List of state leaders in 1950

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1949 state leaders - Events of 1950 - 1951 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

• Ethiopia -
  • Monarch - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1941-1974)
  • Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942-1957)
• 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 - Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-1954)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
• Bhutan - Jigme Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1926-1952)
• Brunei -
  1. Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
  2. Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
• Burma -
  • President - Sao Shwe Thaik, President of Burma (1948-1952)
  • Prime Minister - U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-1956)
• Ceylon-
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ceylon (1948-1952)
  • Governor-General - Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury, Governor-General of Ceylon (1949-1954)
  • Prime Minister - Don Stephen Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1947-1952)
• People's Republic of China
  • President - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government (1949-1954)
  • Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council (1949-1976)
  • Head of Communist Party - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
• Kingdom of Egypt -
  • Monarch - Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hussein Sirri Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1949-1950)
    2. Mustafa Al Nahhas Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1950-1952)
• India -
  • Dominion of India -
    • Monarch - George VI, King of India (1947-1950)
    • Governor-General - Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India (1948-1950)
    • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
  • Republic of India -
    • President - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
    • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
• Indonesia -
  • President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mohammad Hatta, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1948-1950)
    2. Abdul Halim, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1950)
    3. Muhammad Natsir, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1950-1951)
• Iran -
  • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mohammad Sa'ed, Prime Minister of Iran (1948-1950)
    2. Ali Mansur, Prime Minister of Iran (1950)
    3. Haj Ali Razmara, Prime Minister of Iran (1950-1951)
• Iraq -
  • Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1949-1950)
    2. Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, Prime Minister of Iraq (1950)
    3. Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1950-1952)
• Israel -
  • President - Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel (1949-1952)
  • Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948 - 1954)
• Jordan -
  • Monarch - Abdullah I, King of Jordan (1949-1951)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Jordan (1947-1950)
    2. Sa`id al-Mufti, Prime Minister of Jordan (1950)
    3. Samir al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan (1950-1951)
• North Korea -
  • Head of State - Kim Tu-bong, Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1957)
  • Premier - Kim Il Sung, Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1948-1972)
• South Korea -
  • President - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Yi Pom-sok, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1948-1950)
    2. Shin Song-mo, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1950)
    3. John Myon Chang, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1950-1952)
• Laos
  • Monarch - Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1946-1959)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Boun Oum, Prime Minister of Laos (1948-1950)
    2. Phoui Sananikone, Prime Minister of Laos (1950-1951)
• Lebanon -
  • President - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (1943-1952)
  • Prime Minister - Riad as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1946-1951)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Pakistan (1947-1952)
  • Governor-General - Khwaja Nazimuddin, Governor-General of Pakistan (1948-1951)
  • Prime Minister - Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-1951)
• Philippines - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (1948-1953)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President -
    1. Li Tsung-jen, Acting President of the Republic of China (1949-1950)
    2. Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier -
    1. Yen Hsi-shan, President of the Executive Yuan (1949-1950)
    2. Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
• Thailand
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

[edit] 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 - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch - George VI, King of New Zealand (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (1946-1952)
  • Prime Minister - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949-1957)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
  • Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)

[edit] Europe

• Albania -
  • President - Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly (1946-1953)
  • Prime Minister - Enver Hoxha, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1946-1954)
• Andorra -
  • Coprinces - Ramon Iglésias i Navarri, Bishop of Urgell (1943-1969) and Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954).
• Belgium -
  • King - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
  • Prince Regent - Charles, King of the Belgians (1944-1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1949-1950, 1958-1961, 1968-1973)
    2. Jean Duvieusart, Prime Minister of Belgium (1950)
    3. Joseph Pholien, Prime Minister of Belgium (1950-1952)
• Bulgaria
  • Communist Party Leader - Vulko Chervenkov, First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1949-1954)
  • Head of State -
    1. Mincho Naichev, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (1947-1950)
    2. Georgi Damyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (1950-1958)
  • Head of Government -
    1. Vasil Kolarov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1950)
    2. Vulko Chervenkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1950-1956)
• Czechoslovakia
  • Communist Party Leader and Head of State - Klement Gottwald, First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1945-1953), President of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953)
  • Prime Minister - Antonín Zápotocký, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1945-27 October 1950)
    2. Erik Eriksen, Prime Minister of Denmark (27 October 1950-1953)\
• Finland
  • President - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946-1956)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Karl-August Fagerholm, Prime Minister of Finland (1948-1950)
    2. Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1950-1953)
• France -
  • President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Georges Bidault, President of the Council (1949-1950)
    2. Henri Queuille, President of the Council (1950)
    3. René Pleven, President of the Council (1950-1951)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President - Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
  • Chancellor - Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
• German Democratic Republic -
  • Communist Party Leader -
    1. Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl, Co-Chairmen of the Socialist Unity Party (1946-1950)
    2. Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1950-1971)
  • President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
  • Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
• Greece -
  • Monarch - Paul I, King of Greece (1947-1964)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alexandros Diomidis, Prime Minister of Greece (1949-1950)
    2. Ioannis Theotokis, Prime Minister of Greece (1950)
    3. Sophoklis Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1950)
    4. Nikolaos Plastiras, Prime Minister of Greece (1950)
    5. Sophoklis Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1950-1951)
• Hungary -
  • Communist Party Leader - Mátyás Rákosi, First Secretary of the Hungarian Workers' Party (1945-1956)
  • Head of State -
    1. Árpád Szakasits, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1949-1950)
    2. Sándor Rónai, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1950-1952)
  • Head of Government - István Dobi, President of the Council of Ministers (1948-1952)
• Iceland -
  • President - Sveinn Björnsson, President of Iceland (1944-1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1949-1950)
    2. Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1950-1953)
• Ireland -
  • President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister - John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1948-1951)
• Italy -
  • President - 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 - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
  • Prime Minister - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader - Bolesław Bierut, Chairman of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1954)
  • Head of State - Bolesław 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)
• Spain -
  • Generalísimo - Francisco Franco, Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939-1975), (1939-1973)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch -
  1. Gustaf V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
  2. Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
• Turkey
  • President -
    1. İsmet İnönü, , President of Turkey (1938-1950)
    2. Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Şemsettin Günaltay, Prime Minister of Turkey (1949-1950)
    2. Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
• 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)
• Yugoslavia - Josip Broz Tito - (1945 - 1980)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor General - Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor General (1946-1952)
  • Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
• Costa Rica - Otilio Ulate Blanco, President of Costa Rica (1949–1953)
• Cuba
  • President - Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba (1948-1952)
  • Premier
    1. Manuel Antonio de Varona, Premier of Cuba (1948-1950)
    2. Félix Lancís Sánchez, Premier of Cuba (1950-1951)
• Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
• El Salvador
  • President -
    1. Revolutionary Council of Government (1948–1950)
    2. Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950–1956)
• Guatemala - Juan José Arévalo, President of Guatemala (1945-1951)
• Haiti -
  • Dumarsais Estimé, President of Haiti {1946-1950}
  • Franck Lavaud, Head of Military Junta 1950
  • Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (1950-1956)
• Honduras - Juan Manuel Gálvez, President of Honduras (1949-1954)
• Mexico - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (1946-1952)
• United States - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)

[edit] South America

• Argentina - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (1946-1955/1973-1974)
• Bolivia - Mamerto Urriolagoitia, President of Bolivia (1949-1951)
• Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1946-1951)
• Chile - Gabriel González Videla, President of Chile (1946-1952)
• Colombia -
  1. Mariano Ospina Pérez, President of Colombia (1946-1950)
  2. Laureano Gómez, President of Colombia (1950-1953)
• Ecuador - Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador (1948–1952)
• Paraguay - Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
• Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
• Uruguay - Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1947-1951)
• Venezuela -
  1. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela (1948-1950)
  2. Germán Suárez Flamerich, President of Venezuela (1950-1952)