List of state leaders in 1950

1949 state leaders - Events of 1950 - 1951 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1950
*List of international organization leaders in 1950
*List of foreign ministers in 1950
*List of colonial governors in 1950

Africa

* Ethiopia -
** Monarch - Haile Selassie I, 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)
* South Africa
** Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Gideon Brand van Zyl, Governor-General of South Africa (1946-1951)
** Prime Minister - Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-1954)

Asia

*Afghanistan
**Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
**Prime Minister - Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
*Bhutan - Jigme Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1926-1952)
* Brunei -
*# Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
*# Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
* Burma -
** President - Sao Shwe Thaik, President of Burma (1948-1952)
** Prime Minister - U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-1956)
*Ceylon-
**Monarch - George VI, King of Ceylon (1948-1952)
**Governor-General - Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, Governor-General of Ceylon (1949-1954)
**Prime Minister - Don Stephen Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1947-1952)
*People's Republic of China
** President - 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)
*Kingdom of Egypt -
** Monarch - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
** Prime Minister -
**# Hussein Sirri Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1949-1950)
**# Mustafa Al Nahhas Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1950-1952)
* India -
**Dominion of India -
***Monarch - George VI, King of India (1947-1950)
***Governor-General - Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India (1948-1950)
***Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
**Republic of 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 -
**#Mohammad Hatta, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1948-1950)
**#Abdul Halim, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1950)
**#Muhammad Natsir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1950-1951)
* Iran -
**Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
**Prime Minister -
**#Mohammad Sa'ed, Prime Minister of Iran (1948-1950)
**#Ali Mansur, Prime Minister of Iran (1950)
**#Haj Ali Razmara, Prime Minister of Iran (1950-1951)
* Iraq -
**Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
**Prime Minister -
**#Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1949-1950)
**#Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1950)
**#Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1950-1952)
* Israel -
**President - Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel (1949-1952)
**Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister - Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948 - 1954)
* Jordan -
**Monarch - Abdullah I, King of Jordan (1949-1951)
**Prime Minister -
**#Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Jordan (1947-1950)
**#Sa`id al-Mufti, Prime Minister of Jordan (1950)
**#Samir al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan (1950-1951)
* North Korea -
** Head of State - Kim Tu-bong, Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1957)
** Premier - Kim Il Sung, Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1948-1972)
* South Korea -
** President - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
** Prime Minister -
**# Yi Pom-sok, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1948-1950)
**# Shin Song-mo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1950)
**# John Myon Chang, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1950-1952)
* Laos
**Monarch - Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1946-1959)
**Prime Minister -
**# Boun Oum, Prime Minister of Laos (1948-1950)
**# Phoui Sananikone, Prime Minister of Laos (1950-1951)
* Lebanon -
**President - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (1943-1952)
**Prime Minister - Riad as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1946-1951)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
* Pakistan -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Pakistan (1947-1952)
**Governor-General - Khwaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan (1948-1951)
**Prime Minister - Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-1951)
* Philippines - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (1948-1953)
* Taiwan (Republic of China)
** President -
**#Li Tsung-jen, Acting President of the Republic of China (1949-1950)
**#Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
** Premier -
**# Yen Hsi-shan, President of the Executive Yuan (1949-1950)
**# Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
* Thailand
**Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Sir. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947-1953)
** Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)
*New Zealand
** Monarch - George VI, King of New Zealand (1936-1952)
**Governor-General - Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (1946-1952)
**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

* Albania -
**President - Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly (1946-1953)
**Prime Minister - Enver Hoxha, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1946-1954)
* Andorra -
**Coprinces - Ramon Iglésias i Navarri, Bishop of Urgell (1943-1969) and Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954).
* Belgium -
** King - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
** Prince Regent - Charles, King of the Belgians (1944-1950)
** Prime Minister -
**#Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1949-1950, 1958-1961, 1968-1973)
**#Jean Duvieusart, Prime Minister of Belgium (1950)
**#Joseph Pholien, Prime Minister of Belgium (1950-1952)
* Bulgaria
**Communist Party Leader - Vulko Chervenkov, First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1949-1954)
**Head of State -
**#Mincho Naichev, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (1947-1950)
**#Georgi Damyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (1950-1958)
**Head of Government -
**#Vasil Kolarov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1950)
**#Vulko Chervenkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1950-1956)
* Czechoslovakia
**Communist Party Leader and Head of State - Klement Gottwald, First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1945-1953), President of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953)
**Prime Minister - Antonín Zápotocký, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister -
**# Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945-27 October 1950)
**# Erik Eriksen, Prime Minister of Denmark (27 October 1950-1953)
* Finland
** President - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946-1956)
** Prime Minister -
**#Karl-August Fagerholm, Prime Minister of Finland (1948-1950)
**#Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1950-1953)
* France -
**President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
**Prime Minister -
**# Georges Bidault, President of the Council (1949-1950)
**# Henri Queuille, President of the Council (1950)
**# René Pleven, President of the Council (1950-1951)
* 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 -
**# Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl, Co-Chairmen of the Socialist Unity Party (1946-1950)
**# Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1950-1971)
**President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
**Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
* Greece -
**Monarch - Paul I, King of Greece (1947-1964)
**Prime Minister -
**#Alexandros Diomidis, Prime Minister of Greece (1949-1950)
**#Ioannis Theotokis, Prime Minister of Greece (1950)
**#Sophoklis Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1950)
**#Nikolaos Plastiras, Prime Minister of Greece (1950)
**#Sophoklis Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1950-1951)
* Hungary -
**Communist Party Leader - Mátyás Rákosi, First Secretary of the Hungarian Workers' Party (1945-1956)
**Head of State -
**#Árpád Szakasits, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1949-1950)
**#Sándor Rónai, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1950-1952)
**Head of Government - István Dobi, President of the Council of Ministers (1948-1952)
* Iceland -
**President - Sveinn Björnsson, President of Iceland (1944-1952)
**Prime Minister -
**# Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1949-1950)
**# Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1950-1953)
* Ireland -
**President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
**Prime Minister - John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1948-1951)
* Italy -
**President - Luigi Einaudi, President of the Italian Republic (1948-1955)
**Prime Minister - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1953)
*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)
* 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 - Bolesław Bierut, President of Poland (1947-1952)
**Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1947-1952)
* Portugal -
**President - António Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1926-1951)
**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 V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
*#Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
**Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
* Turkey
** President -
**# İsmet İnönü, , President of Turkey (1938-1950)
**# Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
** Prime Minister -
**# Şemsettin Günaltay, Prime Minister of Turkey (1949-1950)
**# Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
**Prime Minister - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945-1951)
*Vatican City -
** Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
*Yugoslavia - Josip Broz Tito - (1945 - 1980)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
**Governor General - Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor General (1946-1952)
**Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
*Costa Rica - Otilio Ulate Blanco, President of Costa Rica (1949–1953)
* Cuba
** President - Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba (1948-1952)
** Premier
**# Manuel Antonio de Varona, Premier of Cuba (1948-1950)
**# Félix Lancís Sánchez, Premier of Cuba (1950-1951)
*Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
* El Salvador
**President -
**# Revolutionary Council of Government (1948–1950)
**# Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950–1956)
*Guatemala - Juan José Arévalo, President of Guatemala (1945-1951)
*Haiti -
** Dumarsais Estimé, President of Haiti {1946-1950}
** Franck Lavaud, Head of Military Junta 1950
** Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (1950-1956)
*Honduras - Juan Manuel Gálvez, President of Honduras (1949-1954)
*Mexico - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (1946-1952)
* United States - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

outh America

* Argentina - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (1946-1955/1973-1974)
* Bolivia - Mamerto Urriolagoitia, President of Bolivia (1949-1951)
* Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946-1951)
* Chile - Gabriel González Videla, President of Chile (1946-1952)
* Colombia -
*# Mariano Ospina Pérez, President of Colombia (1946-1950)
*# Laureano Gómez, President of Colombia (1950-1953)
* Ecuador - Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador (1948–1952)
* Paraguay - Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
* Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
*Uruguay - Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947-1951)
* Venezuela -
*# Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela (1948-1950)
*# Germán Suárez Flamerich, President of Venezuela (1950-1952)