- List of state leaders in 1957
1956 state leaders - Events of 1957 - 1958 state leaders -
State leaders by year -----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1957
*List of international organization leaders in 1957 Africa
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Ethiopia
** Monarch -Haile Selassie ,Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 -1974 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Makonnen Endelkachew ,Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942 -1 November 1957 )
**#Abebe Aragai ,Prime Minister of Ethiopia (27 November 1957 -1960 )
*Ghana "independent6 March 1957 , previously the colony of Gold Coast"
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ghana (1957 -1960 )
** Governor-General -
**# Sir Charles Arden-Clarke,Governor-General of Ghana (6 March 1957 -24 June 1957 )
**# The Earl of Listowel,Governor-General of Ghana (24 June 1957 -1960 )
** Prime Minister -Kwame Nkrumah ,Prime Minister of Ghana (1957 -1960 )
*Liberia -William V.S. Tubman ,President of Liberia (1944 -1971 )
*Libya -
** Monarch - Idris I,King of Libya (1951 -1969 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Mustafa Ben Halim ,Prime Minister of Libya (1954 -26 May 1957 )
**#Abdul Majid Kubar ,Prime Minister of Libya (26 May 1957 -1960 )
*Morocco -
** Monarch - Muhammad V, Sultan (from14 August King) of Morocco (1955 -1961 )
** Prime Minister -M'barek Bekkai ,Prime Minister of Morocco (1955 -1958 )
*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 -Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom ,Prime Minister of South Africa (1954 -1958 )
*Sudan
** Sovereignty Council (1956 -1958 )
** Prime Minister -Abdullah Khalil ,Prime Minister of Sudan (1956 -1958 )
*Tunisia
** Monarch -Muhammad VIII al-Amin , King of Tunisia (1956 -1957 ; Bey1943 -1956 )
** Prime Minister -Habib Bourguiba ,Prime Minister of Tunisia (1956 -1957 )
** President -Habib Bourguiba ,President of Tunisia (1957 -1987 )Asia
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Afghanistan
**Mohammed Zahir Shah ,King of Afghanistan (1933 -1973 )
**Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953 -1963 )
*Bhutan
**Jigme Dorji Wangchuk , King of Bhutan (1952 -1972 )
**Jigme Palden Dorji ,Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952 -1964 )
*Brunei -Omar Ali Saifuddin III ,Sultan of Brunei (1950 –1967 )
*Burma
** President -
**#Ba U ,President of Burma (1952 -13 March 1957 )
**#Win Maung ,President of Burma (13 March 1957 -1962
** Prime Minister
**#Ba Swe ,Prime Minister of Burma (1956 -1 March 1957 )
**#U Nu ,Prime Minister of Burma (1 March 1957 -1958 )
*Cambodia
**Norodom Suramarit ,King of Cambodia (1955 -1960 )
** Prime Minister
**#Sam Yun ,Prime Minister of Cambodia (1956 -9 April 1957
**# Prince Norodom Sihanouk,Prime Minister of Cambodia (9 April -7 July 1957
**#Sim Var ,Prime Minister of Cambodia (7 July 1957 -1958 )
*Ceylon
** Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952 -1972 )
** Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, Governor-General of Ceylon
**S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike ,Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956 -1959 )
*People's Republic of China -
**Mao Zedong ,Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1949 -1959 ) and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935 -1976 )
**Zhou Enlai ,Premier of the People's Republic of China (1949 -1976 )
*India -
**Rajendra Prasad ,President of India (1950 -1962 )
**Jawaharlal Nehru ,Prime Minister of India (1947 -1964 )
*Indonesia -
**President -Sukarno , President of Indonesia (1945 –1967 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Ali Sastroamidjojo , Prime Minister of Indonesia (1956 -1957 )
**#Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja , Prime Minister of Indonesia (1957 -1959 )
*Japan -
** Monarch -Showa Emperor ,Emperor of Japan (1926 -1989 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Tanzan Ishibashi ,Prime Minister of Japan (1956 -25 February 1957 )
**#Nobusuke Kishi ,Prime Minister of Japan (25 February 1957 -1960 )
* Democratic People's Republic of Korea -
**Kim Il Sung , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (1948 -1994 ) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1948 -1972 )
** Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Head of State)
**#Kim Du Bong (1948 -20 September 1957 )
**#Choi Yong Kun (20 September 1957 -1972 )
* Republic of Korea -Syngman Rhee , President of the Republic of Korea (1948 -1960 )
*Laos -
**Sisavang Vong ,King of Laos (1946 -1959 )
**Prince Souvanna Phouma ,Prime Minister of Laos (1956 -1958 )
* Malaya
** "independent from31 August 1957 "
**Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Muhammad,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (31 August 1957 -1960 )
**Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj,Prime Minister of Malaya (1955 -1959 )
*Maldives
**Muhammad Farid Didi ,Sultan of the Maldives (1954 -1968 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Ibrahim Ali Didi ,Prime Minister of the Maldives (1953 -12 December 1957 )
**#Ibrahim Nasir ,Prime Minister of the Maldives (12 December 1957 -1968 )
*Mongolia
**Dashiin Damba , First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1954 -1958 )
**Jamtsarangiin Sambuu , Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural (1954 -1972 )
**Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952 -1974 )
*Nepal -
**Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva ,King of Nepal (1955 -1972 )
** Prime Minister
**#Tanka Prasad Acharya ,Prime Minister of Nepal (1956 -26 July 1957 )
**#Kunwar Indrajit Singh ,Prime Minister of Nepal (26 July -15 November 1957 )
*Oman -Said Bin Taimur ,Sultan of Oman (1932 -1970 )
*Pakistan -
**Iskandar Ali Mirza ,President of Pakistan (1956 -1958 )
** Prime Minister
**#Husayn Sahid Suhrawardi ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (1956 -17 October 1957 )
**#Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (17 October -16 December 1957
**#Malik Firoz Khan Nun ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (16 December 1957 -1958 )
*Philippines -
*#Ramon Magsaysay ,President of the Philippines (1953 -17 March 1957 )
*#Carlos P. Garcia ,President of the Philippines (17 March 1957 -1961 )
* Taiwan (Republic of China )
**Chiang Kai-shek ,President of the Republic of China (1950 -1975 )
**Yü Hung-chün ,President of the Executive Yuan (1954 -1958 )
*Thailand
** King - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946 -present)
** Prime Minister
**#Plaek Pibulsongkram ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1948 -17 September 1957 )
**#Pote Sarasin ,Prime Minister of Thailand (21 September -24 December 1957 )
* Democratic Republic of Vietnam
**Ho Chi Minh , Chairman of the Vietnam Workers' Party (1930 -1969 ) andPresident of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945 -1969 )
**Pham Van Dong ,Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1955 -1976 )
* Republic of Vietnam -Ngo Dinh Diem ,President of the Republic of Vietnam (1955 -1963 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1953 –present)
**Governor-General - SirWilliam Slim ,Governor-General of Australia (1953 -1960 )
**Prime Minister - SirRobert Menzies ,Prime Minister of Australia (1939 -1941 ,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 )
**#The Viscount Cobham,Governor-General of New Zealand (1957 -1962 )
**Prime Minister -
**# SirSidney Holland ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949 -20 September 1957 )
**# SirKeith Jacka Holyoake ,Prime Minister of New Zealand ] (20 September -12 December 1957 )
**# SirWalter Nash ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957 –1960 )
*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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Albania
** Communist Party Leader -Enver Hoxha , First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour (1948 -1985 )
** Head of State -Haxhi Lleshi , Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly (1953 -1982 )
** Premier -Mehmet Shehu , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1954 -1981 )
*Andorra
** Co-Princes -
***René Coty ,President of France (1954 -1959 )
***Ramon Iglésias Navarri ,Bishop of Urgell (1943 -1969 )
** First Syndic -Francesc Cairat Freixes , First Syndic of Andorra
*Austria -
**President -
**#Theodor Körner ,President of Austria (1951 –1957 )
**#Adolf Schärf ,President of Austria (1957 –1965 )
**Chancellor -Julius Raab ,Chancellor of Austria (1953 –1961 )
*Belgium
**Monarch - Baudouin I,King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
**Prime Minister -Achille Van Acker ,Prime Minister of Belgium (1954 -1958 )
*Bulgaria
**Communist Party Leader -Todor Zhivkov , First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1954 -1989 )
**Head of State -Georgi Purvanov Damyanov , Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1950 -1958 )
**Premier -Anton Yugov , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria (1956 -1962 )
*Czechoslovakia
**Communist Party Leader -Antonín Novotný , First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1953 -1968 )
**President -
**#Antonín Zápotocký ,President of Czechoslovakia (1953 -13 November 1957 )
**#Viliam Široký , Acting President of Czechoslovakia (13 November -19 November 1957 )
**#Antonín Novotný ,President of Czechoslovakia (19 November 1957 -1968 )
**Prime Minister -Viliam Široký ,Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1953 -1963 )
*Denmark
**Monarch - Frederik IX,King of Denmark (1947 -1972 )
**Prime Minister -Hans Christian Hansen ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1955 -1960 )
*Finland
**President -Urho Kaleva Kekkonen ,President of Finland (1956 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Karl August Fagerholm ,Prime Minister of Finland (1956 -27 May 1957 )
**#Vieno Johannes Sukselainen ,Prime Minister of Finland (27 May -29 November 1957
**#Rainer von Fieandt ,Prime Minister of Finland (29 November 1957 -1958 )
*France
**President -René Coty ,President of France (1954 -1959 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Guy Mollet , President of the Council (1956 -12 June 1957 )
**#Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury , President of the Council (12 June -6 November 1957 )
**#Félix Gaillard , President of the Council (6 November 1957 -1958 )
*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 of the German Democratic Republic (1949 -1964 )
*Greece
**Monarch - Paul,King of the Hellenes (1947 -1964 )
**Prime Minister -Konstantinos Karamanlis ,Prime Minister of Greece (1955 -1958 )
*Hungary
**Communist Party Leader -János Kádár , General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956 -1988 )
**Head of State -István Dobi , Chairman of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952 -1967 )
**Premier -János Kádár , President of the Hungarian Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Government (1956 -1958 )
*Iceland
**President -Ásgeir Ásgeirsson ,President of Iceland (1952 -1968 )
**Prime Minister -Hermann Jónasson ,Prime Minister of Iceland (1956 -1958 )
* Ireland -
**President -Seán T. O'Kelly ,President of Ireland (1945 -1959 )
**Prime Minister -
**#John A. Costello ,Taoiseach (1954 -20 March 1957 )
**#Éamon de Valera ,Taoiseach (20 March 1957 -1959 )
*Italy -
**President -Giovanni Gronchi , President of the Italian Republic (1955 -1962 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Antonio Segni ,Prime Minister of Italy (1955 -19 May 1957 )
**#Adone Zoli ,Prime Minister of Italy (19 May 1957 -1958 )
*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 - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Willem Drees ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948 -1958 )
*Norway -
**Monarch -
**# Haakon VII,King of Norway (1905 -21 September 1957 )
**# Olav V,King of Norway (21 September 1957 -1991 ; Regent from1955 )
**Prime Minister -Einar Henry Gerhardsen ,Prime Minister of Norway (1955 -1963 )
*Poland
**Communist Party Leader -Władysław Gomułka , Secretary-General of the Polish United Workers' Party (1956 -1970 )
**Head of State -Aleksander Zawadzki , Chairman of the Council of State of Poland (1952 -1964 )
**Prime Minister -Józef Cyrankiewicz ,Prime Minister of Poland (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 )
*Romania
**Communist Party Leader -Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , First Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1955 -1965 )
**Head of State -Petru Groza , Chairman of the Presidium of the Grand National Assembly of Romania (1952 -1958 )
**Premier -Chivu Stoica , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania (1955 -1961 )
*San Marino
**Captains Regent -
**#Mariano Ceccoli andEugenio Bernardini (October1956 –March1957 )
**#Giordano Giacomini andPrimo Marani (April1957 –)
**#Marino Valdes Franciosi andFederico Micheloni (27 October 1957 –March1958 )
**Provisional Government:Federico Bigi ,Alvaro Casali ,Pietro Giancecchi ,Zaccaria Giovanni Savoretti (10 October -27 October )
*Spain
**Generalísimo -Francisco Franco , Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939 -1975 ), (1939 -1973 )
*Sweden -
**Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Tage Erlander ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1946 -1969 )
*Switzerland
**Swiss Federal Council :Philipp Etter ,Max Petitpierre ,Markus Feldmann ,Hans Streuli ,Thomas Holenstein ,Paul Chaudet ,Giuseppe Lepori ;members of the Swiss Federal Council
*Turkey
**President -Celal Bayar ,President of Turkey (1950 -1960 )
**Prime Minister -Adnan Menderes ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1950 -1960 )
* Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
**Communist Party Leader -Nikita Khrushchev , First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953 -1964 )
**Head of State -Kliment Voroshilov ,Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1953 -1960 )
**Premier -Nikolai Bulganin , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1955 -1958 )
*United Kingdom
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -
**# Sir Anthony Eden,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1955 -10 January 1957 )
**#Harold Macmillan ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (10 January 1957 -1963 )
*Vatican City -Pope Pius XII (1939 -1958 )
* Yugoslavia -
**Communist Party Leader -Josip Broz Tito , Secretary-General of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1937 -1980 )
**President -Josip Broz Tito ,President of Yugoslavia (1953 -1980 )
**Premier -Joseip Broz Tito , President of the Federal Executive Council (1945 -1963 )
*Vatican City
** Pope - Pius XII,Bishop of Rome (1939 -1958 )
** Secretary of State -Domenico Cardinal Tardini ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1952 -1961 )Middle East
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Egypt
**President -Gamal Abdel Nasser ,President of Egypt (1954 -1958 )
**Prime Minister -Gamal Abdel Nasser ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1954 -1958 )
*Iran -
**Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ,Shah of Iran (1941 -1979 )
** Prime Minister
**#Hossein Ala ,Prime Minister of Iran (1955 -3 April 1957 )
**#Manuchehr Ekbal ,Prime Minister of Iran (3 April 1957 -1960 )
*Iraq -
** Faisal II,King of Iraq (1939 -1958 )
** Prime Minister
**#Nuri Pasha as-Said ,Prime Minister of Iraq (1954 -20 June 1957 )
**#Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi ,Prime Minister of Iraq (20 June -15 December 1957 )
**#Abdul-Wahab Mirjan ,Prime Minister of Iraq (15 December 1957 -1958 )
*Israel -
**Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ,President of Israel (1952 -1963 )
**David Ben-Gurion ,Prime Minister of Israel (1955 -1963 )
*Jordan -
** Hussein,King of Jordan (1952 -1999 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Suleiman an-Nabulsi ,Prime Minister of Jordan (1956 -13 April 1957 )
**#Abd al-Halim an-Nimr ,Prime Minister of Jordan (13 April -15 April 1957 )
**#Hussein Khalidi ,Prime Minister of Jordan (15 April -24 April 1957 )
**#Ibrahim Hashm ,Prime Minister of Jordan (24 April 1957 -1958 )
*Lebanon -
**Camille Chamoun , President of Lebanon (1952 -1958 )
**Sami as-Solh ,Prime Minister of Lebanon (1956 -1958 )
* Muscat and Oman -Said bin Taimur ,Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932 -1970 )
*Saudi Arabia -
**Sa'ud,King of Saudi Arabia (1953 -1964
**Crown Prince Faisal,Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1954 -1960 )
*Syria
**Shukri al-Kuwatli ,President of Syria (1955 -1958 )
**Sabri al-Assali ,Prime Minister of Syria (1956 -1958 )
*Yemen -Ahmad ash-Shams ,King of Yemen (1955 -1962 )North America and Caribbean
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Canada
** Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952 -present)
**Vincent Massey ,Governor-General of Canada (1952 -1959 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Louis St. Laurent (1948 -21 June 1957 )
**#John George Diefenbaker (21 June 1957 -1963 )
*Costa Rica -José Figueres Ferrer , President of Costa Rica (1953 –1958 )
*Cuba
** President -Fulgencio Batista , President of Cuba (1952 -1959 )
** Premier
**#Jorge García Montes , Premier of Cuba (1955 -26 March 1957 )
**#Andrés Rivero Agüero , Premier of Cuba (26 March 1957 -1958 )
*Dominican Republic -Héctor Trujillo , President of the Dominican Republic (1952 –1960 )
*El Salvador -José María Lemus ,President of El Salvador (1956 -1960 )
*Guatemala -
*#Carlos Castillo Armas ,President of Guatemala (1954 -26 July 1957 )
*#Luis Arturo González López , Acting President of Guatemala (27 July -24 October 1957 )
*#Óscar Mendoza Azurdia , Chairman of the Military Junta (24 October -26 October 1957 )
*#Guillermo Flores Avendaño , Acting President of Guatemala (27 October 1957 -1958 )
*Haiti -
*#Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis , Provisional President of Haiti (1956 -4 February 1957 )
*#Franck Sylvain , Provisional President of Haiti (7 February -1 April 1957 )
*#Léon Cantave , Chief of the General Staff of the Haitian Army, acting Head of State (1 April -6 April 1957 )
*# Executive Government Council (6 April -20 May 1957 )
*#Léon Cantave , Chief of the General Staff of the Haitian Army, acting Head of State (20 May -25 May 1957 )
*#Daniel Fignolé , Provisional President of Haiti (25 May -14 June 1957 )
*#Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau , Chairman of the Military Council of Haiti (14 June -22 October 1957
*#François Duvalier ,President of Haiti (22 October 1957 -1971 )
*Honduras -
*# Military Government Council (1956 -21 December 1957 )
*# Ramón Villeda Morales,President of Honduras (21 December 1957 -1963 )
*Mexico -Adolfo Ruíz Cortines ,President of Mexico (1952 -1958 )
*Nicaragua -Luis Somoza Debayle ,President of Nicaragua (1956 -1963 )
*Panama -Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro ,President of Panama (1956 -1960 )
*United States -Dwight Eisenhower ,President of the United States (1953 -1961 )outh America
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Argentina -Pedro Eugenio Aramburu , Provisional President of Argentina (1955 -1958 )
*Bolivia -Hernán Siles Zuazo ,President of Bolivia (1956 -1960 )
*Brazil -Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira ,President of Brazil (1956 -1961 )
*Chile -Carlos Ibáñez del Campo ,President of Chile (1952 -1958 )
*Colombia -
*#Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ,President of Colombia (1953 -10 May 1957 )
*#Gabriel París Gordillo ,, Chairman of the Military Junta of Government (10 May 1957 -1958 )
*Ecuador -Camilo Ponce Enríquez ,President of Ecuador (1956 -1960 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -Manuel Prado y Ugarteche ,President of Peru (1956 -1962 )
*Uruguay -
*#Alberto Fermín Zubiría , President of Uruguay (1956 -1957 )
*#Arturo Lezama , President of Uruguay (1957 -1958 )
*Venezuela -Marcos Pérez Jiménez ,President of Venezuela (1952 -1958 )
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