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

* Algeria -
*# "Independence from France, 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 - 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)

Asia

* 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

*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 The Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957–1962)
**# 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)
* 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

* 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 and Mutawakkilite 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

*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

* 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)