List of state leaders in 1958

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

Africa

Egypt (22 February 1958-1961 with Syria united as United Arab Republic) 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 Abebe Aragai (1957-1960)

Ghana Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (1957-1960) Governor General William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel ( 1957-1960 )

Guinea (since October 2, 1958 independent) Heads of state and head of government: President Ahmed Sékou Touré (October 2, 1958 to 1984 )

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 Abd al - Majid Kubar (1957-1960)

Morocco Head of State: King Mohammed V (1927-1953, 1955-1961) ( until 1957 Sultan )
Head of government: Prime Minister Mubarek Bekkai ( 1955-12. May 1958 )
Prime Minister Ahmed Balafrej (12 May 1958-16. December 1958 )
Prime Minister Abdullah Ibrahim (16 December 1958-1960 )

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

Prime Minister John Gerhardus Strijdom ( 1954-24. August 1958 )
Stellverteretender Prime Minister Charles Robberts Swart (24 August 1956-3 September 1958. ) (acting) ( 1960 to 1961 Governor General, President 1961-1967 )
Prime Minister Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (3 September 1958-1966 )

Sudan Unabhängigkeitsrat: Abdel Fattah Muhammad al- Maghrabi, Muhammad Ahmad Yasin, Ahmad Muhammad Salih, Muhammad Othman al - Dardiri, Siricio Iro Wani ( 1956-17 November 1958. )
Head of state: President Ibrahim Abbud (November 18, 1958-1964 )
Head of government: Prime Minister Abdullah Khalil ( 1956-17. November 1958 )
Prime Minister Ibrahim Abbud (November 18, 1958-1964 )

Tunisia Heads of State and Head of Government: President Habib Bourguiba (1957-1987) (1956-1957 Prime Minister )

United Arab Republic (22 February 1958-1961 union of Egypt and Syria) Heads of State and Head of Government: President Gamal Abdel Nasser (22 February 1958-1961 )

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 ( 1952-30. November 1958 )
President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (December 1, 1958-1964 )

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, 1953-8. May 1958, 1970-1974 )
President Mario Echandi Jiménez (8 May 1958-1962 )

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: President Guillermo Flores Avendaño ( 1957-2. March 1958 )
President José Miguel Ramón Fuentes Idígoras (March 2, 1958 to 1963 )

Haiti Heads of State and Head of Government: President François Duvalier (1957-1971)

Honduras Heads of State and Head of Government: President José Ramón Villeda Morales (1957-1963)

Cuba Head of state: President Fulgencio Batista (1952-1959)
Head of government: Prime Minister Andrés Rivero Agüero ( 1957-6. March 1958 )
Prime Minister Emilio Núñez Portuondo (6 March 1958-12. March 1958 )
Prime Minister Gonzalo Güell y Morales de los Ríos (12 March 1958-1959 )

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)

West Indies Federation (1958-1962 Federation of British colonies) Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (3 January 1958-1962 ) Governor General Patrick Buchan - Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes (3 January 1958-1962 )

South America

Argentina Heads of State and Head of Government: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu President ( 1955-1. May 1958 ) (acting)
President Arturo Frondizi (1 May 1958-1962 )

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, 1952-3. November 1958 )
President Jorge Alessandri (November 3, 1958 to 1964 )

Ecuador Heads of State and Head of Government: President Camilo Ponce Enríquez (1956-1960)

Colombia Heads of State and Head of Government: ( August 1957-7. , 1958 ) Chairman of the Military Junta Gabriel París Gordillo
President Alberto Lleras Camargo (1945-1946, August 7, 1958-1962 )

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, 1956-9. June 1958 )
Prime Minister Luis Gallo Porras (1944-1945, June 9th 1958 to 1959 )

Uruguay Heads of State and Head of Government: Chairman of the Mationalrats Arturo Lezama ( 1957-1. March 1958 )
Chairman of the Mationalrats Carlos Fischer (March 1, 1958-1959 )

Venezuela Heads of State and Head of Government: President Marcos Pérez Jiménez ( 1952-23. January 1958) ( until 1953 provisional)
President Wolfgang Larrazábal (23 January 1958-14. November 1958 )
President Edgar Sanabria (November 14, 1958-1959 )

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)

Brunei Ruler: Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III. (1950-1967)

Burma ( Myanmar since 1989 ) Head of state: President Win Maung (1957-1962)
Head of government: Prime Minister U Nu (1948-1956, 1957-29. October 1958, 1960-1962 )
Minister Ne Win (October 29, 1958-1960, 1962-1974 ) ( 1962-1981 President )

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 ( 1954-30. June 1958 )
Minister Chen Cheng (1950-1954, June 30, 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 Djuanda Kartawidjaja (1957-1963) (from the 1959 First Ministers )

Japan Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989) (1921-1926 Regent )
Head of government: Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi (1957-1960)

Cambodia Head of state: King Norodom Suramarit (1955-1960)
Head of government: Prime Minister Sim Var ( 1957-11. January 1958, 1958)
Prime Minister Ek Yi Qun (11 January 1958-17. January 1958)
Prime Minister Nouth Penn (1948-1949, 1953, 1954-1955 17 January, 1958-24. April 1958, 1961, 1968-1969, 1975-1976 )
Prime Minister Sim Var (1958, April 24, 1958-10. July 1958 )
Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk (1945, 1950, 1952-1953, 1954, 1955-1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, July 10, 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, Choe Yong- gon (1957-1972)
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 Suvanna Phūmā (1951-1954, 1956-17. August 1958, 1960, 1962-1975 )
Prime Minister Phoui Sananikone (1950-1951, August 17, 1958-1959 )

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

Nepal Head of state: King Mahendra (1955-1972)
Head of government: vacant ( 1957-15. May 1958 )
Subarna Shamsher Rana Prime Minister (May 15, 1958-1959 )

Pakistan Head of state: President Iskander Mirza ( 1956-27. October 1958 ) ( 1955 to 1956 Governor General)
President Muhammad Ayub Khan (27 October 1958-1969 ) (1958 Premier )

Prime Minister Malik Feroz Khan Noon ( 1957-7. October 1958 )
Prime Minister Muhammad Ayub Khan ( 7 October 1958-28. October 1958 ) (Official abolished ) ( 1958-1969 President )

Philippines Heads of State and Head of Government: President Carlos P. Garcia (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: Pote Sarasin Prime Minister ( 1957-1. January 1958)
Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn (1 January 1958-20. October 1958, 1963-1973 )
Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat (20 October 1958-1963 ) ( until 1959 provisional)

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 )

Southwest Asia

Iraq (14 February 1958-14. July 1958 with Jordan joined the Arab Federation ) Head of state: King Faisal II ( 1939-14. July 1958 )
Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Muhammad Najib ar - ruba'i (July 14, 1958-1963 )

Prime Minister Abd al - Wahhab Marjan ( 1957-3. March 1958 )
Prime Minister Nuri as- Said (1930-1932, 1938-1940, 1941-1944, 1946-1947, 1949, 1950-1952, 1954-1957, March 3, 1958-18. May 1958 )
Prime Minister Ahmad Mukhtar Baban (18 May 1958-14. July 1958 )
Prime Minister Abd al- Karim Qasim (July 14, 1958-1963 )

Iran Head of state: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Head of government: Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal (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 (April 8, 1958 to 1961 part of the United Arab Republic) Ruler: King Ahmad ibn Yahya (1948-1955, 1955-1962)

Jordan (14 February 1958-14. United Iraq in July 1958 with the Arab Federation ) Head of state: King Hussein (1952-1999)
Head of government: Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashem (1933-1938, 1945-1947, 1955-1956, 1956, 1957-18. May 1958 )
Prime Minister Samir al- Rifa ʿ i (1944-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1956, May 18, 1958-1959, 1963)

Lebanon Head of state: President Camille Chamoun ( 1952-22. September 1958 )
President Fouad Chehab (1952, September 23, 1958-1964 ) (1952 Premier )

Prime Minister Sami as- Solh (1942-1943, 1945-1946, 1952, 1954-1955, 1956-20. September 1958 )
Prime Minister Khalil al - Hibri (20 September 1958-24. September 1958 ) (acting)
Prime Minister Rashid Karami (1955-1956 24 September, 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 (22 February 1958-1961 with Egypt united as United Arab Republic) Head of state: President Shukri al - Quwatli (1943-1946, 1955-22 February 1958. )
Head of government: Prime Minister Sabri al - Assali (1954, 1955-1955, 1956-22 February 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 Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham ( 1957-1962 )

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, 1954-26. June 1958 )
Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens (1949-1950, June 26, 1958-1961, 1968-1973 )

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 ( 1950-27. November 1958 )
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Georgi Georgiev Ivanov Nikolay Kulischew Gugow and (27 November 1958-30. November 1958 ) (acting)
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Dimitar GANEV (30 November 1958-1964 )

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: Prime Minister Rainer Berndt of Fieandt ( 1957-26. April 1958 )
Prime Minister Reino Iisakki Kuuskoski (26 April 1958-29. August 1958 )
Prime Minister Karl- August Fagerholm (1948-1950, 1956-1957 29 August 1958 to 1959 )

France President René Coty (1954-1959)

President of the Council of Ministers Félix Gaillard ( 1957-14. May 1958 )
President of the Council of Ministers Pierre Pflimlin (14 May 1958-1. June 1958 )
President of the Council of Ministers Charles de Gaulle (June 1, 1958-1959 ) ( 1944-1946 Head of the Provisional Government ), ( 1959-1969 President )

Greece Head of state: King Paul (1947-1964)
Head of government: Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis ( 1955-5. March 1958, 1958-1961, 1961-1963, 1974-1980 ) ( 1980-1985, 1990-1995 State President )
Prime Minister Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (5 March 1958-17. May 1958 )
Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis (1955-1958, May 17, 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 Éamon de Valera (1932-1948, 1951-1954, 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, 1956-23. December 1958 )
Prime Minister Emil Jónsson (23 December 1958-1959 )

Italy Head of state: President Giovanni Gronchi (1955-1962)
Head of government: Adone Zoli Prime Minister ( 1957-1. July 1958 )
Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani (1954, July 1, 1958-1959, 1960-1963, 1982-1983, 1987)

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: Geoffrey Robson (1958-1964)

Head of state: Duchess Elizabeth II ( since 1952) Vice Governor: 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, 1953-29. March 1958 )
Prime Minister Pierre Frieden (29 March 1958-1959 )

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: Minister of State Henry Soum (1953-1959)

Netherlands Head of state: Queen Juliana (1948-1980)
Head of government: Prime Minister Willem Drees ( 1948-22. December 1958 )
Prime Minister Louis Beel (1946-1948, December 22, 1958-1959 )

Norway Head of state: King Olav V (1957-1991)
Head of government: Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen (1945-1951, 1955-1963, 1963-1965)

Austria Head of State: President Adolf Scharf (1957-1965)
Head of Government: Chancellor Julius Raab (1953-1961)

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 ( 1951-9. August 1958 )
President Américo Tomás (9 August 1958-1974 )

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 ( 1952-7. January 1958) ( 1945-1952 Prime Minister )
President of the Presidium of the National Assembly Ion Gheorghe Maurer (January 11, 1958-1961 )

Giovanni Zaccaria Savoretti (1957, April 1 1958-1. October 1958 ) and Stelio Montironi (1 April 1958-1. October 1958, 1963, 1969)
Domenico Forcellini (1947-1948, 1951-1952, 1955 October 1, 1958-1. April 1959, 1962, 1967-1968 ) and Pietro reffi (1 October 1958-1. April 1959, 1965-1966 )

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

Switzerland President: Thomas Get Stein ( 1958)
Bundesrat: Philipp Etter (1934-1959)
Max Pierre Petit (1945-1961)
Markus Feldmann ( 1952-3. November 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 ( 1955-27. March 1958 )
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikita Khrushchev (27 March 1958-1964 ) ( 1953-1964 Party leader )

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 Novotný (1957-1968) (1953-1968 Party leader )
Head of government: Prime Minister Viliam Široký (1953-1963)

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 ( 1956-28. January 1958, 1961-1965 ) ( 1956-9188 Party leader )
Prime Minister Ferenc Munnich (January 28, 1958-1961 )

Vatican City Head of state: Pope Pius XII. ( 1939-9. October 1958 )
Pope John XXIII. (28 October 1958-1963 )

United Kingdom Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952) ( crowned 1953)
Head of government: Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (1957-1963)

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