- List of state leaders in 1962
1961 state leaders - Events of 1962 - 1963 state leaders -
State leaders by year -----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1962
*List of international organization leaders in 1962
*List of colonial governors in 1962 Africa
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Algeria -
*# "Independence fromFrance ,3 July 1962 "
** President -Ahmed Ben Bella ,President of Algeria (1962 -1965 )
** Prime Minister -Ahmed Ben Bella ,Prime Minister of Algeria (1962 -1963 )
*Burundi "Burundi gained its independence on July 1"
**Monarch -Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng ,King of Burundi (1915 -1966 )
**Prime Minister -André Muhirwa ,Prime Minister of Burundi (1961 -1963 )
*Côte d'Ivoire -Félix Houphouët-Boigny ,President of Côte d'Ivoire (1960 -1993 )
* Dahomey -Hubert Maga ,President of Dahomey (1960 -1963 )
*Guinea
**President -Ahmed Sékou Touré ,President of Guinea (1958 -1984 )
*Liberia -William V.S. Tubman ,President of Liberia (1944 -1971 )
*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 )
*Nigeria
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Nigeria (1960 -1963 )
** Governor-General -Nnamdi Azikiwe ,Governor-General of Nigeria (1960 -1963 )
** Prime Minister -Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ,Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960 -1966 )
*Rwanda "Rwanda gained its independence on July 1"
**President -Grégoire Kayibanda ,President of Rwanda (1961 -1973 )
*Senegal
** President -Léopold Sédar Senghor ,President of Senegal (1960 -1980 )
**# Prime Minister -Mamadou Dia .Prime Minister of Senegal , (1960 -1962 )
**# "Position Eliminated"
*Somalia
** President -Aden Abdullah Osman Daar ,President of Somalia (1960 -1967 )
** Prime Minister -Abdirashid Ali Shermarke ,Prime Minister of Somalia (1960 -1964 )
*Togo -Sylvanus Olympio ,President of Togo (1960 -1963 )
*Uganda "Uganda gained its independence on October 9"
**President - SirEdward 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 )Asia
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Afghanistan
**Monarch -Mohammed Zahir Shah ,King of Afghanistan (1933 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953 -1963 )
*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 -
**#Rajendra Prasad ,President of India (1950 -1962 )
**#Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ,President of India (1962 -1967 )
**Prime Minister -Jawaharlal Nehru ,Prime Minister of India (1947 -1964 )
*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 )
*South Korea -
**President -Yun Boseon , President of the Republic of Korea (1960 -1962 )
**Chief Cabinet Minister -
**#Song Yo-ch'an , Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1961 -1962 )
**#Park Chunghee , Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1962 )
**#Kim Hyun-chul , Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1962 -1963 )
* Malaya -
**Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail,Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1960 -1965 )
**Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj,Prime Minister of Malaya (1957 -1970 )
*Pakistan -Muhammad 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 -Chen Cheng , President of the Executive Yuan (1958 -1963 )Australia and Oceania
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Australia
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952 -present)
**Governor-General - William Sidney,Governor-General of Australia (1961 -1965 )
**Prime Minister - SirRobert Menzies ,Prime Minister of Australia (1939 -1941 ,1949 -1966 )
*New Zealand
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952 –present)
**# Governor-General The Viscount Cobham,Governor-General of New Zealand (1957 –1962 )
**# Governor-General - SirBernard Fergusson ,Governor-General of New Zealand (1962 –1967 )
** Prime Minister - SirKeith 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
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Austria -
**President -Adolf Schärf ,President of Austria (1957 –1965 )
**Chancellor -Alfons Gorbach ,Chancellor of Austria (1961 –1964 )
*Belgium
** King - 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 -
**#Viggo Kampmann ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1960 -3 September 1962 )
**#Jens Otto Krag ,Prime Minister of Denmark (3 September 1962 -1968 )
*Finland
** President -Urho Kekkonen (1956 -1981 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Martti Miettunen (1961 -1962 ,1975 -1977 )
**#Ahti Karjalainen (1962 -1963 ,1970 -1971 )
*France -
**President -Charles de Gaulle ,President of France (1959 -1969 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Michel Debré ,Prime Minister of France (1959 -1962 )
**#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 -Konrad Adenauer , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949 -1963 )
*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 )
* Ireland -
**President -Éamon de Valera ,President of Ireland (1959 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -Seán Lemass ,Taoiseach (1957 -1966 )
*Italy -
**President -
**#Giovanni Gronchi , President of the Italian Republic (1955 -1962 )
**#Antonio Segni , President of the Italian Republic (1962 -1964 )
**Prime Minister -Amintore Fanfani ,Prime Minister of Italy (1960 -1963 )
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II,Prince of Liechtenstein (1938 -1989 )
**Head of Government -
**#Alexander Frick , Head of Government (1945 -1962 )
**#Gerard Batliner , Head of Government (1962 -1970 )
*Luxembourg
**Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919 -1964 )
**Regent - Jean, Regent of Luxembourg (1961 -1964 )
**Prime Minister -Pierre Werner ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959 -1974 ,1979 -1984 )
*Netherlands
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948 -1980 )
**Prime Minister -Jan de Quay ,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1959 -1963 )
*Norway -
**Monarch -Olav V of Norway ,King of Norway (1957 -1991 )
*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 )
**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 )
*Turkey
** President -Cemal Gürsel , President of Turkey (1961-1966)
** Prime Minister -İsmet İnönü ,Prime Minister of Turkey (1961-1965)
*United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of the United Kingdom (1952 -present)
**Prime Minister -Harold Macmillan ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957 -1963 )
*Vatican City
** Pope - John XXIII,Bishop of Rome (1958 -1963 )
** Secretary of State -Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani ,Cardinal Secretary of State (1961 -1969 )Middle East
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Israel
**President -Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ,President of Israel (1952 -1963 )
**Prime Minister -David Ben-Gurion ,Prime Minister of Israel (1955 -1963 )
*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 (1958 -1962 )
**#Ali Sabri ,Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1962 -1965 )
*Yemen Arab Republic
** "Yemen Arab Republic declared andMutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen exiled,27 September "
** President -Abdullah as-Sallal , President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962 -1967 )
** Prime Minister -Abdullah as-Sallal , Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962 -1963 )North America and the Caribbean
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Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II,Queen of Canada (1952 -present)
**Governor General -Georges Vanier , Governor General (1959 -1967 )
**Prime Minister -John Diefenbaker , Prime Minister (1957 -1963 )
*Costa Rica -
*#Mario Echandi Jiménez , President of Costa Rica (1958 –1962 )
*#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 -
*#Joaquín Balaguer , President of the Dominican Republic (1960 –1962 )
*#Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly , President of the Dominican Republic (1962 –1963 )
*El Salvador
**President -
**# Civic-Military Directory (1961 –1962 )
**#Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea ,President of El Salvador (1962 )
**#Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo ,President of El Salvador (1962 –1967 )
*Guatemala
**José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes ,President of Guatemala (2 March 1958 –31 March 1963
*Honduras
**Ramón Villeda Morales ,President of Honduras (21 December 1957 –3 October 1963 )
*Mexico
**Adolfo López Mateos ,President of Mexico (1958 –1964 )
*Nicaragua
**Luis Somoza Debayle ,President of Nicaragua
*United States -John F. Kennedy ,President of the United States (1961 -1963 )outh America
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Brazil -João Goulart ,President of Brazil (1961 -1964 )
*Colombia -
*#Alberto Lleras Camargo ,President of Colombia (1958 -1962 )
*#Guillermo León Valencia ,President of Colombia (1962 -1966 )
*Paraguay -Alfredo Stroessner ,President of Paraguay (1954 -1989 )
*Peru -
*#Manuel Prado y Ugarteche ,President of Peru (1956 -1962 )
*#Ricardo Pérez Godoy ,President of Peru (1962 -1963 )
*Uruguay -
*#Eduardo Víctor Haedo , President of Uruguay (1961 -1962 )
*#Faustino Harrison , President of Uruguay (1962 -1963 )
*Venezuela -Rómulo Betancourt , President of Venezuela (1959 -1964 )
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