World leaders in 1925
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1925, 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 1925 →
Major powers in 1925
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Calvin Coolidge
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Stanley Baldwin
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
- Alexei Rykov
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Gaston Doumergue
- President of the Council of ministers
- Édouard Herriot, then Paul Painlevé, then Aristide Briand
Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history
- President
- Friedrich Ebert, then Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Hans Luther
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Taishō
- Prime minister
- Katō Takaaki
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
- Prime minister
- Mustapha Dinguizli
Ethiopian Empire
- Empress
- Zewditu I
Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history
- Prime minister
- 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
- J. B. M. Hertzog
Americas
Argentine RepublicArgentina history
- President
- Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Bautista Saavedra
- Provisional President
- Felipe S. Guzmán
CanadaCanada history
- Prime minister
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
Dominion of NewfoundlandCanada history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- 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
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- José María Orellana
HondurasHonduras history
- Provisional President
- Vicente Tosta
- President
- Miguel Paz Barahona
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Plutarco Elías Calles
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Bartolomé Martínez, then Carlos José Solórzano
PanamaPanama history
- President
- Rodolfo Chiari
Parliamentary Era ChileChile history
- President of Government Junta
- Luis Altamirano, then Emilio Bello Codesido
- Provisional President
- Pedro Dartnell
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Arturo Alessandri, then Emiliano Figueroa
Republic of ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez
Republic of CubaCuba history
- President
- Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, then Gerardo Machado
Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history
- President
- Louis Borno
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Eligio Ayala
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
Emirate of Abu DhabiTurkey history
Emirate of AjmanTurkey history
Emirate of DubaiTurkey history
Emirate of FujairahTurkey history
Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahTurkey history
Emirate of SharjahTurkey history
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Taishō
- Prime minister
- Katō Takaaki
French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history
- King of Luang Phrabang
- Sisavang Vong
Imperial State of Iran: Pahlavi dynastyIran history
- Shah
- Reza Pahlavi
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Kingdom of HejazSaudi Arabia history
- King
- Ali bin Hussein
Mandatory Iraq: Kingdom of Iraq under British AdministrationIraq history
- King
- Faisal I
- Prime minister
- Yasin al-Hashimi, then Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun
Negeri SembilanMalaysia history
- Yamtuan
- Muhammad
Nguyễn dynastyVietnam history
- Emperor
- Khải Định
North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history
PakualamanIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Pakualam VII
Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Iskandar
Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history
- Sultan
- Ahmad Tajuddin
QatarQatar history
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Prime minister
- Fethi Okyar, then İsmet İnönü
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Sulaiman
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Ahmad I
Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history
- King
- Vajiravudh, then Prajadhipok
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
Umm Al QuwainTurkey history
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono VIII
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
- French Co-Prince
- Gaston Doumergue
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Albert I
- Prime minister
- Georges Theunis, then Aloys Van de Vyvere, then Prosper Poullet
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
- Prime Minister
- Benito Mussolini
First Austrian Republic/ Federal State of AustriaAustria history
- President
- Michael Hainisch
- Chancellor
- Rudolf Ramek
First Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Manuel Teixeira Gomes, then Bernardino Machado
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Gaston Doumergue
- President of the Council of ministers
- Édouard Herriot, then Paul Painlevé, then Aristide Briand
Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Charlotte
- Prime minister
- Émile Reuter, then Pierre Prüm
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
- Thorvald Stauning
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history
- Regent
- Miklós Horthy
- Prime minister
- István Bethlen
Kingdom of IcelandIceland history
- King
- Christian X
- Prime minister
- Jón Magnússon
Kingdom of ItalyItaly history
- Prime minister
- Benito Mussolini
Kingdom of NorwayNorway history
- King
- Haakon VII
- Prime minister
- 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
Kingdom of SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf V
- Prime minister
- Hjalmar Branting, then Rickard Sandler
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, then Hendrikus Colijn
Principality of AlbaniaAlbania history
- Prince in exile
- Wilhelm
- Prime Minister
- Iliaz Vrioni, then Ahmet Zogu
Republic of EstoniaEstonia history
- State Elder
- Jüri Jaakson, then Jaan Teemant
Republic of FinlandFinland history
- President
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, then Lauri Kristian Relander
- Prime minister
- Lauri Ingman, then Antti Tulenheimo, then Kyösti Kallio
Republic of LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Jānis Čakste
- Prime minister
- Hugo Celmiņš, then Kārlis Ulmanis
Republic of LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Aleksandras Stulginskis
Second Hellenic RepublicGreece history
- President
- Pavlos Kountouriotis
- Prime minister
- Andreas Michalakopoulos, then Theodoros Pangalos
Second Polish RepublicPoland history
- President
- Stanisław Wojciechowski
- Prime minister
- Władysław Grabski, then Aleksander Skrzyński
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
- Alexei Rykov
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Jean-Marie Musy
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Stanley Baldwin
Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history
- President
- Friedrich Ebert, then Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Hans Luther
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Stanley Bruce
Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- William Massey, then Francis Bell, then Gordon Coates
Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history
- King
- Sālote Tupou III
- Prime minister
- Viliami Tungi Mailefihi