List of state leaders in 1969

1968 state leaders - Events of 1969 - 1970 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1969
*List of international organization leaders in 1969

Africa

* Algeria - Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-1978)
*Biafra - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, President of Biafra (1967-1970)
* Botswana - Seretse Khama, President of Botswana (1966-1980)
* Burundi - Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966-1976)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
* Dahomey
** President -
**# Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou, President of Dahomey (1968-1969)
**# Iropa Maurice Kouandété, President of Dahomey (1969)
**# Paul-Émile de Souza, President of Dahomey (1969-1970)
* Equatorial Guinea - Francisco Macías Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea (1968-1979)
* The Gambia
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of The Gambia (1965-1970)
** Governor-General - Farimang Mamadi Singateh, Governor-General of The Gambia (1966-1970)
** Prime Minister - Dawda Jawara, Prime Minister of The Gambia (1965-1970)
* Guinea - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
* Kenya - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964-1978)
* Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
* Malawi - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (1966-1994)
* Mali
** President - Moussa Traoré, President of Mali (1968-1991)
** Prime Minister - Yoro Diakité, Prime Minister of Mali (1968-1969)
* 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)
** Prime Minister - Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius (1968-1982)
* Nigeria - Yakubu Gowon, President of Nigeria (1966-1975)
* Rhodesia -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Rhodesia (unrecognized by her) (1965-1970)
**Officer Administering the Government - Clifford Dupont, Officer Administering the Government (1965-1970)
**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)
* Sierra Leone
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Sierra Leone (1961-1971)
** Governor-General - Banja Tejan-Sie, Governor-General of Sierra Leone (1968-1971)
** Prime Minister - Siaka Probyn Stevens, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (1968-1971)
* Somalia
** President -
**# Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia (1967-1969)
**# Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969-1991)
** Prime Minister - Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Prime Minister of Somalia (1967-1969)
* Swaziland
** Monarch - Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (1968-1982)
** Prime Minister - Prince Makhosini Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland (1968-1976)
* Togo - Étienne Eyadéma, President of Togo (1967-2005)
* Uganda
**President - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971)
**Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962-1971)
* Upper Volta - Sangoulé Lamizana, President of Upper Volta (1966-1980)
* Zambia - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)

Asia

* Afghanistan
** Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
**Prime Minister - Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1967-1971)
* 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)
* Ceylon
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1948-1972)
** Governor-General - William Gopallawa, Governor-General of Ceylon (1962-1972)
** Prime Minister - Dudley Shelton Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1965-1970)
* India -
**President -
**# Dr Zakir Hussain, President of India (1967-1969)
**# Varahagiri Venkata Giri, acting President of India (1969)
**# Muhammad Hidayatullah, acting President of India (1969)
**# 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)
* South Korea -
**President - Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
**Prime Minister - Chung Il-kwon, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1964-1970)
* Malaysia
**Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1965-1970)
**Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1957-1970)
* Pakistan -
**# Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
**# Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (1969-1971)
* Singapore -
**President - Yusuf Ishak, President of Singapore (1965-1971)
**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)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
**Governor-General -
**# Richard Casey, Governor-General of Australia (1965-1969)
**# Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (1969-1974)
**Prime Minister - John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia (1968-1971)
*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 (1967-1972)
**Prime Minister - Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960-1972)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (1965 – 2006)
** Prime Minister - Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi), Prime Minister of Tonga, (1965 – 1991)

Europe

*Austria -
**President - Franz Jonas, President of Austria (1965–1974)
**Chancellor - Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1964–1970)
* 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 (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister - Hilmar Baunsgaard, Prime Minister of Denmark (1968-1971)
* Finland
** President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
** Prime Minister - Mauno Koivisto (1968-1970, 1979-1982)
* France -
**President -
**# Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
**# Alain Poher, Acting President of France (1969)
**# Georges Pompidou, President of France (1969-1974)
**Prime Minister -
**# Maurice Couve de Murville, Prime Minister of France (1968-1969)
**# Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (1969-1973)
* Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -
**# Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
**# Gustav Heinemann, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969-1974)
**Chancellor -
**# Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1966-1969)
**# Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969-1974)
* German Democratic Republic -
**Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
**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 - Giuseppe Saragat, President of the Italian Republic (1964-1971)
**Prime Minister - Mariano Rumor, Prime Minister of Italy (1968-1970)
* Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
**Head of Government - Gerard Batliner, Head of Government (1962-1970)
* Luxembourg
**Monarch - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
**Prime Minister - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)
*Malta
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Malta (1964-1974
**Governor-General - Sir Maurice Henry Dorman, Governor-General of Malta (1964-1971)
**Prime Minister - George Borg Olivier, Prime Minister of Malta (1962-1971)
* Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
**Prime Minister - Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967-1971)
* Norway -
**Monarch - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway (1957-1991)
**Prime Minister - Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (1965-1971)
* Poland
**Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Marian Spychalski (1968-1970)
**Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
* 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 - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
** Prime Minister -
*#Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
*#Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (1969-1976)
* Turkey
** President - Cevdet Sunay, President of Turkey (1966-1973)
** Prime Minister - Süleyman Demirel, Prime Minister of Turkey (1965-1971)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
**Prime Minister - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964-1970)
*Vatican City
** Pope - Paul VI, Bishop of Rome (1963-1978)
** Secretary of State -
**# Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)
**# Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot, Cardinal Secretary of State (1969-1979)

Middle East

* Israel
**President - Zalman Shazar, President of Israel (1963-1973)
**Prime Minister -
**# Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (1963-1969)
**# Yigal Allon, acting Prime Minister of Israel (1969)
**# Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
* United Arab Republic
**President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
**Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1967-1970)
* People's Republic of South Yemen
** President -
**# Qahtan Mohammed al-Shaabi, President of the People's Republic of South Yemen (1967-1969)
**# Salim Ali Rubai, Chairman of the Presidential Council (1969-1970)
** Prime Minister -
**# "Position created"
**# Faysal al-Shaabi, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen (1969)
**# Muhammad Ali Haitham, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen (1969-1970)
* Yemen Arab Republic
** President - Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1974)
** Prime Minister -
**# Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1969)
**# Abdul Salam Sabrah, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1969)
**# Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1969)
**# Abdullah Kurshumi, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1969-1970)

North America and the Caribbean

*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 Joaquín Trejos Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1966–1970)
* 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 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (1967–1972)
* Jamaica
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Jamaica (1962-present)
** Governor-General - Sir Clifford Campbell, Governor-General of Jamaica (1962-1973)
** Prime Minister - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967-1972)
* Mexico - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (1964-1970)
*Trinidad & Tobago
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1976)
**Governor General - Sir Solomon Hochoy, Governor General of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1972)
**Prime Minister - Eric Eustace Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1961-1981)
* United States -
*# Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States (1963-1969)
*# Richard Nixon, President of the United States (1969-1974)

outh America

* Brazil -
*# Artur da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-1969)
*# Military junta (1969)
*# Emílio Garrastazú Médici, President of Brazil (1969-1974)
* Chile - Eduardo Frei Montalva, President (1964-1970)
* Guyana
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Guyana 1966-1970
** Governor-General -
**# Sir David James Gardiner Rose, Governor-General of Guyana, 1966-1969
**# Sir Edward Victor Luckhoo, Governor-General of Guyana, 1969-1970
** Prime Minister - Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana, 1966 - 1980
* 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)
*Venezuela -
*#Raúl Leoni, President of Venezuela (1964-1969)
*#Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela (1969-1974)