List of state leaders in 1944
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1943 state leaders - Events of 1944 - 1945 state leaders - State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1944
- List of international organization leaders in 1944
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[edit] Africa
- Liberia
- President -
- South Africa -
- Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
- Governor-General - Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, Governor-General of South Africa (1943-1946)
- Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939-1948)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)
[edit] 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 - Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government (1943-1947)
- Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
- Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
- Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
- India -
- British India
- Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
- Viceroy - The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943-1947)
- Provisional Government of Free India
- Head of State and Prime Minister - Subhas Chandra Bose, (1943-1945)
- Japan
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister -
- Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- Thailand
- Monarch - Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (1935-1946)
- Prime Minister -
[edit] Australia and Oceania
- Australia -
- Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
- Governor-General -
- Prime Minister - 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 - Sir Cyril Newall, Governor-General of New Zealand (1941-1946)
- 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)
[edit] Europe
- Albania - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
- Belgium
- King - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
- Prince Regent - Charles, King of the Belgians (1944-1950)
- Prime Minister - Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (1939-1945
- Denmark
- Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
- Prime Minister - Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942-1945)
- German occupation in control of government (1943-1945)
- 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 -
- Vichy Regime -
- Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Laval, President of the Council (1942-1944)
- Provisional Government - Charles de Gaulle, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1944-1946)
- Vichy Regime -
- Germany -
- Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
- Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
- Hungary -
- Head of State -
- Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (1920 - 16 October 1944)
- Ferenc Szálasi, "Leader of the Nation" (16 October 1944 - 28 March 1945) (legitimacy not universally accepted)
- Post vacant (16 October 1944 - 2 February 1946) (for those not accepting the legitimacy of the Szálasi régime)
- Prime Minister -
- Miklós Kállay (1942 - 22 March 1944)
- Döme Sztójay (22 March 1944 - 29 August 1944)
- Géza Lakatos (29 August 1944 - 16 October 1944)
- Ferenc Szálasi, "Leader of the Nation" (16 October 1944 - 28 March 1945) (legitimacy not universally accepted)
- Post vacant (16 October 1944 - 22 December 1944) (for those not accepting the legitimacy of the Szálasi régime)
- Béla Dálnoki Miklós, Prime Minister of the National Provisional Government (22 December 1944 - 15 November 1945)
- Head of State -
- Italy -
- Kingdom of Italy -
- Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
- Prime Minister -
- Italian Social Republic - Benito Mussolini, Provisional Head of State (1943-1945)
- Kingdom of Italy -
- Liechtenstein -
- Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
- Head of Government - Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928-1945)
- Luxembourg
- Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
- Netherlands (German and Japanese occupied, except for Curaçoa, Suriname and parts of Dutch East Indies)
- Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
- Prime Minister - Pieter Gerbrandy, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1940-1945)
- Poland
- Government in exile
- President - Władysław Raczkiewicz , President of Poland (1939-1947)
- Prime Minister -
- Communist dominated government
- Government in exile
- 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 - Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-1946)
- 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 - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
- Turkey -
- President - İsmet İnönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
- Prime Minister - Şükrü Saracoğlu, Prime Minister of Turkey (1942-1946)
- 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)
- Position of Cardinal Secretary of State eliminated
[edit] 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 -
- Cuba
- President
- Fulguencia Batista, President of Cuba (1940-1944)
- Ramón Grau, President of Cuba (1944-1948)
- Premier
- President
- Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
- United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)
[edit] South America
- Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
- Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
- Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
- Uruguay - Juan José de Amézaga, President of Uruguay (1943-1947)
- Venezuela - Isaías Medina Angarita, President of Venezuela (1941-1945)
