List of state leaders in 1943.html



1942 state leaders - Events of 1943 - 1944 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930–1944)
• South Africa -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937–1943)
    2. 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)

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 -
      1. Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1931–1943)
      2. Chiang Kai-Shek, Chairman of the National Government (1943–1947)
    • Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939–1945)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
    • President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940–1944)
• India -
  • British India
  • Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936–1947)
  • Viceroy -
    1. The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936–1943)
    2. The Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India (1943–1947)
  • Provisional Government of Free India
  • Head of State and Prime Minister - Subhas Chandra Bose, (1943–1945)
    • Declared on October 21, 1943
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926–1989)
  • Prime Minister - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (1941–1944)
• Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932–1970)
• Thailand -
  • Monarch - Ananda Mahidol, King of Thailand (1935–1946)
  • Prime Minister - Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Prime Minister of Thailand (1938–1944)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Australia (1936–1952)
  • Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936–1952)
  • Prime Minister - John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941–1945)

• 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)

Europe

• Albania
  • Monarch -
    1. Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1939–1946) and Albania (1939–1943)
    2. High Council of Regency
  • Prime Minister of Albania
    1. Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (1941–1943)
    2. Maliq Bushati (1943)
    3. Eqrem Libohova (1943)
    4. Ibrahim Biçakçiu (1943)
    5. Mehdi Bej Frashëri (1943)
    6. Rexhep Mitrovica (1943–1944)
• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Co-Prince - Philippe Pétain, Chief of State of France (1940–1944)
    • Episcopal Co-Prince -
      1. Ricard Fornesa i Puigdemasa (acting), Vicar capitular of Urgell (1940–1943)
      2. Ramon Iglesias i Navarri, Bishop of Urgell (1943–1969)
  • First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937–1960)
• Belgium
  • King - Léopold III, King of the Belgians (1934–1951)
  • Prime Minister - Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (1939–1945)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912–1947)
  • Prime Minister - Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942–1945)
  • German occupation in control of government (1943–1945)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936–1949)
  • President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938–1945)
  • Prime Minister - Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937–1948)
• Estonia - German occupation since August 28, 1941
  • President -
    1. Konstantin Päts, legitimate President of Estonia (April 24, 1938 - January 18, 1956) (imprisoned since July 30, 1940)
    2. Jüri Uluots, legitimate Prime Minister of Estonia in the Duties of the President (July 21, 1940 - January 9, 1945)
• France -
  • Head of State - Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940–1944)
  • Prime Minister - Pierre Laval, President of the Council (1942–1944)
• Germany -
  • Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934–1945)
  • Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933–1945)
• Hungary -
  • Regent - Miklós Horthy (1920–1944)
  • Prime Minister - Miklós Kállay (1942–1944)
• Italy -
  • Kingdom of Italy -
    • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900–1946)
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922–1943)
      2. Pietro Badoglio, Prime Minister of Italy (1943–1944)
  • Italian Social Republic - Benito Mussolini, Provisional Head of State (1943–1945)
• Liechtenstein -
  • Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938–1989)
  • Head of Government - Josef Hoop, Head of Government (1928–1945)
• Netherlands (German and Japanese occupied, except for Curaçoa, Suriname and Southern Papoea)
  • Monarch - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948)
  • Prime Minister - Pieter Gerbrandy, Chairman of the Dutch council of ministers (1940–1945)
• Poland (Government in exile)
  • President - Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939–1947)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Władysław Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939–1943)
    2. Stanisław Mikołajczyk, President of the Council of Ministers (1943–1944)
• 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 - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939–1958)
  • Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939–1944)

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 - Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940–1944)
• Cuba
  • President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1940–1944)
  • Premier - Ramón Zaydín, Premier of Cuba (1942–1944)
• Dominican Republic - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942–1952)
• United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933–1945)

South America

• Argentina
  1. Ramón Castillo, President of Argentina (1942–1943, acting president 1940–1942)
  2. Arturo Rawson, de facto President of Argentina (1943)
  3. Pedro Pablo Ramírez, de facto President of Argentina (1943–1944)
• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930–1945)
• Ecuador - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939–1944)
• Paraguay - Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940–1948)
• Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939–1945)
• Uruguay -
  1. Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938–1943)
  2. Juan José de Amézaga, President of Uruguay (1943–1947)
• Venezuela - Isaías Medina Angarita, President of Venezuela (1941–1945)