List of state leaders in 1937

1936 state leaders - Events of 1937 - 1938 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1937
• List of international organization leaders in 1937

Africa

• Egypt - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936–1952)
• Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930–1944)
• South Africa
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Earl of Clarendon, Governor-General of South Africa, (1931–1937)
    2. Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa, (1937–1943)
  • Prime Minister - Barry Herzog, Prime Minister of South Africa (1924–1939)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911–1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929–1946)
• Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1931–1943)
  • Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1935–1938)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister
    1. Koki Hirota, Prime Minister of Japan (1936–1937)
    2. Senjuro Hayashi, Prime Minister of Japan (1937)
    3. Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939)
• Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932–1970)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1932–1939)
• New Zealand -
  • George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936–1952)
  • The Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand (1935–1941)
  • Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935–1940)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918–1965)
  • Prime Minister - Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1923–1941)

Europe

• Albania
  • Monarch - Zog I, King of Albania (1928–1939)
  • Prime Minister - Kostaq Kota (1936–1939)
• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932–1940)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Justí Guitart i Vilardebó, Bishop of Urgell (1920–1940)
  • First Syndic -
    1. Francesc Molné, First Syndic of Andorra (1936–1937)
    2. Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937–1960)
• Austria -
  • President - Wilhelm Miklas, President of Austria (1928–1938)
  • Chancellor - Kurt Schuschnigg, Chancellor of Austria (1934–1938)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934–1951)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Paul van Zeeland, Prime Minister of Belgium (1935–1937)
    2. Paul-Emile Janson, Prime Minister of Belgium (1937–1938)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912–1947)
  • Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929–1942)
• Estonia -
  • Head of State -
    1. Konstantin Päts, Prime Minister in duties of the State Elder of Estonia (1934–1937)
    2. Konstantin Päts, President-Regent of Estonia (1937–1938)
• Finland -
  • President -
    1. Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (1931–1937)
    2. Kyösti Kallio, President of Finland (1937–1940)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kyösti Kallio, Prime Minister of Finland (1936–1937)
    2. Aimo Cajander, Prime Minister of Finland (1937–1939)
• France -
  • President - Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932–1940)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Léon Blum, President of the Council (1936–1937)
    2. Camille Chautemps, President of the Council (1937–1938)
• Germany -
  • Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934–1945)
  • Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933–1945)
• Greece
  • Monarch - George II, King of the Hellenes (1935–1947)
  • Prime Minister - Ioannis Metaxas, Prime Minister of Greece (1936–1941)
• Hungary -
  • Regent - Miklós Horthy (1920–1944)
  • Prime Minister - Kálmán Darányi (1936–1938)
• Ireland
  • Irish Free State -
    • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936–1949)
    • Governor-General - vacant (1936–1937)
    • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (1932–1937)
  • Éire -
    • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936–1949)
    • President - Presidential Commission (1937–1938)
    • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937–1948)
• Italy -
  • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900–1946)
  • Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922–1943)
• Latvia
  • President - Kārlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936–1940)
  • Prime Minister - Kārlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934–1940)
• Liechtenstein -
  • Monarch - Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1929–1938)
  • Head of Government - Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928–1945)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919–1964)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1926–1937, 1953–1958)
    2. Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937–1953)
• Netherlands -
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Hendrik Colijn, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1925–1926, 1933–1939)
• Poland
  • President - Ignacy Mościcki, President of Poland (1926–1939)
  • Prime Minister - Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski, President of the Council of Ministers (1936–1939)
• Portugal -
  • President - António Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926–1951)
  • Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932–1968)
• Sweden
  • Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936–1946)
• Turkey - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (1923–1938)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. İsmet İnönü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1925–1937)
    2. Celal Bayar, Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1935–1937)
    2. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937–1940)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XI, Bishop of Rome (1929–1939)
  • Secretary of State - Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1930–1939)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936–1952)
  • Governor General - Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Governor General of Canada (1935–1940)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935–1948)
• Costa Rica - León Cortés Castro, President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)
• Cuba - Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba (1936–1940)
• United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933–1945)

South America

• Argentina - Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina (1932–1938)
• Bolivia
  1. David Toro, Chairman of the Government Junta - (1936–1937)
  2. Germán Busch - Chairman of the Government Junta - (1937–1939)
• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930–1945)
• Paraguay -
  1. Rafael Franco, President of Paraguay (1936–1937)
  2. Félix Paiva, President of Paraguay (1937–1939)
• Peru - Oscar R. Benavides, President of Peru (1933–1939)
• Uruguay - Gabriel Terra, President of Uruguay (1931–1938)
• Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1935–1941)