1955-1958, 1958-1961, 1961-1963, 1974-1980 ) ( 1980-1985, 1990-1995 State President )

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 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 ( 1948-11. May 1955 )
President Giovanni Gronchi (May 11, 1955-1962 )

Prime Minister Mario Scelba ( 1954-6. July 1955 )
Prime Minister Antonio Segni (July 6, 1955-1957, 1959-1960 ) ( 1962-1964 President )

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 ( 1951-22. January 1955 )
Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen (1945-1951 22 January, 1955-1963, 1963-1965 )

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) (1947-1952 President ) ( 1952-1954 Prime Minister )
Head of state: President Aleksander Zawadzki State Council (1952-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (1947-1952, 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: Secretary General Gheorghe Apostol ( 1954-30. September 1955 )
General Secretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu -Dej (1945-1954, September 30, 1955-1965 ) ( 1952-1954 Prime Minister ) ( 1961 to 1965 Head of State)

Prime Minister Gheorghe Gheorghiu -Dej ( 1952-2. October 1955 ) ( 1945-1954,1955-1965 party leader ) ( 1961-1965 head of state )
Prime Minister Chivu Stoica (October 2, 1955 to 1961 ) ( 1965 to 1967 Head of State)

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 )
Domenico Forcellini ( '1947 - 1948, 1951-1952, April 1 1955-1. October 1955, 1958-1959, 1962, 1967-1968 ) and Vittorio Meloni (1 April 1955-1. October 1955 )
Primo Bugli (1949, October 1st 1955-1. April 1956, 1973, 1976-1977 ) and Giuseppe Maiani (1 October 1955-1. April 1956, 1982)

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

Switzerland German President: Max Pierre Petit (1950, 1955, 1960)
Bundesrat: Philipp Etter (1934-1959)
Max Pierre Petit (1945-1961)
Markus Feldmann (1952-1958)
Hans Streuli (1954-1959)
Get Thomas Stone (1 January 1955-1959 )
Giuseppe Lepori (January 1, 1955-1959 )
Paul Chaudet (January 1, 1955-1966 )

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 ( 1953-8. February 1955 )
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikolai Bulganin (February 8, 1955 to 1958 )

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 ( 1953-18. April 1955, 1956)
Prime Minister András Hegedüs (18 April 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, 1951-6. April 1955 )
Prime Minister Anthony Eden (6 April 1955-1957 )

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