List of state leaders in 1945

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1944 state leaders - Events of 1945 - 1946 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Australia and Oceania 4 Europe 5 North America and the Caribbean 6 South America

[edit] Africa

• Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• 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 -
      1. Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
      2. T. V. Soong, President of the Executive Yuan (1945-1947)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
    • Acting President - Chen Gongbo, Acting Chairman of the National Government (1944-1945)
    • Disbanded on August 16 following Japanese surrender
• 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)
    • Disbanded on August 16 following Japanese surrender
• Indonesia -
  • President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister - Sutan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945-1947)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kuniaki Koiso, Prime Minister of Japan (1944-1945)
    2. Kantaro Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1945)
    3. Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prime Minister of Japan (1945)
    4. Kijuro Shidehara, Prime Minister of Japan (1945-1946)

• Manchukuo -
  • Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
  • part of China since end of World War II
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

[edit] Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1945)
    2. Sir Winston Dugan, (acting) Governor-General of Australia (1944-1945)
    3. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (1945-1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1945)
    2. Frank Forde, Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1945)
    3. Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (1945-1949)

• 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 -
  • De-facto leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour (1944-1985)
  • Head of state - Omer Nishani, Chairmen of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1946-1953)
• Austria -
  • President - Karl Renner, President of Austria (1945–1950)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Karl Renner, Chancellor of Austria (1945)
    2. 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 -
    1. Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (1939-1945
    2. Achille Van Acker, Prime Minister of Belgium (1945-1946, 1946, 1954-1958)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942-1945)
    2. Vilhelm Buhl, Prime Minister of Denmark (5 May-8 November 1945)
    3. Knud Kristensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (8 November 1945-1947)
  • German occupation in control of government (1943-5 May 1945)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President -
    1. Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
    2. Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• France -
  • Head of Government - Charles de Gaulle, Chairman of the Provisional Government (1944-1946)
• Germany -
  • Head of State -
    1. Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
    2. Karl Dönitz, Head of State (1945)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
    2. Joseph Goebbels, Chancellor of Germany (1945)
    3. Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, Chancellor of Germany (1945)
  • Administered by Allied Occupation Forces (1945-1949)
• Hungary -
  • Head of State -
    1. Ferenc Szálasi, "Leader of the Nation" (16 October 1944 - 28 March 1945) (legitimacy not universally accepted)
    2. Post vacant (16 October 1944 - 2 February 1946) (for those not accepting the legitimacy of the Szálasi régime)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ferenc Szálasi, "Leader of the Nation" (16 October 1944 - 28 March 1945) (legitimacy not universally accepted)
    2. Béla Dálnoki Miklós, Prime Minister of the National Provisional Government (22 December 1944 - 15 November 1945)
    3. Zoltán Tildy, Prime Minister of Hungary (15 November 1945 - 4 February 1946)
• Italy -
  • Kingdom of Italy -
    • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (1944-1945)
      2. Ferruccio Parri, Prime Minister of Italy (1945)
      3. Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1946)
  • Italian Social Republic - Benito Mussolini, Provisional Head of State (1943-1945)
• Liechtenstein -
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
  • Head of Government -
    1. Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928-1945)
    2. 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)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Pieter Gerbrandy, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers during the exile in London (1940-1945)
    2. Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1945-1946)
• Poland
  • Government in exile
    • President - Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
    • Prime Minister - Tomasz Arciszewski, President of the Council of Ministers (1944-1947)
  • Communist dominated government
    • Head of State - Bolesław Bierut, President of the National Council (1944-1947)
    • Premier - Edward Osóbka-Morawski, President of the Council of Ministers (1944-1947)
• 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 -
    1. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
    2. Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945-1951)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)

[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 - Teodoro Picado Michalski, President of Costa Rica (1944–1948)
• Cuba
  • President - Ramón Grau, President of Cuba (1944-1948)
  • Premier
  1. Félix Lancís Sánchez, Premier of Cuba (1944-1945)
  2. Carlos Prío Socarrás, Premier of Cuba (1945-1947)
• Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
• United States
  1. Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)
  2. Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

[edit] South America

• Brazil -
  1. Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
  2. José Linhares, Provisional President of Brazil (1945-1946)
• Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru -
  1. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
  2. José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, President of Peru (1945-1948)
• Uruguay - Juan José de Amézaga, President of Uruguay (1943-1947)
• Venezuela -
  1. Isaías Medina Angarita, President of Venezuela (1941-1945)
  2. Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945-1948)