List of state leaders in 1941

1940 state leaders - Events of 1941 - 1942 state leaders - State leaders by year-----

See also:
*List of religious leaders in 1941
*List of international organization leaders in 1941

Africa

* Egypt - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
* Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
* South Africa -
** Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937-1943)
** 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 Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
* Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
* Republic of China
** Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
*** President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
*** Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
** Nanjing Government (pro-Japanese)
*** President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
* India -
**Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
**Viceroy - The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
* Japan -
** Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
** Prime Minister -
**# Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1940-1941)
**# Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (1941-1944)
* Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
* Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

Australia and Oceania

*Australia -
** Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
** Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
** Prime Minister -
**#Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941)
**#Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1941)
**#John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1945)
*New Zealand -
** Monarch - George VI, King of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas (1936-1952)
** Governor-General -
**#The Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand (1935-1941)
**#Sir Cyril Newall, Governor-General of New Zealand (1941-1946)
** Prime Minister - Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-1946)
* Tonga
** Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
** Prime Minister -
*#Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1923 – 1941)
*#S. Ata, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1941 – 1949)

Europe

* Albania - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
* Belgium
**Monarch - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
**Prime Minister - Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (1939-1945)
* Denmark
** Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
** Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
* Éire (Ireland) -
**Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
**President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
**Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
* France -
**Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
**Prime Minister - Philippe Pétain, President of the Council (1940-1942)
* Germany -
**Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
**Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
* Hungary -
**Regent - Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (1920-1944)
**Prime Minister -
**#Count Pál Teleki (16 February 1939 - 3 April 1941)
**#László Bárdossy (1941 - 1942)
* Italy -
**Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
**Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
*Liechtenstein -
**Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
**Head of Government - Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928-1945)
*Netherlands - (Government in exile)
**Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
**Prime Minister - Pieter Gerbrandy, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1940-1945)
* Norway (Government in exile) -
**Monarch - Haakon VII of Norway, King of Norway (1905-1957)
**Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935-1945)
* Poland (Government in exile)
**President - Wadysaw Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
**Prime Minister - Wadysaw Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939-1943)
* 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 -
**Premier of the Soviet Union - Joseph Stalin
* 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 - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
* Turkey -
** President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
** Prime Minister - Refik Saydam, Prime Minister of Turkey (1939-1942)
* United Kingdom -
**Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
**Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
*Vatican City
** Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
** Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)

North America and the Caribbean

*Canada
**Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
** Governor General - The Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada (1940-1946)
** Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
*Costa Rica - Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940–1944)
* Cuba
** President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1940-1944)
** Premier - Carlos Saladridgas, Premier of Cuba (1940-1942)
* United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

outh America

* Argentina - Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
* Bolivia - Enrique Peñaranda - President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
* Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
* Colombia - Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938-1942)
* Ecuador - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
* Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
* Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
*Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)
*Venezuela -
#Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1935-1941)
#Isaias Medina Angarita, President of Venezuela (1941-1945)