List of state leaders in 1939

1938 state leaders - Events of 1939 - 1940 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1940
*List of international organization leaders in 1940

Africa

* Egypt - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
* Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
* South Africa -
** Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937-1943)
** Prime Minister -
**# Barry Hertzog, Prime Minister of South Africa (1924-5 September 1939)
**# Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (5 September 1939 - 1948)
* Zanzibar - Khalifah ibn Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

* Afghanistan
** Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
** Sardar Mohammed Hashim Shah, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1933-1946)
* Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
* China
**Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1931-1943)
**Premier
**#H.H. Kung, President of the Executive Yuan (1938-1939)
**#Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
* India -
** George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
** The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister
**# Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1937 - 5 January 1939)
**# Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan (5 January - 30 August 1939)
**# Nobuyuki Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (30 August 1939 - 1940)
* Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
* Thailand (Siam to 23 June) -
** Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (1935-1946)
** Plaek Pibulsongkram, Prime Minister of Thailand (1938-1944)
* Vietnam - Bao Dai, Emperor of Vietnam (1925-1945)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
** Prime Minister -
**#Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939)
**#Sir. Earle Page, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1939)
**#Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941)

* New Zealand -
** George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936-1952)
** The Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand (1935-1941)
** Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935-1940)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister - Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1923 – 1941)

Europe

* Albania -
** Head of State -
**# Zog I, King of Albania (1928- 8 April 1939)
**# Xhafer Ypi, Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee (9 April - 12 April 1939)
**# Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, Acting Head of State (12 April - 16 April 1939)
**# Victor Emmanuel III, King of Albania (16 April 1939-1943)
**Prime Minister -
**# Koço Kota, Prime Minister of Albania (1936-8 April 1939)
**# Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, Prime Minister of Albania (12 April 1939 - 1941)
* Belgium -
**Monarch - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
**Prime Minister -
**# Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (1938-20 February 1939)
**# Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (22 February 1939-1945)
* Bohemia and Moravia -
**Reichs Protector - Konstantin von Neurath, Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia(21 March 1939-1941)
**State President - Emil Hácha, State President of Bohemia and Moravia (16 March 1939-1945)
** Prime Minister -
**# Rudolf Beran, Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia (16 March - 27 April 1939)
**# Alois Eliáš, Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia (27 April 1939 - 1941)
* Bulgaria -
**Monarch - Boris III, King of the Bulgarians (1918-1943)
**Prime Minister - Georgi Kiossievanov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1935-1940)
* Czechoslovakia -
**President - Emil Hácha, President of Czechoslovakia (1938 - 15 March 1939)
**Prime Minister - Rudolf Beran, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1938 - 15 March 1939)
** "divided into Bohemia-Moravia and Slovakia)", 15 March 1939
* Denmark -
**Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
**Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
* Éire (Ireland) -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
**President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
**Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
* Estonia -
**President - Konstantin Päts, President of Estonia (April 24 1938 - June 21 1940)
**Prime Minister -
**# Kaarel Eenpalu, Prime Minister of Estonia (May 9 1938 - 12 October 1939)
**# Jüri Uluots, Prime Minister of Estonia (12 October 1939 - June 21 1940)
* Finland -
**President - Kyösti Kallio, President of Finland (1937-1940)
**Prime Minister -
**# Aimo Kaarlo Cajander, Prime Minister of Finland (1937 - 1 December 1939)
**# Risto Heikki Ryti, Prime Minister of Finland (1 December 1939 - 1940)
* France -
**President - Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-1940)
**Prime Minister - Édouard Daladier, President of the Council (1938-1940)
* Germany -
**Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
**Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
* Greece -
**Monarch - George II, King of the Hellenes (1935-1947)
**Prime Minister - Ioannis Metaxas, Prime Minister of Greece (1936-1941)
* Hungary -
**Regent - Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (1920-1944)
**Prime Minister -
**# Béla Imrédy (1938 - 16 February 1939)
**# Count Pál Teleki (16 February 1939 - 3 April 1941)
* Italy -
**Monarch - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
**Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
* Latvia -
**President - Kārlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936-1940)
**Prime Minister - Kārlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934-1940)
* Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
**Head of Government - Franz Josef Hoop, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1928-1945)
* Lithuania -
**President - Antanas Smetona, President of Lithuania (1926-1940)
**Prime Minister
**# Vladas Mironas, Prime Minister of Lithuania (1938 - 28 March 1939)
**# Jonas Cernius, Prime Minister of Lithuania (28 March - 21 November 1939)
**# Antanas Merkys, Prime Minister of Lithuania (21 November 1939 - 1940)
* Luxembourg -
**Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
**Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
* Monaco - Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1922-1949)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
**Prime Minister -
**# Hendrik Colijn, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1925-1926, 1933 - 10 August 1939)
**# Dirk Jan de Geer, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1926-1929, 10 August 1939 - 1940)
* Norway -
**Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-1957
**Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935-1945)
* Poland -
**President -
**# Ignacy Mościcki, President of Poland (1926-30 September 1939)
**# Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of the Polish Government-in-Exile (30 September 1939-1947)
**Prime Minister -
**# Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski, Prime Minister of Poland (1936 - 30 September 1939)
**# Władysław Sikorski, Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile (30 September 1939 - 1943)
* Portugal -
**President - António Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926-1951)
**Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932-1968)
* Romania -
**Monarch - Carol II, King of Romania (1930-1940)
**Prime Minister -
**# Miron Cristea, Prime Minister of Romania (1938 - 6 March 1939)
**# Armand Călinescu, Prime Minister of Romania (7 March - 21 September 1939)
**# Gheorghe Argeşanu, Prime Minister of Romania (21 September - 28 September 1939)
**# Constantin Argetoianu, Prime Minister of Romania (28 September - 24 November 1939)
**# Gheorghe Tătărescu, Prime Minister of Romania (24 November 1939 - 1940)
* Slovakia -
**President - Jozef Tiso, President of Slovakia (14 March 1939 - 1945
**Prime Minister -
**# Jozef Tiso, Prime Minister of Slovakia (14 March - 29 October 1939)
**# Vojtech Tuka, Prime Minister of Slovakia (29 October 1939 - 1944)
* Spain -
**"Republican Spain" -
***Head of State -
***# Manuel Azaña, President of Spain (1936- 1 March 1939)
***# Diego Martínez Barrio, Interim President of Spain (1 March - 4 March 1939)
***# Segismundo Casado López, Interim President of the National Council of Defense (4 March - 13 March 1939)
***# José Miaja Menant, President of the National Council of Defense (13 March - 25 March 1939)
*** Prime Minister - Juan Negrín, Prime Minister of Spain "Republican" (1937 - 31 March 1939)
**"Nationalist Spain" -
*** Head of State - Francisco Franco, Head of State (1936-1975)
*** Prime Minister - Francisco Franco, Prime Minister of Spain (1938 - 1973)
* Sweden -
**Monarch - Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
**Prime Minister - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
* Switzerland
**Swiss Federal Council
***Giuseppe Motta, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Rudolf Minger, Johannes Baumann, Philipp Etter (President of Confederation), Hermann Obrecht, Ernst Wetter
* Turkey -
** İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
** Prime Minister
**# Celal Bayar, Prime Minister of Turkey (1937 - 1939)
**# Refik Saydam, Prime Minister of Turkey (1939 - 1942)
* Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
**Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
**Head of State - Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-1946)
**Premier - Vyacheslav Molotov, Chairman of the Council of People's Comissars (1930-1941)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936-1952)
**Prime Minister - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937-1940)
* Yugoslavia -
**Monarch - Peter II, King of Yugoslavia (1934-1945)
**Regent - Prince Paul, Regent of Yugoslavia (1934-1941)
**Prime Minister -
**# Milan Stojadinovi, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935-4 February 1939)
**# Dragia Cvetkovi, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (5 February 1939-1941)
*Vatican City
** Pope -
**# Pius XI, Bishop of Rome (1929-1939)
**# Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
** Secretary of State -
**# Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1930-1939)
**# Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)

Middle East

* Egypt -
** Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
** Prime Minister
**# Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1937 - 18 August 1939)
**# Ali Mahir Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (18 August 1939 - 1940)
* Iran -
** Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925-1941)
** Prime Minister
**# Mahmud Jam, Prime Minister of Iran (1935 - 26 October 1939)
**# Ahmad Matin-Daftari, Prime Minister of Iran (26 October 1939 - 1940)
* Iraq -
** King
**# Ghazi I, King of Iraq (1933 - 4 April 1939)
**# Faisal II, King of Iraq (4 April 1939 -1958)
** Abdul Ilah, Regent of Iraq (4 April 1939 - 1941)
** Nuri Pasha as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1938-1940)
* Muscat - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
* Saudi Arabia - Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1932-1953)

North America and the Caribbean

* Canada -
** George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
** The Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada (1935-1940)
** William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
*Costa Rica - León Cortés Castro, President of Costa Rica (1936–1940)
* Cuba - Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba (1936-1940)
* Dominican Republic - Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado, President of the Dominican Republic (1938-1940)
* El Salvador - Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador (1935-1944)
* Guatemala - Jorge Ubico, President of Guatemala (1931-1944)
* Haiti - Sténio Vincent, President of Haiti (1930-1941)
* Honduras - Tiburcio Carías Andino, President of Honduras (1933-1949)
* Mexico - Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (1934-1940)
* Nicaragua - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1937-1947)
* Panama -
*# Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, President of Panama (1936-1939)
*# Ezequiel Fernández Jaén, Acting President of Panama (1939)
*# Augusto Samuel Boyd, Acting President of Panama (1939-1940)
* United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

outh America

* Argentina - Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
* Bolivia
*# Germán Busch, President of Bolivia (1937-1939
*# Carlos Quintanilla, Provisional President of Bolivia (1939-1940)
* Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
* Chile - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile (1938-1941)
* Colombia - Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938-1942)
* Ecuador -
*# Aurelio Mosquera Narváez, President of Ecuador (1938-1939)
*# Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939)
*# Andrés Córdova Nieto, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1940)
* Paraguay -
*# Félix Paiva, President of Paraguay (1937-1939)
*# José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay (1939-1940)
* Peru -
*# Óscar Raymundo Benavides Larrea, President of Peru (1933-1939
*# Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
*Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)
* Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1935-1941)