List of Heads of State 1951

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Africa

• Egypt
  • Head of State: King Faruq (1936–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Mustafa an-Nahhas Pascha ( 1928, 1930, 1936–1937, 1942–1944 , 1950–1952)

• 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)

• Libya (independent since December 24, 1951)
  • Head of State: King Idris (December 24, 1951–1969)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Mahmud al-Muntasir (December 24, 1951–1954, 1964–1965 )

• South Africa
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
    • Governor General :
      • Gideon Brand van Zyl (1946–1 January 1951)
      • Ernest George Jansen (January 1, 1951–1959)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Daniel François Malan (1948–1954)

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 Louis Saint-Laurent (1948–1957)

• 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 Otilio Ulate Blanco (1949–1953)

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

• El Salvador
  • Head of State and Government: President Óscar Osorio (1950–1956)

• Guatemala
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Juan José Arévalo (1945–15 March 1951)
    • President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (March 15, 1951–1954)

• Haiti
  • Head of State and Government: President Paul Eugène Magloire (1950–1956)

• Honduras
  • Head of State and Government: President Juan Manuel Gálvez (1949–1954)

• Cuba
  • Head of State: President Carlos Prío Socarrás (1948–1952) (1945–1947 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Félix Lancís Sánchez ( 1944–1945 , 1950–1 October 1951)
    • Prime Minister Óscar Gans (October 1, 1951–1952)

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

• Panama
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Arnulfo Arias ( 1940–1941 , 1949– May 9, 1951, 1968 )
    • President Alcibíades Arosemena (May 9, 1951–1952)

South America

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

• Bolivia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague (1949– May 16, 1951)
    • President Hugo Ballivián (May 16, 1951–1952)

• Brazil
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946–31 January 1951)
    • President Getúlio Vargas ( 1930–1945 , January 31, 1951–1954)

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

• Ecuador
  • Head of State and Government: President Galo Plaza Lasso (1948–1952)

• Colombia
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Laureano Gómez (1950–1953)
    • President Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (June 13, 1951–1953) (acting)

• Paraguay
  • Head of State and Government: President Federico Chaves (1949–1954) (until 1953 acting)

• Peru
  • Head of State: President Manuel A. Odría ( 1949–1950 , 1950–1956)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Zenón Noriega Agüero (1950–1954) (1950 Head of State)

• Uruguay
  • Head of State and Government:
    • President Luis Batlle Berres (1947–1 March 1951, 1955–1956 )
    • President Andrés Martínez Trueba (March 1, 1951–1956) (from 1952 Chairman of the National Council)

• Venezuela
  • Head of State and Government: President Germán Suárez Flamerich (1950–1952)

Asia

East, South and Southeast Asia

• Bhutan
  • Head of State: King Jigme Wangchuk (1926–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Sonam Topgay Dorji (1917–1952)

• Burma (from 1989 Myanmar )
  • Head of State: President Sao Shwe Thaik (1948–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister U Nu (1948–1956, 1957–1958, 1960–1962 )

• Ceylon (from 1972 Sri Lanka )
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1948–1952)
    • Governor General : Herwald Ramsbotham (1949–1954)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Don Stephen Senanayake (1947–1952)

• Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Head of State: President Chiang Kai-shek (1950–1975) (1928–1931, 1943–1948 Chairman of the National Government of China, 1948–1949 President of National China; 1930–1931, 1935–1938, 1939–1945, 1947 Prime Minister of National China)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Chen Cheng (1950–1954, 1958–1963 )

• People's Republic of China
  • Party leader: Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong (1943–1976) (1949–1954 Chairman of the Central People's Government; 1954–1959 President)
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Central People's Government Mao Zedong (1949–1959) (President from 1954) (1942–1976 party leader)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Zhou Enlai (1949–1976)

• India
  • Head of State: President Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964)

• Indonesia
  • Head of State: President Sukarno (1945–1967)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Mohammad Natsir (1950-27 April 1951)
    • Prime Minister Soekiman Wirjosandjojo (April 27, 1951–1952)

• Japan
  • Head of State: Emperor Hirohito (1926–1989) (1921–1926 regent)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida ( 1946–1947 , 1948–1954)

• North Korea
  • De facto ruler : Kim Il-sung (1948–1994)
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Du-bong (1948–1957)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Kim Il-sung (1948–1972)

• South Korea
  • Head of State: President Rhee Syng-man (1948–1960)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Chang Myon (1950–1952, 1960–1961 )

• Nepal
  • Head of State:
    • King Gyanendra (1950–7 January 1951, 2001–2008 )
    • King Tribhuvan ( 1911–1950 , January 7, 1951–1955)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1948–12 November 1951)
    • Prime Minister Matrika Prasad Koirala (November 16, 1951–1952, 1953–1955 )

• Pakistan
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1948–1952)
    • Governor General :
      • Khawaja Nazimuddin (1948–17 October 1951) (1951–1953 Prime Minister)
      • Ghulam Muhammad (October 17, 1951–1955)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–16 October 1951)
    • Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin (October 17, 1951–1953) (1948–1951 Governor General)

• Philippines
  • Head of State and Government: President Elpidio Quirino (1948–1953)

• Sikkim (under Indian suzerainty)
  • Head of State: King Tashi Namgyal (1914–1963)
  • Head of Government: Dewan John S. Lall (1949–1954)

• Thailand
  • Head of State: King Rama IX. Bhumibol Adulyadej (1946-2016)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram ( 1938–1944 , 1948–1957)

• Tibet (occupied by China in 1950; annexed by China May 23, 1951)
  • Head of State and Government: Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho (since 1935) (assumed government in 1950)

• North Vietnam
  • Head of State: President Hồ Chí Minh (1945–1969) (1945–1955 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Hồ Chí Minh (1945–1955) (1945–1969 President)

• South Vietnam
  • Head of State: President Bảo Đại (1949–1955) (1926–1945 Emperor of Vietnam)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Trần Văn Hữu (1950–1952)

Middle East

• Iraq
  • Head of State: King Faisal II (1939-1958)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Nuri as-Said ( 1930–1932, 1938–1940, 1941–1944, 1946–1947, 1949 , 1950–1952, 1954–1957, 1958 )

• Iran
  • Head of State: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941–1979)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Ali Razmara (1950–7 March 1951)
    • Prime Minister Hossein Ala (March 12, 1951 to April 30, 1951, 1955–1957 )
    • Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh (April 30, 1951–1952, 1952–1953 )

• Israel
  • Head of State: President Chaim Weizmann (1948–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (1948–1953, 1955–1963 )

• Yemen
  • Ruler: King Ahmad ibn Yahya (1948–1955, 1955–1962 )
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Hassan ibn Yahya (1948–1955)

• Jordan
  • Head of State:
    • King Abdallah ibn Husain I (1946-20 July 1951)
    • Regent Naif bin Abdullah (July 20, 1951 to September 5, 1951)
    • King Talal (September 5, 1951–1952)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Samir ar-Rifaʿi ( 1944–1945, 1947 , 1950–25 July 1951, 1956, 1958–1959, 1963 )
    • Prime Minister Tawfiq Abu l-Huda ( 1938–1944, 1947–1950 , July 25, 1951–1953, 1954–1955 )

• Lebanon
  • Head of State: President Béchara el-Khoury ( 1943 , 1943–1952) (1927–1928, 1929 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Riad as-Solh ( 1943–1945 , 1946–14 February 1951)
    • Prime Minister Hussein al-Oweini (February 14, 1951 to April 7, 1951, 1964–1965 )
    • Prime Minister Abdullah Aref al-Yafi ( 1938–1939 , April 7, 1951–1952, 1953–1954, 1956, 1968–1969 )

• Oman (British Protectorate 1891–1971)
  • Ruler: Sultan Said ibn Taimur (1932–1970)

• Saudi Arabia
  • Head of State and Government: King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud (1932–1953)

• Syria
  • Head of State:
    • President Hashim Chalid al-Atassi ( 1936–1939 , 1949–2 December 1951, 1954–1955 ) (1920, 1949 Prime Minister)
    • President Fawzi Selu (December 3, 1951–1953)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Nazim al-Qudsi ( 1949 , 1950–27 March 1951) (1961–1963 President)
    • Prime Minister Chalid al-Azm ( 1941, 1946, 1948–1949, 1949–1950 , March 27, 1951 to August 9, 1951, 1962–1963 )
    • Prime Minister Hassan al-Hakim ( 1941–1942 , August 9, 1951 to November 13, 1951)
    • Prime Minister Zaki al-Khatib (November 13, 1951 to November 28, 1951) (acting)
    • Prime Minister Maaruf al-Dawalibi (November 28, 1951 to November 29, 1951, 1961–1962 )
    • Prime Minister Fawzi al-Silu (December 3, 1951–1953)

• Turkey
  • Head of State: President Celâl Bayar (1950–1960) (Prime Minister 1937–1939)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Adnan Menderes (1950–1960)

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 People's Chural Gontschigiin Bumtsend (1940–1953)
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Chorloogiin Tschoibalsan (1939–1952) (1939–1940 Chairman of the Small State of Chural)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
    • Governor General : William McKell (1947-1953)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert Menzies ( 1939–1941 , 1949–1966)

• New Zealand
  • Head of State: King George VI. (1936–1952)
    • Governor General : Bernard Freyberg (1946–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Sidney Holland (1949–1957)

Europe

• Albania
  • Party leader: General Secretary of the Albanian Workers' Party Enver Hoxha (1948–1985) (from 1954 1st Secretary) (1946–1954 Prime Minister)
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly Omer Nishani (1946–1953)
  • Head of government: Prime Minister Enver Hoxha (1946–1954) (1941–1985 party leader)

• Andorra
  • Co-princes :
    • President of France : Vincent Auriol (1947–1954)
    • Bishop of Urgell : Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1943–1969)

• Belgium
  • Head of State:
    • King Leopold III. (1934–16 July 1951) (1940–1945 in German captivity, 1945–1950 in exile in Switzerland)
      • Regent: Prince Baudouin (1950–16 July 1951) (1951–1993 King)
    • King Baudouin I (July 17, 1951–1993)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Joseph Pholien (1950–1952)

• Bulgaria
  • Party leader: General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party Walko Chervenkov (1949–1954) (Prime Minister 1950–1956)
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Georgi Damyanov (1950–1958)
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Wulko Chervenkov (1950–1956) (1950–1954 party leader)

• Denmark
  • Head of State: King Friedrich IX. (1947–1972)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Erik Eriksen (1950–1953)
  • Faroe Islands (politically self-governing and autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark)
    • Representative of the Danish government: Reichsombudsmann Cai A. Vagn-Hansen (1948–1954)
    • Head of Government: Prime Minister Kristian Djurhuus (1950–1959, 1968–1970 )

• Federal Republic of Germany (1949–1955 under occupation law)
  • Head of State: Federal President Theodor Heuss (1949–1959)
  • Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1949–1963)

• German Democratic Republic
  • Party leader: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED Walter Ulbricht (1950–1971) (1960–1973 Chairman of the State Council)
  • Head of State: President Wilhelm Pieck (1949–1960) (1946–1950 party leader)
  • Head of government: Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl (1949–1964) (1946–1950 party leader)

• Finland
  • Head of State: President Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946–1956)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen (1950–1953, 1954–1956 ) (1956–1982 President)

• France
  • • President Vincent Auriol (1947–1954)
  • Head of Government:
    • President of the Council of Ministers René Pleven (1950–10 March 1951, 1951–1952 )
    • President of the Council of Ministers Henri Queuille ( 1948–1949, 1950 , March 10 – August 11, 1951)
    • President of the Council of Ministers René Pleven ( 1950–1951 , August 11, 1951–1952)

• Greece
  • Head of State: King Paul (1947–1964)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Sophoklis Venizelos ( 1944, 1950 , 1950–1 November 1951)
    • Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras ( 1945, 1950 , November 1, 1951–1952)

• Ireland
  • Head of State: President Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1945–1959)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister John A. Costello (1948–13 June 1951, 1954–1957 )
    • Prime Minister Éamon de Valera ( 1932–1948 , June 13, 1951–1954, 1957–1959 ) (President 1959–1973)

• Iceland
  • Head of State: President Sveinn Björnsson (1944–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1950–1953)

• Italy
  • Head of State: President Luigi Einaudi (1948–1955)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (1945–1953)

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

• Channel Islands
  • guernsey
    • Head of State and Government: Duke Georg VI. (1936–1952)
      • Vice-Governor: Philip Neame (1945–1953)
  • jersey
    • Head of State and Government: Duke Georg VI. (1936–1952)
      • Lieutenant Governor: Arthur Edward Grassett (1945–1953)

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

• Luxembourg
  • Head of State: Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919–1964) (1940–1945 in British exile)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Pierre Dupong (1937–1953)

• Isle of Man
  • Head of State: Lord of Mann Georg VI. (1936–1952)
    • Lieutenant Governor : Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet (1945–1952)

• Monaco
  • Head of State: Prince Rainier III. (1949-2005)
  • Head of Government: Minister of State Pierre Voizard (1950–1953)

• Netherlands
  • Head of State: Queen Juliana (1948–1980)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Willem Drees (1948–1958)

• Norway
  • Head of State: King Haakon VII (1905–1957) (1940–1945 in British exile)
  • Head of Government:
    • Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen (1945–19 November 1951, 1955–1963, 1963–1965 )
    • Prime Minister Oscar Torp (November 19, 1951–1955)

• Austria (1945–1955 under occupation law)
  • Head of State:
    • Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl (1950–21 June 1951) (acting)
    • Federal President Theodor Körner (June 21, 1951–1957)
  • Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl (1945–1953)

• Poland
  • Party leader: General Secretary Bolesław Bierut (1948–1956) (1944–1947 President of the National Council, 1947–1952 President, 1952–1954 Prime Minister)
  • Head of State: President Bolesław Bierut (1944–1952) (until 1947 President of the State National Council, 1948–1956 party leader, 1952–1954 Prime Minister)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz (1947–1952, 1954–1970 ) (1970–1972 Chairman of the State Council)

• Portugal
  • Head of State:
    • President António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (1925-18 April 1951)
    • Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (April 18 - August 9, 1951) (acting)
    • President Francisco Craveiro Lopes (August 9, 1951–1958)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar (1932–1968)

• Romania
  • Party leader: General Secretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1945–1954, 1955–1965 )
  • Head of State: President of the Presidium of the National Assembly Constantin Ion Parhon (1947–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Petru Groza (1945–1952) (1952–1958 Head of State)

• San Marino
  • Head of State: Capitani Reggenti :
    • Marino Della Balda ( 1943–1944, 9147 , October 1, 1950 to April 1, 1951) and Luigi Montironi ( 1946–1947 , October 1, 1950 to April 1, 1951, 1954–1955 )
    • Alvaro Casali ( 1945 , April 1, 1951 to October 1, 1951, 1960 ) and Romolo Giacomini (April 1, 1951 to October 1, 1951)
    • Domenico Forcellini ( 1947–1948 , October 1, 1951 to April 1, 1952, 1955, 1958–1959, 1962, 1967–1968 ) and Giovanni Terenzi (October 1, 1951 to April 1, 1952)

• Sweden
  • Head of State: King Gustav VI. Adolf (1950–1973)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Tage Erlander (1946–1969)

• Switzerland
  • Federal President : Eduard von Steiger ( 1945 , 1951)
  • Federal Council :
    • Philipp Etter (1934–1959)
    • Karl Kobelt (1941–1954)
    • Eduard von Steiger (1941–31 December 1951)
    • Ernst Nobs (1944–31 December 1951)
    • Max Petitpierre (1945–1961)
    • Rodolphe Rubattel (1948–1954)
    • Josef Escher (1950–1954)

• Soviet Union
  • Party leader: General Secretary of the CPSU Josef Stalin (1922–1953)
  • 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: Caudillo Francisco Franco (1939–1975)

• Czechoslovakia
  • Party leader: Chairman Klement Gottwald (1929–1953)
  • Head of State: President Klement Gottwald (1948–1953)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký (1948–1953) (1953–1957 President)

• Hungary
  • Party leader: General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party Mátyás Rákosi (1945–1956) (1946, 1947, 1952–1953 Prime Minister)
  • Head of State: Chairman of the Presidential Council Sándor Rónai (1950–1952)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister István Dobi (1948–1952) (1952–1957 President)

• 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 (1945–26 October 1951)
    • Prime Minister Winston Churchill ( 1940-1945 , October 26, 1951-1955)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are areas that are directly under the British Crown. They are not part of the UK.
2. ↑ The Federal Council is the collective head of state in Switzerland. The Federal President has the role of primus inter pares