List of state leaders in 1954

1953 state leaders - Events of 1954 - 1955 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1954
*List of international organization leaders in 1954

Africa

* Egypt
**President -
**#Muhammad Naguib, President (1953-1954) and Prime Minister (1953-1954)
**#Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister (1954-1962)
* Ethiopia
** Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1941-1974)
** Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942-1957)
* Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
* Libya -
**Monarch- Idris I, King of Libya (1951-1969)
**Prime Minister -
**#Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister of Libya (1951-1954)
**#Muhammad Sakizli, Prime Minister of Libya (1954)
**#Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister of Libya (1954-1957)
* Union of South Africa
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
** Governor-General - Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
** Prime Minister -
**# Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-1954)
**# Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa (1954-1958)

Asia

* Afghanistan
**Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
**Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
* Bhutan
**Monarch - Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1952-1972)
**Prime Minister - Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952-1964)
* Burma
**President- Ba U, President of Burma (1952-1957)
**Prime Minister - U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-1956)
* Cambodia
**Monarch - Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1941-1955)
**Prime Minister -
**#Chan Nak, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953-1954)
**#Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1954)
**#Samdech Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1954-1955)
* Ceylon
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952-1972)
** Governors-General -
**#Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, Governor-General of Ceylon (1949-1954)
**#Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, Governor-General of Ceylon (1954-1962)
** Prime Minister - John Lionel Kotalawela, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953-1956)
* People's Republic of China
** Head of State - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949-1954), Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
** 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)
* Republic of China
** President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1948-1975)
** Premier -
**#Ch'en Ch'eng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
**#Yü Hung-chün, President of the Executive Yuan (1954-1958)
* India -
**President - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
**Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
*Indonesia -
**President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
**Prime Minister - Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953-1955)
* Iran
**Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
**Prime Minister - Fazlollah Zahedi, Prime Minister of Iran (1953-1955)
* Iraq
**Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
**Prime Minister -
**# Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali, Prime Minister of Iraq (1953-1954)
**# Arshad al-Umari, Prime Minister of Iraq (1954)
**# Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1954-1957)
* Israel -
**President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
**Prime Minister - Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister -
**# Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948-1954)
**# Ichirō Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan (1954-1956)
* Jordan -
** Monarch - Hussein, King of Jordan (1952-1999)
** Prime Minister -
**# Fawzi al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan (1953-1954)
**# Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Jordan (1954-1955)
* Democratic People´s Republic of Korea
** Head of State - Kim Du Bong, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1957)
** Premier - Kim Il Sung, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1948-1972)
** Head of Communist Party - Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (1948-1994)
* Republic of Korea -
** President - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
** Prime Minister -
**# Paik Too-chin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952-1954)
**# Pyon Yong-tae, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1954)
* Laos
**Monarch - Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1949-1959)
**Prime Minister -
**#Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos (1951-1954)
**#Katay Don Sasorith, Prime Minister of Laos (1954-1956)
* Lebanon
**President- Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon (1952-1958)
** Prime Minister -
**# Abdullah Aref al-Yafi, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1953-1954)
**# Sami as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1954-1955)
* Mongolia
** Head of State - Jamtsarangiin Sambuu, Chairman of the State Great Khural (1954-1972)
** Premier - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952-1974)
** Head of Communist Party -
**#Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, First Secretary of the People´s Revolutionary Party (1940-1954)
**#Dashiin Damba, First Secretary of the People´s Revolutionary Party (1954-1958)
* Nepal
**Monarch - Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal (1951-1955)
**Prime Minister - Matrika Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal (1953-1955)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
* Pakistan -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
**Governor-General - Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
**Prime Minister - Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953-1955)
* Philippines - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (1953-1957)
* Saudi Arabia
**Monarch - Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1953-1964)
**Prime Minister -
**#Saud, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1953-1954)
**#Faisal, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1954-1960)
* Syria
** President -
**#Adib ash-Shishakli, President of Syria (1953-1954)
**#Hashim al-Atassi, President of Syria (1954-1955)
** Prime Minister -
**#Adib ash-Shishakli, Prime Minister of Syria (1953-1954)
**#Sabri al-Assali, Prime Minister of Syria (1954)
**#Said al-Ghazzi, Prime Minister of Syria (1954)
**#Faris al-Khuri, Prime Minister of Syria (1954-1955)
* Thailand
**Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)
**Prime Minister - Luang Phibunsongkhram, Prime Minister of Thailand {1948 - 1957}
* State of Vietnam
**Head of State - Bao Dai, Emperor of Vietnam (1925-1955)
**Prime Minister -
**#Pham Buu Loc, Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (1954)
**#Ngo Dinh Diem, Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (1954-1955)
* Democratic Republic of Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1946-1969), Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1955), President of the Vietnam Workers Party (1930-1969)
* Yemen
**Monarch - Ahmad bin Yahya, King of Yemen (1948-1962)
**Prime Minister - Prince Hassan ibn Yahya, Prime Minister of Yemen (1948-1955)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1953–present)
** Governor-General - Sir. William Joseph Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
** Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)
*New Zealand
** Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
**Governor-General - Sir Willoughby Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952-1957)
**Prime Minister - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949-1957)
* 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 - Theodor Körner, President of Austria (1951–1957)
**Chancellor - Julius Raab, Chancellor of Austria (1953–1961)
* Belgium -
** King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
** Prime Minister -
**#Jean van Houtte, Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-1954)
**#Achille van Acker, Prime Minister of Belgium (1945-1946, 1954-1958)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister - Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1953-1955)
* France -
**President -
**# Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
**# René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
**Prime Minister -
**# Joseph Laniel, President of the Council (1953-1954)
**# Pierre Mendès-France, President of the Council (1954-1955)
* Federal Republic of Germany -
**President - Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
**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)
**President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
**Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
* Hungary -
**Head of State - István Dobi, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952-1967)
**Head of Government - Imre Nagy, President of the Council of Ministers (1953-1955)
* Ireland -
**President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
**Prime Minister -
**# Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1951-1954)
**# John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1954-1957)
* Italy -
**President - Luigi Einaudi, President of the Italian Republic (1948-1955)
**Prime Minister -
**# Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (1953-1954)
**# Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1954)
**# Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italy (1954-1955)
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
**Head of Government - Alexander Frick, Head of Government (1945-1962)
* Luxembourg
** Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
** Prime Minister - Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1953-1958)
* Monaco -
**Monarch - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005)
**Head of Government - Henry Soum, Minister of State of Monaco (1953-1959)
* Netherlands -
**Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
**Prime Minister - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
* Poland
**Communist Party Leader - Bolesław Bierut, Chairman of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1954) (from 1954 First Secretary)
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
**Premier -
**# Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers (1952-1954)
**# Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
* Portugal -
**President - Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1951-1958)
**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 - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
**Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
* Turkey
** President - Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
** Prime Minister - Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
**Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
*Vatican City
** Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
** Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
** Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
**Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
*Costa Rica - José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
* Cuba - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
*Dominican Republic - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
* El Salvador - Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950–1956)
* United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

outh America

* Argentina - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (1946-1955/1973-1974)
* Brazil -
*# Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951-1954)
*# João Café Filho, President of Brazil (1954-1956)
* Paraguay -
*# Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
*# Alfredo Stroessner Mattianda , President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
* Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
*Uruguay - Andrés Martínez Trueba, President of Uruguay (1951-1955)
* Venezuela - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)