List of state leaders in 1959

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1958 state leaders - Events of 1959 - 1960 state leaders - State leaders by year

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Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Australia and Oceania 4 Europe 5 Middle East 6 North America and the Caribbean 7 South America

[edit] Africa

• Ethiopia
  • Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
  • Prime Minister - Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1957-1960)
• Ghana
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ghana (1957-1960)
  • Governor-General - The Earl of Listowel, Governor-General of Ghana (1957-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-1960)
• Guinea - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
• Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• Libya -
  • Monarch - Idris I, King of Libya (1951-1969)
  • Prime Minister - Abdul Majid Kubar, Prime Minister of Libya (1957-1960)
• South Africa
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
    2. Lucas Cornelius Steyn, Governor-General of South Africa (1959)
    3. Charles Robberts Swart, Governor-General of South Africa (1959-1961)
  • Prime Minister - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (1958-1966)
• Tunisia - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957-1987)

[edit] Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
• Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
• People's Republic of China
  • Head of State -
    1. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
    2. Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968)
  • 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 - Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1957-1959)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan (1957-1960)
• South Korea - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
• Malaya -
  • Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Muhammad, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1957-1960)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-1970)
• Pakistan - Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
• Philippines - Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines (1957 - 1961)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
  • Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1958-1963)

[edit] Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1953–present)
  • Governor-General - Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)

• New Zealand
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
  • Governor-General - Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957-1962)
  • Prime Minister - Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957-1960)
• Tonga
  • Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
  • Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)

[edit] Europe

• Austria -
  • President - Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (1957–1965)
  • Chancellor - Julius Raab, Chancellor of Austria (1953–1961)
• Belgium
  • King - Baldwin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1949-1950, 1958-1961, 1968-1973)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister - Hans Christian Hansen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1955-1960)
• Finland
  • President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1982)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Karl-August Fagerholm (1948-1950, 1956-1957, 1958-1959)
    2. Jussi Sukselainen (1959-1961)
• France -
  • President -
    1. René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
    2. Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Charles de Gaulle, President of the Council (1958-1959)
    2. Michel Debré, Prime Minister of France (1959-1962)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President -
    1. Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
    2. Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
  • 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)
• Ireland -
  • President -
    1. Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
    2. Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1957-1959)
    2. Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1959-1966)
• Italy -
  • President - Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic (1955-1962)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1958-1959)
    2. Antonio Segni, Prime Minister of Italy (1959-1960)
• 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 Frieden, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1958-1959)
    2. Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959-1974, 1979-1984)
• Netherlands
  • Monarch - Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946-1948, 1958-1959)
    2. Jan de Quay, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1959-1963)
• Norway -
  • Monarch - Olav V of Norway, King of Norway (1957-1991)
  • Prime Minister - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1955-1963)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader - Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
  • Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
  • Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
• Portugal -
  • President - Américo Thomaz, President of Portugal (1958-1974)
  • 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 - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, 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 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - John XXIII, Bishop of Rome (1958-1963)
  • Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

[edit] Middle East

• Israel
  • President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• United Arab Republic
  • President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
  • Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1958-1962)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General -
    1. Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
    2. Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
  • Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
• Costa Rica - Mario Echandi Jiménez, President of Costa Rica (1958–1962)
• Cuba
  • President
    1. Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
    2. Anselmo Alliegro, acting President of Cuba (1959)
    3. Carlos Manuel Piedra, interim President of Cuba (1959)
    4. Manuel Urrutia Lleó, President of Cuba (1959)
    5. Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba (1959-1976)
  • Premier
    1. Gonzalo Güell, Premier of Cuba (1958-1959)
    2. José Miró Cardona, Premier of Cuba (1959)
    3. Fidel Castro, Premier of Cuba (1959-1976)
• Dominican Republic - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
• El Salvador - José María Lemus, President of El Salvador (1956–1960)
• United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

[edit] South America

• Bolivia - Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1956-1960)
• Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (1956-1961)
• Ecuador - Camilo Ponce Enríquez, President of Ecuador (1956-1960)
• Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956-1962)
• Uruguay -
  1. Carlos Fischer, President of Uruguay (1958-1959)
  2. Martín Echegoyen, President of Uruguay (1959-1960)
• Venezuela -
  1. Edgar Sanabria, President of Venezuela (1958-1959)
  2. Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1959-1964)