World leaders in 1924

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1924, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1924 →

Major powers in 1924

United StatesUnited States history

President: Calvin Coolidge

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

King: George V
Prime minister: Stanley Baldwin, then Ramsay MacDonald

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets: Mikhail Kalinin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars: Vladimir Lenin, then Alexei Rykov

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

President: Cao Kun

Africa

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Bey: Muhammad VI al-Habib
Prime minister: Mustapha Dinguizli

Ethiopian Empire

Empress: Zewditu I

Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history

Prime minister: Yehya Ibrahim Pasha, then Saad Zaghloul, then Ahmed Zeiwar Pasha

Kingdom of Rwanda

King: Yuhi V Musinga

LiberiaLiberia history

President: Charles D. B. King

Republic of the Rif

President: Abd el-Krim

Sultanate of Morocco: Alaouite dynasty

Sultan: Yusef

Sultanate of Zanzibar

Sultan: Khalifa II

Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history

King: George V
Prime minister: Jan Smuts, then J. B. M. Hertzog

Americas

Argentine RepublicArgentina history

President: Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear

BoliviaBolivia history

President: Bautista Saavedra

CanadaCanada history

Prime minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King

Dominion of NewfoundlandCanada history

King: George V
Prime minister: William Warren, then Albert Hickman, then Walter Stanley Monroe

EcuadorEcuador history

President: Gonzalo Córdova

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

President: Alfonso Quiñónez Molina

First Brazilian RepublicBrazil history

President: Artur Bernardes

First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history

President: Julio Acosta García, then Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno

GuatemalaGuatemala history

President: José María Orellana

HondurasHonduras history

President: Rafael López Gutiérrez
Acting President: Francisco Bueso
President as First Chief of the Liberating Revolution: Tiburcio Carías Andino
Provisional President: Vicente Tosta

MexicoMexico history

President: Álvaro Obregón, then Plutarco Elías Calles

NicaraguaNicaragua history

President: Bartolomé Martínez

PanamaPanama history

President: Rodolfo Chiari

Parliamentary Era ChileChile history

President: Arturo Alessandri
President of Government Junta: Luis Altamirano

Republic of ColombiaColombia history

President: Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez

Republic of CubaCuba history

President: Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso

Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history

President: Louis Borno

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

President: Eligio Ayala, then Luis Alberto Riart

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President: Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo

Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

President: Horacio Vásquez

United StatesUnited States history

President: Calvin Coolidge

United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history

President: Juan Vicente Gómez

Asia

Bogd Khanate of MongoliaMongolia history

Khagan: Bogd Khan

Emirate of Abu DhabiTurkey history

ruler: Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Emirate of AjmanTurkey history

ruler: Humaid bin Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi

Emirate of DubaiTurkey history

ruler: Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum

Emirate of FujairahTurkey history

ruler: Hamad bin Abdullah Al Sharqi

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahTurkey history

ruler: Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi

Emirate of SharjahTurkey history

ruler: Khalid bin Ahmad Al Qasimi, then Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor: Taishō
Prime minister: Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, then Kiyoura Keigo, then Katō Takaaki

French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history

King of Luang Phrabang: Sisavang Vong

Kedah SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ll

Kingdom of HejazSaudi Arabia history

King: Hussein bin Ali, then Ali bin Hussein

Mandatory Iraq: Kingdom of Iraq under British AdministrationIraq history

King: Faisal I
Prime minister: Jaafar Al-Askari, then Yasin al-Hashimi

Negeri SembilanMalaysia history

Yamtuan: Muhammad

Nguyễn dynastyVietnam history

Emperor: Khải Định

North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history

King: Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din

PakualamanIndonesia history

Sultan: Pakualam VII

Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history

Sultan: Iskandar

Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history

Sultan: Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, then Ahmad Tajuddin

QatarQatar history

Emir: Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

President: Cao Kun

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

President: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Prime minister: İsmet İnönü, then Fethi Okyar

Selangor SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Sulaiman

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh: Ahmad I

Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history

King: Vajiravudh

Sublime State of Persia: Qajar dynastyIran history

Shah: Ahmad Shah Qajar

Sultanate of Siak Sri IndrapuraIndonesia history

Sultan: Syarif Kasim II

Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history

Sultan: Taimur

Surakarta SunanateIndonesia history

Sultan: Pakubuwono X

Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah

Umm Al QuwainTurkey history

ruler: Hamad bin Ibrahim Al Mualla

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

Sultan: Hamengkubuwono VIII

Europe

Andorra

Episcopal Co-Prince: Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
French Co-Prince: Alexandre Millerand, then Gaston Doumergue
Acting French Co-Prince: Frédéric François-Marsal

BelgiumBelgium history

King: Albert I
Prime minister: Georges Theunis

Bourbon Restoration of SpainSpain history

King: Alfonso XIII
Prime minister: Miguel Primo de Rivera

Czechoslovakia: First Republic

President: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Prime Minister: Antonín Švehla

Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

First Austrian Republic/ Federal State of AustriaAustria history

President: Michael Hainisch
Chancellor: Ignaz Seipel, then Rudolf Ramek

First Portuguese RepublicPortugal history

President: Manuel Teixeira Gomes

French Third RepublicFrance history

President: Alexandre Millerand, then Gaston Doumergue
Acting President: Frédéric François-Marsal
President of the Council of ministers: Raymond Poincaré, then Frédéric François-Marsal, then Édouard Herriot

Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess: Charlotte
Prime minister: Émile Reuter

Irish Free StateIreland history

King: George V
President of the Executive Council: W. T. Cosgrave

Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history

Tsar: Boris III
Prime minister: Aleksandar Tsankov

Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history

King: Christian X
Prime minister: Niels Neergaard, then Thorvald Stauning

Kingdom of GreeceGreece history

King: George II
Prime minister: Stylianos Gonatas, then Eleftherios Venizelos, then Georgios Kafantaris

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history

Regent: Miklós Horthy
Prime minister: István Bethlen

Kingdom of IcelandIceland history

King: Christian X
Prime minister: Sigurður Eggerz, then Jón Magnússon

Kingdom of ItalyItaly history

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime minister: Benito Mussolini

Kingdom of NorwayNorway history

King: Haakon VII
Prime minister: Abraham Berge, then Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history

King: Ferdinand I
Prime minister: Ion I. C. Brătianu

Kingdom of Serbia / Yugoslavia: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia

King: Alexander of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of SwedenSweden history

King: Gustaf V
Prime minister: Ernst Trygger, then Hjalmar Branting

Liechtenstein

Prince: Johann II
Prime Minister: Gustav Schädler

Monaco

Prince: Louis II
Minister of state: Maurice Piette

NetherlandsNetherlands history

Queen: Wilhelmina
Prime minister: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

Principality of AlbaniaAlbania history

Prince in exile: Wilhelm
Acting for the High Council: Fan S. Noli
Prime Minister: Ahmet Zogu, then Shefqet Vërlaci, then Iliaz Vrioni, then Fan S. Noli

Republic of EstoniaEstonia history

State Elder: Konstantin Päts, then Friedrich Akel, then Jüri Jaakson

Republic of FinlandFinland history

President: Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Prime minister: Kyösti Kallio, then Aimo Cajander, then Lauri Ingman

Republic of LatviaLatvia history

President: Jānis Čakste
Prime minister: Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, then Voldemārs Zāmuēls, then Hugo Celmiņš

Republic of LithuaniaLithuania history

President: Aleksandras Stulginskis
Prime minister: Ernestas Galvanauskas

Second Hellenic RepublicGreece history

President: Pavlos Kountouriotis
Prime minister: Alexandros Papanastasiou, then Themistoklis Sofoulis, then Andreas Michalakopoulos

Second Polish RepublicPoland history

President: Stanisław Wojciechowski
Prime minister: Władysław Grabski

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets: Mikhail Kalinin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars: Vladimir Lenin, then Alexei Rykov

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

President of the Confederation: Ernest Chuard

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

King: George V
Prime minister: Stanley Baldwin, then Ramsay MacDonald

Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history

President: Friedrich Ebert
Chancellor: Wilhelm Marx

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

King: George V
Prime minister: Stanley Bruce

Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history

King: George V
Prime minister: William Massey

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history

King: Sālote Tupou III
Prime minister: Viliami Tungi Mailefihi

Kings of Uvea (Wallis)

King: Vitolo Kulihaapai