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 Middle East 6 North America and the Caribbean 7 South America 8 References

[edit] Africa

• Ethiopia
  • Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1941-1974)
  • Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942-1957)
• Liberia
  • President - William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• Libya
  • Monarch - Idris I, King of Libya (1951-1969)
  • Prime Minister - Mahmud al-Muntasir, Prime Minister of Libya (1951-1954)
• 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. Shah Mahmud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)
    2. Mohammed Daoud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
• Bhutan
  • Monarch - Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1952-1972)
  • Prime Minister - Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952-1964)
• Burma
  • President - Ba U, President of Burma (1952-1957)
  • Prime Minister - U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-1956)
• Cambodia
  • gained independence on 9 November 1953, previously part of French Indochina
  • Commissioner - Jean Risterucci, French Commissioner in Cambodia (1952-1953)
  • Monarch - Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1941-1955)^[1]
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1952-1953)^[2]
    2. Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953)
    3. Chan Nak, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1953-1954)
• Ceylon
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952-1972)
  • Governors-General - Herwald Ramsbotham, Baron Soulbury, Governor-General of Ceylon (1949-1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Dudley Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1952-1953)
    2. John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953-1956)
• China (People's Republic of China)
  • Communist Party Leader - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
  • Head of State - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1949-1959)
  • Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1949-1976)
• 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)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (1948-1954)
• North Korea
  • Communist Party Leader - Kim Il-sung, General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party (1948-1994)
  • Head of State - Kim Tu-bong, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (1948-1957)
  • Premier - Kim Il-sung, Premier of North Korea (1948-1972)
• South Korea
  • President - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (1948-1960)
  • Prime Minister - Baek Du-jin, Prime Minister of South Korea (1952-1954)
• Laos
  • gained independence on 22 October 1953, previously part of French Indochina
  • Commissioner -
    1. Robert Regnier, French Commissioner in Laos (1949-1953)
    2. Miguel de Pereyra, French Commissioner in Laos (1953)
  • Monarch - Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1946-1959)^[3]
  • Prime Minister - Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos (1951-1954)^[4]
• Mongolia
  • Communist Party Leader - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, General secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1940-1954)
  • Head of State -
    1. Gonchigiin Bumtsend, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural of Mongolia (1940-1953)
    2. Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Acting Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Hural of Mongolia (1953-1954)
  • Premier - Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Mongolia (1952-1974)
• Nepal
  • Monarch - Tribhuvan, King of Nepal (1951-1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Tribhuvan, Prime Minister of Nepal (1952-1953)
    2. Matrika Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal (1953-1955)
• Pakistan
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
  • Governor-General - Ghulam Muhammad, Governor-General of Pakistan (1951-1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Khawaja 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 (1950-1975)
  • Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (1950-1954)
• Thailand
  • Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946-present)
  • Prime Minister - Plaek Pibulsonggram, Prime Minister of Thailand (1948-1957)
• North Vietnam
  • Communist Party Leader - Trường Chinh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1941-1956)
  • President - Hồ Chí Minh, President of North Vietnam (1945-1969)
  • Premier - Hồ Chí Minh, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of North Vietnam (1945-1955)
• South Vietnam
  • Head of State - Bảo Đại, Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-1955)
  • Prime Minister - Nguyễn Văn Tâm, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1952-1953)

[edit] Australia and Oceania

• Australia
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Sir William McKell, Governor-General of Australia (1947-1953)
    2. Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
  • Prime Minister - 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)

[edit] Europe

• Albania
  • Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944-1985)
  • Head of State -
    1. Omer Nishani, Chairmen of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1944-1953)
    2. Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1953-1982)
  • Premier - Enver Hoxha, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1944-1954)
• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Vincent Auriol, French Co-Prince of Andorra (1947-1954)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince - Ramon Iglesias i Navarri, Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra (1943-1969)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937-1960)
• 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
  • Monarch - Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
  • Prime Minister - Jean Van Houtte, Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-1954)
• Bulgaria
  • Communist Party Leader - Vulko Chervenkov, General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1949-1954)
  • Head of State - Georgi Damyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1950-1958)
  • Premier - Vulko Chervenkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria (1950-1956)
• Czechoslovakia
  • Communist Party Leader -
    1. Klement Gottwald, First Secretary of the Communisty Party of Czechoslovakia (1946-1953)
    2. Antonín Novotný, First Secretary of the Communisty Party of Czechoslovakia (1953-1968)
  • President -
    1. Klement Gottwald, President of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953)
    2. Antonín Zápotocký, President of Czechoslovakia (1953-1957)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Antonín Zápotocký, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953)
    2. Viliam Široký, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1953-1963)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Erik Eriksen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1950-1953)
    2. Hans Hedtoft, Prime Minister of Denmark (1953-1955)
• Finland
  • President - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946-1956)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1950-1953)
    2. Sakari Tuomioja, Prime Minister of Finland (1953-1954)
• France
  • President - Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Antoine Pinay, President of the Council of Ministers of France (1952-1953)
    2. René Mayer, President of the Council of Ministers of France (1953)
    3. Joseph Laniel, President of the Council of Ministers of France (1953-1954)
• East Germany (German Democratic Republic)
  • Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
  • President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of East Germany (1949-1960)
  • Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany (1949-1964)
• West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • President - Theodor Heuss, President of West Germany (1949-1959)
  • Chancellor - Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany (1949-1963)
• Greece
  • Monarch - Paul, King of the Hellenes (1947–1964)
  • Prime Minister - Alexandros Papagos, Prime Minister of Greece (1952-1955)
• Hungary
  • Communist Party Leader - Mátyás Rákosi, First Secretary of the Hungarian Workers' Party (1945-1956)
  • Head of State - István Dobi, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952-1967)
  • Premier -
    1. Mátyás Rákosi, President of the Council of Ministers of Hungary (1952-1953)
    2. Imre Nagy, President of the Council of Ministers of Hungary (1953-1955)
• Iceland
  • President - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952-1968)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1950-1953)
    2. Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1953-1956)
• Ireland
  • President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach of Ireland (1951-1954)
• Italy
  • President - Luigi Einaudi, President of Italy (1948-1955)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Alcide De Gasperi, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1945-1953)
    2. Giuseppe Pella, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy (1953-1954)
• Liechtenstein
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
  • Head of Government - Alexander Frick, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1945-1962)
• Luxembourg
  • Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Pierre Dupong, President of the Government of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
    2. Joseph Bech, President of the Government of Luxembourg (1953-1958)
• Monaco
  • Monarch - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005)
  • Head of Government -
    1. Pierre Voizard, Minister of State of Monaco (1950-1953)
    2. Henry Soum, Minister of State of Monaco (1953-1959)
• The Netherlands
  • Monarch - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
  • Prime Minister - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
• Norway
  • Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-1957)
  • Prime Minister - Oscar Torp, Prime Minister of Norway (1951-1955)
• Poland
  • Communist Party Leader - Bolesław Bierut, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1956)
  • Head of State - Aleksander Zawadzki, Chairman of the Council of State of Poland (1952-1964)
  • Premier - Bolesław Bierut, President of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1952-1954)
• Portugal
  • President - Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1951-1958)
  • Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (1932-1968)
• Romania
  • Communist Party Leader - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1945-1954)
  • Head of State - Petru Groza, Chairman of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly of Romania (1952-1958)
  • Premier - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania (1952-1955)
• San Marino
  • Captains Regent -
    1. Arnaldo Para and Eugenio Bernardini, Captains Regent of San Marino (1952-1953)
    2. Vincenzo Pedini and Alberto Reffi, Captains Regent of San Marino (1953)
    3. Giordano Giacomini and Giuseppe Renzi, Captains Regent of San Marino (1953-1954)
• Soviet Union
  • Communist Party Leader -
    1. Joseph Stalin, Senior Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
    2. Georgy Malenkov, Senior Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953)
    3. Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964)
  • Head of State -
    1. Nikolay Shvernik, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946-1953)
    2. Kliment Voroshilov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1953-1960)
  • Premier -
    1. Joseph Stalin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941-1953)
    2. Georgy Malenkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1953-1955)
• Spain
  • Head of State - Francisco Franco, Head of State of Spain (1936-1975)
  • Prime Minister - Francisco Franco, President of the Government of Spain (1939-1973)
• Sweden
  • Monarch - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Federal Council:

    Philipp Etter (1934-1959, President), Karl Kobelt (1940-1954), Max Petitpierre (1944-1961), Rodolphe Rubattel (1947-1954), Josef Escher (1950-1954), Max Weber (1951-1953), Markus Feldmann (1951-1958), Hans Streuli (1953-1959)

• 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, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State - Domenico Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)
  • President of the Governorate - Nicola Canali, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State (1939-1961)
• Yugoslavia
  • Communist Party leader - Josip Broz Tito, General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1945-1980)
  • Head of State -
    1. Ivan Ribar, President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945-1953)
    2. Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (1953-1980)
  • Premier - Josip Broz Tito, Chairman of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia (1945-1963)

[edit] Middle East

• Egypt
  • the Kingdom of Egypt was superseded by the Republic of Egypt on 18 June 1953
  • Monarch - Fuad II, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1952-1953)
  • Regent - Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim, Chairman of the Council of Regency of Egypt (1952-1953)
  • President - Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (1953-1954)
  • Prime Minister - Muhammad Naguib, Prime Minister of Egypt (1952-1954)
• Iran
  • Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (1952-1953)
    2. Fazlollah Zahedi, Prime Minister of Iran (1953-1955)
• Iraq
  • Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nureddin Mahmud, Prime Minister of Iraq (1952-1953)
    2. Jamil al-Midfai, Prime Minister of Iraq (1953)
    3. Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali, Prime Minister of Iraq (1953-1954)
• Israel
  • President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
  • Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1954)
• Jordan
  • Monarch - Hussein I, King of Jordan (1952-1999)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Jordan (1951-1953)
    2. Fawzi al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan (1953-1954)
• Lebanon
  • President - Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon (1952-1958)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Khaled Chehab, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1952-1953)
    2. Saeb Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1953)
    3. Abdallah El-Yafi, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1953-1954)
• Muscat and Oman
  • Monarch - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932-1970)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Monarch -
    1. Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1932-1953)
    2. Saud, King of Saudi Arabia (1953-1964)
  • Prime Minister - Saud, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1953-1954)
• Syria
  • Head of State -
    1. Fawzi Selu, Head of State of Syria (1951-1953)
    2. Adib Shishakli, President of Syria (1953-1954)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Fawzi Selu, Prime Minister of Syria (1951-1953)
    2. Adib Shishakli, Prime Minister of Syria (1953-1954)
• Yemen
  • King - Ahmad bin Yahya, King of Yemen (1948-1955)
  • Prime Minister - Hassan bin Yahya, Prime Minister of Yemen (1948-1955)

[edit] North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
  • Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada (1952-1959)
  • Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957)
• Costa Rica
  • President -
    1. Otilio Ulate Blanco, President of Costa Rica (1949–1953)
    2. José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
• Cuba
  • President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
• Dominican Republic
  • President - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
• El Salvador
  • President - Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador (1950-1956)
• Guatemala
  • President - Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, President of Guatemala (1951-1954)
• Haiti
  • President - Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (1950-1956)
• Honduras
  • President - Juan Manuel Gálvez, President of Honduras (1949-1954)
• Mexico
  • President - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (1952–1958)
• Nicaragua
  • President - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (1950-1956)
• Panama
  • President - José Antonio Remón Cantera, President of Panama (1952-1955)
• United States of America
  • President -
    1. Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1945-1953)
    2. Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • President - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (1946-1955)
• Bolivia
  • President - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1952-1956)
• Brazil
  • President - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1951-1954)
• Chile
  • President - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President of Chile (1952–1958)
• Colombia
  • President -
    1. Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, President of Colombia (1951-1953)
    2. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, President of Colombia (1953-1957)
• Ecuador
  • President - José María Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (1952-1956)
• Paraguay
  • President - Federico Chaves, President of Paraguay (1949-1954)
• Peru
  • President - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1950-1956)
  • Prime Minister - Zenón Noriega Agüero, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (1950-1954)
• Uruguay
  • President - Andrés Martínez Trueba, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1951-1955)
• Venezuela
  • President - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)

[edit] References