- List of state leaders in 1954
1953 state leaders - Events of 1954 - 1955 state leaders -
State leaders by year -----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1954
*List of international organization leaders in 1954 Africa
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Egypt
**President -
**#Muhammad Naguib , President (1953 -1954 ) and Prime Minister (1953 -1954 )
**#Gamal Abdel Nasser , Prime Minister (1954 -1962 )
*Ethiopia
** Monarch -Haile Selassie ,Emperor of Ethiopia (1941 -1974 )
** Prime Minister -Makonnen Endelkachew ,Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942 -1957 )
*Liberia -William V.S. Tubman ,President of Liberia (1944 -1971 )
*Libya -
**Monarch- Idris I,King of Libya (1951 -1969 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Mahmud al-Muntasir ,Prime Minister of Libya (1951 -1954 )
**#Muhammad Sakizli ,Prime Minister of Libya (1954 )
**#Mustafa Ben Halim ,Prime Minister of Libya (1954 -1957 )
*Union of South Africa
** Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of South Africa (1952 -1961 )
** Governor-General -Ernest George Jansen ,Governor-General of South Africa (1951 -1959 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Daniel François Malan ,Prime Minister of South Africa (1948 -1954 )
**#Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom ,Prime Minister of South Africa (1954 -1958 )Asia
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Afghanistan
**Monarch -Mohammed Zahir Shah ,King of Afghanistan (1933 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953 -1963 )
*Bhutan
**Monarch -Jigme Dorji Wangchuck , King of Bhutan (1952 -1972 )
**Prime Minister -Jigme Palden Dorji ,Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952 -1964 )
* Burma
**President-Ba U ,President of Burma (1952 -1957 )
**Prime Minister -U Nu ,Prime Minister of Burma (1948 -1956 )
*Cambodia
**Monarch -Norodom Sihanouk ,King of Cambodia (1941 -1955 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Chan Nak ,Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953 -1954 )
**#Norodom Sihanouk ,Prime Minister of Cambodia (1954 )
**#Samdech Penn Nouth ,Prime Minister of Cambodia (1954 -1955 )
*Ceylon
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952 -1972 )
** Governors-General -
**#Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury ,Governor-General of Ceylon (1949 -1954 )
**#Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke ,Governor-General of Ceylon (1954 -1962 )
** Prime Minister -John Lionel Kotalawela ,Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953 -1956 )
*People's Republic of China
** Head of State -Mao Zedong , Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949 -1954 ),Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954 -1959 )
** Premier -Zhou Enlai , Premier of the State Council (1949 -1976 )
** Head of Communist Party -Mao Zedong ,Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935 -1976 )
*Republic of China
** President -Chiang Kai-Shek ,President of the Republic of China (1948 -1975 )
** Premier -
**#Ch'en Ch'eng , President of the Executive Yuan (1950 -1954 )
**#Yü Hung-chün , President of the Executive Yuan (1954 -1958 )
*India -
**President -Rajendra Prasad ,President of India (1950 -1962 )
**Prime Minister -Jawaharlal Nehru ,Prime Minister of India (1947 -1964 )
*Indonesia -
**President -Sukarno , President of Indonesia (1945 –1967 )
**Prime Minister -Ali Sastroamidjojo , Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953 -1955 )
*Iran
**Monarch -Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ,Shah of Iran (1941 -1979 )
**Prime Minister -Fazlollah Zahedi ,Prime Minister of Iran (1953 -1955 )
*Iraq
**Monarch - Faisal II,King of Iraq (1939 -1958 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali ,Prime Minister of Iraq (1953 -1954 )
**#Arshad al-Umari ,Prime Minister of Iraq (1954 )
**#Nuri as-Said ,Prime Minister of Iraq (1954 -1957 )
*Israel -
**President -Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ,President of Israel (1952 -1963 )
**Prime Minister -Moshe Sharett ,Prime Minister of Israel (1953 -1955 )
*Japan -
** Monarch -Showa Emperor ,Emperor of Japan (1926 -1989 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Shigeru Yoshida ,Prime Minister of Japan (1948 -1954 )
**#Ichirō Hatoyama ,Prime Minister of Japan (1954 -1956 )
*Jordan -
** Monarch - Hussein,King of Jordan (1952 -1999 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Fawzi al-Mulki ,Prime Minister of Jordan (1953 -1954 )
**#Tawfik Abu al-Huda ,Prime Minister of Jordan (1954 -1955 )
* Democratic People´s Republic of Korea
** Head of State -Kim Du Bong , Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1948 -1957 )
** Premier -Kim Il Sung , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1948 -1972 )
** Head of Communist Party -Kim Il Sung , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (1948 -1994 )
*Republic of Korea -
** President -Syngman Rhee , President of the Republic of Korea (1948 -1960 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Paik Too-chin , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952 -1954 )
**#Pyon Yong-tae , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1954 )
*Laos
**Monarch -Sisavang Vong ,King of Laos (1949 -1959 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Prince Souvanna Phouma ,Prime Minister of Laos (1951 -1954 )
**#Katay Don Sasorith ,Prime Minister of Laos (1954 -1956 )
*Lebanon
**President-Camille Chamoun ,President of Lebanon (1952 -1958 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Abdullah Aref al-Yafi ,Prime Minister of Lebanon (1953 -1954 )
**#Sami as-Solh ,Prime Minister of Lebanon (1954 -1955 )
*Mongolia
** Head of State -Jamtsarangiin Sambuu , Chairman of the State Great Khural (1954 -1972 )
** Premier -Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952 -1974 )
** Head of Communist Party -
**#Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal , First Secretary of the People´s Revolutionary Party (1940 -1954 )
**#Dashiin Damba , First Secretary of the People´s Revolutionary Party (1954 -1958 )
*Nepal
**Monarch - Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah,King of Nepal (1951 -1955 )
**Prime Minister -Matrika Prasad Koirala , Prime Minister of Nepal (1953 -1955 )
*Oman -Said Bin Taimur ,Sultan of Oman (1932 -1970 )
*Pakistan -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Pakistan (1952 -1956 )
**Governor-General -Ghulam Muhammad ,Governor-General of Pakistan (1951 -1955 )
**Prime Minister -Muhammad Ali Bogra ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953 -1955 )
*Philippines -Ramon Magsaysay ,President of the Philippines (1953 -1957 )
*Saudi Arabia
**Monarch - Saud,King of Saudi Arabia (1953 -1964 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Saud,Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1953 -1954 )
**#Faisal,Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1954 -1960 )
*Syria
** President -
**#Adib ash-Shishakli ,President of Syria (1953 -1954 )
**#Hashim al-Atassi ,President of Syria (1954 -1955 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Adib ash-Shishakli ,Prime Minister of Syria (1953 -1954 )
**#Sabri al-Assali ,Prime Minister of Syria (1954 )
**#Said al-Ghazzi ,Prime Minister of Syria (1954 )
**#Faris al-Khuri ,Prime Minister of Syria (1954 -1955 )
*Thailand
**Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)
**Prime Minister -Luang Phibunsongkhram ,Prime Minister of Thailand {1948 -1957 }
* State of Vietnam
**Head of State -Bao Dai ,Emperor of Vietnam (1925 -1955 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Pham Buu Loc , Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (1954 )
**#Ngo Dinh Diem , Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (1954 -1955 )
* Democratic Republic of Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh , President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1946 -1969 ), Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945 -1955 ), President of the Vietnam Workers Party (1930 -1969 )
*Yemen
**Monarch -Ahmad bin Yahya ,King of Yemen (1948 -1962 )
**Prime Minister -Prince Hassan ibn Yahya ,Prime Minister of Yemen (1948 -1955 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia -
** Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1953 –present)
** Governor-General - Sir. William Joseph Slim,Governor-General of Australia (1953 -1960 )
** Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies,Prime Minister of Australia (1949 -1966 )
*New Zealand
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 –present)
**Governor-General - Sir Willoughby Norrie,Governor-General of New Zealand (1952 -1957 )
**Prime Minister -Sidney Holland ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949 -1957 )
*Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 –1965 )
** Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi,Prime Minister of Tonga , (1949 –1965 )Europe
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Austria -
**President -Theodor Körner ,President of Austria (1951 –1957 )
**Chancellor -Julius Raab ,Chancellor of Austria (1953 –1961 )
*Belgium -
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Jean van Houtte , Prime Minister of Belgium (1952 -1954 )
**#Achille van Acker , Prime Minister of Belgium (1945 -1946 ,1954 -1958 )
*Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX,King of Denmark (1947 -1972 )
** Prime Minister -Hans Hedtoft ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1953 -1955 )
*France -
**President -
**#Vincent Auriol ,President of France (1947 -1954 )
**#René Coty ,President of France (1954 -1959 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Joseph Laniel , President of the Council (1953 -1954 )
**#Pierre Mendès-France , President of the Council (1954 -1955 )
*Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -Theodor Heuss , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949 -1959 )
**Chancellor -Konrad Adenauer , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949 -1963 )
*German Democratic Republic -
**Communist Party Leader -Walter Ulbricht ,General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950 -1971 )
**President -Wilhelm Pieck , President of the German Democratic Republic (1949 -1960 )
**Premier -Otto Grotewohl , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949 -1964 )
*Hungary -
**Head of State -István Dobi , President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952 -1967 )
**Head of Government -Imre Nagy , President of the Council of Ministers (1953 -1955 )
* Ireland -
**President -Seán T. O'Kelly ,President of Ireland (1945 -1959 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Éamon de Valera ,Taoiseach (1951 -1954 )
**#John A. Costello ,Taoiseach (1954 -1957 )
*Italy -
**President -Luigi Einaudi , President of the Italian Republic (1948 -1955 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Giuseppe Pella ,Prime Minister of Italy (1953 -1954 )
**#Amintore Fanfani ,Prime Minister of Italy (1954 )
**#Mario Scelba ,Prime Minister of Italy (1954 -1955 )
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II,Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Head of Government -Alexander Frick , Head of Government (1945 -1962 )
*Luxembourg
** Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919 -1964 )
** Prime Minister -Joseph Bech ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1953 -1958 )
*Monaco -
**Monarch - Rainier III,Prince of Monaco (1949 -2005 )
**Head of Government -Henry Soum ,Minister of State of Monaco (1953 -1959 )
*Netherlands -
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Willem Drees ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948 -1958 )
*Poland
**Communist Party Leader - Bolesław Bierut, Chairman of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948 -1954 ) (from 1954 First Secretary)
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman -Aleksander Zawadzki (1952 -1964 )
**Premier -
**# Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers (1952 -1954 )
**#Józef Cyrankiewicz , President of the Council of Ministers (1954 -1970 )
*Portugal -
**President -Francisco Craveiro Lopes ,President of Portugal (1951 -1958 )
**Prime Minister -António de Oliveira Salazar , President of the Council of Ministers (1932 -1968 )
*Spain -
**Generalísimo -Francisco Franco , Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939 -1975 ), (1939 -1973 )
*Sweden -
**Monarch - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Tage Erlander ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1946 -1969 )
*Turkey
** President -Celal Bayar , President of Turkey (1950-1960)
** Prime Minister -Adnan Menderes ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the United Kingdom (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -Winston Churchill ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951 -1955 )
*Vatican City
** Pope - Pius XII,Bishop of Rome (1939 -1958 )
** Secretary of State -Domenico Cardinal Tardini ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1952 -1961 )North America and the Caribbean
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Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952 -present)
** Governor General -Vincent Massey , Governor General (1952 -1959 )
**Prime Minister -Louis St. Laurent , Prime Minister (1948 -1957 )
*Costa Rica -José Figueres Ferrer , President of Costa Rica (1953 –1958 )
*Cuba -Fulgencio Batista , President of Cuba (1952 -1959 )
*Dominican Republic -Héctor Trujillo , President of the Dominican Republic (1952 –1960 )
*El Salvador -Óscar Osorio ,President of El Salvador (1950 –1956 )
*United States -Dwight Eisenhower ,President of the United States (1953 -1961 )outh America
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Argentina -Juan Domingo Perón ,President of Argentina (1946 -1955 /1973 -1974 )
*Brazil -
*#Getúlio Vargas ,President of Brazil (1951 -1954 )
*#João Café Filho ,President of Brazil (1954 -1956 )
*Paraguay -
*#Federico Chaves ,President of Paraguay (1949 -1954 )
*#Alfredo Stroessner Mattianda ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -Manuel A. Odría ,President of Peru (1948 -1956 )
*Uruguay -Andrés Martínez Trueba , President of Uruguay (1951 -1955 )
*Venezuela -Marcos Pérez Jiménez ,President of Venezuela (1952 -1958 )
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