List of Heads of State 1946

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Africa

• Egypt
  • Head of State: King Faruq (1936–1952)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Mahmud an-Nukraschi Pasha (1945–17 February 1946, 1946–1948 )
    • Prime Minister Ismail Sedki Pasha ( 1930–1933 , February 17, 1946– December 9, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Mahmud an-Nukraschi Pasha ( 1945–1946 , December 9, 1946–1948)

• Ethiopia
  • Head of State: Emperor Haile Selassie (1930–1974) (1916–1930 regent, 1936–1941 in exile)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Makonnen Endelkachew (1943–1957)

• Liberia
  • Head of State or Government: President William S. Tubman (1944–1971)

• South Africa
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
    • Governor General :
      • Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1943–1 January 1946) (acting)
      • Gideon Brand van Zyl (January 1, 1946–1951)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Jan Smuts ( 1919–1924 , 1939–1948)

America

North America

• Canada
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
    • Governor General :
      • Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1940–12 April 1946) (1924–1931 Governor General of South Africa)
      • Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis (April 12, 1946–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King ( 1921–1926, 1926–1930 , 1935–1948)

• Mexico
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940–30 November 1946)
    • President Miguel Alemán Valdés (December 1, 1946–1952)

• United States of America
  • Head of State and Government: President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)

Central America

• Costa Rica
  • Head of State and Government: President Teodoro Picado Michalski (1944–1948)

• Dominican Republic
  • Head of State and Government: President Rafael Trujillo ( 1930–1938 , 1942–1952)

• El Salvador
  • Head of State and Government: President Salvador Castaneda Castro (1945–1948)

• Guatemala
  • Head of State and Government: President Juan José Arévalo (1945–1951)

• Haiti
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Élie Lescot (1941–11 January 1946)
    • Chairman of the Military Executive Council Franck Lavaud (January 11, 1946– August 16, 1946, 1950 )
    • President Dumarsais Estimé (August 16, 1946–1950)

• Honduras
  • Head of State and Government: President Tiburcio Carías Andino (1933–1949)

• Cuba
  • Head of State: President Ramón Grau San Martín ( 1933–1934 , 1944–1948)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Carlos Prío Socarrás (1945–1947) (1948–1952 President)

• Nicaragua
  • Head of State and Government: President Anastasio Somoza García (1937–1947, 1950–1956 )

• Panama
  • Head of State and Government: President Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Brin (1945–1948)

South America

• Argentina
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1944–4 June 1946)
    • President Juan Perón (June 4, 1946–1955, 1973–1974 )

• Bolivia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Gualberto Villarroel López (1943– July 21, 1946)
    • President Néstor Guillén (July 21, 1946– August 15, 1946)
    • Tomás Monje Gutiérrez (August 15, 1946–1947)

• Brazil
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President José Linhares (1945–31 January 1946)
    • President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (January 31, 1946–1951)

• Chile
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Juan Antonio Ríos Morales (1942– June 27, 1946)
    • President Alfredo Duhalde Vásquez (January 17, 1946– October 17, 1946) (provisional until June 27, 1946)
    • President Vicente Merino Bielich (August 3, 1946– October 17, 1946)
    • President Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas (October 17, 1946– November 3, 1946) ( Acting )
    • President Gabriel González Videla (November 3, 1946–1952)

• Ecuador
  • Head of State and Government: President José María Velasco Ibarra ( 1934–1935 , 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, 1968–1972 )

• Colombia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Alberto Lleras Camargo (1945–7 August 1946, 1958–1962 ) (acting)
    • President Mariano Ospina Pérez (August 7, 1946–1950)

• Paraguay
  • Head of State and Government: President Higinio Morínigo (1940–1948) (provisional until 1943)

• Peru
  • Head of State: President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero (1945–1948)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Enrique García Sayan (1945–31 January 1946)
    • Prime Minister Julio Ernesto Portugal (January 31, 1946–1947)

• Uruguay
  • Head of State and Government: President Juan José de Amézaga (1943–1947)

• Venezuela
  • Head of State and Government: President Rómulo Betancourt (1945–1948, 1959–1964 )

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

• Bhutan
  • Ruler: King Jigme Wangchuk (1926–1952)

• China
  • Head of State: Chairman of the National Government Chiang Kai-shek (1943–1948)
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Executive Yuan TV Soong (1945–1947)

• British India
  • Emperor : George VI. (1936–1947)
  • Viceroy : Archibald Wavell (1943–1947)

• Japan
  • Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926–1989)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Shidehara Kijūrō (1945-22 May 1946)
    • Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru (May 22, 1946–1947)

• Nepal
  • Head of State: King Tribhuvan (1911–1955)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1945–1948)

• Siam (today: Thailand)
  • Head of State:
    • King Ananda Mahidol (1935– June 9, 1946)
    • King Bhumibol Adulyadej (June 9, 1946-2016)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Major Kuang Abhayawongse (January 31 - March 24, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Pridi Banomyong (March 24 - August 23, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi (23 August 1946–1947)

Middle East

• Iraq
  • Head of State: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Hamdi al-Patschatschi (1944–1946)
    • Prime Minister Tawfiq as-Suwaidi (February 23 - May 31, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Arshad al-Omari (June 4 - December 14, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Nuri as-Said (November 21, 1946–1947)

• Iran
  • Head of State: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941–1979)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Ebrahim Hakimi (1945–1946)
    • Prime Minister Ghavam os-Saltaneh (January 27, 1946–1948)

• Yemen
  • Ruler: King Yahya bin Muhammad (1918–1948)

• Saudi Arabia
  • Head of state and head of government: King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud (1932–1953)

• Transjordan / Jordan
  • Ruler: King Abdallah ibn Husain I (1921–1951)

Central Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Head of State: King Mohammed Sahir Shah (1933–1973)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Sardar Mohammad Haschim Khan (1929–1946)
    • Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan (May 1946–1953)

• Mongolia
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Great State Chural Gontschigiin Bumtsend (1940–1953)
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Chorloogiin Tschoibalsan (1939–1952)

• Tibet (controversial)
  • Ruler: Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho (1935–1951)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
  • Governor General: Prince Heinrich Wilhelm (1945–1947)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ben Chifley (1945–1949)

• New Zealand
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
  • Governor General:
    • Marshal Baron Cyril Newall (1941-19 April 1946)
    • Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg (June 17, 1946–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Peter Fraser (1940–1949)

Europe

• Albania
  • Party leader: Secretary of the Central Committee Enver Hoxha (1941–1985) (1944–1954 Prime Minister)
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly Omer Nishani (1944–1953)
  • Head of government: Prime Minister Enver Hoxha (1944–1954) (1941–1985 party leader)

• Andorra
  • Co-princes :
    • President of France :
      • Charles de Gaulle (1944-1946)
      • Félix Gouin (1946)
      • Georges Bidault (1946–1947)
    • Bishop of Urgell : Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1940–1969)

• Belgium
  • Head of State: King Leopold III. (1934–1951) (1940–1945 in German captivity, 1945–1950 in exile in Switzerland)
    • Regent: Prince Karl (1944–1950)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Achille Van Acker (1945–13 March 1946, 1946 )
    • Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak ( 1938–1939 , March 13, 1946– March 31, 1946, 1947–1949 )
    • Prime Minister Achille Van Acker ( 1945–1946 , March 31, 1946– August 3, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Camille Huysmans (August 3, 1946–1947)

• Bulgaria
  • Head of State:
    • Tsar Simeon II (1943–15 September 1946) (2001–2005 Prime Minister)
    • Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Vasil Kolarow (September 15, 1946–1947)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Kimon Georgiev ( 1934–1935 , 1944–22 November 1946)
    • Chairman of the Council of Ministers Georgi Dimitrov (November 23, 1946–1949) (1948–1949 party leader)

• Denmark
  • Head of State: King Christian X (1912–1947) (1918–1944 King of Iceland)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Knud Kristensen (1945–1947)

• Germany (occupied)
  • Military Governors:
    • American Zone of Occupation : General Joseph T. McNarney (1945–1947)
    • British zone of occupation : Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (1945–1946), Air Marshal Sholto Douglas (1946–1947)
    • French zone of occupation : General Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1945–1949)
    • Soviet occupation zone : Marshal Georgi Zhukov (1945–9 June 1946), Marshal Vasili Sokolowski (1946–1949)

• Finland
  • Head of State:
    • President Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1944–11 March 1946)
    • President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (March 11, 1946–1956) (1918, Prime Minister 1944–1946)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Juho Kusti Paasikivi ( 1918 , 1944–26 March 1946) (1946–1956 President)
    • Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala (March 26, 1946–1948)

• France
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle (1944–26 January 1946) (1959–1969 President; 1958–1959 Prime Minister)
    • President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Félix Gouin (January 26, 1946– June 24, 1946)
    • President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Georges Bidault (June 24, 1946– December 16, 1946) (Prime Minister 1949–1950)
    • President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Léon Blum (December 16, 1946–1947) (1936–1937, 1938 President of the Council of Ministers)

• Greece
  • Head of State: King George II ( 1922–1924 , 1935–1947) (1941–1946 in exile)
    • Regent Damaskinos Papandreou (1944-27 September 1946) (1945 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 1924 , 1945–4 April 1946, 1947–1949 )
    • Prime Minister Panagiotis Poulitsas (April 4, 1946– April 18, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris (April 18, 1946–1947, 1947 )

• 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 Sveinn Björnsson (1944–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ólafur Thors (1944–1947, 1949–1950, 1953–1956, 1959–1963 )

• Italy (republic since June 18, 1946)
  • Head of State:
    • King Victor Emmanuel III (1900–9 May 1946)
    • King Umberto II (May 9, 1946– June 18, 1946)
    • President Alcide De Gasperi (June 18, 1946– July 1, 1946) (acting) (1945–1953 Prime Minister)
    • President Enrico De Nicola (July 1, 1946–1948) (acting until 1948)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (1945–1953) (1946 Head of State)

• Yugoslavia
  • Head of State: President Ivan Ribar (1945–1953)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito (1945–1963) (1953–1980 President)

• Liechtenstein
  • Head of State: Prince Franz Josef II. (1938–1989)
  • Prime Minister Alexander Frick (1945–1962)

• Luxembourg
  • Head of State: Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919–1964)
  • Head of Government: Minister of State Pierre Dupong (1937–1953)

• Monaco
  • Head of State: Prince Louis II (1922–1949)
  • Head of Government: Minister of State Pierre de Witasse (1944–1948)

• Netherlands
  • Head of State: Queen Wilhelmina (1890–1948)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn (1945–3 July 1946)
    • Prime Minister Louis Beel (July 3, 1946–1948, 1958–1959 )

• Norway
  • Head of State: King Haakon VII (1906–1957)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen (1945–1951, 1955–1963, 1963–1965 )

• Austria (occupied)
  • Head of State: Federal President Karl Renner (1945–1950)
  • Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl (1945–1953)

• Poland
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1944–1947)

• Portugal
  • Head of State: President Óscar Carmona (1925–1951)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (1932–1968)

• Romania
  • Head of State: King Michael I (1940–1947)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Petru Groza (1945–1952)

• San Marino
  • Capitani Reggenti :
    • Ferruccio Martelli ( 1914, 1918 , 1945–1 April 1946, 1949 ) and Secondo Fiorini (1945–1 April 1946, 1954 )
    • Giuseppe Forcellini (April 1, 1946– October 1, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1959–1960 ) and Vincenzo Pedini (April 1, 1946– October 1, 1946, 1949–1950, 1953 )
    • Filippo Martelli (October 1, 1946–1947) and Luigi Montironi (October 1, 1946–1947, 1950–1951, 1954–1955 )

• Sweden
  • Head of State: King Gustav V (1907–1950)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson (1936–6 October 1946)
    • Prime Minister Tage Erlander (October 11, 1946–1969)

• Switzerland
  • Federal President : Karl Kobelt (1946, 1952 )
  • Federal Council :
    • Philipp Etter (1934–1959)
    • Enrico Celio (1940–1950)
    • Walther Stampfli (1940–1947)
    • Karl Kobelt (1941–1954)
    • Eduard von Steiger (1941–1951)
    • Ernst Nobs (1944–1951)
    • Max Petitpierre (1945–1951)

• Soviet Union
  • Head of State:
    • Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (1922–19 March 1946)
    • Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Nikolai Michailowitsch Schwernik (March 19, 1946–1953)
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Josef Stalin (1941–1953, from 19 March "Chairman of the Council of Ministers" )

• Spain
  • Head of State and Government: General Francisco Franco (1939–1975)

• Czechoslovakia
  • Head of State: President Edvard Beneš ( 1935–1938 , 1945–1948) (1921–1922 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Zdeněk Fierlinger (1945–2 July 1946)
    • Prime Minister Klement Gottwald (July 2, 1946–1948) (1948–1953 President, 1929–1953 Chairman of the KPČ)

• Turkey
  • Head of State: President İsmet İnönü (1938–1950)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Şükrü Saracoğlu (1942–7 August 1946)
    • Prime Minister Mehmet Recep Peker (August 7, 1946–1947)

• Hungary
  • Head of State: President Zoltán Tildy (February 2, 1946–1948)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Zoltán Tildy (1945–1 February 1946)
    • Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi (February 1 - February 4, 1946)
    • Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy (February 4, 1946–1947)

• Vatican city
  • Head of State: Pope Pius XII. (1939-1958)

• United Kingdom
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1945–1951)

Individual evidence

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