List of state leaders in 1964

1963 state leaders - Events of 1964 - 1965 state leaders - State leaders by year----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1964
*List of international organization leaders in 1964

Africa

* Algeria - Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria (1962–1965)
* Burundi
** Monarch - Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915–1966)
** Prime Minister -
**# Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi (1963–1964)
**# Albin Nyamoya, Prime Minister of Burundi (1964–1965)
* Côte d'Ivoire - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960-1993)
* Dahomey
** President -
**# Christophe Soglo, President of Dahomey (1963-1964)
**# Sourou-Migan Apithy, President of Dahomey (1964-1965)
** Prime Minister - Justin Ahomadegbé, Prime Minister of Dahomey (1964-1965)
* Guinea - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958–1984)
* Kenya -
** Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Kenya (1963-1964; "Position abolished December 12, 1964")
** Governor-General - Malcolm John MacDonald, Governor-General of Kenya (1963-1964; "Position abolished December 12, 1964")
** Prime Minister - Jomo Kenyatta, Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964; "Position abolished December 12, 1964")
** President - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (1964-1978; "Position created December 12, 1964")
* Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
* Malawi
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Malawi (1964-1966)
** Governor-General - Glyn Smallwood Jones, Governor-General of Malawi (1964-1966)
** Prime Minister - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Prime Minister of Malawi (1964-1966)
* Mali
** President - Modibo Keita, President of Mali (1960-1968)
** Prime Minister - Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of Mali (1960-1965)
* Mauritania - Moktar Ould Daddah, President of Mauritania (1960-1978)
* Morocco
** King - Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961-1999)
** Prime Minister - Ahmed Bahnini, Prime Minister of Morocco (1963-1965)
* Nigeria
** President - Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor-General of Nigeria (1963-1966)
** Prime Minister - Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960-1966)
* 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)
** Prime Minister -
**# Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, Prime Minister of Somalia (1960-1964)
**# Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Prime Minister of Somalia (1964-1967)
* Tunisia - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957-1987)
* Togo - Nicolas Grunitzky, President of Togo (1963-1967)
* Uganda
** President - Sir Edward Mutesa, President of Uganda (1962–1966)
** Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962–1971)
* Upper Volta - Maurice Yaméogo, President of Upper Volta (1960-1966)
* Zambia ("Northern Rhodesia gained independence from UK as Zambia in 1964)"
**Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964–1991)

Asia

* Afghanistan
**Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
**Prime Minister - Mohammad Yusuf, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1963-1965)
* Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
* 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)
**Prime Minister -
**# Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
**# Gulzarilal Nanda, Prime Minister of India (1964)
**# Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (1964-1966)
*Indonesia - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
*Japan
**Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
**Prime Minister -
**#Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-1964)
**#Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan (1964-1972)
* South Korea -
**President - Park Chunghee, President of the Republic of Korea (1963-1979)
**Prime Minister -
**# Ch'oi Tu-son, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1963-1964)
**# Chung Il-kwon, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1964-1970)
* Malaysia
**Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1960-1965)
**Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaysia (1957-1970)
* Pakistan - Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
* Philippines - Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-1965)
* 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)
* Thailand
** King - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946–present)
** Prime Minister - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (1963–1973)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
**Governor-General - William Sidney, Governor-General of Australia (1961-1965)
**Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)
* New Zealand
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
** Governor-General - sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (1962–1967)
** Prime Minister - sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960–1972)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)

Europe

*Austria -
**President - Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (1957–1965)
**Chancellor -
**#Alfons Gorbach, Chancellor of Austria (1961–1964)
**#Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1964–1970)
* Belgium
** Monarch - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951–1993)
**Prime Minister - Théodore Lefèvre, Prime Minister of Belgium (1961–1965)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947–1972)
** Prime Minister - Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark (1962–1968)
* Finland
** President - Urho Kekkonen (1956–1982)
** Prime Minister -
**# Reino Ragnar Lehto (1963–1964)
**# Johannes Virolainen (1964–1966)
* 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 - Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1963–1966)
* 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 -
**# Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949–1964)
**# Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964–1973)
* Greece
** King -
**# Pavlos, King of Greece (1947–1964)
**# Konstantinos, King of Greece (1964–1973)
** Prime Minister -
**# Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (1963–1964)
**# Georgios Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (1964–1965)
* Iceland
** President - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952–1968)
** Prime Minister - Bjarni Benediktsson, List of Prime Ministers of Iceland (1963–1970)
* Ireland -
**President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959–1973)
**Prime Minister - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957–1966)
* Italy
**President -
**# Antonio Segni, President of the Italian Republic (1962–1964)
**# Cesare Merzagora, acting President of the Italian Republic (1964)
**# 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 -
**#Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919–1964)
**#Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000) Regent of Luxembourg (1961–1964)
**Prime Minister - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–1974, 1979–1984)
* The Netherlands
** Monarch - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948–1980)
** Prime Minister - Victor Marijnen, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1963–1965)
* Norway -
** Monarch - Olav V, King of Norway (1957–1991)
** Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1963–1965)
* 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 -
**# Aleksander Zawadzki (1952–1964)
**# 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)
* Romania -
** President of the State Council - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, President of Romania (1961–1965
** Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania (1961–1974)
* 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 - Tage Fritiof Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946–1969)
* Turkey
** President - Cemal Gürsel, President of Turkey (1961-1966)
** Prime Minister - İsmet İnönü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1961-1965)
*Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
**Communist Party leader -
**#Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964)
**#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 -
**# Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1963–1964)
**# 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

* 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 - Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1962-1965)
* Yemen Arab Republic
** President - Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
** Prime Minister -
**# Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1963-1964)
**# Hassan al-Amri, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1964)
**# Mahmoud al-Gayifi, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1964-1965)

North America and the Caribbean

* Canada -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
**Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
**Prime Minister - Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister (1963-1968)
*Costa Rica - Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, President of Costa Rica (1962–1966)
* Cuba
** President - Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba (1959-1976)
** Premier - Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba (1959-1976)
*Dominican Republic - Triumvirate, President of the Dominican Republic (1963–1965)
* El Salvador - Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, President of El Salvador (1962–1967)
* Haiti - François Duvalier, President of Haiti (1957–1971)
* Mexico -
*# Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (1958–1964)
*# Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (1964–1970)
* United States - Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States (1963-1969)

outh America

* Argentina - Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963–1966)
* Bolivia -
*# Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1960–1964)
*# Alfredo Ovando Candía, President of Bolivia (1964)
*# René Barrientos Ortuño, President of Bolivia (1964–1965)
* Brazil -
*# João Goulart, President of Brazil (1961-1964)
*# Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Acting President of Brazil (1964)
*# Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, President of Brazil (1964-1967)
* Chile -
*# Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, President of Chile (1958–1964)
*# Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (1964–1970)
* Colombia - Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (1962–1966)
* Ecuador - Ramón Castro Jijón, President of Ecuador (1963–1966)
* Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
* Peru - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1963-1968)
* Uruguay -
*# Daniel Fernández Crespo, President of Uruguay (1963–1964)
*# Luis Giannattasio, President of Uruguay (1964–1965)
*Venezuela -
*#Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1959-1964)
*#Raúl Leoni, President of Venezuela (1964-1969)