- List of state leaders in 1968
1967 state leaders - Events of 1968 - 1969 state leaders -
State leaders by year ----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1968
*List of international organization leaders in 1968 Africa
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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 -
**#Alphonse Amadou Alley ,President of Dahomey (1967 -1968 )
**#Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou ,President of Dahomey (1968 -1969 )
** Prime Minister -Iropa Maurice Kouandété ,Prime Minister of Dahomey (1967 -1968 )
*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 -
**#Modibo Keita ,President of Mali (1960 -1968 )
**#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 -
**#John Shaw Rennie ,Governor-General of Mauritius (1968 )
**#Michel Rivalland ,Governor-General of Mauritius (1968 )
**# 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 )
*Somalia
** President -Abdirashid Ali Shermarke ,President of Somalia (1967 -1969 )
** Prime Minister - Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal,Prime Minister of Somalia (1967 -1969 )
*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
**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
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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
** Head of State -
**#Liu Shaoqi ,Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959 -1968 )
**#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 -Dr Zakir Hussain ,President of India (1967 -1969 )
**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 )
*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
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - Richard Casey,Governor-General of Australia (1965 -1969 )
**Prime Minister -
**# SirJohn McEwen ,Prime Minister of Australia (1967 -1968 )
**# SirJohn 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
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Austria -
**President -Franz Jonas ,President of Austria (1965 –1974 )
**Chancellor -Josef Klaus ,Chancellor of Austria (1964 –1970 )
*Belgium
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951 -1993 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Paul Vanden Boeynants , Prime Minister of Belgium (1966 -1968 ,1978 -1979 )
**#Gaston Eyskens , Prime Minister of Belgium (1949 -1950 ,1958 -1961 ,1968 -1973 )
*Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick IX,King of Denmark (1947 -1972 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Jens Otto Krag ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1962 -18 February 1968 )
**#Hilmar Baunsgaard ,Prime Minister of Denmark (18 February 1968 -1971 )
*Finland
** President -Urho Kekkonen (1956 -1981 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Rafael Paasio (1966 -1968 ,1972 )
**#Mauno Koivisto (1968 -1970 ,1979 -1982 )
*France -
**President -Charles de Gaulle ,President of France (1959 -1969 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Georges Pompidou ,Prime Minister of France (1962 -1968 )
**#Maurice Couve de Murville ,Prime Minister of France (1968 -1969 )
*Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -Heinrich Lübke , President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959 -1969 )
**Chancellor -Kurt Georg Kiesinger , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1966 -1969 )
*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 -
**#Aldo Moro ,Prime Minister of Italy (1963 -1968 )
**#Giovanni Leone ,Prime Minister of Italy (1968 )
**#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 )
*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 -
**#Edward Ochab (1964 -1968 )
**#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 -
**#António de Oliveira Salazar , President of the Council of Ministers (1932 -1968 )
**#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 of Sweden , King of Sweden (1950 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Tage Erlander ,Prime Minister of Sweden (1946 -1969 )
*Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
**Communist Party leader -Leonid Brezhnev ,General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964 -1982 )
*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 )Middle East
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Israel
**President -Zalman Shazar ,President of Israel (1963 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Levi Eshkol ,Prime Minister of Israel (1963 -1969 )
*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 )
*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 )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 -
**#Lester B. Pearson ,Prime Minister of Canada (1963 -1968 )
**#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 )
*Mexico -Gustavo Díaz Ordaz , President of Mexico (1964 -1970 )
*United States -Lyndon Johnson ,President of the United States (1963 -1969 )outh America
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Brazil -Artur da Costa e Silva ,President of Brazil (1967 -1969 )
*Chile -Eduardo Frei Montalva , President (1964 -1970 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -
*#Fernando Belaúnde Terry ,President of Peru (1963 -1968 )
*#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 )
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