- List of state leaders in 1975
1974 state leaders - Events of 1975 - 1976 state leaders -
State leaders by year ----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1975
*List of international organization leaders in 1975 Africa
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Algeria -Houari Boumédiènne ,President of Algeria (1965 -1978 )
*Angola -
*# "Angola became independent on11 November "
** President -António Agostinho Neto ,President of Angola (11 November 1975 -1979 )
** Prime Minister -Lopo do Nascimento ,Prime Minister of Angola (11 November 1975 -1978 )
*Botswana -Seretse Khama ,President of Botswana (1966 -1980 )
*Burundi -Michel Micombero ,President of Burundi (1966 -1976 )
*Cape Verde
** President -Aristides Pereira ,President of Cape Verde (1975 -1991 )
** Prime Minister -Pedro Pires ,Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975 -1991 )
*Comoros
** President -
**#Ahmed Abdallah , President of the Comoros (1975 )
**#Said Mohamed Jaffar , President of the Comoros (1975 -1976 )
*Côte d'Ivoire -Félix Houphouët-Boigny ,President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 -1993 )
* Dahomey ("name changed toBenin on 30 September") -Mathieu Kérékou ,President of Dahomey (1972 -1991 )
*Equatorial Guinea - Francisco Macías Nguema Biyogo (name changed to Macías Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong on 26 September),President of Equatorial Guinea (1968 -1979 )
*Ethiopia -Tafari Benti ,Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (1974 -1977 )
*Gabon
**President -Omar Bongo ,President of Gabon (1967 -present)
**Prime Minister -Léon Mébiame ,Prime Minister of Gabon (1975 -1994 ) "position created April 16"
*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 -Jomo Kenyatta , President of Kenya (1964 -1978 )
*Liberia -William R. Tolbert, Jr. , President of Liberia (1971 -1980 )
*Malawi - Hastings Kamuzu Banda,President of Malawi (1966 -1994 )
*Mali -Moussa Traoré ,President of Mali (1968 -1991 )
*Mauritania -Moktar Ould Daddah ,President of Mauritania (1960 -1978 )
*Mauritius
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Mauritius (1968 -1992 )
** Governor-General -Abdul Rahman Muhammad Osman ,Governor-General of Mauritius (1972 -1977 )
** Prime Minister -Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ,Prime Minister of Mauritius (1968 -1982 )
*Mozambique -Samora Machel , President of Mozambique (1975 –1986 )
*Nigeria
** President -
**#Yakubu Gowon ,President of Nigeria (1966 -1975 )
**#Murtala Mohammed ,President of Nigeria (1975 -1976 )
*Rhodesia -
**President -
**#Clifford Dupont ,President of Rhodesia (1970 -1975 )
**#Henry Everard , actingPresident of Rhodesia (1975 -1976 )
**Prime Minister -Ian Smith ,Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965 -1979 )
*Rwanda -Juvénal Habyarimana ,President of Rwanda (1973 -1994 )
*São Tomé and Príncipe
** President -Manuel Pinto da Costa ,President of São Tomé and Príncipe (1975 -1991 )
** Prime Minister -Miguel Trovoada ,Prime Minister of São Tomé and Principe (1975 -1979 )
*Senegal
** President -Léopold Sédar Senghor ,President of Senegal (1960 -1980 )
** Prime Minister -Abdou Diouf ,Prime Minister of Senegal (1970 -1980 )
*Somalia -Muhammad Siad Barre , President of Somalia (1969 -1991 )
*Swaziland
** Monarch - Sobhuza II,King of Swaziland (1968 -1982 )
** Prime Minister - PrinceMakhosini Dlamini ,Prime Minister of Swaziland (1968 -1976 )
*Togo -Gnassingbé Eyadéma ,President of Togo (1967 -2005 )
*Uganda -Idi Amin ,President of Uganda (1971 -1979 )
* Upper Volta
**President -Sangoulé Lamizana ,President of Upper Volta (1966 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Sangoulé Lamizana ,Prime Minister of Upper Volta (1974 -1978 )
*Zambia
**President -Kenneth Kaunda ,President of Zambia (1964 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Mainza Chona ,Prime Minister of Zambia (1973 -1975 )
**#Elijah Mudenda ,Prime Minister of Zambia (1975 -1977 )Asia
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Afghanistan -Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan ,President of Afghanistan (1973 -1978 )
*Bangladesh -
**President -
**#Mohammad Ullah , President of Bangladesh (1973 –1975 )
**#Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , President of Bangladesh (1975 )
**#Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad , President of Bangladesh (1975 )
**#Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem , President of Bangladesh (1975 –1977 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ,Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972 -1975 )
**#Mohammad Mansoor Ali ,Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1975 )
*Brunei -Hassanal Bolkiah ,Sultan of Brunei (1967 –present)
*People's Republic of China
** "Acting" Head of State -
**#Dong Biwu ,Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968 -1975 )
**#Zhu De , Chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress (1975 -1976 )
** 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 )
*East Timor -
**"Declared unilateral independence from Portugal November 28, forcibly annexed to Indonesia December 7"
**President -Francisco Xavier do Amaral ,President of East Timor (1975 )
**Prime Minister -Nicolau dos Reis Lobato ,Prime Minister of East Timor (1975 )
*India -
**President -Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ,President of India (1974 -1977 )
**Prime Minister -Indira Gandhi ,Prime Minister of India (1966 -1977 )
*Indonesia -Haji Mohammad Suharto , President of Indonesia (1967 –1998 )
*Japan
**Monarch -Showa Emperor ,Emperor of Japan (1926 -1989 )
**Prime Minister -Takeo Miki ,Prime Minister of Japan (1974 -1976 )
*South Korea -
**President -Park Chunghee , President of the Republic of Korea (1963 -1979 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Kim Jong-pil , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1971 -1975 )
**#Choi Kyu-hah , Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1975 -1979 )
*Malaysia
**Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970 -September 20 ,1975 )
**Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (September 21 ,1975 -1979 )
**Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein,Prime Minister of Malaysia (1970 -1976 )
*Pakistan -
**President -Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ,President of Pakistan (1973 -1978 )
**Prime Minister -Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973 -1977 )
*Singapore -
**President -Benjamin Sheares ,President of Singapore (1971 -1981 )
**Prime Minister -Lee Kuan Yew ,Prime Minister of Singapore (1959 -1990 )
* Taiwan (Republic of China )
** President -
**#Chiang Kai-Shek ,President of the Republic of China (1947 -1975 )
**#Yen Chia-kan ,President of the Republic of China (1975 -1978 )
** Premier -Chiang Ching-kuo , President of the Executive Yuan (1972 -1978 )
*Thailand -
** King - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946 -present)
** Prime Minister -
**#Sanya Dharmasakti ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1973 -1975 )
**#Seni Pramoj ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1975 )
**#Kukrit Pramoj ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1975 -1976 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia
** Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Australia (1952 - present)
** Governor-General - Sir John Kerr,Governor-General of Australia (1974 -1977 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Gough Whitlam ,Prime Minister of Australia (1972 -1975 )
**#Malcolm Fraser ,Prime Minister of Australia (1975 -1983 )
*Nauru -Hammer DeRoburt ,President of Nauru (1968 -1976 )
*New Zealand
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 - present)
** Governor-General - Sir Denis Blundell,Governor-General of New Zealand , (1972 -1977 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Bill Rowling ,Prime Minister of New Zealand , (1974 -12 December 1975 )
**#Robert Muldoon ,Prime Minister of New Zealand , (12 December 1975 -1984 )
*Papua New Guinea
** Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Papua New Guinea (16 September 1975 - present)
** Governor-General -Sir John Guise ,Governor-General of Papua New Guinea , (16 September 1975 -1977 )
** Prime Minister -Michael Somare ,Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea , (16 September 1975 -1980 )
*Tonga
** Monarch -Taufa'ahau Tupou IV , King of Tonga (1965 –2006 )
** Prime Minister - Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi),Prime Minister of Tonga , (1965 –1991 )Europe
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Andorra
**Co-Princes -
***Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ,President of France (1974 -1981 )
***Joan Martí Alanis ,Bishop of Urgel (1971 -2003 )
*Austria -
**President -Rudolf Kirchschläger ,President of Austria (1974 –1986 )
**Chancellor -Bruno Kreisky ,Chancellor of Austria (1970 –1983 )
*Belgium
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
** Prime Minister -Leo Tindemans , Prime Minister of Belgium (1974 -1978 )
*Denmark
** Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972 -present)
** Prime Minister -
**#Poul Hartling ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1973 -1975 )
**#Anker Jørgensen ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1975 -1982 )
*Finland
** President -Urho Kekkonen (1956 -1981 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Kalevi Sorsa (1972 -1975 ,1977 -1979 ,1982 -1987 )
**#Keijo Liinamaa (1975 )
**#Martti Miettunen (1961 -1962 ,1975 -1977 )
*France -
**President -Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ,President of France (1974 -1981 )
**Prime Minister -Jacques Chirac ,Prime Minister of France (1974 -1976 )
*Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -Walter Scheel , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1974 -1979 )
**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 -Willi Stoph , Chairman of the Council of State (1973 -1976 )
**Premier -Horst Sindermann , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1973 -1976 )
* Ireland -
**President -Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh ,President of Ireland (1974 -1976 )
**Prime Minister -Liam Cosgrave ,Taoiseach (1973 -1977 )
*Italy
**President -Giovanni Leone , President of the Italian Republic (1971 -1978 )
**Prime Minister -Aldo Moro ,Prime Minister of Italy (1974 -1976 )
*Liechtenstein
**Prince - Franz Josef II,Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Head of government -Walter Kieber , Head of Government (1974 -1978 )
*Luxembourg
**Monarch - Grand Duke Jean,Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964 -2000 )
**Prime Minister -Gaston Thorn ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1974 -1979 )
*Malta
**President -Anthony Mamo ,President of Malta (1974 -1976 )
**Prime Minister -Dom Mintoff ,Prime Minister of Malta (1971 -1984 )
*Monaco
**Monarch - Prince Rainier III,Prince of Monaco (1949 -2005 )
**Head of Government -André Saint-Mleux ,Minister of State of Monaco (1972 –1981 )
*Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Joop den Uyl ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973 -1977 )
*Poland
**Communist Party Leader -Edward Gierek ,First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1970 -1980 )
**Head of State -Council of State , Chairman -Henryk Jabłoński (1972 -1985 )
**Premier -Piotr Jaroszewicz , President of the Council of Ministers (1970 -1980 )
*Portugal -
**President -Francisco da Costa Gomes ,President of Portugal (1974 -1976 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Vasco Gonçalves ,Prime Minister of Portugal (1974 -1975 )
**#José Pinheiro de Azevedo ,Prime Minister of Portugal (1975 -1976 )
*Spain -
**Generalísimo -Francisco Franco , Head of the Spanish State (1939 -1975 )
**Monarch - King Juan Carlos I,King of Spain (1975 -present)
**Prime Minister -Carlos Arias Navarro , President of the Government (1973 -1976 )
*Sweden
** Monarch - Carl XVI Gustav,King of Sweden (1973 -present)
** Prime Minister -Olof Palme ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1969 -1976 )
*Switzerland -
**Swiss Federal Council -Rudolf Gnägi ,Ernst Brugger ,Pierre Graber ,Kurt Furgler ,Willy Ritschard ,Hans Hürlimann ,Georges-André Chevallaz ;members of the Swiss Federal Council
*Turkey
** President -Fahri Korutürk , President of Turkey (1973-1980)
** Prime Minister -
**#Sadi Irmak ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1974-1975)
**#Süleyman Demirel ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1975-1977)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the United Kingdom (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -Harold Wilson ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1974 -1976 )
*Vatican City
** Pope - Paul VI,Bishop of Rome (1963 -1978 )
** Secretary of State -Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1969 -1979 )Middle East
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Egypt
**President -Anwar Sadat ,President of Egypt (1970 -1981 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Abdelaziz Muhammad Hejazi ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1974 -1975 )
**#Mamdouh Muhammad Salem ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1975 -1978 )
*Israel
**President -Ephraim Katzir ,President of Israel (1973 -1978 )
**Prime Minister -Yitzhak Rabin ,Prime Minister of Israel (1974 -1977 )
*Oman -Qaboos Bin Said ,Sultan of Oman (1970 -)
*People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
** President -Salim Ali Rubai , Chairman of the Presidential Council (1970 -1978 )
** Prime Minister -Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas , Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1971 -1986 )
*Yemen Arab Republic
** President -Ibrahim al-Hamdi , Chairman of the Military Command Council (1974 -1977 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1974 -1975 )
**#Abdul Latif Dayfallah , acting Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1975 )
**#Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1975 -1980 )North America and the Caribbean
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Bahamas -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the Bahamas (1973 –present)
**Governor-General -Milo Butler , Governor-General of the Bahamas (1973 –1979 )
**Prime Minister -Lynden Pindling , Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1973 –1992 )
*Barbados -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (1966 –present)
**Governor-General -Arleigh Winston Scott , Governor-General of Barbados (1967 –1976 )
**Prime Minister -Errol Barrow , Prime Minister of Barbados (1966 –1976 )
*Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Canada (1952 -present)
**Governor General -Jules Léger ,Governor General of Canada (1974 -1979 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Trudeau ,Prime Minister of Canada (1968 -1979 )
*Costa Rica -Daniel Oduber Quirós , President of Costa Rica (1974 –1978 )
*Cuba
** President -Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado , President of Cuba (1959 -1976 )
** Premier -Fidel Castro , Premier of Cuba (1959 -1976 )
*Dominican Republic -Joaquín Balaguer , President of the Dominican Republic (1966 –1978 )
*El Salvador -Arturo Armando Molina ,President of El Salvador (1972 –1977 )
*Trinidad and Tobago
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1962 -1976 )
**Governor General -Ellis Clarke , Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1972 -1976 )
**Prime Minister -Eric Williams ,Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1956 -1981 )
*United States -Gerald Ford ,President of the United States (1974 -1977 )outh America
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Argentina -
*#Isabel Martínez de Perón ,President of Argentina (1974 -1975 )
*#Italo Argentino Luder , ActingPresident of Argentina (1975 )
*#Isabel Martínez de Perón ,President of Argentina (1975 -1976 )
*Bolivia -Hugo Banzer Suárez ,President of Bolivia (1971 -1978 )
*Brazil -Ernesto Geisel ,President of Brazil (1974 -1979 )
*Chile -Augusto Pinochet , President (1974 -1990 )
*Guyana -Arthur Chung ,President of Guyana (1970 -1980 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -
*#Juan Velasco ,President of Peru (1968 -1975 )
*#Francisco Morales Bermúdez ,President of Peru (1975 -1980 )
*Uruguay -Juan María Bordaberry , President of Uruguay (1972 -1976 )
*Venezuela -Carlos Andrés Pérez , President of Venezuela (1974 -1979 )
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