- List of state leaders in 1972
1971 state leaders - Events of 1972 - 1973 state leaders -
State leaders by year ----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1972
*List of international organization leaders in 1972 Africa
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Algeria -Houari Boumédiènne ,President of Algeria (1965 -1978 )
*Botswana -Seretse Khama ,President of Botswana (1966 -1980 )
*Burundi
** President -Michel Micombero ,President of Burundi (1966 -1976 )
** Prime Minister -Albin Nyamoya ,Prime Minister of Burundi (1972 -1973 )
*Côte d'Ivoire -Félix Houphouët-Boigny ,President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 -1993 )
* Dahomey
** President -
**#Hubert Maga ,President of Dahomey (1970 -1972 )
**#Justin Ahomadegbé ,President of Dahomey (1972 )
**#Mathieu Kérékou ,President of Dahomey (1972 -1991 )
*Equatorial Guinea -Francisco Macías Nguema (name changed to Francisco Macías Nguema Biyogo on 14 July),President of Equatorial Guinea (1968 -1979 )
*Ethiopia
**Monarch -Haile Selassie ,Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 -1936 ), (1941 -1974 )
** Prime Minister -Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold ,Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961 -1974 )
*Gabon -Albert-Bernard Bongo ,President of Gabon (1967 -present)
*The Gambia -Dawda Jawara , President of The Gambia (1970 -1994 )
*Guinea
**President -Ahmed Sékou Touré ,President of Guinea (1958 -1984 )
**Prime Minister -
**# "Position created"
**#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 -
**# Arthur Williams,Governor-General of Mauritius (1968 -1972 )
**#Abdul Rahman Muhammad Osman ,Governor-General of Mauritius (1972 -1977 )
** Prime Minister -Seewoosagur Ramgoolam ,Prime Minister of Mauritius (1968 -1982 )
*Nigeria -Yakubu Gowon ,President of Nigeria (1966 -1975 )
*Rhodesia -
**President -Clifford Dupont ,President of Rhodesia (1970 -1975 )
**Prime Minister -Ian Smith ,Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1965 -1979 )
*Rwanda -Grégoire Kayibanda ,President of Rwanda (1961 -1973 )
*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 -Étienne 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 -Gérard Kango Ouedraogo ,Prime Minister of Upper Volta (1971 -1974 )
*Zambia -Kenneth Kaunda ,President of Zambia (1964 -1991 )Asia
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Afghanistan
** Monarch -Mohammed Zahir Shah ,King of Afghanistan (1933 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Abdul Zahir,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1971 -1972 )
**#Mohammad Musa Shafiq ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1972 -1973 )
*Bangladesh -
**President -
**#Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , President of Bangladesh (1971 –1972 )
**#Abu Sayeed Chowdhury , President of Bangladesh (1972 –1973 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Tajuddin Ahmad ,Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1971 -1972 )
**#Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ,Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972 -1975 )
*Brunei -Hassanal Bolkiah ,Sultan of Brunei (1967 –present)
*People's Republic of China
** "De facto" Head of State -
***Song Qingling ,Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968 -1972 )
***Dong Biwu ,Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1968 -1975 )
** 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 )
*India -
**President -Varahagiri Venkata Giri ,President of India (1969 -1974 )
**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 -
**#Eisaku Sato ,Prime Minister of Japan (1964 -1972 )
**#Kakuei Tanaka ,Prime Minister of Japan (1972 -1974 )
*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 )
*Malaysia
**Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970 -1975 )
**Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein,Prime Minister of Malaysia (1970 -1976 )
*Pakistan -Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ,President of Pakistan (1971 -1973 )
*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 )
** Premier -
**#Yen Chia-kan , President of the Executive Yuan (1963 -1972 )
**#Chiang Ching-kuo , President of the Executive Yuan (1972 -1978 )
*Thailand -
** King - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946 -present)
** Prime Minister -Thanom Kittikachorn ,Prime Minister of Thailand (1963 -1973 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - SirPaul Hasluck ,Governor-General of Australia (1969 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -
**# SirWilliam McMahon ,Prime Minister of Australia (1971 -1972 )
**#Gough Whitlam ,Prime Minister of Australia (1972 -1975 )
*Nauru -Hammer DeRoburt ,President of Nauru (1968 -1976 )
*'New Zealand
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 -present)
**Governor-General -
**#Sir Arthur Porritt,Governor-General of New Zealand (1967 -7 February 1972 )
**#Sir Denis Blundell,Governor-General of New Zealand (7 February 1972 -1977 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Keith Holyoake ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960 -7 February 1972 )
**#Jack Marshall ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (7 February 1972 -8 December 1972 )
**#Norman Kirk ,Prime Minister of New Zealand (8 December 1972 -1974 )
*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 -
***Georges Pompidou ,President of France (1969 -1974 )
***Joan Martí Alanis ,Bishop of Urgell (1971 -2003 )
*Austria -
**President -Franz Jonas ,President of Austria (1965 –1974 )
**Chancellor -Bruno Kreisky ,Chancellor of Austria (1970 –1983 )
*Belgium
** Monarch - Baldwin I,King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
** Prime Minister -Gaston Eyskens ,Prime Minister of Belgium (1968 -1973 )
*Denmark
** Monarch -
**# Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947 -14 January 1972 )
**# Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (14 January 1972 -present)
** Prime Minister -
**#Jens Otto Krag ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1971 -5 October 1972 )
**#Anker Jørgensen ,Prime Minister of Denmark (5 October 1972 -1973 )
*Finland
** President -Urho Kekkonen ,President of Finland (1956 -1981 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Teuvo Aura ,Prime Minister of Finland (1970 ,1971 -1972 )
**#Rafael Paasio ,Prime Minister of Finland (1966 -1968 ,1972 )
**#Kalevi Sorsa ,Prime Minister of Finland (1972 -1975 ,1977 -1979 ,1982 -1987 )
*France -
**President -Georges Pompidou ,President of France (1969 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Jacques Chaban-Delmas ,Prime Minister of France (1969 -1973 )
*Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -Gustav Heinemann , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969 -1974 )
**Chancellor -Willy Brandt , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969 -1974 )
*German Democratic Republic -
**Communist Party Leader -Erich Honecker ,General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971 -1989 )
**Head of State -Walter Ulbricht , Chairman of the Council of State (1960 -1973 )
**Premier -Willi Stoph , Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964 -1973 )
* Ireland -
**President -Éamon de Valera ,President of Ireland (1959 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Jack Lynch ,Taoiseach (1966 -1973 )
*Italy
**President -Giovanni Leone , President of the Italian Republic (1971 -1978 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Emilio Colombo ,Prime Minister of Italy (1970 -1972 )
**#Giulio Andreotti ,Prime Minister of Italy (1972 -1973 )
*Liechtenstein
**Prince - Franz Josef II,Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Head of government -Alfred Hilbe , Head of Government (1970 -1974 )
*Luxembourg
**Monarch - Jean,Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964 -2000 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Werner ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1954 -1974 ,1979 -1984 )
*Monaco
**Monarch - Prince Rainer III,Prince of Monaco (1949 -2005 )
**Head of Government -
**#François-Didier Gregh ,Minister of State of Monaco (1969 -1972 )
**#André Saint-Mleux ,Minister of State of Monaco (1972 -1981 )
*Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Barend Biesheuvel ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1971 -1973 )
*Norway
**Monarch -Olav V of Norway ,King of Norway (1957 -1991 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Trygve Martin Bratteli ,Prime Minister of Norway (1971 -18.oct. 1972 ), (1973 -1976 )
**#Lars Korvald ,Prime Minister of Norway (18. oct. 1972 -1973 )
*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 -
**#Józef Cyrankiewicz (1970 -1972 )
**#Henryk Jabłoński (1972 -1985 )
**Premier -Piotr Jaroszewicz , President of the Council of Ministers (1970 -1980 )
*Portugal -
**President -Américo Thomaz ,President of Portugal (1958 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Marcello Caetano , President of the Council of Ministers (1968 -1974 )
*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 -Olof Palme ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1969 -1976 )
*Switzerland
**Swiss Federal Council -Hans-Peter Tschudi ,Roger Bonvin ,Rudolf Gnägi ,Nello Celio ,Ernst Brugger ,Pierre Graber ,Kurt Furgler ;members of the Swiss Federal Council
*Turkey
** President -Cevdet Sunay , President of Turkey (1966-1973)
** Prime Minister -
**#Nihat Erim ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1971-1972)
**#Ferit Melen ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1972-1973)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the United Kingdom (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -Edward Heath ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970 -1974 )
*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 (1971 -1981 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Mahmoud Fawzi ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1971 -1972 )
**#Aziz Sedki ,Prime Minister of Egypt (1972 -1973 )
*Israel
**President -Zalman Shazar ,President of Israel (1963 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Golda Meir ,Prime Minister of Israel (1969 -1974 )
*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 -Abdul Rahman al-Iryani , President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967 -1974 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1971 -1972 )
**#Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1972 -1974 )North America and the Caribbean
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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 -Roland Michener ,Governor General of Canada (1967 -1974 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Trudeau ,Prime Minister of Canada (1968 -1979 )
*Costa Rica -José Figueres Ferrer , President of Costa Rica (1970 –1974 )
*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
**President -
**#Fidel Sánchez Hernández ,President of El Salvador (1967 –1972 )
**#Arturo Armando Molina ,President of El Salvador (1972 –1977 )
*Trinidad and Tobago
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1952 -1976 )
**Governor General -
**#Solomon Hochoy , Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1962 -1972 )
**#Ellis Clarke , Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1972 -1976 )
**Prime Minister -Eric Williams ,Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1956 -1981 )
*United States -Richard Nixon ,President of the United States (1969 -1974 )outh America
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Brazil -Emílio Garrastazú Médici ,President of Brazil (1969 -1974 )
*Chile -Salvador Allende , President (1970 -1973 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -Juan Velasco Alvarado ,President of Peru (1968 -1975 )
*Uruguay -
*#Jorge Pacheco Areco , President of Uruguay (1967 -1972 )
*#Juan María Bordaberry , President of Uruguay (1972 -1976 )
*Venezuela -Rafael Caldera , President of Venezuela (1969 -1974 )
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