World leaders in 1930

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1930, 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 1930 →

Major powers in 1930

United StatesUnited States history

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
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
Alexei Rykov, then Vyacheslav Molotov

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

French Third RepublicFrance history

President of the Council of ministers
André Tardieu, then Camille Chautemps, then Théodore Steeg

Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor
Hirohito
Prime minister
Osachi Hamaguchi

Africa

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Prime minister
Khelil Bouhageb

Ethiopian Empire

Empress
Zewditu I

Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history

Kingdom of Rwanda

LiberiaLiberia history

Sultanate of Morocco: Alaouite dynasty

Sultanate of Zanzibar

Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history

Prime minister
J. B. M. Hertzog

Americas

Argentine RepublicArgentina history

BoliviaBolivia history

Chairman of the Military Government Junta
Carlos Blanco Galindo

CanadaCanada history

Dominion of NewfoundlandCanada history

EcuadorEcuador history

President
Isidro Ayora

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

First Brazilian RepublicBrazil history

First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history

GuatemalaGuatemala history

HondurasHonduras history

MexicoMexico history

Interim President
Emilio Portes Gil

NicaraguaNicaragua history

Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history

Republic of ColombiaColombia history

Republic of CubaCuba history

Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President
Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
President of the Provisional Government Junta
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

United StatesUnited States history

United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history

Vargas Era BrazilBrazil history

Asia

Emirate of Abu DhabiTurkey history

Emirate of AjmanTurkey history

Emirate of DubaiTurkey history

Emirate of FujairahTurkey history

Emirate of Nejd and HasaSaudi Arabia history

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahTurkey history

Emirate of SharjahTurkey history

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor
Hirohito
Prime minister
Osachi Hamaguchi

French Protectorate of CambodiaCambodia history

French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history

King of Luang Phrabang
Sisavang Vong

Imperial State of Iran: Pahlavi dynastyIran history

Kedah SultanateMalaysia history

Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

Prime minister
Mohammad Hashim Khan

Mandatory Iraq: Kingdom of Iraq under British AdministrationIraq history

Prime minister
Naji Al-Suwaidi, then Nuri al-Said

Negeri SembilanMalaysia history

Yamtuan
Muhammad

Nguyễn dynastyVietnam history

North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history

PakualamanIndonesia history

Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history

Sultan
Iskandar

Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history

QatarQatar history

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

Selangor SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan
Sulaiman

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh
Ahmad I

Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history

Sultanate of Siak Sri IndrapuraIndonesia history

Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history

Sultan
Taimur

Surakarta SunanateIndonesia history

Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history

Umm Al QuwainTurkey history

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

Europe

Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)Albania history

Prime minister
Kostaq Kota, then Pandeli Evangjeli

Andorra

Episcopal Co-Prince
Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
French Co-Prince
Gaston Doumergue

BelgiumBelgium history

Prime minister
Henri Jaspar

Bourbon Restoration of SpainSpain history

Prime minister
Dámaso Berenguer

Czechoslovakia: First Republic

Prime Minister
František Udržal

Ditadura Nacional of PortugalPortugal history

President of Ministry
Artur Ivens Ferraz

Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history

Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini

First Austrian Republic/ Federal State of AustriaAustria history

Chancellor
Johann Schober, then Carl Vaugoin, then Otto Ender

French Third RepublicFrance history

President of the Council of ministers
André Tardieu, then Camille Chautemps, then Théodore Steeg

Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess
Charlotte
Prime minister
Joseph Bech

Irish Free StateIreland history

President of the Executive Council
W. T. Cosgrave

Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history

Prime minister
Andrey Lyapchev

Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history

Prime minister
Thorvald Stauning

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history

Prime minister
István Bethlen

Kingdom of IcelandIceland history

Prime minister
Tryggvi Þórhallsson

Kingdom of ItalyItaly history

Prime minister
Benito Mussolini

Kingdom of NorwayNorway history

Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history

Prime minister
Iuliu Maniu, then Gheorghe Mironescu

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

Prime minister
Petar Živković

Kingdom of SwedenSweden history

Prime minister
Arvid Lindman, then Carl Gustaf Ekman

Liechtenstein

Prince
Franz I
Prime Minister
Josef Hoop

Monaco

Prince
Louis II
Minister of state
Maurice Piette

NetherlandsNetherlands history

Republic of EstoniaEstonia history

State Elder
Otto Strandman

Republic of FinlandFinland history

Republic of LatviaLatvia history

Prime minister
Hugo Celmiņš

Republic of LithuaniaLithuania history

Second Hellenic RepublicGreece history

Prime minister
Eleftherios Venizelos

Second Polish RepublicPoland history

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, then Vyacheslav Molotov

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

President of the Confederation
Jean-Marie Musy

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
Ramsay MacDonald

Vatican City

Sovereign
Pius XI

Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

Prime minister
James Scullin

Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history

Prime minister
Joseph Ward, then George Forbes

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history