List of state leaders in 1948

1947 state leaders - Events of 1948 - 1949 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1948
*List of international organization leaders in 1948

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 -
**# Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939-1948)
**# 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)
* China
** President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
** Premier -
**# Chang Chun, President of the Executive Yuan (1947-1948)
**# Wong Wen-hao, President of the Executive Yuan (1948)
**# Sun Fo, President of the Executive Yuan (1948-1949)
* India -
**Monarch - George VI, King of India (1947-1950)
**Governor-General -
**# The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (1947-1948)
**# 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 -
**#Amir Sjarifuddin, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1947-1948)
**#Mohammad Hatta, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1948-1950)
* Israel -
**Head of State -
**# David Ben-Gurion, Chairman of the Provisional State Council (1948)
**# Chaim Weizmann, President of the Provisional State Council (1948-1949)
**Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister -
**# Tetsu Katayama, Prime Minister of Japan (1947-1948)
**# Hitoshi Ashida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948)
**# Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948-1954)
* North Korea -
** "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed on September 9."
** Head of State - Kim Tu-bong, Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1957)
** Prime Minister - Kim Il-sung, Premier of North Korea (1948-1972)
* South Korea -
** "The Republic of Korea is proclaimed on August 15, ending U.S. military administration"
** 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 -
**# Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan (1947-1948)
**# Khwaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan (1948-1951)
**Prime Minister - Liaqat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-1951)
* Philippines -
**President -
**# Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines (1946-1948)
**# 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)
*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)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister - S. Ata, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1941 – 1949)

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)
* Denmark -
** Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
** Prime Minister - Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945-1950)
* Éire (Ireland) -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
**President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
**Prime Minister -
**# Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
**# John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1948-1951)
* France -
**President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
**Prime Minister -
**# Robert Schuman, President of the Council (1947-1948)
**# André Marie, President of the Council (1948)
**# Robert Schuman, President of the Council (1948)
**# Henri Queuille, President of the Council (1948-1949)
* Germany - "Administered by Allied Occupation Forces" (1945-1949)
* Hungary -
**Head of State -
**#Zoltán Tildy, President of Hungary (1946-1948)
**#Árpád Szakasits, President of Hungary (1948-1949)
**Head of Government -
**#Lajos Dinnyés, Prime Minister of Hungary (1947-1948)
**#István Dobi, President of the Council of Ministers (1948-1952)
* Italy -
**President -
**# Enrico De Nicola, President of the Italian Republic (1948)
**# 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 -
**# Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
**# Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
**Regent - Juliana, Crown Princess of the Netherlands (regent during the spring and summer of 1948)
**Prime Minister -
**# Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946-1948, 1958-1959)
**# Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
* Poland -
**Head of State - Bolesaw 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)
* Soviet Union -
**Communist Party Leader - Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
**Head of State - Nikolay Shvernik, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1946-1953)
**Premier - Joseph Stalin, Chairman of the Council of People's Comissars (1941-1953)
* 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)
* 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 -
**# William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
**# Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957)
*Costa Rica -
*#Teodoro Picado Michalski, President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)
*#Santos León Herrera, President of Costa Rica (1948)
*#José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1948–1949)
* Cuba
** President
**# Ramón Grau, President of Cuba (1944-1948)
**# Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba (1948-1952)
** Premier
**# Raúl López del Castillo, Premier of Cuba (1947-1948)
**# Manuel Antonio de Varona, Premier of Cuba (1948-1950)
*Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
* El Salvador
**President -
**# Salvador Castaneda Castro, President of El Salvador (1945–1948)
**# 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 -
*# Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
*# Juan Manuel Frutos, Provisional President of Paraguay (1948)
*# Juan Natalico González, President of Paraguay (1948)
* Peru -
*# José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1946-1948)
*# Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
*Uruguay - Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947-1951)
* Venezuela -
*# Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945-1948)
*# Romulo Gallegos, President of Venezuela (1948)
*# Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela (1948-1950)