List of state leaders in 1957

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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 Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954, 1954-1970 ) ( until 1956 Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council ) (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 Makonnen Endelkachew ( 1942-1. November 1957 )
Prime Minister Abebe Aragai (November 27, 1957-1960 )

Ghana (since March 6, 1957 independent) Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (6 March 1957 to 1960 ) Governor General: Charles Noble Arden -Clarke (6 March 1957-14. May 1957 )
Arku Korsah (14 May 1957-13. November 1957 ) (acting)
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (November 13, 1957-1960 )

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 ( 1954-26. May 1957 )
Prime Minister Abd al - Majid Kubar (May 26, 1957-1960 )

Morocco Head of State: King Mohammed V (1927-1953, 1955-1961) ( Sultan until 1957 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Mubarek Bekkai (1955-1958)

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

Sudan Unabhängigkeitsrat: Abdel Fattah Muhammad al- Maghrabi, Muhammad Ahmad Yasin, Ahmad Muhammad Salih, Muhammad Othman al - Dardiri, Siricio Iro Wani (1956-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Abdullah Khalil (1956-1958)

Tunisia Head of state: Lamine Bey Bey ( 1943-25. July 1957 )
President Habib Bourguiba (25 July 1957-1987 ) ( 1956-1957 Prime Minister )

America

North America

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

Prime Minister Louis Saint -Laurent ( 1948-21. June 1957 )
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (June 21, 1957-1963 )

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 José María López Lemus (1956-1960)

Guatemala Heads of State and Head of Government: (July 1954-26. , 1957 ) President Carlos Castillo Armas
President Luis Arturo González López ( 27 July 1957-24. October 1957 ) (acting)
Chairman of the Military Junta Óscar Mendoza Azurdia (24 October 1957-26. October 1957 )
President Guillermo Flores Avendaño (27 October 1957-1958 )

Haiti Heads of State and Head of Government: President Joseph Nemours Pierre- Louis ( 1956-4. February 1957 ) (acting)
President Franck Sylvain (7 February 1957-1. April 1957 ) (acting)
Chief of Staff Leon Cantave (1 April 1957-6. April 1957, 1957)
Executive Executive Council (6 April 1957-20. May 1957 )
Chief of Staff Leon Cantave (1957, May 20, 1957-25. May 1957 )
President Daniel Fignolé (25 May 1957-14. June 1957 )
Chairman of the Military Council Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau (14 June 1957-22. October 1957 )
President François Duvalier (22 October 1957-1971 )

Honduras Heads of State and Head of Government: military Government Héctor Caraccioli ( 1956-21. December 1957 )
Roque J. Rodríguez ( 1956-5. July 1957 )
Roberto Gálvez Barnes ( 1956-18. November 1957 )
Oswaldo López Arellano (18 November 1957-21. December 1957 ) ( 1963-1971, 1972-1975 President )

Cuba Head of state: President Fulgencio Batista (1952-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister Jorge García Montes ( 1955-26. March 1957)
Prime Minister Andrés Rivero Agüero (26 March 1957-1958 )

Nicaragua Heads of State and Head of Government: President Luis Somoza Debayle (1956-1963)

Panama Heads of state and head of government: President Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro (1956-1960)

South America

Argentina Heads of State and Head of Government: President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1955-1958) (acting)

Bolivia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Hernán Siles Zuazo (1952, 1956-1960, 1982-1985 )

Brazil Heads of State and Head of Government: President Juscelino Kubitschek (1956-1961)

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 Camilo Ponce Enríquez (1956-1960)

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ( 1953-10. May 1957 )
Chairman of the Military Junta Gabriel París Gordillo (May 10, 1957-1958 )

Paraguay Heads of State and Head of Government: President Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989)

Peru Head of state: President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche (1939-1945, 1956-1962)
Head of government: Prime Minister Manuel Cisneros Sánchez (1944-1945, 1956-1958)

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: ( March 1956-1. , 1957 ) Chairman of the Mationalrats Alberto Fermín Zubiría
Chairman of the Mationalrats Arturo Lezama (March 1, 1957-1958 )

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 ( 1952-13. March 1957)
President Win Maung (13 March 1957-1962 )

Prime Minister Ba Swe ( 1956-1. March 1957)
Prime Minister U Nu (1948-1956 March 1, 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, 1956-9. April 1957 )
Prime Minister Djuanda Kartawidjaja (9 April 1957-1963 ) ( from 1959 First Minister )

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989) (1921-1926 Regent )
Head of government: Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibashi ( 1956-25. February 1957 )
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi (February 25, 1957-1960 )

Cambodia Head of state: King Norodom Suramarit (1955-1960)
Head of government: Prime Minister San Yun ( 1956-9. April 1957 )
Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk (1945, 1950, 1952-1953, 1954, 1955-1956, 1956, 1956, April 9, 1957-27. July 1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1962 )
Prime Minister Sim Var (July 27, 1957-1958, 1958)

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 ( 1948-20. September 1957 )
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Choe Yong- gon (September 20, 1957-1972 )

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 Suvanna Phūmā (1951-1954, 1956-1958, 1960, 1962-1975 )

Federation of Malaya (since August 31, 1957 based) ( 1963 Malaysia) Head of state: King Tuanku Abdul Rahman (31 August 1957-1960 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman (August 31, 1957-1959, 1959-1970 )

Nepal Head of state: King Mahendra (1955-1972)
Head of government: Tanka Prasad Acharya Prime Minister ( 1956-26. July 1957 )
Prime Minister Kunwar Indrajit Singh (26 July 1957-14. November 1957 )
Vacant (November 14, 1957-1958 )

Pakistan Head of state: President Iskander Mirza (1956-1958) (1955-1956 Governor General)
Head of government: Prime Minister Husein Shahid Suhrawardy ( 1956-18. October 1957 )
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Prime Minister (October 18, 957-61. December 1957 )
Prime Minister Malik Feroz Khan Noon (December 16, 1957-1958 )

Philippines Heads of State and Head of Government: President Ramon Magsaysay ( 1953-17. March 1957)
President Carlos P. Garcia (17 March 1957-1961 )

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, 1948-17. September 1957 )
Pote Sarasin Prime Minister (September 21, 1957-1958 )

North Vietnam Head of state: President Hồ Chí Minh (1945-1969) (1945-1955 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng (1955-1976)

South Vietnam Heads of State and Head of Government: President Ngo Dinh Diem (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, 1954-20. June 1957, 1958)
Prime Minister Ali al - Jawdat Aiyubi (1934-1935, 1949-1950, June 20, 1957-15. December 1957 )
Prime Minister Abd al - Wahhab Marjan (15 December 1957-1958 )

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hossein Ala (1951, 1955-3. April 1957 )
Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal (3 April 1957-1960 )

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

Yemen Ruler: King Ahmad ibn Yahya (1948-1955, 1955-1962)

Jordan Head of state: King Hussein (1952-1999)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sulaimān to - Nābulusī ( 1956-13. April 1957 )
Prime Minister Abd al - Halim on - Nimr (13 April 1957-15. April 1957 )
Prime Minister al - Khalidi Husayin (15 April 1957-24. April 1957 )
Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashem (1933-1938, 1945-1947, 1955-1956, 1956, April 24, 1957-1958 )

Lebanon Head of state: President Camille Chamoun (1952-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sami as- Solh (1942-1943, 1945-1946, 1952, 1954-1955, 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 Shukri al - Quwatli (1943-1946, 1955-1958)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sabri al - Assali (1954, 1955-1955, 1956-1958 )

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 ( 1952-25. July 1957 )
Chief Justice Harold Eric Barrowclough (25 July 1957-3. September 1957, 1962) (acting)
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham ( 5 September 1957-1962 )

Prime Minister Sidney Holland ( 1949-20. September 1957 )
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake (20 September 1957-12. December 1957, 1960-1972 ) ( 1977-1980 Governor General)
Prime Minister Walter Nash (12 December 1957-1960 )

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, 1st Baron Norrie ( 1952-1957 )
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham ( 1957-1962 )

Prime Minister Sidney Holland ( 1949-12. December 1957 )
Prime Minister Walter Nash (12 December 1957-1960 )

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 Jugow Anton (1956-1962)

Denmark Head of State: King Frederick IX. (1947-1972)
Head of government: Prime Minister Hans Christian Svane Hansen (1955-1960)

Federal Republic of Germany 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 Urho Kekkonen (1956-1982) (1950-1953, 1954-1956 Prime Minister )
Head of government:
Head of government: Prime Minister Karl- August Fagerholm (1948-1950, 1956-27 May 1957, 1958-1959. ) Prime Minister Vieno Sukselainen (27 May 1957-29. November 1957, 1959-1961 )
Prime Minister Rainer Berndt of Fieandt (November 29, 1957-1958 )

France President René Coty (1954-1959)

President of the Council of Ministers Guy Mollet ( 1956-13. June 1957 )
President of the Council of Ministers Maurice Bourgès - Maunoury ( June 13, 1957 -6. November 1957 )
President of the Council of Ministers Félix Gaillard (November 6, 1957 to 1958 )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis (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, 1954-20. March 1957)
Prime Minister Éamon de Valera (1932-1948, 1951-1954 20 March, 1957-1959 ) ( 1959-1973 President )

Iceland Head of state: President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1952-1968) (1932-1934 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Hermann Jónasson (1934-1942, 1956-1958)

Italy Head of state: President Giovanni Gronchi (1955-1962)
Head of government: Prime Minister Antonio Segni ( 1955-19. May 1957, 1959-1960 ) ( 1962-1964 President )
Adone Zoli Prime Minister (May 19, 1957-1958 )

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)
Geoffrey Robson (1958-1964)

Head of state: Duchess Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Vice Governor: Gresham Nicholson (1953-1958)
George Erskine (1958-1963)

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 ( 1905-21. September 1957 ) ( 1940 to 1945 in exile in Britain )
King Olav V (21 September 1957-1991 )

Austria Head of state: Federal President Theodor Körner ( 1951-4. January 1957)
Chancellor Julius Raab (4 January 1957-24. May 1957 ) (acting)
Federal President Adolf Scharf (May 24, 1957-1965 )

Poland Party leader: first secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka ( 1943-1948, 1956-1970 )
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: 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 Petru Groza (1952-1958) (1945-1952 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister Chivu Stoica (1955-1961) (1965-1967 head of state )

San Marino Captains Regent: Mariano Ceccoli (1947-1948, 1952 October 1, 1956-1. April 1957 ) and Eugenio Bernardini ( 1952-1953 October 1, 1956-1. April 1957 )
Giordano Giacomini (1948-1949, 1953-1954, April 1 1957-10. October 1957 ) and Primo Marani (1 April 1957-10. October 1957 )
Provisional Government Federico Bigi (11 October 1957-23. October 1957 )
Alvaro Casali (1945, 1951, October 11, 1957-23. October 1957, 1960, 1965-1966, 1969-1970 )
Pietro Giancecchi (11 October 1957-23. October 1957, 1960-1961, 1968-1969 )
Giovanni Zaccaria Savoretti (11 October 1957-23. October 1957, 1958)

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

Switzerland German President: Hans Streuli (1957 )
Bundesrat: Philipp Etter (1934-1959)
Max Pierre Petit (1945-1961)
Markus Feldmann (1952-1958)
Hans Streuli (1954-1959)
Get Thomas Stone (1955-1959)
Giuseppe Lepori (1955-1959)
Paul Chaudet (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 Nikolai Bulganin (1955-1958)

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 ( 1953-13. November 1957 ) ( Prime Minister 1948-1953 )
Prime Minister Viliam Široký ( 13 November-19 November 1957) (acting)
President Antonín Novotný (19 November 1957-1968 ) ( 1953-1968 Party leader )

Hungary Party Leader: General Secretary of the Party of the Hungarian Working People's János Kádár (1956-1988) (1956-1958, Prime Minister 1961-1965 )
Head of state: Chairman of the Presidential Council István Dobi (1952-1967) (1948-1952 Prime Minister )
Head of government: Prime Minister János Kádár (1956-1958, 1961-1965) (1956-9188 Party leader )

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 Anthony Eden ( 1955-10. January 1957)
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (January 10, 1957-1963 )

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