- List of state leaders in 1953
1952 state leaders - Events of 1953 - 1954 state leaders -
State leaders by year -----See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1953
*List of international organization leaders in 1953 Africa
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Liberia -William V.S. Tubman ,President of Liberia (1944 -1971 )
*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 )Asia
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Afghanistan
**Monarch -Mohammed Zahir Shah ,King of Afghanistan (1933 -1973 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946 -1953 )
**#Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan ,Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953 -1963 )
*People's Republic of China
** Head of State -Mao Zedong ,Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949 -1954 )
** 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 )
**Prime Minister -Jawaharlal Nehru ,Prime Minister of India (1947 -1964 )
*Indonesia -
**President -Sukarno , President of Indonesia (1945 –1967 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Wilopo , Prime Minister of Indonesia (1952 -1953 )
**#Ali Sastroamidjojo , Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953 -1955 )
*Israel -
**President -Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ,President of Israel (1952 -1963 )
**Prime Minister -
**#David Ben-Gurion ,Prime Minister of Israel (1948 -1953 )
**#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 )
*South 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 )
*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 -
**#Khwaja Nazimuddin ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (1951 -1953 )
**#Muhammad Ali Bogra ,Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953 -1955 )
*Philippines -
** President -
**#Elpidio Quirino ,President of the Philippines (1948 -1953 )
**#Ramon Magsaysay ,President of the Philippines (1953 -1957 )
* Taiwan (Republic of China )
** President -Chiang Kai-Shek ,President of the Republic of China (1947 -1975 )
** Premier -Chen Cheng , President of the Executive Yuan (1950 -1954 )
*Thailand
**Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)Australia and Oceania
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Australia -
** Monarch -
** Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952 –present)
** Governor-General -
**#Sir. William McKell,Governor-General of Australia (1947 -1953 )
**#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
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Albania -
**Chairman of the Presidium
**#Omer Nishani , Chairman of the Presidium (1946 -1953 )
**#Haxhi Lleshi , Chairman of the Presidium (1953 -1982 )
*Austria -
**President -Theodor Körner ,President of Austria (1951 –1957 )
**Chancellor -
**#Leopold Figl ,Chancellor of Austria (1945 –1953 )
**#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 )
*Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX,King of Denmark (1947 -1972 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Erik Eriksen ,Prime Minister of Denmark (1950 -30 September 1953 )
**#Hans Hedtoft ,Prime Minister of Denmark (30 September 1953 -1955 )
*Finland -
**President -J.K. Paasikivi ,President of Finland (1946 -1956 )
** Prime Minister -
**#Urho Kekkonen ,Prime Minister of Finland (1951 -1953 )
**#Urho Kekkonen ,Prime Minister of Finland (1953 -1954 )
*France -
**President -Vincent Auriol ,President of France (1947 -1954 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Antoine Pinay , President of the Council (1952 -1953 )
**#René Mayer , President of the Council (1953 )
**#Joseph Laniel , President of the Council (1953 -1954 )
*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 -
**#Mátyás Rákosi , President of the Council of Ministers (1952 -1953 )
**#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 )
*Italy -
**President -Luigi Einaudi , President of the Italian Republic (1948 -1955 )
**Prime Minister -
**#Alcide De Gasperi ,Prime Minister of Italy (1945 -1953 )
**#Giuseppe Pella ,Prime Minister of Italy (1953 -1954 )
*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 -
**#Pierre Dupong ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937 -1953 )
**#Joseph Bech ,Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1926 -1937 ,1953 -1958 )
*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 )
**Head of State - Council of State, Chairman -Aleksander Zawadzki (1952 -1964 )
**Premier - Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers (1952 -1954 )
*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
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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 -
*#Otilio Ulate Blanco , President of Costa Rica (1949 –1953 )
*#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 -
*#Harry Truman ,President of the United States (1945 -1953 )
*#Dwight Eisenhower ,President of the United States (1953 -1961 )outh America
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Argentina -Juan Domingo Perón ,President of Argentina (1946 -1955 /1973 -1974 )
*Brazil -Getúlio Vargas ,President of Brazil (1951 -1954 )
*Paraguay -Federico Chaves ,President of Paraguay (1949 -1954 )
*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 )
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