List of state leaders in 1949

1948 state leaders - Events of 1949 - 1950 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1949
*List of international organization leaders in 1949

Africa

* 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)
* Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

*Afghanistan -
**Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
**Prime Minister - Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
* Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
* People's Republic of China -
** "declared on October 1"
** 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)
* Republic of China -
** "retreats to Taiwan"
** President -
**#Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
**#Li Tsung-jen, Acting President of the Republic of China (1949-1950)
** Premier -
**# Sun Fo, President of the Executive Yuan (1948-1949)
**# Ho Ying-chin, President of the Executive Yuan (1949)
**# Yen Hsi-shan, President of the Executive Yuan (1949-1950)
* 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)
*Indonesia -
**President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
**Prime Minister - Mohammad Hatta, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1948-1950)
* Israel -
**Head of State - Chaim Weizmann, President of the Provisional State Council (1948-1949), then 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)
* 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)
* 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 - Liaqat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-1951)
* Philippines - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (1948-1953)
* 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 -
**#Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1949)
**#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 -
**# Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-1949)
**#Sir Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949-1957)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister -
*#S. Ata, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1941 – 1949)
*#Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)

Europe

* Albania - Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (1946-1953)
*Austria -
**President - Karl Renner, President of Austria (1945–1950)
**Chancellor - Leopold Figl, Chancellor of Austria (1945–1953)
* Belgium -
** King - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
** Prince Regent - Charles, King of the Belgians (1944-1950)
** Prime Minister -
**#Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (1938-1939, 1946, 1947-1949)
**#Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1949-1950, 1958-1961, 1968-1973)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister - Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945-1950)
* France -
**President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
**Prime Minister -
**# Henri Queuille, President of the Council (1948-1949)
**# Georges Bidault, President of the Council (1949-1950)
* Germany -
**"Administered by Allied Occupation Forces" (1945-1949)
**Federal Republic of Germany formed from the British, French, and American zones 7 September 1949
**German Democratic Republic formed from the Soviet zone 7 October 1949)
* Federal Republic of Germany -
**President -
**# Karl Arnold, Acting President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949)
**# 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)
**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 -
**#Árpád Szakasits, President of Hungary (1948-1949)
**#Árpád Szakasits, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1949-1950)
**Head of Government - István Dobi, President of the Council of Ministers (1948-1952)
* Éire (Ireland) -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
**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)
**Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
* Turkey
** President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
** Prime Minister -
**# Hasan Saka, Prime Minister of Turkey (1947-1949)
**# Şemsettin Günaltay, Prime Minister of Turkey (1949-1950)
* 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)

North America and the Caribbean

* Canada -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
** Governor General - The Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada (1946-1952)
**Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957)
*Costa Rica -
*#José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1948–1949)
*#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)
*Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
* El Salvador - Revolutionary Council of Government (1948–1950)
* 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)
* Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946-1951)
* Paraguay -
*# Raimundo Rolon, President of Paraguay (1949)
*# Felipe Molas López, President of Paraguay (1949)
*# 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)