World leaders in 1936
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1936, 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 1936 →
Major powers in 1936
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- 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
- Vyacheslav Molotov
Republic of China (1916–1949)China history
- Premier
- Chiang Kai-shek
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Albert François Lebrun
- President of the Council of ministers
- Pierre Laval, then Albert Sarraut, then Léon Blum
Nazi GermanyGermany history
- Führer
- Adolf Hitler
- Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Keisuke Okada, then Kōki Hirota
- Acting Prime minister
- Fumio Gotō
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
- Prime minister
- Hédi Lakhoua
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Haile Selassie I
Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history
- King
- Farouk I
- High Commissioner
- Miles Lampson
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha, then Aly Maher Pasha, then Mostafa El-Nahas
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, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- Prime minister
- J. B. M. Hertzog
Americas
Argentine RepublicArgentina history
- President
- Agustín Pedro Justo
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- José Luis Tejada Sorzano
- Chairman of the Government Junta
- Germán Busch, then David Toro
CanadaCanada history
- King
- George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- Prime minister
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
EcuadorEcuador history
- Jéfe Supremo
- Federico Páez
El SalvadorEl Salvador history
- President
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history
- President
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno, then León Cortés Castro
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Jorge Ubico
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Tiburcio Carías Andino
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Lázaro Cárdenas
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Juan Bautista Sacasa
- Acting President
- Carlos Alberto Brenes
PanamaPanama history
- President
- Harmodio Arias Madrid
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Arturo Alessandri
Republic of CubaCuba history
- President
- Miguel Mariano Gómez
Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history
- President
- Sténio Vincent
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Eusebio Ayala, then Rafael Franco
Republic of PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Óscar Benavides
Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- President
- Rafael Trujillo
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Eleazar López Contreras
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
- Keisuke Okada, then Kōki Hirota
- Acting Prime minister
- Fumio Gotō
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
- Prime minister
- Mohammad Hashim Khan
Kingdom of IraqIraq history
- King
- Ghazi I
- Prime minister
- Yasin al-Hashimi, then Hikmat Sulayman
ManchukuoChina history
- Emperor
- Puyi
- Prime minister
- Zhang Jinghui
Mongolian People's RepublicMongolia history
- Prime minister
- Peljidiin Genden
Negeri SembilanMalaysia history
- Yamtuan
- 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
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Manuel L. Quezon
Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history
- Sultan
- Ahmad Tajuddin
QatarQatar history
Republic of China (1916–1949)China history
- Premier
- Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Prime minister
- İsmet İnönü
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Sulaiman
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Ahmad I
Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history
- King
- Ananda Mahidol
- Prime minister
- 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
- Mehdi Frashëri, then Kostaq Kota
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Justí Guitart i Vilardebó
- French Co-Prince
- Albert François Lebrun
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold III
- Prime minister
- Paul van Zeeland
Czechoslovakia: First Republic
- President
- Edvard Beneš
- Prime Minister
- Milan Hodža
Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history
- Prime Minister
- Benito Mussolini
First Austrian Republic/ Federal State of AustriaAustria history
- Chancellor
- Kurt Schuschnigg
French Third RepublicFrance history
- President
- Albert François Lebrun
- President of the Council of ministers
- Pierre Laval, then Albert Sarraut, then Léon Blum
Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Charlotte
- Prime minister
- Joseph Bech
Irish Free StateIreland history
- King
- George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- President of the Executive Council
- Éamon de Valera
Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history
- Tsar
- Boris III
- Prime minister
- Georgi Kyoseivanov
Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian X
- Prime minister
- Thorvald Stauning
Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history
- King
- George II
- Prime minister
- Konstantinos Demertzis, then Ioannis Metaxas
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history
- Regent
- Miklós Horthy
- Prime minister
- Gyula Gömbös, then Kálmán Darányi
Kingdom of IcelandIceland history
- King
- Christian X
- Prime minister
- Hermann Jónasson
Kingdom of ItalyItaly history
- Prime minister
- Benito Mussolini
Kingdom of NorwayNorway history
- King
- Haakon VII
- Prime minister
- Johan Nygaardsvold
Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history
- King
- Carol II
- Prime minister
- Gheorghe Tătărescu
Kingdom of Serbia / Yugoslavia: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Prime minister
- Milan Stojadinović
Kingdom of SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf V
- Prime minister
- Per Albin Hansson, then Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Franz I
- Prime Minister
- Josef Hoop
Monaco
- Prince
- Louis II
- Minister of state
- Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont
Nazi GermanyGermany history
- Führer
- Adolf Hitler
- Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
NetherlandsNetherlands history
- Queen
- Wilhelmina
- Prime minister
- Hendrikus Colijn
Republic of EstoniaEstonia history
- Prime minister
- Konstantin Päts
Republic of FinlandFinland history
- President
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- Prime minister
- Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, then Kyösti Kallio
Republic of LatviaLatvia history
- President
- Alberts Kviesis, then Kārlis Ulmanis
- Prime minister
- Kārlis Ulmanis
Republic of LithuaniaLithuania history
- President
- Antanas Smetona
Second Polish RepublicPoland history
- President
- Ignacy Mościcki
- Prime minister
- Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski, then Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Óscar Carmona
- President of the Council of Minister
- António de Oliveira Salazar
Second Spanish RepublicSpain history
- President
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, then Manuel Azaña
- Acting President
- Diego Martínez Barrio
- Prime minister
- Manuel Portela Valladares, then Manuel Azaña, then Augusto Barcía Trelles, then Santiago Casares Quiroga, then Diego Martínez Barrio, then José Giral, then Francisco Largo Caballero
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
Spanish State (Francoist Spain)Spain history
- Caudillo
- Francisco Franco
- Prime minister
- Francisco Franco
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Albert Meyer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- Prime minister
- Stanley Baldwin
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Pius XI
Yugoslavia: Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
- King
- Peter II
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- King
- George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- Prime minister
- Joseph Lyons
Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history
- King
- George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
- Prime minister
- Michael Joseph Savage
Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history
- King
- Sālote Tupou III
- Prime minister
- Viliami Tungi Mailefihi