List of state leaders in 1953

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1952 state leaders - Events of 1953 - 1954 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 - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
  • Governor-General - Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
  • 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 -
    1. Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
    2. Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State - 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)
• 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. Wilopo, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1952-1953)
    2. Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953-1955)
• Israel -
  • President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953)
    2. Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel (1953-1955)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948-1954)
• South Korea -
  • President - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Paik Too-chin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1952-1954)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
  • Governor-General - Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Khwaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1951-1953)
    2. Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953-1955)
• Philippines -
  • President -
    1. Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (1948-1953)
    2. Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (1953-1957)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1950-1954)
• Thailand
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)

[edit] Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch -
  • Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952–present)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Sir. William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947-1953)
    2. Sir. William Joseph Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)
• New Zealand
  • Monarch -
  • Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952–present)
  • Governor-General - Sir Willoughby Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952-1957)
  • 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 -
  • Chairman of the Presidium
    1. Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (1946-1953)
    2. Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium (1953-1982)
• Austria -
  • President - Theodor Körner, President of Austria (1951–1957)
  • Chancellor -
    1. Leopold Figl, Chancellor of Austria (1945–1953)
    2. Julius Raab, Chancellor of Austria (1953–1961)
• Belgium -
  • King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Jean van Houtte, Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-1954)
• Denmark -
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Erik Eriksen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1950-30 September 1953)
    2. Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (30 September 1953-1955)
• Finland -
  • President - J.K. Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946-1956)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1951-1953)
    2. Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1953-1954)
• France -
  • President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Antoine Pinay, President of the Council (1952-1953)
    2. René Mayer, President of the Council (1953)
    3. Joseph Laniel, President of the Council (1953-1954)
• 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 - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
  • President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
  • Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
• Hungary -
  • Head of State - István Dobi, President of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952-1967)
  • Head of Government -
    1. Mátyás Rákosi, President of the Council of Ministers (1952-1953)
    2. Imre Nagy, President of the Council of Ministers (1953-1955)
• Ireland -
  • President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1951-1954)
• Italy -
  • President - Luigi Einaudi, President of the Italian Republic (1948-1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (1945-1953)
    2. Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (1953-1954)
• 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 -
    1. Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
    2. Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1926-1937, 1953-1958)
• 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 - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
  • Premier - Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers (1952-1954)
• Portugal -
  • President - Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1951-1958)
  • 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 - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
• Turkey
  • President - Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
  • Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955)
• Vatican City -
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
  • Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
• Costa Rica -
  1. Otilio Ulate Blanco, President of Costa Rica (1949–1953)
  2. José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
• Cuba - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
• Dominican Republic - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
• El Salvador - Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950–1956)
• United States -
  1. Harry Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)
  2. Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

[edit] South America

• Argentina - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (1946-1955/1973-1974)
• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951-1954)
• Paraguay - Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
• Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
• Uruguay - Andrés Martínez Trueba, President of Uruguay (1951-1955)
• Venezuela - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)