List of state leaders in 1947

1946 state leaders - Events of 1947 - 1948 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1947
*List of international organization leaders in 1947

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)
* 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, Chairman of the National Government (1943-1947)
**# Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
** Premier -
**# T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan (1945-1947)
**# Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1947)
**# Chang Chun, President of the Executive Yuan (1947-1948)
* India -
**British India -
***Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
***Viceroy -
***# The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943-1947)
***# The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India (1947)
**Dominion of India -
***Monarch - George VI, King of India (1947-1950)
***Governor-General - The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (1947-1948)
***Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
*Indonesia -
**President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
**Prime Minister -
**#Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945-1947)
**#Amir Sjarifuddin, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1947-1948)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister -
**# Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1946-1947)
**# Tetsu Katayama, Prime Minister of Japan (1947-1948)
* 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)
**Prime Minister - Liaqat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-1951)
* Philippines - Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines (1946-1948)
* Thailand
**Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946-present)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
** Governor-General -
**#Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (1945-1947)
**#Sir Winston Dugan, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1947-1947)
**#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 -
**#Camille Huysmans, Prime Minister of Belgium (1946-1947)
**#Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (1938-1939, 1946, 1947-1949)
* Denmark -
** Monarch -
**# Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-20 April 1947)
**# Frederick IX, King of Denmark (20 April 1947-1972)
** Prime Minister -
**# Knud Kristensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945-13 November 1947)
**# Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (13 November 1947-1950)
* 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)
* France -
**Provisional Government - Léon Blum, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1946-1947)
**Fourth Republic -
***President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
***Prime Minister -
***# Paul Ramadier, President of the Council (1947)
***# Robert Schuman, President of the Council (1947-1948)
* Germany - "Administered by Allied Occupation Forces" (1945-1949)
**American Zone
***Military Governor -
***# Joseph T. McNarney (1945-1947)
***# Lucius DuBignon Clay (1947-1949)
**British Zone
***Military Governor -
***# William Sholto Douglas (1946-1947)
***# Sir Brian Hubert Robertson (1947-1949)
**French Zone
***Military Governor - Marie-Pierre Koenig (1945-1949)
**Soviet Zone
***Military Governor - Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (1946-1949)
* Hungary -
**President - Zoltán Tildy, President of Hungary (1946-1948)
**Prime Minister -
**#Ferenc Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (1946-1947)
**#Lajos Dinnyés, Prime Minister of Hungary (1947-1948)
* Italy -
**President - Enrico De Nicola, President of the Italian Republic (1946-1947)
**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)
**Regent - Juliana, Crown Princess of the Netherlands (regent during the autumn of 1947)
**Prime Minister - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946-1948, 1958-1959)
* Poland
**Head of State - Bolesaw Bierut -
**# President of the National Council (1944-1947)
**# President of Poland (1947-1952)
**Premier -
**# Edward Osóbka-Morawski, President of the Council of Ministers (1944-1947)
**# 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 -
**# Mehmet Recep Peker, Prime Minister of Turkey (1946-1947)
**# 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)
*Costa Rica - Teodoro Picado Michalski, President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)
* Cuba -
** President - Ramón Grau, President of Cuba (1944-1948)
** Premier
**# Carlos Prío Socarrás, Premier of Cuba (1945-1947)
**# Raúl López del Castillo, Premier of Cuba (1947-1948)
*Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
* 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)
* Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946-1951)
* Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
* Peru - José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1946-1948)
*Uruguay -
*#Juan José de Amézaga, President of Uruguay (1943-1947)
*#Tomás Berreta, President of Uruguay (1947)
*#Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947-1951)
* Venezuela - Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945-1948)