- List of state leaders in 1981
Africa
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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 )
**Prime Minister -Paul Biya ,Prime Minister of Cameroon (1975 -1982 )
*Cape Verde
**President -Aristides Pereira ,President of Cape Verde (1975 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -Pedro Pires ,Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975 -1991 )
*Central African Republic
**President -David Dacko ,President of the Central African Republic (1979 -1981 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Jean-Pierre Lebouder ,Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (1980 -1981 )
**#Simon Narcisse Bozanga ,Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (1981 )
*Chad -Goukouni Oueddei ,President of Chad (1979 -1982 )
*Comoros
**President -Ahmed Abdallah , President of the Comoros (1978 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Salim Ben Ali , Prime Minister of the Comoros (1978 -1982 )
*Republic of Congo -Denis Sassou-Nguesso , President of Congo (1979 -1992 ,1997 -present)
*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 -Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ,President of Equatorial Guinea (1979 -present)
*Ethiopia -Mengistu Haile Mariam , Chairman of Provisional Administrative Council (1977 -1991 )
*Gabon
**President -Omar Bongo ,President of Gabon (1967 -present)
**Prime Minister -Léon Mébiame ,Prime Minister of Gabon (1975 -
*The Gambia -Dawda Jawara , President of The Gambia (1970 -1994 )
*Ghana - President
*#Hilla Limann ,President of Ghana (1979 -1981 )
*#Jerry Rawlings ,President of Ghana (1981 -2001 )
*Guinea
**President -Ahmed Sékou Touré ,President of Guinea (1958 -1984 )
**Prime Minister -Louis Lansana Beavogui ,Prime Minister of Guinea (1972 -1984 )
*Guinea-Bissau
**President -Luís Cabral ,President of Guinea-Bissau (1973 -
**Prime Minister -João Bernardo Vieira ,Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (1980 -1999 )
*Kenya -Daniel arap Moi ,President of Kenya (1978 -2002 )
*Lesotho
**Monarch -Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho , King of Lesotho (1960 -1990 ,1995 -1996 )
**Prime Minister -Leabua Jonathan ,Prime Minister of Lesotho (1966 -
*Liberia -Samuel Doe ,President of Liberia (1980 -1990 )
*Libya
**"de facto" ruler -Muammar al-Gaddafi , Leader of the Revolution, (1969 -present)
**Head of state -Abdul Ali al-Obeidi ,Secretary-General of Libya (1979 -
**Head of government -Jadallah Azzuz ai Talhi , (1979 -
*Madagascar
**President -Didier Ratsiraka ,President of Madagascar (1975 -1993 )
**Prime Minister -Désiré Rakatoarijaona ,Prime Minister of Madagascar (1977 -
*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 -
**#Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara ,Prime Minister of Mauritania (1980 -1981 )
**#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 )
*Morocco
**Monarch - King 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 )
*Niger -Seyni Kountché ,President of Niger (1974 -1987 )
*Nigeria -Alhaji 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 )
*Sierra Leone -Siaka Stevens ,President of Sierra Leone (1978 -1985 )
*Somalia -Siad Barre ,President of Somalia (1969 -1991 )
*South Africa -
**President -Marias Viljoen ,State President of South Africa (1979 -1984 )
**Prime Minister - P.W. Botha,Prime Minister of South Africa (1978 -1984 )
*Sudan -Gaafar Nimeiry , President (1969 - ) andPrime Minister of Sudan (1977 -
*Swaziland
** Monarch - Sobhuza II,King of Swaziland (1968 -1982 )
** Prime Minister - PrinceMabandla Dlamini ,Prime Minister of Swaziland (1979 -1983 )
*Tanzania -
**President -Julius Nyerere ,President of Tanzania (1964 -1985 )
**Prime Minister -Edward Sokoine ,Prime Minister of Tanzania (1977 -1980 )
*Togo -Gnassingbé Eyadéma ,President of Togo (1967 -2005 )
*Tunisia
**President -Habib Bourguiba ,President of Tunisia (1957 -1987 )
**Prime Minister -Mohammed Mzali ,Prime Minister of Tunisia (1980 -
*Uganda -
**President -Milton Obote ,President of Uganda (1966 -1971 ,1980 -1985 )
**Prime Minister -Otema Alimadi ,Prime Minister of Uganda (1980 -1985 )
*Upper Volta -Saye Zerbo , President and Prime Minister of Upper Volta (1980 -1982 )
*Zaire
**President -Mobutu Sese Seko ,President of Zaire (1965 -1997 )
**Prime Minister -Nguzu Kari-i-Bond ,Prime Minister of Zaire (1980 -
*Zambia
**President -Kenneth Kaunda ,President of Zambia (1964 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Daniel Lisulo ,Prime Minister of Zambia (1978 -1981 )
**#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
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Afghanistan -
**President -Babrak Karmal ,President of Afghanistan , (1979 -1986 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Babrak Karmal ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1979 -1981 )
**#Sultan Ali Keshtmand ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981 -1988 )
*Bangladesh -
**President -
**#Ziaur Rahman , President of Bangladesh (1977 –1981 )
**#Abdus Sattar , President of Bangladesh (1981 –1982 )
**Prime Minister -Shah Azizur Rahman ,Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1979 –1982 )
*Bhutan - KingJigme 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 -
*Cambodia -Heng Samrin , President of People's Revolutionary Council (1979 -
*People's Republic of China
**De facto leader -Deng Xiaoping , FirstDeputy Premier of the State Council
**Head of state ("de facto") -Ye Jianying - Chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress (1978 -1983 )
**Head of government -Zhao Ziyang ,Premier of the State Council (1980 -1987 )
** Head of Communist Party -
**#Hua Guofeng ,Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1976 -1981 )
**#Hu Yaobang ,Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1981 -1982 )
*India
**President -N. Sanjiva Reddy ,President of India (1977 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -Indira Gandhi ,Prime Minister of India (1966 -1977 ,1980 -1984 )
*Indonesia -Haji Mohammad Suharto , President of Indonesia (1967 –1998 )
*Japan
**Monarch -Showa Emperor ,Emperor of Japan (1926 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Zenko Suzuki ,Prime Minister of Japan (1980 -1982 )
*North Korea
**President -Kim Il-sung ,President of North Korea (1972 -1994 /present)
**Prime Minister -Yi Chong-ok ,Prime Minister of North Korea (1977 -
*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 )
*Laos
**President -Souphanouvong ,President of Laos , (1975 -
**Prime Minister -Kaysone Phomvihan ,Prime Minister of Laos (1975 -
*Malaysia
**Head of state - Ahmad Shah ibni Sultan Abu Bakar,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1979 -1984 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Datuk Huseein bin Onn ,Prime Minister of Malaysia (1976 -1981 )
**#Mahathir bin Mohamad ,Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981 -2003 )
*Maldives -Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ,President of the Maldives (1978 -present)
*Mongolia
**Head of state -Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal , (1974 -1984 ), Head of Communist Party (1958 -1984 )
**Head of government -Jambyn Batmönkh , (1974 -1984 )
*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 )
*Philippines
**President -Ferdinand Marcos ,President of the Philippines (1965 -1986 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Ferdinand Marcos ,Prime Minister of the Philippines (1978 -1981 )
**#Cesar Virata ,Prime Minister of the Philippines (1981 -1986 )
*Singapore
**President -
**#Benjamin H. Sheares ,President of Singapore (1971 -1981 )
**#CV Devan Nair ,President of Singapore (1981 -1985 )
**Prime Minister -Lee Kuan Yew ,Prime Minister of Singapore (1959 -1990 )
*Sri Lanka -
**President -Junius Richard Jayewardene ,President of Sri Lanka (1978 -1989 )
**Head of Government -Ranasinghe Premadasa , (1978 -1989 )
*Taiwan (Republic of China )
**President -Chiang Ching-kuo ,President of the Republic of China (1978 -1988 )
**Premier -Sun Yun-suan ,President of the Executive Yuan (1978 -1984 )
*Thailand -
** King - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946 -present)
**Prime Minister -Prem Tinsulanond ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1980 -1988 )
*Vietnam -
**President -
**#Nguyen Huu Tho , ActingPresident of Vietnam (1980 -1981 )
**#Truong Chinh ,President of Vietnam (1981 -1987 )
**Prime Minister -Pham Van Dong ,Prime Minister of Vietnam (1976 -1986 ) (of North Vietnam from1954 )
**Communist Party leader -Lê Duẩn ,First Secretary of Communist Party of Vietnam (1960 -Australia and Oceania
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Australia (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - SirZelman Cowen ,Governor-General of Australia (1977 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -Malcolm Fraser ,Prime Minister of Australia (1975 -1983 )
*Fiji
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Fiji (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -George Cakobau ,Governor-General of Fiji (1973 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -Kamisese Mara , Prime Minister of Fiji (1967 -1987 ,1987 -1992 )
*Federated States of Micronesia -Tosiwo Nakayama ,President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1979 –1987 )
*Kiribati -Ieremia Tabai ,President of Kiribati (1979 –1982 )
*Nauru -Hammer DeRoburt ,President of Nauru (1978 -1986 )
*New Zealand
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -David Stuart Beattie ,Governor-General of New Zealand (1980 -1958 )
**Prime Minister - Robert David Muldoon,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1975 -1984 )
*Papua New Guinea
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Papua New Guinea (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -Tore Lokoloko ,Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (1977 -
**Prime Minister -Julius Chan ,Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1980 -1982 ,1994 -1997 )
*Samoa
**Monarch -Malietoa Tanumafili II ,Head of State of Samoa (1962 -2007 )
**Prime Minister -Taisi Tufuga Tupuola Efi ,Prime Minister of Samoa (1976 -
*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 -
**#Peter Kenilorea ,Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1978 –1981 )
**#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 -
**#Toaripi Lauti ,Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1978 -1981 )
**#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
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Albania -
**President -Haxhi Lleshi ,President of Albania (1953 -
**Head of government -Mehmet Shehu ,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 )
**First Syndic -Estanislao Sangrà 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 )
**#Mark Eyskens ,Prime Minister of Belgium , (1981 )
**#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 -
**#Stanko Todorov (1971-1981)
**#Grisha Filipov ,Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1981 -1986 )
*Cyprus -Spyros Kyprianou ,President of Cyprus (1977 -1988 )
*Czechoslovakia -
**Communist Party Leader -Gustáv Husák , General Secretary of the Communisty Party of Czechoslovakia (1969 -1987 )
**President -Gustáv Husák ,President of Czechoslovakia (1975 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Lubomír Štrougal ,Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia , (1970 -1988 )
*Denmark -
**Monarch - Queen Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, (1972 -present)
**Prime Minister -Anker Jørgensen ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1975 -1982 )
*Finland
**President -
**#Urho Kekkonen ,President of Finland (1956 -1981 )
**#Mauno Koivisto , ActingPresident of Finland , (1981 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -Mauno Koivisto ,Prime Minister of Finland (1979 -1982 )
*France -
**President
**#Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ,President of France (1974 -1981 )
**#François Mitterrand ,President of France (1981 -1995 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Raymond Barre ,Prime Minister of France (1976 -1981 )
**#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 )
*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 -
**Prime Minister -Willi Stoph , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976 -1989 )
*Greece -
**President -Constantine Karamanlis ,President of Greece (1980 -1985 ,1990 -1995 )
**Prime Minister -
**#George Rallis ,Prime Minister of Greece (1980 -1981 )
**#Andreas Papandreou ,Prime Minister of Greece (1981 -1989 ,1993 -1996 )
*Hungary -
**Communist Party Leader -János Kádár , General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956 -1988 )
**President -Pal Losonczi , Chairman of the Presidential Council (1967 -1987 )
**Premier -György Lázár , President of the Council of Ministers (1975 -1987 )
*Iceland -
**President -Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ,President of Iceland (1980 -1996 )
**Prime Minister -Gunnar Thoroddsen ,Prime Minister of Iceland (1980 -1983 )
* Ireland
**President -Patrick Hillery ,President of Ireland (1976 -1990 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Charles Haughey ,Taoiseach (1979 -1981 )
**#Garret FitzGerald ,Taoiseach (1981 -1982 )
*Italy
**President -Sandro Pertini , President of the Italian Republic (1978 -1985 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Arnaldo Forlani ,Prime Minister of Italy (1980 -1981 )
**#Giovanni Spadolini ,Prime Minister of Italy (1981 -1982 )
*Liechtenstein
**Prince - Prince Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Head of government -Hans Brunhart , Regierungschef (1978 -1993 )
*Luxembourg
**Monarch - Grand Duke Jean,Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964 -2000 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Werner ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1954 -1974 ,1979 -1989 )
*Malta - President
*#Anton Buttigieg ,President of Malta (1976 -1981 )
*#Albert Hyzler , ActingPresident of Malta (1981 -1982 )
*Monaco
**Monarch - Prince Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949 -2005 )
*Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (1980 -present)
**Prime Minister -Dries van Agt ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1977 -1982 )
*Norway
**Monarch - King Olav V,King of Norway (1957 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Odvar Nordli ,Prime Minister of Norway (1976 -1981
**#Gro Harlem Brundtland ,Prime Minister of Norway (1981 )
**#Kåre Willoch ,Prime Minister of Norway (1981 -1986 )
*Poland
**Communist Party Leader -
**#Stanisław Kania , Secretary-General of the Polish United Workers' Party (1980 -1981 )
**#Wojciech Jaruzelski , Secretary-General of the Polish United Workers' Party (1981 -1989 )
**President -Henryk Jabłoński , Chairman of the Council of State (1972 -1985 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Stanisław Kania ,Prime Minister of Poland (1980 -1981 )
**#Wojciech Jaruzelski ,Prime Minister of Poland (1981 -1985 )
*Portugal -
**President -António Ramalho Eanes ,President of Portugal (1976 -1986 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Diogo Freitas do Amaral ,Prime Minister of Portugal (Interim) (1980 -1981 )
**#Francisco Pinto Balsemão ,Prime Minister of Portugal (1981 -1983 )
*Romania -
**Communist Party Leader -Nicolae Ceauşescu , General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1965 -1989 )
**President -Nicolae Ceauşescu ,President of Romania (1967 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Ilie Verdeţ ,Prime Minister of Romania (1979 -1982 )
*San Marino
**Captains Regent -
**#Giancarlo Berardi andRossano Zafferani (October1980 –March1981 )
**#Gastone Pasolini andMaria Lea Pedini Angelini (April1981 –September1981 )
**#Mario Rossi andUbaldo Biordi (October1981 –March1982 )
*Spain -
**Monarch - King Juan Carlos I,King of Spain (1975 -present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Adolfo Suárez González ,Prime Minister of Spain (1976 -1981 )
**#Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo ,Prime Minister of Spain (1981 -1982 )
*Sweden -
**Monarch - King Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973 -present)
**Prime Minister -Thorbjörn Fälldin ,Prime Minister of Sweden , (1976 -1978 ,1979 -1982 )
*Switzerland -
**Swiss Federal Council -Kurt Furgler ,Willy Ritschard ,Hans Hürlimann ,Georges-André Chevallaz ,Fritz Honegger ,Pierre Aubert ,Leon Schlumpf
*Turkey -
** Head of State -Kenan Evren , Head of State (1980 -1982 )
**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 )
**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 )
*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 , Sovereign (1978 -2005 )
** Secretary of State -Agostino Cardinal Casaroli ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1979 -1990 )
*Yugoslavia -
**President -Sergej Kraigher ,President of Yugoslavia (1981 -
**Prime Minister -Veselin Đuranović ,Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1977 -
**Communist Party leader -H. E. Cvijetin Mijatović (1980 -Middle East
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Bahrain
**Monarch -Sheikh `Isa ibn Sulman Al Khalifah ,Emir of Bahrain (1961 -1999 )
**Prime Minister -Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah ,Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970 -present)
*Egypt -
**President -
**#Anwar Sadat ,President of Egypt (1970 -1981 )
**#Sufi Abu Talib , ActingPresident of Egypt (1981 )
**#Hosni Mubarak ,President of Egypt (1981 -present)
**Prime Minister -
**#Anwar Sadat ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1980 -1981 )
**#Hosni Mubarak ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1981 -1982 )
*Iran
**"de facto" Head of government -Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ,Supreme Leader of Iran (1979 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Mohammad Ali Rajai ,Prime Minister of Iran (1981 -
*Iraq -Saddam Hussein ,President of Iraq (1979 -2003 )
*Israel
**President -Yitzhak Navon ,President of Israel (1978 -1983 )
**Prime Minister -Menachem Begin ,Prime Minister of Israel (1977 -1983 )
*Jordan
**Monarch - King Hussein,King of Jordan (1952 -1999 )
**Prime Minister -Mudar Badran ,Prime Minister of Jordan (1980 -
*Kuwait
**Monarch -Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah ,Emir of Kuwait (1978 -present)
**Prime Minister -Sheikh Sa'ad Abdullah Al Sabah ,Prime Minister of Kuwait (1978 -
*Lebanon
**President -Elias Sarkis , President of Lebanon, (1976 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -Shafik Wazzan ,Prime Minister of Lebanon (1980 -1984 )
*Oman -Qaboos of Oman ,Sultan of Oman (1970 -
*Qatar -Sheikh Khalifah ibn Hamad Al Thani ,Emir of Qatar (1972 -1995 ),Prime Minister of Qatar (1970 -
*Saudi Arabia -
**Monarch - Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud,King of Saudi Arabia (1975 -1982 )
**Effective head of government-Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud , DeputyPrime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1975 -
*Syria -
**President -Hafez al-Assad ,President of Syria (1971 -
**Prime Minister -Abdul Rauf Qasim ,Prime Minister of Syria (1980 -1987 )
*United Arab Emirates -
**President -Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ,President of the United Arab Emirates (1971 -present)
**Prime Minister -Rashid ibn Said Al Maktum ,Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (1979 -1990 )
*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
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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 - Queen Elizabeth II,Queen of Canada , (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -Edward R. Schreyer ,Governor-General of Canada (1979 -1984 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Trudeau ,Prime Minister of Canada (1968 -1979 ,1980 -1984 )
*Costa Rica -Rodrigo Carazo Odio , President of Costa Rica (1978 –1982 )
*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 )
*El Salvador -José Napoleón Duarte , President of military-civilian junta (1979 -1982 )
*Grenada
**Monarch - Queen Elizabeth,Queen of Grenada (1952 -present)
**Governal-General -Paul Scoon ,Governor-General of Grenada (1978 -
**Prime Minister -Maurice Bishop ,Prime Minister of Grenada (1979 -1983 )
*Guatemala -Fernando Romeo Lucas García ,President of Guatemala (1978 -1982 )
*Haiti -Jean-Claude Duvalier ,President of Haiti (1971 -1986 )
*Honduras -Policarpo Paz García , President of military junta (1978 -1983 )
*Jamaica
**Monarch - Queen Elizabeth, Queen of Jamaica (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -Florizel Glasspole ,Governor-General of Jamaica (1973 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -Edward Seaga ,Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980 -1989 )
*Mexico -José López Portillo ,President of Mexico (1976 -1982 )
*Nicaragua -Sergio Ramírez Mercado , Head of military junta (1979 -
*Panama -Aristides Royo ,President of Panama (1978 -1982 )
*Saint Lucia -
**Monarch - Queen Elizabeth, Queen of Saint Lucia (1952 -present)
**Governal-General -Boswell Williams ,Governor-General of Saint Lucia (1980 -1982 )
**Prime Minister -Allan Louisy ,Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (1979 -1981 )
*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
**Monarch - Queen Elizabeth, Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1952 -present)
**Governal-General -Sidney Gun-Munro ,Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1977 -1985 )
**Prime Minister -Milton Cato ,Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1974 -1984 )
*Trinidad and Tobago
**President -Ellis Clarke ,President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976 -1987 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Eric Williams ,Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1956 -1981 )
**#George Chambers ,Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1981 -1986 )
*United States
** President -
**#Jimmy Carter ,President of the United States (1977 -1981 )
**#Ronald Reagan ,President of the United States (1981 -1989 )outh America
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Argentina -
*#Jorge Rafael Videla , President of Argentina (1976 -1981 )
*#Roberto Eduardo Viola , President of Argentina (1981 )
*#Carlos Lacoste , President of Argentina (1981 )
*#Leopoldo Galtieri , President of Argentina (1981 -1982 )
*Bolivia -
*#Luis García Meza Tejada ,President of Bolivia (1980 -1981 )
*#Celso Torrelio ,President of Bolivia (1981 -1982 )
*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 )
*Ecuador -
*#Jaime Roldós Aguilera , President of Ecuador (1979 -1981 )
*#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 )
**Prime Minister -Hendrick Chin A Sen ,Prime Minister of Suriname (1980 -1982 )
*Uruguay -
*#Aparicio Méndez , President of Uruguay (1976 -1981 )
*#Gregorio Conrado Álvarez , President of Uruguay (1981 -1985 )
*Venezuela -Luis Herrera Campins , President of Venezuela (1979 -1984 )
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