List of state leaders in 1940

1939 state leaders - Events of 1940 - 1941 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1940
• List of international organization leaders in 1940

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 - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937–1943)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (5 September 1939 - 1948)
• 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
  • Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
    • President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1931–1943)
    • Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939–1945)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japanese)
    • proclaimed on March 30
    • President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940–1944)
• India
  • Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936–1947)
  • Viceroy - The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936–1943)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nobuyuki Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (1939–1940)
    2. Mitsumasa Yonai, Prime Minister of Japan (1940)
    3. Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1940–1941)
• Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932–1970)

Europe

• Albania
  • Monarch - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1939–1946) and Albania (1939–1943)
  • Prime Minister of Albania - Shefqet Bej Vërlaci (1939–1941)
• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince -
      1. Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932–1940)
      2. Philippe Pétain, Chief of State of France (1940–1944)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince -
      1. Justí Guitart i Vilardebó, Bishop of Urgell (1920–1940)
      2. Ricard Fornesa i Puigdemasa (acting), Vicar capitular of Urgell (1940–1943)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937–1960)
• Belgium -
  • Monarch - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934–1951)
  • Prime Minister - Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (22 February 1939-1945)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912–1947)
  • Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929–1942)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936–1949)
  • President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938–1945)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937–1948)
• Estonia
  • Republic of Estonia - Soviet occupation since June 21, Soviet Republic declared on July 21
    • President - Konstantin Päts, President of Estonia (1938–1940)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Jüri Uluots, Prime Minister of Estonia (1939–1940)
      2. Johannes Vares, Prime Minister of Estonia (1940) (Appointment declared illegal in 1944)
  • Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic - declared on July 21 and annexed by the Soviet Union on August 6
    • Prime Minister - Johannes Vares, Prime Minister of Estonia (1940)
• France
  • Head of State -
    1. Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932–1940)
    2. Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940–1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Édouard Daladier, President of the Council (1938–1940)
    2. Paul Reynaud, President of the Council (1940)
    3. Philippe Pétain, President of the Council (1940–1942)
• 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, Regent of Hungary (1920–1944)
  • Prime Minister - Count Pál Teleki (16 February 1939 - 3 April 1941)
• 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 Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938–1989)
  • Head of Government - Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928–1945)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919–1964)
  • Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937–1953)
• Netherlands (after May 1940 occupied by Germany, government-in-exile in London)
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dirk Jan de Geer, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1926–1929, 1939–1940)
    2. Pieter Gerbrandy, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1940–1945)
• Norway (after spring 1940 occupied by Germany, government-in-exile in London)
  • Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway, King of Norway (1905–1957)
  • Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935–1945)
• Poland (Government in exile)
  • President - Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939–1947)
  • Prime Minister - Władysław Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939–1943)
• Portugal -
  • President - António Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926–1951)
  • Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932–1968)
• Soviet Union
  • Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1953)
  • Head of State - Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1946)
• Spain -
  • Generalísimo - Francisco Franco, Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939–1975), (1939–1973)
• Sweden
  • Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936–1946)
• Turkey -
  • President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Refik Saydam, Prime Minister of Turkey (1939–1942)
• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937–1940)
    2. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939–1958)
  • Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939–1944)

North America

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936–1952)
  • Governor General -
    1. Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Governor General of Canada (1935–1940)
    2. Sir Lyman Poore Duff, Governor General of Canada (1940) acting
    3. The Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada (1940–1946)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935–1948)
• Costa Rica -
  1. León Cortés Castro, President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)
  2. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940–1944)
• Cuba
  • President
    1. Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba (1936–1940)
    2. Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1940–1944)
  • Premier
    1. Office created 10 October 1940
    2. Carlos Saladridgas, Premier of Cuba (1940–1942)
• México
  • President -
    1. Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (1934–1940)
    2. Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (1940–1946)
• United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933–1945)

Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939–1941)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918–1965)
  • Prime Minister - Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1923–1941)

South America

• Argentina - Roberto María Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938–1942)
• Bolivia
  1. Carlos Quintanilla, Provisional President of Bolivia (1939–1940)
  2. Enrique Peñaranda - President of Bolivia (1940–1943)
• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930–1945)
• Chile - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile (1938–1941)
• Colombia - Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938–1942)
• Ecuador -
  1. Andrés Córdova Nieto, Acting President of Ecuador (1939–1940)
  2. Julio E. Moreno, Interim President of Ecuador (1940)
  3. Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939–1944)
• Paraguay -
  1. José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay (1939–1940)
  2. Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940–1948)
• Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939–1945)
• Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938–1943)
• Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1935–1941)