List of state leaders in 1947

1946 state leaders - Events of 1947 - 1948 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

• List of religious leaders in 1947
• List of international organization leaders in 1947

Africa

• Egypt
  • Monarch - Farouk, King of Egypt (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1946–1948)
• Ethiopia
  • Monarch - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1941–1974)
  • Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942–1957)
• Liberia
  • President - William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944–1971)
• South Africa
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Gideon Brand van Zyl, Governor-General of South Africa (1946–1951)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939–1948)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933–1973)
  • Prime Minister - Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946–1953)
• Bhutan
  • Monarch - Jigme Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1926–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Raja Sonam Tobgay Dorji, Chief Minister of Bhutan (1917–1952)
• China
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government of China (1943–1949)
  • Premier -
    1. T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1945–1947)
    2. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1947)
    3. Chang Ch'ün, President of the Executive Yuan of China (1947–1948)
• India
  • the British Raj was partinioned into India and Pakistan and gained independence on 15 August 1947
  • Monarch - George VI, King of India (1947–1950)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Archibald Wavell, The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943–1947)
    2. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (1947–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
• Indonesia
  • President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945–1947)
    2. Amir Sjarifuddin, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1947–1948)
• Iran
  • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941–1979)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ahmad Qavam, Prime Minister of Iran (1946–1947)
    2. Reza Sardar Fakher Hekmat, Prime Minister of Iran (1947)
    3. Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran (1947–1948)
• Iraq
  • Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939–1958)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1946–1947)
    2. Sayyid Salih Jabr, Prime Minister of Iraq (1947–1948)
• Japan (under Allied occupiation)
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1946–1947)
    2. Tetsu Katayama, Prime Minister of Japan (1947–1948)
  • Military Governor - Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (1945–1951)
• Jammu and Kashmir
  • Monarch - Maharaja Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (1925–1947)
  • President - Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, President of Azad Kashmir (1947–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Sheikh Abdullah, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir(1948–1953)
• Lebanon
  • President - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (1943–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Riad as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1946–1951)
• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leader - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, General secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1940–1954)
  • Head of State - Gonchigiin Bumtsend, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural of Mongolia (1940–1953)
  • Premier - Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Mongolia (1939–1952)
• Muscat and Oman
  • Monarch - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932–1970)
• Nepal
  • Monarch - Tribhuvan, King of Nepal (1911–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1945–1948)
• Pakistan
  • the British Raj was partinioned into India and Pakistan and gained independence on 15 August 1947
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Pakistan (1947–1952)
  • Governor-General - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan (1947–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947–1951)
• Philippines
  • President - Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines (1946–1948)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch - Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1932–1953)
• Siam (Thailand)
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Siam (1946–present)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi, Prime Minister of Siam (1946–1947)
    2. Khuang Abhaiwongse, Prime Minister of Siam (1947–1948)
• Syria
  • President - Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria (1943–1949)
  • Prime Minister - Jamil Mardam Bey, Prime Minister of Syria (1946–1948)
• Transjordan
  • Monarch - Abdullah I, King of Transjordan (1921–1951)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ibrahim Hashem, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1945–1947)
    2. Samir al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1947)
    3. Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Transjordan (1947–1950)
• Turkey
  • President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Recep Peker, Prime Minister of Turkey (1946–1947)
    2. Hasan Saka, Prime Minister of Turkey (1947–1949)
• North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
  • Communist Party Leader - Trường Chinh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1941–1956)
  • President - Hồ Chí Minh, President of North Vietnam (1945–1969)
  • Premier - Hồ Chí Minh, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of North Vietnam (1945–1955)
• South Vietnam (State of Vietnam)
  • Cochinchina changed name to South Vietnam on 8 October 1947
  • Head of State -
    1. Lê Văn Hoạch, President of the Provisional Government of Cochinchina (1946–1947)
    2. Nguyễn Văn Xuân, President of the Provisional Government of South Vietnam (1947–1949)
• Yemen
  • Monarch - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, King of Yemen (1904–1948)

Europe

• Albania
  • Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944–1985)
  • Head of State - Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1944–1953)
  • Premier - Enver Hoxha, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1944–1954)
• Andorra
  • Monarchs -
    • French Co-Prince -
      1. Léon Blum, French Co-Prince of Andorra (1946–1947)
      2. Vincent Auriol, French Co-Prince of Andorra (1947–1954)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Ramon Iglesias i Navarri, Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra (1943–1969)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937–1960)
• Austria (under Allied occupation)
  • President - Karl Renner, Federal President of Austria (1945–1950)
  • Chancellor - Leopold Figl, Federal Chancellor of Austria (1945–1953)
  • American military governor -
    1. Mark W. Clark (1945–1947)
    2. Geoffrey Keyes (1947–1950)
  • British military governor -
    1. Sir James Steele (1946–1947)
    2. Sir Alexander Galloway (1947–1950)
  • French military governor - Antoine Béthouart (1945–1950)
  • Soviet military governor - Vladimir Kurasov (1946–1949)
• Belgium
  • Monarch - Leopold III, King of the Belgians (1934–1951)
  • Regent - Prince Charles, Regent of Belgium (1944–1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Camille Huysmans, Prime Minister of Belgium (1946–1947)
    2. Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (1947–1949)
• Bulgaria
  • Head of State -
    1. Vasil Kolarov, Chairman of the Provisional Presidency of Bulgaria (1946–1947)
    2. Mincho Neychev, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1947–1950)
  • Premier - Georgi Dimitrov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria (1946–1949)
• Czechoslovakia
  • Communist Party Leader - Klement Gottwald, First Secretary of the Communisty Party of Czechoslovakia (1946–1953)
  • President - Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (1945–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Klement Gottwald, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1946–1948)
• Denmark
  • Monarch -
    1. Christian X, King of Denmark (1912–1947)
    2. Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947–1972)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Knud Kristensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945–1947)
    2. Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1947–1950)
• Éire (Ireland)
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936–1949)
  • President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945–1959)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach of Ireland (1937–1948)
• Finland
  • President - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946–1956)
  • Prime Minister - Mauno Pekkala, Prime Minister of Finland (1946–1948)
• France
  • Head of State -
    1. Léon Blum, Chairman of the Provisional Government of France (1946–1947)
    2. Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947–1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Léon Blum, Chairman of the Provisional Government of France (1946–1947)
    2. Paul Ramadier, President of the Council of Ministers of France (1947)
    3. Robert Schuman, President of the Council of Ministers of France (1947–1948)
• Germany (under Allied occupation)
  • American Zone
    • Military Governor -
      1. Joseph T. McNarney, Military Governor of the US Occupation Zone of Germany (1945–1947)
      2. Lucius D. Clay, Military Governor of the US Occupation Zone of Germany (1947–1949)
  • British Zone
    • Military Governor -
      1. Sir Sholto Douglas, Military Governor of the British Occupation Zone of Germany (1946–1947)
      2. Sir Brian Robertson, Military Governor of the British Occupation Zone of Germany (1947–1949)
  • French Zone
    • Military Governor - Marie Pierre Kœnig, Military Governor of the French Occupation Zone of Germany (1945–1949)
  • Soviet Zone
    • Military Governor - Vasily Sokolovsky, Military Governor of the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany (1946–1949)
• Greece -
  • Monarch -
    1. George II, King of the Hellenes (1935–1947)
    2. Paul, King of the Hellenes (1947–1964)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1946–1947)
    2. Dimitrios Maximos, Prime Minister of Greece (1947)
    3. Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Prime Minister of Greece (1947)
    4. Themistoklis Sophoulis, Prime Minister of Greece (1947–1949)
• Hungary
  • President - Zoltán Tildy, President of Hungary (1946–1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ferenc Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (1946–1947)
    2. Lajos Dinnyés, Prime Minister of Hungary (1947–1948)
• Iceland
  • President - Sveinn Björnsson, President of Iceland (1944–1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1944–1947)
    2. Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1947–1949)
• Italy
  • Head of State - Enrico De Nicola, Provisional Head of State of Italy (1946–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Alcide De Gasperi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1945–1953)
• Liechtenstein
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938–1989)
  • Prime Minister - Alexander Frick, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1945–1962)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919–1964)
  • Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, President of the Government of Luxembourg (1937–1953)
• Monaco
  • Monarch - Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1922–1949)
  • Head of Government - Pierre de Witasse, Minister of State of Monaco (1944–1948)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Regent - Crown Princess Juliana, Regent of the Netherlands (1947)
  • Prime Minister - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946–1948)
• Norway
  • Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905–1957)
  • Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1945–1951)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1943–1948)
  • President - Bolesław Bierut, President of Poland (1944–1952)
  • Premier -
    1. Edward Osóbka-Morawski, President of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1944–1947)
    2. Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1947–1952)
• Portugal
  • President - Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926–1951)
  • Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (1932–1968)
• Romania
  • Kingdom of Romania superseded by the Romanian People's Republic on 30 December 1947
  • Monarch - Michael, King of the Romanians (1940–1947)
  • Communist Party Leader - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1945–1954)
  • Head of State - Constantin Ion Parhon, Chairman of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly of Romania (1947–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Petru Groza, Prime Minister of Romania (1945–1952)
• San Marino
  • Captains Regent -
    1. Filippo Martelli and Luigi Montironi, Captains Regent of San Marino (October 1946–March 1947)
    2. Marino Della Balda and Luigi Zafferani, Captains Regent of San Marino (April–September 1947)
    3. Domenico Forcellini and Mariano Ceccoli, Captains Regent of San Marino (October 1947–March 1948)
• Soviet Union
  • Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin, Senior Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1953)
  • Head of State - Nikolay Shvernik, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1953)
  • Premier - Joseph Stalin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953)
• Spain
  • Head of State - Francisco Franco, Head of State of Spain (1936–1975)
  • Prime Minister - Francisco Franco, President of the Government of Spain (1939–1973)
• Sweden
  • Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907–1950)
  • Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946–1969)
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Federal Council:

    Philipp Etter (1934–1959, President), Walther Stampfli (1940–1947), Enrico Celio (1940–1950), Eduard von Steiger (1940–1951), Karl Kobelt (1940–1954), Ernst Nobs (1943–1951), Max Petitpierre (1944–1961), Rodolphe Rubattel (1947–1954)

• United Kingdom
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945–1951)
• Vatican City
  • Monarch - Pope Pius XII, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City (1939–1958)
  • President of the Governorate - Nicola Canali, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State (1939–1961)
• Yugoslavia
  • Communist Party leader - Josip Broz Tito, General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1945–1980)
  • Head of State - Ivan Ribar, President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945–1953)
  • Prime Minister - Josip Broz Tito, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1945–1963)

North America

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936–1952)
  • Governor General - Harold Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada (1946–1952)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935–1948)
• Costa Rica
  • President - Teodoro Picado Michalski, President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)
• Cuba
  • President - Ramón Grau, President of Cuba (1944–1948)
  • Premier -
    1. Carlos Prío Socarrás, Premier of Cuba (1945–1947)
    2. Raúl López del Castillo, Prime Minister of Cuba (1947–1948)
• Dominican Republic
  • President - Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
• El Salvador
  • President - Salvador Castaneda Castro, President of El Salvador (1945–1948)
• Guatemala
  • President - Juan José Arévalo, President of Guatemala (1945–1951)
• Haiti
  • President - Dumarsais Estimé, President of Haiti (1946–1950)
• Honduras
  • President - Tiburcio Carías Andino, President of Honduras (1933–1949)
• Mexico
  • President - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (1946–1952)
• Nicaragua
  • President -
    1. Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1937–1947)
    2. Leonardo Argüello Barreto, President of Nicaragua (1947)
    3. Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa, Acting President of Nicaragua (1947)
    4. Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes, President of Nicaragua (1947–1950)
• Panama
  • President - Enrique Adolfo Jiménez, Provisional President of Panama (1945–1948)
• United States of America
  • President - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945–1953)

Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (1945–1947)
    2. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947–1953)
  • Prime Minister - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (1945–1949)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch - George VI, King of New Zealand (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Sir Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (1946–1952)
  • Prime Minister - Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940–1949)

South America

• Argentina
  • President - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (1946–1955)
• Bolivia
  • President -
    1. Tomás Monje, Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta of Bolivia (1946–1947)
    2. Enrique Hertzog, President of Bolivia (1947–1949)
• Brazil
  • President - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946–1951)
• Chile
  • President - Gabriel González Videla, President of Chile (1946–1952)
• Colombia
  • President - Mariano Ospina Pérez, President of Colombia (1946–1950)
• Ecuador
  • President -
    1. José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (1944–1947)
    2. Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, President of Ecuador (1947–1948)
• Paraguay
  • President - Higinio Moríñigo, President of Paraguay (1940–1948)
• Peru
  • President - José Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1945–1948)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Julio Ernesto Portugal Escobedo, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1946–1947)
    2. José Alcamora, President of the council of ministers of Peru (1947)
• Uruguay
  • President -
    1. Juan José de Amézaga, President of Uruguay (1943–1947)
    2. Tomás Berreta, President of Uruguay (1947)
    3. Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947–1951)
• Venezuela
  • President - Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945–1948)