World leaders in 1942

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1942, 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 1942 →

Major powers in 1942

United StatesUnited States history

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Winston Churchill

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Mikhail Kalinin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars: Joseph Stalin

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

Premier: Chiang Kai-shek

Vichy FranceFrance history

Chief of state: Philippe Pétain
Prime minister: François Darlan, then Pierre Laval

Nazi GermanyGermany history

Führer: Adolf Hitler
Chancellor: Adolf Hitler

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Hideki Tojo

Africa

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Bey: Ahmad II ibn Ali, then Muhammad VII al-Munsif
Prime minister: Hédi Lakhoua

Ethiopian Empire

Emperor: Haile Selassie I

Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history

King: Farouk I
Prime minister: Hussein Serry Pasha, then Mostafa El-Nahas

Kingdom of Rwanda

King: Mutara III Rudahigwa

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 VI
Prime minister: Jan Smuts

Americas

Argentine RepublicArgentina history

President: Roberto María Ortiz, then Ramón Castillo

BoliviaBolivia history

President: Enrique Peñaranda

CanadaCanada history

King: George VI
Prime minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King

EcuadorEcuador history

President: Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río

El SalvadorEl Salvador history

President: Maximiliano Hernández Martínez

GuatemalaGuatemala history

President: Jorge Ubico

HondurasHonduras history

President: Tiburcio Carías Andino

MexicoMexico history

President: Manuel Ávila Camacho

NicaraguaNicaragua history

President: Anastasio Somoza García

Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history

President: Juan Antonio Ríos

Republic of ColombiaColombia history

President: Eduardo Santos Montejo, then Alfonso López Pumarejo

Republic of CubaCuba history

Prime minister: Carlos Saladrigas Zayas, then Ramón Zaydín

Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history

President: Élie Lescot

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

President: Higinio Moríñigo

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President: Manuel Prado y Ugarteche

Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

President: Rafael Trujillo

United StatesUnited States history

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt

United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history

President: Isaías Medina Angarita

UruguayUruguay history

President: Alfredo Baldomir

Vargas Era BrazilBrazil history

President: Getúlio Vargas

Asia

Emirate of Abu DhabiTurkey history

ruler: Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Emirate of AjmanTurkey history

ruler: Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi III

Emirate of DubaiTurkey history

ruler: Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum

Emirate of FujairahTurkey history

ruler: Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi

Emirate of Nejd and HasaSaudi Arabia history

King: Ibn Saud

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahTurkey history

ruler: Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi

Emirate of SharjahTurkey history

ruler: Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II

Emirate of TransjordanJordan history

Prime minister: Tawfik Abu al-Huda

Empire of JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Hideki Tojo

French Protectorate of CambodiaCambodia history

King: Norodom Sihanouk

French Protectorate of Luang PhrabangLaos history

King of Luang Phrabang: Sisavang Vong

Hakims of BahrainBahrain history

Hakim: Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, then Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa

Imperial State of Iran: Pahlavi dynastyIran history

Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Kedah SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ll

Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

King: Mohammed Zahir Shah
Prime minister: Mohammad Hashim Khan

Kingdom of IraqIraq history

Regent: 'Abd al-Ilah
King: Faisal II
Prime minister: Nuri al-Said

ManchukuoChina history

Emperor: Puyi
Prime minister: Zhang Jinghui

Mongolian People's RepublicMongolia history

Prime minister: Khorloogiin Choibalsan

Negeri SembilanMalaysia history

Yamtuan: Abdul Rahman

Nguyễn dynastyVietnam history

Emperor: Bảo Đại

North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history

King: Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din

PakualamanIndonesia history

Sultan: Pakualam VIII

Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history

Sultan: Abdul Aziz al-Mu’tasim Billah Shah

PhilippinesPhilippines history

President: Manuel L. Quezon

Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history

Sultan: Ahmad Tajuddin

QatarQatar history

Emir: Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani

Republic of China (1916–1949)China history

Premier: Chiang Kai-shek

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

President: İsmet İnönü
Prime minister: Refik Saydam, then Şükrü Saracoğlu
Acting Prime minister: Ahmet Fikri Tüzer

Selangor SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Hisamuddin

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh: Ahmad I

Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history

King: Ananda Mahidol
Prime minister: Plaek Phibunsongkhram

State of Vietnam (South Vietnam, 1949–1955)Vietnam history

General Secretary: Trường Chinh

Sultanate of Siak Sri IndrapuraIndonesia history

Sultan: Syarif Kasim II

Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history

Sultan: Said III

Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history

Sultan: Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah, then Ali Shah

Umm Al QuwainTurkey history

ruler: Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla

Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history

Sultan: Hamengkubuwono IX

Europe

Andorra

French Co-Prince: Philippe Pétain

BelgiumBelgium history

King: Leopold III
Prime minister: Hubert Pierlot

Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess: Charlotte
Prime minister: Pierre Dupong

Independent State of Croatia

King: Tomislav II

Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)Albania history

King: Victor Emmanuel III

Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history

Tsar: Boris III
Prime minister: Bogdan Filov

Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history

King: Christian X
Prime minister: Thorvald Stauning, then Vilhelm Buhl, then Erik Scavenius

Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history

King: George II

Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Hungary history

Regent: Miklós Horthy
Prime minister: László Bárdossy, then Miklós Kállay
Acting Prime minister: Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer

Kingdom of IcelandIceland history

King: Christian X
Prime minister: Hermann Jónasson, then Ólafur Thors, then Björn Þórðarson

Kingdom of ItalyItaly history

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime minister: Benito Mussolini

Kingdom of NorwayNorway history

King: Haakon VII
Minister President: Vidkun Quisling

Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history

King: Michael I
Conducător: Ion Antonescu
Prime minister: Ion Antonescu

Kingdom of SwedenSweden history

King: Gustaf V
Prime minister: Per Albin Hansson

Liechtenstein

Prince: Franz Josef II
Prime Minister: Josef Hoop

Monaco

Prince: Louis II
Minister of state: Émile Roblot

Nazi GermanyGermany history

Führer: Adolf Hitler
Chancellor: Adolf Hitler

NetherlandsNetherlands history

Queen: Wilhelmina
Prime minister: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy

People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history

First Secretary: Enver Hoxha

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

State President: Emil Hácha
Prime minister: Alois Eliáš, then Jaroslav Krejčí

Reichskommissariat Niederlande: German-occupied NetherlandsNetherlands history

Reichskommissar: Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Republic of EstoniaEstonia history

Prime minister: Jüri Uluots

Republic of FinlandFinland history

President: Risto Ryti
Prime minister: Johan Wilhelm Rangell

Republic of IrelandIreland history

President: Douglas Hyde
Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera

San Marino

Captains Regent: Giuliano Gozi

Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history

President: Óscar Carmona
President of the Council of Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Mikhail Kalinin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars: Joseph Stalin

Spanish State (Francoist Spain)Spain history

Caudillo: Francisco Franco
Prime minister: Francisco Franco

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

President of the Confederation: Philipp Etter

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Winston Churchill

Vatican City

Sovereign: Pius XII

Vichy FranceFrance history

Chief of state: Philippe Pétain
Prime minister: François Darlan, then Pierre Laval

Yugoslavia: Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

King: Peter II

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

King: George VI
Prime minister: John Curtin

Dominion of New ZealandNew Zealand history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Peter Fraser

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history

King: Sālote Tupou III
Prime minister: Solomone Ula Ata