World leaders in 1934

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1934, 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 1934 →

Major powers in 1934

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
Vyacheslav Molotov

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

French Third RepublicFrance history

President of the Council of ministers
Camille Chautemps, then Édouard Daladier, then Gaston Doumergue, then Pierre-Étienne Flandin

Nazi GermanyGermany history

Chancellor
Adolf Hitler

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor
Hirohito
Prime minister
Saitō Makoto, then Keisuke Okada

Africa

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Prime minister
Hédi Lakhoua

Ethiopian Empire

Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history

High Commissioner
Miles Lampson

Kingdom of Rwanda

LiberiaLiberia history

President
Edwin Barclay

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

CanadaCanada history

Prime minister
R. B. Bennett

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history

GuatemalaGuatemala history

President
Jorge Ubico

HondurasHonduras history

MexicoMexico history

NicaraguaNicaragua history

PanamaPanama history

Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history

Republic of ColombiaColombia history

Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

President
Eusebio Ayala

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President
Óscar Benavides

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
Saitō Makoto, then Keisuke Okada

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

Kedah SultanateMalaysia history

Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

Prime minister
Mohammad Hashim Khan

Kingdom of IraqIraq history

ManchukuoChina history

Emperor
Puyi
Prime minister
Zheng Xiaoxu

Mongolian People's RepublicMongolia history

Prime minister
Peljidiin Genden

Negeri SembilanMalaysia history

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
Said III

Surakarta SunanateIndonesia history

Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history

Umm Al QuwainTurkey history

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

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

Czechoslovakia: First Republic

Prime Minister
Jan Malypetr

Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history

Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini

First Austrian Republic/ Federal State of AustriaAustria history

French Third RepublicFrance history

President of the Council of ministers
Camille Chautemps, then Édouard Daladier, then Gaston Doumergue, then Pierre-Étienne Flandin

Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess
Charlotte
Prime minister
Joseph Bech

Irish Free StateIreland history

President of the Executive Council
Éamon de Valera

Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history

Prime minister
Nikola Mushanov, then Kimon Georgiev

Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history

Prime minister
Thorvald Stauning

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history

Prime minister
Gyula Gömbös

Kingdom of IcelandIceland history

Kingdom of ItalyItaly history

Prime minister
Benito Mussolini

Kingdom of NorwayNorway history

Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history

Acting Prime minister
Constantin Angelescu
Prime minister
Gheorghe Tătărescu

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

Kingdom of SwedenSweden history

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

Chancellor
Adolf Hitler

NetherlandsNetherlands history

Prime minister
Hendrikus Colijn

Republic of EstoniaEstonia history

State Elder
Konstantin Päts
Prime minister
Konstantin Päts

Republic of FinlandFinland history

Republic of LatviaLatvia history

Republic of LithuaniaLithuania history

Second Hellenic RepublicGreece history

Prime minister
Panagis Tsaldaris

Second Polish RepublicPoland history

Prime minister
Janusz Jędrzejewicz

Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history

President of the Council of Minister
António de Oliveira Salazar

Second Spanish RepublicSpain history

Prime minister
Alejandro Lerroux, then Ricardo Samper

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
Marcel Pilet-Golaz

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

Prime minister
Ramsay MacDonald

Vatican City

Sovereign
Pius XI

Yugoslavia: Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

Prime minister
Joseph Lyons

Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history

Prime minister
George Forbes

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history