List of state leaders in 1967

1966 state leaders - Events of 1967 - 1968 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
* List of religious leaders in 1967
* List of international organization leaders in 1967
* List of colonial governors in 1967

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 - President - Michel Micombero, President of Burundi (1966-1976)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
* Dahomey
** President -
**# Christophe Soglo, President of Dahomey (1965-1967)
**# Jean-Baptiste Hachème, President of Dahomey (1967)
**# Iropa Maurice Kouandété, President of Dahomey (1967)
**# Alphonse Amadou Alley, President of Dahomey (1967-1968)
** Prime Minister - Iropa Maurice Kouandété, Prime Minister of Dahomey (1967-1968)
* 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 - Modibo Keita, President of Mali (1960-1968)
* Mauritania - Moktar Ould Daddah, President of Mauritania (1960-1978)
* 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 -
**# Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, President of Somalia (1960-1967)
**# Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia (1967-1969)
** Prime Minister -
**# Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Prime Minister of Somalia (1964-1967)
**# Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Prime Minister of Somalia (1967-1969)
* Uganda
**President - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971)
**Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962-1971)
* Togo
** President -
**# Nicolas Grunitzky, President of Togo (1963-1967)
**# Kléber Dadjo, Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee (1967)
**# Étienne Eyadéma, President of Togo (1967-2005)
* 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 Hashim Maiwandwal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1965-1967)
**#Nur Ahmad Etemadi, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1967-1971)
* Brunei -
**# Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
**# 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)
** 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 -
**# Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India (1962-1967)
**# Dr Zakir Hussain, President of India (1967-1969)
**Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1966-1977)
*Indonesia -
*#Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
*#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)
* Philippines - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965-1986)
* 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)
**Prime Minister -
**# Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia (1966-1967)
**# Sir John McEwen, Prime Minister of Australia (1967-1968)
*New Zealand
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
**Governor-General -
**#Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (1962-1967)
**#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
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
** Prime Minister - Paul Vanden Boeynants, Prime Minister of Belgium (1966-1968, 1978-1979)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister - Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark (1962-1968)
* Finland
** President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
** Prime Minister - Rafael Paasio (1966-1968, 1972)
* France -
**President - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
**Prime Minister - Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France (1962-1968)
* 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)
* 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 -
**#Jelle Zijlstra, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1966-1967)
**#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)
**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)
* 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)
* 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

* Egypt
** President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1970)
* Iran
**Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
**Prime Minister -
**Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Prime Minister of Iran (1965-1977)
* Iraq
** President - Abdul Rahman Aref, President of IRAQ (April 1966-July 1968)
* 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)
* Turkey
** President - Cevdet Sunay, President of Turkey (1966-1973)
** Prime Minister - Süleyman Demirel, Prime Minister of Turkey (1965-1971)
* United Arab Republic
**President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
**Prime Minister -
**# Muhammad Sedki Sulayman, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1966-1967)
**# Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1967-1970)
* People's Republic of South Yemen
** "Federation of South Arabia gains independence from United Kingdom as People's Republic of South Yemen, 30 November"
** President - Qahtan Mohammed al-Shaabi, President of the People's Republic of South Yemen (1967-1969)
* Yemen Arab Republic
** President -
**# Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
**# Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1974)
** Prime Minister -
**# Abdullah as-Sallal, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1966-1967)
**# Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967)
**# Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1967-1969)

North America and the Caribbean

*Barbados -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (1966–present)
**Governor-General -
**#John Montague Stow, Governor-General of Barbados (1966–1967)
**#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 -
**#Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (1959-1967)
**#Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (1967-1974)
**Prime Minister - Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada (1963-1968)
*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
**President -
**# Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, President of El Salvador (1962–1967)
**# 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

* Brazil -
*# Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, President of Brazil (1964-1967)
*# 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)
*Uruguay -
*#Jorge Pacheco Areco, President of Uruguay (1966-1967)
*#Óscar Diego Gestido, President of Uruguay (1967)
*#Jorge Pacheco Areco, President of Uruguay (1967-1972)
*Venezuela - Raúl Leoni, President of Venezuela (1964-1969)