World leaders in 1933
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1933, 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 1933 →
Major powers in 1933
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Herbert Hoover, then Franklin D. Roosevelt
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V
- 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
- Vyacheslav Molotov
Republic of China (1916–1949)China history
- Premier
- Wang Jingwei
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Albert François Lebrun
- President of the Council of ministers
- Joseph Paul-Boncour, then Édouard Daladier, then Albert Sarraut, then Camille Chautemps
Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history
- President
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Kurt von Schleicher
Nazi GermanyGermany history
- President
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Saitō Makoto
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
- Prime minister
- Hédi Lakhoua
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Haile Selassie I
Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history
- Prime minister
- Ismail Sedky, then Abdel Fattah Yahya Pasha
Kingdom of Rwanda
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- Edwin Barclay
Sultanate of Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Mohammed V
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
- Agustín Pedro Justo
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Daniel Salamanca Urey
CanadaCanada history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- R. B. Bennett
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- Provisional President
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history
- President
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Jorge Ubico
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Vicente Mejía Colindres, then Tiburcio Carías Andino
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Abelardo L. Rodríguez
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- José María Moncada, then Juan Bautista Sacasa
PanamaPanama history
- President
- Harmodio Arias Madrid
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Arturo Alessandri
Republic of ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Enrique Olaya Herrera
Republic of CubaCuba history
- President
- Gerardo Machado, then Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history
- President
- Sténio Vincent
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Eusebio Ayala
Republic of PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, then Óscar Benavides
Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- President
- Rafael Trujillo
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Herbert Hoover, then Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Juan Vicente Gómez
Vargas Era BrazilBrazil history
- President
- Getúlio Vargas
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
- King
- Ibn Saud
Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahTurkey history
Emirate of SharjahTurkey history
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Saitō Makoto
French Protectorate of CambodiaCambodia history
French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history
- King of Luang Phrabang
- Sisavang Vong
Hakims of BahrainBahrain history
Imperial State of Iran: Pahlavi dynastyIran history
- Shah
- Reza Pahlavi
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- King
- Mohammed Nadir Shah, then Mohammed Zahir Shah
- Prime minister
- Mohammad Hashim Khan
Kingdom of IraqIraq history
- Prime minister
- Naji Shawkat, then Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, then Jameel Al-Madfaai
ManchukuoChina history
- Prime minister
- Zheng Xiaoxu
Mongolian People's RepublicMongolia history
- Prime minister
- Peljidiin Genden
Negeri SembilanMalaysia history
- Yamtuan
- Muhammad, then Abdul Rahman
Nguyễn dynastyVietnam history
- Emperor
- Bảo Đại
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 China (1916–1949)China history
- Premier
- Wang Jingwei
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Sulaiman
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Ahmad I
Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history
- King
- Prajadhipok
- Prime minister
- Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, then Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena
Sultanate of Siak Sri IndrapuraIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Syarif Kasim II
Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Said III
Surakarta SunanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Pakubuwono X
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
Umm Al QuwainTurkey history
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono VIII
Europe
Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)Albania history
- Prime minister
- Pandeli Evangjeli
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
- French Co-Prince
- Albert François Lebrun
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Albert I
- Prime minister
- Charles de Broqueville
Czechoslovakia: First Republic
- President
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
- Prime Minister
- Jan Malypetr
Ditadura Nacional of PortugalPortugal history
- President
- Óscar Carmona
- President of Ministry
- António de Oliveira Salazar
Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history
- Prime Minister
- Benito Mussolini
First Austrian Republic/ Federal State of AustriaAustria history
- Chancellor
- Engelbert Dollfuss
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Albert François Lebrun
- President of the Council of ministers
- Joseph Paul-Boncour, then Édouard Daladier, then Albert Sarraut, then Camille Chautemps
Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Charlotte
- Prime minister
- Joseph Bech
Irish Free StateIreland history
- King
- George V
- President of the Executive Council
- Éamon de Valera
Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history
- Tsar
- Boris III
- Prime minister
- Nikola Mushanov
Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian X
- Prime minister
- Thorvald Stauning
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history
- Regent
- Miklós Horthy
- Prime minister
- Gyula Gömbös
Kingdom of IcelandIceland history
- King
- Christian X
- Prime minister
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
Kingdom of ItalyItaly history
- Prime minister
- Benito Mussolini
Kingdom of NorwayNorway history
- King
- Haakon VII
- Prime minister
- Jens Hundseid, then Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history
- King
- Carol II
- Prime minister
- Iuliu Maniu, then Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, then Ion G. Duca
- Acting Prime minister
- Constantin Angelescu
Kingdom of Serbia / Yugoslavia: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf V
- Prime minister
- Per Albin Hansson
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Franz I
- Prime Minister
- Josef Hoop
Monaco
- Prince
- Louis II
- Minister of state
- Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont
Nazi GermanyGermany history
- President
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
NetherlandsNetherlands history
- Queen
- Wilhelmina
- Prime minister
- Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, then Hendrikus Colijn
Republic of EstoniaEstonia history
- State Elder
- Konstantin Päts, then Jaan Tõnisson
Republic of FinlandFinland history
- President
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- Prime minister
- Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
Republic of LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Alberts Kviesis
- Prime minister
- Marģers Skujenieks, then Ādolfs Bļodnieks
Republic of LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Antanas Smetona
Second Hellenic RepublicGreece history
- President
- Alexandros Zaimis
- Prime minister
- Panagis Tsaldaris, then Eleftherios Venizelos
- Interim Prime minister
- Alexandros Othonaios
Second Polish RepublicPoland history
- President
- Ignacy Mościcki
- Prime minister
- Aleksander Prystor, then Janusz Jędrzejewicz
Second Spanish RepublicSpain history
- President
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
- Prime minister
- Manuel Azaña, then Alejandro Lerroux, then Diego Martínez Barrio
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
- Vyacheslav Molotov
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Edmund Schulthess
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Ramsay MacDonald
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Pius XI
Weimar Republic of GermanyGermany history
- President
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Chancellor
- Kurt von Schleicher
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- Joseph Lyons
Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history
- King
- George V
- Prime minister
- George Forbes
Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history
- King
- Sālote Tupou III
- Prime minister
- Viliami Tungi Mailefihi
Kings of Uvea (Wallis)
- King
- Sosefo Mautāmakia I, then Petelo Kahofuna