List of state leaders in 1982

Africa

* Algeria -
** President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
** Prime Minister - Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-1984)
*Angola - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (1979-present)
*Benin - Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin (1972-1991)
*Botswana - Quett Masire, President of Botswana, (1980-1998)
*Burundi - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President of Burundi (1976-1987)
*Cameroon -
**President-
**# Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (1960-1982)
**# Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (1982- Present)
*Cape Verde
**President - Aristides Pereira, President of Cape Verde (1975-1991)
**Prime Minister - Pedro Pires, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975-1991)
* Comoros
** President - President of the Comoros (1978-1989)
** Prime Minister -
**# Salim Ben Ali, Prime Minister of the Comoros (1978-1982)
**# Ali Mroudjae, Prime Minister of the Comoros (1982-1984)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
* Djibouti -
** President - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
** Prime Minister - Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
* Equatorial Guinea
** President - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1979-present)
** Prime Minister - Cristino Seriche Bioko, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (1982-1992)
* Ethiopia - Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (1977-1987), President of Ethiopia (1987-1991)
* Gabon
**President - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967-present)
**Prime Minister - Léon Mébiame, Prime Minister of Gabon (1975-1994)
* The Gambia - Dawda Jawara, President of The Gambia (1970-1994)
* Guinea
**President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
**Prime Minister - Louis Lansana Beavogui, Prime Minister of Guinea (1972-1984)
* Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya (1978-2002)
* Liberia - Samuel K. Doe, President of Liberia (1980-1990)
* Malawi - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (1966-1994)
* Mali - Moussa Traoré, President of Mali (1968-1991)
* Mauritania
** President - Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, President of Mauritania (1980-1984)
** Prime Minister - Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime Minister of Mauritania (1981-1984)
* Mauritius
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Mauritius (1968-1992)
** Governor-General - Dayendranath Burrenchobay, Governor-General of Mauritius (1978-1983)
** Prime Minister -
**# Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius (1968-1982)
**# Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius (1982-1995)
* Morocco -
** Monarch - Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961–1999)
** Prime Minister - Maati Bouabid, Prime Minister of Morocco (1979–1983)
*Mozambique - Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (1975–1986)
* Nigeria - Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria (1979-1983)
* Rwanda - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1973-1994)
* São Tomé and Príncipe - Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of São Tomé and Príncipe (1975-1991)
* Senegal
** President - Abdou Diouf, President of Senegal (1981-2000)
** Prime Minister - Habib Thiam, Prime Minister of Senegal (1981-1983, 1991-1998)
* Seychelles - France-Albert René, President of Seychelles (1977-2004)
* Somalia - Muhammad Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969-1991)
* Swaziland
** Monarch -
**# Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (1968-1982)
**# Queen Dzeliwe, Regent (1982-1983)
** Prime Minister - Prince Mabandla Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland (1979-1983)
* Togo - Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo (1967-2005)
* Uganda -
**President - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971, 1980-1985)
**Prime Minister - Otema Alimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (1980-1985)
* Upper Volta
**President -
**# Saye Zerbo, President of Upper Volta (1980-1982)
**# Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, President of Upper Volta (1982-1983)
**Prime Minister -
**# Saye Zerbo, Prime Minister of Upper Volta (1980-1982)
* Zambia
**President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
**Prime Minister - Nalumino Mundia, Prime Minister of Zambia (1981-1985)
* Zimbabwe
**President - Canaan Banana, President of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
**Prime Minister - Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)

Asia

*Afghanistan
**President - Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan, (1979-1986)
**Prime Minister - Sultan Ali Keshtmand, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981-1988)
* Bangladesh -
**President -
**#Abdus Sattar, President of Bangladesh (1981–1982)
**#Hossain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (1982)
**#A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, President of Bangladesh (1982–1983)
**Prime Minister - Shah Azizur Rahman, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1979–1982)
*Bhutan - King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1972-
* Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
*Burma
**President - Ne Win, President of Burma (1962-1988)
**Prime Minister - Maung Muand Ka, Prime Minister of Burma (1977-
*People's Republic of China
** "De facto" Head of State - Ye Jianying, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1978-1983)
** Premier - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council (1980-1987)
** Head of Communist Party -
**#Hu Yaobang, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1981-1982)
**#Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987)
** "De facto" leader - Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s - early 1990s)
* India -
**President -
**# N. Sanjiva Reddy, President of India (1977-1982)
**# Zail Singh, President of India (1982-1987)
**Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1980-1984)
*Indonesia - Haji Mohammad Suharto, President of Indonesia (1967–1998)
* Iran
** Supreme Leader - Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–1989)
** President - Ali Khamenei, President of Iran (1981–1989)
** Prime Minister - Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran (1981–1989)
* Japan -
**Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
**Prime Minister -
**#Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1980-1982)
**#Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987)
* South Korea -
**President - Chun Doo-hwan, President of the Republic of Korea (1980-1988)
**Prime Minister -
**# Nam Duck-woo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1980-1982)
**# Yoo Chang-soon, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1982)
**# Kim Sang-hyup, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1982-1983)
*Nepal
**Monarch - Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972–2001)
**Prime Minister - Surya Bahadur Thapa, Prime Minister of Nepal (1979-1983)
* Pakistan -
**President - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
**Head of Government - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Chief Martial Law Administrator (1977-1985)
*The Philippines
**President - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965-1986)
**Prime Minister - Cesar Virata, Prime Minister of the Philippines (1981-1986)
* Singapore -
**President - C. V. Devan Nair, President of Singapore (1981-1985)
**Prime Minister - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
* Taiwan (Republic of China)
** President - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988)
** Premier - Sun Yün-suan, President of the Executive Yuan (1978-1984)
* Thailand -
**King - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946-present)
**Prime Minister - Prem Tinsulanonda, Prime Minister of Thailand (1980-1988)

Australia and Oceania

* Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present)
**Governor-General -
**# Sir Zelman Cowen, Governor-General of Australia (1977-1982)
**# Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor-General of Australia (1982-1989)
**Prime Minister - Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia (1975-1983)
*Federated States of Micronesia - Tosiwo Nakayama, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1979–1987)
*Kiribati -
*#Ieremia Tabai, President of Kiribati (1979–1982)
*#Rota Onorio, Chairman of the Council of State (1982–1983)
*Nauru - Hammer DeRoburt, President of Nauru (1978-1986)
*New Zealand
** Monarch - Elizabeth II
** Governor-General - David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1980-1985)
** Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1975-1984)
*Solomon Islands -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the Solomon Islands (1978–present)
**Governor-General - Baddeley Devesi, Governor-General of the Solomon Islands (1978–1988)
**Prime Minister - Solomon Mamaloni, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1981–1984)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965 – 2006)
** Prime Minister - Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi), Prime Minister of Tonga, (1965 – 1991)
* Tuvalu
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Tuvalu (1978-present)
** Governor-General - Fiatau Penitala Teo, Governor-General of Tuvalu (1978-1986)
** Prime Minister - Tomasi Puapua, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1981-1989)
*Vanuatu -
**President - George Kalkoa, President of Vanuatu (1980–1984)
**Prime Minister - Walter Lini, Prime Minister of Vanuatu (1980–1991)

Europe

* Albania -
**President - Haxhi Lleshi, President of Albania (1953-
**Head of government - Mehmet Shebu, Chairman of Albania (1954-
* Andorra -
**French Co-prince - François Mitterrand, President of France, (1981-1995)
**Episcopal Co-prince - Joan Martí Alanis, Bishop of Urgel, (1971-2003)
**Syndic - Estanislao Sangra Font (1979-
*Austria -
**President - Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (1974–1986)
**Chancellor - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (1970–1983)
* Belgium -
**Monarch - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
**Prime Minister - Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium, (1979-1981, 1981-1992)
* Bulgaria -
**President - Todor Zhivkov, President of Bulgaria (1971-1989, Head of Communist Party of Bulgaria (1954-1989)
**Prime Minister - Grisha Filipov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1981-1986)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
** Prime Minister -
**# Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1975-1982)
**# Poul Schlüter, Prime Minister of Denmark (1982-1993)
* Finland
**President -
**# Mauno Koivisto, Acting President of Finland, (1981-1982)
**# Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland, (1982-1994)
**Prime Minister -
**# Mauno Koivisto, Prime Minister of Finland (1979-1982)
**# Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987)
* France -
**President - François Mitterrand, President of France (1981-1995)
**Prime Minister - Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-1984)
* Federal Republic of Germany -
**President - Karl Carstens, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979-1984)
**Chancellor -
**# Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1974-1982)
**# Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982-1998)
* German Democratic Republic -
**Communist Party Leader - Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
**Head of State - Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State (1976-1989)
**Premier - Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976-1989)
* Ireland
**President - Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (1976-1990)
**Prime Minister -
**#Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1981-1982)
**#Charles Haughey, Taoiseach (1982)
**#Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
* Italy -
**President - Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic (1978-1985)
**Prime Minister -
**# Giovanni Spadolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1981-1982)
**# Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1982-1983)
* Liechtenstein
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
**Head of Government - Hans Brunhart, Head of Government (1978-1993)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
**Prime Minister - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1979-1984)
*Malta
**President -
**#Albert Hyzler, Acting President of Malta (1981-1982)
**#Agatha Barbara, President of Malta (1982-1987)
**Prime Minister - Dom Mintoff, Prime Minister of Malta (1971-1984)
*Monaco
**Monarch - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005)
**Head of Government - Jean Herly, Minister of State of Monaco (1981-1985)
*Netherlands
**Monarch - Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980-present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Dries van Agt, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1977-1982)
**#Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982-1994)
*Norway -
**Prime Minister - Kåre Willoch, Prime Minister of Norway (1981-1986)
* Poland
**Communist Party Leader - Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1981-1989)
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
**Premier - Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of the Council of Ministers (1981-1985)
* Portugal -
**President - António Ramalho Eanes, President of Portugal (1976-1986)
**Prime Minister - Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Prime Minister of Portugal (1981-1983)
* Spain
**Monarch - Juan Carlos, King of Spain (1975–present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo President of the Government (1981-1982)
**#Felipe González, President of the Government (1982-1996)
* Sweden -
**Monarch - King Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973-present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden, (1976-1978, 1979-1982)
**#Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, (1969-1976, 1982-1986)
* Switzerland -
**Swiss Federal Council - Kurt Furgler, Willy Ritschard, Hans Hürlimann, Georges-André Chevallaz, Fritz Honegger, Pierre Aubert, Leon Schlumpf; members of the Swiss Federal Council
* Turkey
** Head of State - Kenan Evren, Head of State, (1980-1982)
** President - Kenan Evren, President of Turkey (1982-1989)
** Prime Minister - Bülend Ulusu, Prime Minister of Turkey (1980-1983)
*Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
**President -
**# Leonid Brezhnev, President of the Soviet Union (1960-1964, 1977-1982)
**# Vasily Kuznetsov, President of the Soviet Union (1982-1983)
**Prime Minister - Nikolai Tikhonov, Premier of the Soviet Union (1980-1985)
**Communist Party leader -
**# Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964-1982)
**# Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1982-1984)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
**Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
*Vatican City
** Pope - John Paul II, Bishop of Rome (1978-2005)
** Secretary of State - Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1979-1990)

Middle East

* Bahrain -
**Monarch - Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain (1971-1999)
**Prime Minister - Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970-present)
* Egypt -
**President - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981-present)
**Prime Minister -
**# Hosni Mubarak, Prime Minister of Egypt (1981-1982)
**# Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, Prime Minister of Egypt (1982-1984)
* Israel -
**President - Yitzhak Navon, President of Israel (1978-1983)
**Prime Minister - Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel (1977-1983)
* Oman - Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970-)
* People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
** President - Ali Nasir Mohammed, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council (1980-1986)
** Prime Minister - Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971-1986)
* Yemen Arab Republic
** President - Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1978-1990)
** Prime Minister - Abdul Karim al-Iryani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1980-1983)

North America and Caribbean

*Antigua and Barbuda -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda (1981–present)
**Governor-General - Wilfred Jacobs, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (1981–1993)
**Prime Minister - Vere Bird, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1981–1994)
*Bahamas -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the Bahamas (1973–present)
**Governor-General - Gerald Cash, Governor-General of the Bahamas (1979–1988)
**Prime Minister - Lynden Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1973–1992)
*Barbados -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (1966–present)
**Governor-General - Deighton Lisle Ward, Governor-General of Barbados (1976–1984)
**Prime Minister - John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams, Prime Minister of Barbados (1976–1985)
*Belize -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Belize (1981–present)
**Governor-General - Elmira Minita Gordon, Governor-General of Belize (1981–1993)
**Prime Minister - George Cadle Price, Prime Minister of Belize (1981–1984)
*Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
**Governor General - Edward Schreyer, Governor General of Canada (1979-1984)
**Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1980-1984)
*Costa Rica -
*#Rodrigo Carazo Odio, President of Costa Rica (1978–1982)
*#Luis Alberto Monge, President of Costa Rica (1982–1986)
* Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-2008)
*Dominica -
**President - Aurelius Marie, President of Dominica (1980–1983)
**Prime Minister - Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (1980–1995)
*Dominican Republic -
*#Antonio Guzmán Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic (1978–1982)
*#Jacobo Majluta Azar, acting President of the Dominican Republic (1982)
*#Salvador Jorge Blanco, President of the Dominican Republic (1982–1986)
* El Salvador
**President -
**# Revolutionary Government Junta (1979–1982)
**# Álvaro Magaña, President of El Salvador (1982–1984)
*Haiti - Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti (1971-1986)
* Trinidad and Tobago -
**President - Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-1987)
**Prime Minister - George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1981-1986)
* United States - Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1981-1989)

outh America

* Argentina -
*#Leopoldo Galtieri, President of Argentina (1981-1982)
*#Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, President of Argentina (1982)
*#Reynaldo Bignone, President of Argentina (1982-1983)
* Bolivia -
*#Celso Torrelio, President of Bolivia (1981-1982)
*#Guido Vildoso, President of Bolivia (1982)
*#Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1982-1985)
* Brazil - João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1979-1985)
* Chile - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1973-1990)
* Colombia -
*#Julio César Turbay Ayala, President of Colombia (1978-1982)
*#Belisario Betancur, President of Colombia (1982-1986)
* Ecuador - Osvaldo Hurtado, President of Ecuador (1981-1984)
* Guyana -
**President - Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (1980-1985)
**Prime Minister - Ptolemy Reid, Prime Minister of Guyana (1980-1984)
* Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
* Peru - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1980-1985)
* Suriname -
**President -
*#Hendrick Chin A Sen, President of Suriname (1980-1982)
*#Ramdat Misier, President of Suriname (1982-1988)
**Prime Minister -
*#Hendrick Chin A Sen, Prime Minister of Suriname (1980-1982)
*#Henry Neyhorst, Prime Minister of Suriname (1982-1983)
* Uruguay - Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (1981-1985)
* Venezuela - Luis Herrera Campins, President of Venezuela (1979-1984)