List of Heads of State 1947

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Africa

• Egypt
  • Head of State: King Faruq (1936–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Mahmud an-Nukraschi Pasha ( 1945–1946 , 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 : Gideon Brand van Zyl (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 : Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis (1946–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King ( 1921–1926, 1926–1930 , 1935–1948)

• Mexico
  • Head of State and Government: President Miguel Alemán Valdés (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 or Government: President Dumarsais Estimé (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 (1945–1 May 1947) (1948–1952 President)
    • Prime Minister Raúl López del Castillo (May 1, 1947–1948)

• Nicaragua
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Anastasio Somoza García (1937–1 May 1947, 1950–1956 )
    • President Leonardo Argüello Barreto (May 1, 1947– May 26, 1947)
    • President Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa (May 26, 1947– August 15, 1947) ( Acting )
    • President Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes (August 15, 1947–1950)

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

South America

• Argentina
  • Head of State and Government: President Juan Perón (1946–1955, 1973–1974 )

• Bolivia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Tomás Monje Gutiérrez (1946-10 March 1947)
    • President Enrique Hertzog (March 10, 1947–1949)

• Brazil
  • Head of State and Government: President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946–1951)

• Chile
  • Head of State and Government: President Gabriel González Videla (1946–1952)

• Ecuador
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President José María Velasco Ibarra ( 1934–1935 , 1944– August 24, 1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, 1968–1972 )
    • President Carlos Mancheno Cajas (August 24, 1947– September 2, 1947) (acting)
    • President Mariano Suárez Veintimilla (September 2, 1947– September 16, 1947)
    • President Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola (September 16, 1947–1948)

• Colombia
  • Head of State and Government: President Mariano Ospina Pérez (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 (1945–29 October 1948)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Julio Ernesto Portugal (1946-12 January 1947)
    • Prime Minister José Alcamora (January 12, 1947– October 31, 1947)
    • Prime Minister Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat (October 31, 1947–1948, 1954–1956 )

• Uruguay
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Juan José de Amézaga (1943– May 1, 1947)
    • President Tomás Berreta (March 1, 1947– August 2, 1947)
    • President Luis Batlle Berres (Aug. 2, 1947-1951, 1955-1956 )

• 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 (1945–1 March 1947)
    • Chairman of the Executive Yuan Chiang Kai-shek (March 1 - April 18, 1947)
    • Chairman of the Executive Yuan Chang Ch'ün (April 18, 1947–1948)

• India , British India through August 15
  • Head of State: George VI. , Emperor of India (August 15, 1947–1950)
  • Viceroy : Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (August 15, 1947–1948)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (August 15, 1947–1964)

• Indonesia (disputed Dutch East Indies )
  • Head of State and Government: President Sukarno (1945–1967)
  • Governor General : Hubertus van Mook (1942–1948)

• Japan (occupied)
  • Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers : Douglas MacArthur (1945–1951)
  • Head of State (explicitly until May 1947, then treated as such in terms of protocol): Emperor Hirohito (1926–1989)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru (1946– May 24, 1947)
    • Prime Minister Katayama Tetsu (May 24, 1947–1948)

• Korea (occupied)
  • Military Governors:
    • Soviet occupation zone: Marshal Ivan Tschistiakow (1945–1947), Marshal Gennady Korotkow (1947–1948)
    • American zone of occupation: General Archer L. Lerch (1945–1947), General William F. Deam (1947–1948)

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

• Pakistan
  • Head of State: King George VI. (August 14, 1947–1952)
  • Governor General: Ali Jinnah (August 14, 1947–1948)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan (August 14, 1947–1951)

• Siam (today: Thailand)
  • Head of State: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1946–2016)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi (1946–8 November 1947)
    • Prime Minister Major Kuang Abhayawongse (November 10, 1947–1948)

Middle East

• Iraq
  • Head of State: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Nuri as-Said (1946–11 March 1947)
    • Prime Minister Sayyid Salih Jabr (1947–1948)

• Iran
  • Head of State: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941–1979)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ghavam os-Saltaneh (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 (today: Jordan )
  • Ruler: King Abdallah ibn Husain I (1946–1951)

Central Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Head of State: King Mohammed Sahir Shah (1933–1973)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan (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 Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1945-11 March 1947)
    • William McKell (March 11, 1947–1953)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ben Chifley (1945–1949)

• New Zealand
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
  • Governor General: Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg (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 :
      • Georges Bidault (1946– January 16, 1947)
      • Vincent Auriol (January 16, 1947–1954)
    • 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 Camille Huysmans (1946-20 March 1947)
    • Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak ( 1938–1939, 1946 , March 20, 1947–1949)

• Bulgaria
  • Party leader: General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Georgi Dimitrov (1946–1949) (Prime Minister 1946–1949)
  • Head of State:
    • Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Wassil Kolarow (1946–9 December 1947)
    • Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Mintscho Nejtschew (December 9, 1947–1950)
  • Head of government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Georgi Dimitrov (1946–1949) (1946–1949 party leader)

• Denmark
  • Head of State:
    • King Christian X (1912–20 April 1947) (1918–1944 King of Iceland)
    • King Friedrich IX. (April 20, 1947–1972)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Knud Kristensen (1945–13 November 1947)
    • Prime Minister Hans Hedtoft (November 13, 1947–1950, 1953–1955 )

• Germany (occupied)
  • Military Governors:
    • American Zone of Occupation : General Joseph T. McNarney (1945–1947), General Lucius D. Clay (1947–1949)
    • British Zone of Occupation : Air Marshal Sholto Douglas (1946–1947), General Brian Robertson (1947–1949)
    • French zone of occupation : General Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1945–1949)
    • Soviet occupation zone : Marshal Vasily Sokolowski (1946–1949)

• Finland
  • Head of State: President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946–1956) (1918, 1944–1946 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala (1946–1948)

• France
  • Head of State and Government: President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Léon Blum (1946–23 January 1947) (1936–1937, 1938 President of the Council of Ministers)
  • Head of State: President Vincent Auriol (January 16, 1947–1954)
  • Head of Government:
    • President of the Council of Ministers Paul Ramadier (January 23, 1947– November 24, 1947)
    • President of the Council of Ministers Robert Schuman (November 24, 1947–1948, 1948 )

• Greece
  • Head of State:
    • King George II ( 1922–1924 , 1935–1 April 1947) (1941–1946 in exile)
    • King: Paul (April 1, 1947–1964)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1946–24 January 1947, 1947 )
    • Prime Minister Dimitrios Maximos (January 24, 1947– August 29, 1947)
    • Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris ( 1946–1947 , August 29, 1947– September 7, 1947)
    • Prime Minister Themistoklis Sofoulis ( 1924, 1945–1946 , September 7, 1947–1949)

• 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 (1944–4 February 1947, 1949–1950, 1953–1956, 1959–1963 )
    • Prime Minister Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (February 4, 1947–1949)

• Italy
  • Head of State: President Enrico De Nicola (1946–1948) (provisional 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 Louis Beel (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 State: President Bolesław Bierut (1944–1952) (until February 4, 1947 President of the State National Council, 1952–1954 Prime Minister, 1948–1954 party leader)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1944–8 February 1947)
    • Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (February 8, 1947–1952, 1954–1970 ) (1970–1972 Chairman of the State Council)

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

• Romania (until December 30th, Kingdom )
  • Head of State:
    • King Michael I (1940-30 December 1947)
    • Transitional Committee Mihail Sadoveanu , Constantin Ion Parhon (December 30, 1947–1948)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Petru Groza (1945–1952)

• San Marino
  • Capitani Reggenti :
    • Filippo Martelli (1946–1 April 1947) and Luigi Montironi (1946–1 April 1947, 1950–1951, 1954–1955 )
    • Marino Della Balda ( 1921, 1943–1944 , April 1, 1947– October 1, 1947, 1950–1951 ) and Luigi Zafferani (April 1, 1947– October 1, 1947)
    • Domenico Forcellini (October 1, 1947–1948, 1951–1952, 1955, 1958–1959, 1962, 1967–1968 ) and Mariano Ceccoli (October 1, 1947–1948, 1952, 1956–1957 )

• Sweden
  • Head of State: King Gustav V (1907–1950)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Tage Erlander (1946–1969)

• Switzerland
  • Federal President : Philipp Etter ( 1939, 1942 , 1947, 1953 )
  • Federal Council :
    • Philipp Etter (1934–1959)
    • Enrico Celio (1940–1950)
    • Walther Stampfli (1940–31 December 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 Nikolai Schwernik (1946–1953)
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Josef Stalin (1941–1953)

• 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 Klement Gottwald (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 Mehmet Recep Peker (1946-10 September 1947)
    • Prime Minister Hasan Saka (September 10, 1947–1949)

• Hungary
  • Head of State: President Zoltán Tildy (1946–1948)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy (1946–31 May 1947)
    • Prime Minister Lajos Dinnyés (May 31, 1947–1948)

• 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)

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