List of Heads of State 1926

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Africa

• Egypt (British Protectorate 1914–1936)
  • Head of State: King Fuad I (1917–1936) (Sultan until 1922)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Ahmed Ziwar Pasha (1924–7 June 1926)
    • Prime Minister Adli Yakan Pasha ( 1921–1922 , June 7, 1926–1927, 1929–1930 )
  • British High Commissioner : George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd (1925–1929)

• Ethiopia
  • Head of State and Government: Empress Zauditu (1916–1930)
    • Regent: Ras Tafari Makonnen (1916–1930) (1930–1974 Emperor)

• Liberia
  • Head of State and Government: President Charles DB King (1920–1930)

• South Africa
  • Head of State: King George V (1910–1936)
    • Governor General : Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1924–1931)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister J.BM Hertzog (1924–1939)

America

North America

• Canada
  • Head of State: King George V (1910–1936)
    • Governor General :
      • Julian, Lord Byng (1921– October 2, 1926)
      • Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Viscount Willingdon (October 2, 1926–1931) (Viceroy of India 1931–1936)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1921–28 June 1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 )
    • Prime Minister Arthur Meighen ( 1920–1921 , June 28, 1926– September 25, 1926)
    • Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King ( 1921–1926 , September 25, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 )

• Mexico
  • Head of State and Government: President Plutarco Elías Calles (1924–1928)

• Newfoundland
  • Head of State: King George V (1910–1936)
    • Governor : William Allardyce (1922–1928)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Walter Stanley Monroe (1924–1928)

• United States of America
  • Head of State or Government: President Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)

Central America

• Costa Rica
  • Head of State and Government: President Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno ( 1910–1914 , 1924–1928, 1932–1936 )

• Dominican Republic
  • Head of State and Government: President Horacio Vásquez ( 1899, 1902–1903 , 1924–1930)

• El Salvador
  • Head of State and Government: President Alfonso Quiñónez Molina ( 1914–1915, 1918–1919 , 1923–1927)

• Guatemala
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President José María Orellana Pinto (1921– September 26, 1926)
    • President Lázaro Chacón González (September 26, 1926–1931)

• Haiti (occupied by the USA 1915–1934)
  • Head of State and Government: President Louis Bornó (1922–1930)

• Honduras
  • Head of State and Government: President Miguel Paz Barahona (1925–1929)

• Cuba
  • Head of State and Government: President Gerardo Machado (1925–1933)

• Nicaragua
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President José Carlos Solórzano Gutiérrez (1925-14 March 1926)
    • President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas ( 1917–1921 , March 14, 1926– November 11, 1926)
    • President Sebastián Uriza (November 11, 1926– November 14, 1926) (acting)
    • President Adolfo Díaz ( 1911–1917 , November 14, 1926–1929)

• Panama
  • Head of State and Government: President Rodolfo Chiari (1924–1928)

South America

• Argentina
  • Head of State and Government: President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1922–1928)

• Bolivia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Felipe Segundo Guzmán (1925–10 January 1926) (acting)
    • President Hernando Siles Reyes (January 10, 1926–1930)

• Brazil
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Artur da Silva Bernardes (1922-15 November 1926)
    • President Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (November 15, 1926–1930)

• Chile
  • Head of State and Government: President Emiliano Figueroa Larraín ( 1910 , 1925–1927)

• Ecuador
  • Head of State and Government:
    • Provisional government junta (1925-10 January 1926)
    • Chairman of the provisional government junta Humberto Albornoz Sánchez (January 10, 1926– March 10, 1926)
    • Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta Julio Enrique Moreno (March 10, 1926– April 1, 1926, 1940 )
    • President Isidro Ayora (April 1, 1926–1931) (acting until 1929)

• Colombia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Pedro Nel Ospina (1922–7 August 1926)
    • President Miguel Abadia Méndez (August 7, 1926–1930)

• Paraguay
  • Head of State and Government: President Eligio Ayala ( 1923–1924 , 1924–1928)

• Peru
  • Head of State: President Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo ( 1908–1912 , 1919–1930) (1904–1907 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Alejandrino Maguiña (1924–7 December 1926)
    • Prime Minister Pedro José Rada y Gamio (December 7, 1926–1929)

• Uruguay
  • Head of State and Government: President José Serrato (1923–1927)

• Venezuela
  • Head of State and Government: President Juan Vicente Gómez ( 1909–1910, 1910–1914 , 1922–1929, 1931–1935 )

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

• Bhutan
  • Ruler:
    • King Ugyen Wangchuk (1907-21 August 1926)
    • King Jigme Wangchuk (August 21, 1926–1952)

• China
  • Head of State:
    • Provisional President Duan Qirui (1924-20 April 1926)
    • Acting President Hu Weide (April 20 - May 13, 1926)
    • Acting President Dr. Yan Huiqing (May 13 - June 22, 1926)
    • Acting President Du Xigui (June 22 – October 1, 1926)
    • Acting President Gu Weijun (October 1, 1926–1927)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Xu Shiying (1925–4 March 1926)
    • Acting Prime Minister Jia Deyao (March 4 - April 20, 1926)
    • Acting Prime Minister Hu Weide (April 20 - May 13, 1926)
    • Acting Prime Minister Dr. Yan Huiqing (1921, 1922, 1924, May 13 – June 22, 1926)
    • Acting Prime Minister Du Xigui (June 22 - October 1, 1926)
    • Acting Prime Minister Gu Weijun (October 1, 1926–1927)

• British India
  • Emperor : George V (1910–1936)
  • Viceroy :
    • Victor Bulwer-Lytton (1925–1926) (temporarily)
    • Edward Frederick Lindley Wood (1926–1931)

• Japan
  • Head of State:
    • Emperor Yoshihito (1912-25 December 1926)
    • Emperor Hirohito (December 25, 1926–1989)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Katō Takaaki (1924–28 January 1926)
    • Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (January 30, 1926–1927)

• Nepal
  • Head of State: King Tribhuvan (1911–1950, 1952/53)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1901–1929)

• Thailand
  • Ruler: King Prajadhipok (1925–1935)

Middle East

• Iraq
  • Head of State: King Faisal I (1921–1933)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (1922/23, 1925–1 November 1926, 1928/29, 1929)
    • Prime Minister Jafar al-Askari (1923/24, November 21, 1926–1927)

• North Yemen
  • Ruler: King Yahya bin Muhammad (1904–1948)

• Kuwait
  • Ruler: Emir Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1921–1950)

• Persia (today: Iran)
  • Head of State: Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925–1941)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1925–1926, 1933–1935, 1941/42)
    • Prime Minister Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (1910, 1926; exact dates unknown)

• Transjordan (today: Jordan )
  • Ruler: Emir Abdallah ibn Husain I (1921–1951)

Central Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Ruler: Emir , since 1926 King Amanullah Khan (1919–1929)

• Mongolia
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Presidium of the Small State Chural Peldschidiin Genden (1924–1927)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Balingiin Tserendordsch Beyse (1923–1928)

• Tibet
  • Ruler: Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso (1878–1933)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Head of State: King George V (1910–1936)
  • Governor: Governor General John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven (1925–1930)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Stanley Bruce (1923–1929)

• New Zealand
  • Head of State: King George V (1910–1936)
  • Governor: Governor General Charles Fergusson (1924–1929)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Joseph Gordon Coates (1925–1928)

Europe

• Albania
  • Head of State and Government: President Ahmet Zogu (1925–1939) (1922–1924 and 1925 Prime Minister, 1928–1939 King)

• Andorra
  • Co-princes :
    • President of France : Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931)
    • Bishop of Urgell : Justí Guitart i Vilardebò (1920–1940)

• Belgium
  • Head of State: King Albert I (1909–1934)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Prosper Poullet (1925-20 May 1926)
    • Prime Minister Henri Jaspar (May 20, 1926–1931)

• Bulgaria
  • Head of State: Tsar Boris III. (1918–1943)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Aleksandar Zankow (1923–4 June 1926)
    • Prime Minister Andrei Lyaptschew (June 4, 1926–1931)

• Denmark
  • Head of State: King Christian X (1912–1947) (1918–1944 King of Iceland)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning (1924–13 December 1926, 1929–1942 )
    • Prime Minister Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (December 13, 1926–1929)

• German Empire
  • Head of State:
    • President Paul von Hindenburg (1925–1934)
  • Head of Government:
    • Chancellor Hans Luther (1925–12 May 1926)
    • Reich Chancellor Wilhelm Marx (1923–1925, May 17, 1926–1928)

• Estonia
  • Head of State and Government: State Elder Jaan Teemant (1925–1927, 1932 )

• Finland
  • Head of State: President Lauri Kristian Relander (1925–1931)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Kyösti Kallio ( 1922–1924, 1925–13 December 1926, 1929–1930, 1936–1937 ) (1937–1940 President)
    • Prime Minister Väinö Tanner (December 13, 1926–1927)

• France
  • Head of State: President Gaston Doumergue (1924–1931) (1913–1914, 1934–1944 President of the Council of Ministers)
  • Head of Government:
    • President of the Council of Ministers Aristide Briand ( 1909–1911, 1913, 1915–1917, 1921–1922 , 1925–29 July 1926, 1929 )
    • President of the Council of Ministers Édouard Herriot ( 1924–1925 , July 19, 1926– July 23, 1926)
    • President of the Council of Ministers Raymond Poincaré ( 1912–1913, 1922–1924 , July 23, 1926–1929) (1913–1920 President)

• Greece
  • Head of State:
    • President Pavlos Kountouriotis (1924–19 March 1926, 1926–1929 ) (1920 regent)
    • President Theodoros Pangalos (March 19, 1926– August 22, 1926) (Prime Minister 1925–1926)
    • President Pavlos Kountouriotis ( 1924–1926 , August 22, 1926–1929) (1920 regent)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos (1925–19 July 1926) (1926 President)
    • Prime Minister Athanasios Eftaxias (July 19, 1926– August 22, 1926)
    • Prime Minister Georgios Kondylis (August 22, 1926– December 4, 1926, 1935 )
    • Prime Minister Alexandros Zaimis ( 1897–1899, 1901–1902, 1915, 1916, 1917 , December 4, 1926–1928)

• Ireland
  • Head of State: King George V (1922–1936)
    • Governor General Timothy Michael Healy (1922–1928)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister William Thomas Cosgrave (1922–1932)

• Italy
  • Head of State: King Viktor Emanuel III. (1900-1946)
  • Head of Government: Duce Benito Mussolini (1922–1943)

• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia)
  • Head of State: King Alexander I (1921–1934)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Nikola Pašić ( 1918, 1921–1924 , 1924–8 April 1926)
    • Prime Minister Nikola Uzunović (April 8, 1926–1927, 1934 )

• Latvia
  • Head of State: President Jānis Čakste ( 1918–1925 , 1925–1927)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis ( 1918–1919, 1919–1921 , 1925–4 May 1926, 1931, 1934–1940 ) (1936–1940 President)
    • Prime Minister Arturs Alberings (May 4, 1926– December 17, 1926)
    • Prime Minister Marģers Skujenieks (December 17, 1926–1928, 1931–1933 )

• Liechtenstein
  • Head of State: Prince Johann II. (1858–1929)
  • Head of Government Gustav Schädler (1922–1928)

• Lithuania
  • Head of State:
    • President Aleksandras Stulginskis (1920–7 June 1926, 1926 )
    • President Kazys Grinius (June 7, 1926– December 18, 1926) (Prime Minister 1920–1922)
    • President of Parliament Jonas Staugaitis (December 18, 1926– December 19, 1926) (acting)
    • Speaker of Parliament Aleksandras Stulginskis ( 1920–1926 , December 19, 1926)
    • President Antanas Smetona ( 1918–1920 , December 19, 1926–1940)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Leonas Bistras (1925–15 June 1926)
    • Prime Minister Mykolas Sleževičius ( 1918–1919, 1919 , June 15, 1926– December 17, 1926)
    • Prime Minister Augustinas Voldemaras ( 1918 , December 17, 1926–1929)

• Luxembourg
  • Head of State: Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919–1964) (1940–1945 in exile)
  • Head of Government:
    • Minister of State Pierre Prüm (1925–16 July 1926)
    • Minister of State Joseph Bech (July 16, 1926–1937, 1953–1958 )

• Monaco
  • Head of State: Prince Louis II (1922–1949)
  • Head of Government: Minister of State Maurice Piette (1923–1932)

• Netherlands
  • Head of State: Queen Wilhelmina (1890–1948) (1940–1945 in exile)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn (1925–8 March 1926, 1933–1939 )
    • Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer (March 8, 1926–1929, 1939–1940 )

• Norway
  • Head of State: King Haakon VII (1906–1957) (1940–1945 in exile)
    • Prime Minister Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1924–5 March 1926, 1928–1931, 1933–1935 )
    • Prime Minister Ivar Lykke (March 5, 1926–1928)

• Austria
  • Head of State: Federal President Michael Hainisch (1920–1928)
  • Head of Government:
    • Federal Chancellor Rudolf Ramek (1924–20 October 1926)
    • Federal Chancellor Ignaz Seipel (October 20, 1926–1929)

• Poland
  • Head of State:
    • President Stanisław Wojciechowski (1922–14 May 1926)
    • President Ignacy Mościcki (June 1, 1926–1939)
  • Head of Government:
    • President of the Council of Ministers Aleksander Skrzyński (1925 – May 1926)
    • President of the Council of Ministers Wincenty Witos (1920/1921, 1923, May 1926)
    • President of the Council of Ministers Kazimierz Bartel (May – September 1926, 1929/1930)
    • President of the Council of Ministers Józef Piłsudski (October 1926–1928, 1930)

• Portugal
  • Head of State:
    • President Bernardino Machado (1925– May 29, 1926)
    • (incumbent) (chairman of the military junta) José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior (May 31 - June 17, 1926)
    • (incumbent) (chairman of the military junta) Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (June 17 - July 9, 1926)
    • (incumbent) President António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (November 16, 1926–1951)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister: António Maria da Silva (1925–30 May 1926)
    • (officiating) (Chairman of the military junta) Captain José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior (May 30 - June 19, 1926)
    • (incumbent) (chairman of the military junta) Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (June 19 - July 9, 1926)
    • (incumbent) (chairman of the military junta) António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona , (July 9, 1926–1928)

• Romania
  • Head of State: King Ferdinand I (1914–1927)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Ion IC Brătianu (1909–1911, 1914–1918, 1918/19, 1922–30 March 1926, 1927)
    • Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu (1918, 1920/1921, March 30, 1926–1927)

• San Marino
  • Capitani Reggenti :
    • Valerio Pasquali (1925–1 April 1926, 1930–1931 ) and Marco Marcucci (1925–1 April 1926)
    • Manlio Gozi (April 1, 1926– October 1, 1926, 1930, 1938 ) and Giuseppe Mularoni (April 1, 1926– October 1, 1926)
    • Giuliano Gozi ( 1923 , October 1, 1926–1927, 1932, 1937, 1941–1942 ) and Ruggero Morri (October 1, 1926–1927, 1932–1933, 1936 )

• Sweden
  • Head of State: King Gustav V (1907–1950)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Rickard Sandler (1925–7 June 1926)
    • Prime Minister Carl Gustaf Ekman (June 7, 1926–1928)

• Switzerland
  • Federal President : Heinrich Häberlin (1926, 1931 )
  • Federal Council :
    • Giuseppe Motta (1911-1940)
    • Edmund Schulthess (1912-1935)
    • Robert Haab (1918–1929)
    • Ernest Chuard (1920–1928)
    • Jean-Marie Musy (1920-1934)
    • Karl Scheurer (1920–1929)
    • Heinrich Häberlin (1920–1934)

• Soviet Union
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (1919–1938)
  • Head of Government: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Josef Stalin (1922–1953)

• Spain
  • Head of State: King Alfonso XIII. (1886–1931)
  • Head of Government: District President Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja (1923–1930)

• Czechoslovakia
  • Head of State: President Tomáš Masaryk (1918–1935)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Antonín Švehla (1922–18 March 1926, 1926–1929 )
    • Prime Minister Jan Černý (March 18 - October 12, 1926)
    • Prime Minister Antonín Švehla ( 1922–1926 , October 12, 1926–1929)

• Turkey
  • Head of State: President Mustafa Kemal (1923–1938)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister İsmet İnönü (1923–1924, 1925–1937, 1961–1965)

• Hungary
  • Head of State: Imperial Administrator Miklós Horthy (1920–1944)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister István Bethlen (1921–1931)

• United Kingdom
  • Head of State: King George V (1910–1936)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (1923/24, 1924–1929)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Federal Council is the collective head of state in Switzerland. The Federal President has the role of primus inter pares