World leaders in 1946
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1946, 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 1946 →
Major powers in 1946
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Harry S. Truman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George VI
- Prime minister
- Clement Attlee
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Mikhail Kalinin, then Nikolay Shvernik
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars; Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Joseph Stalin
Republic of China (1916–1949)China history
- Chairmen
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Premier
- T. V. Soong
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman
- Mao Zedong
FranceFrance history
- Chairmen
- Charles de Gaulle, then Félix Gouin, then Georges Bidault, then Léon Blum
- Prime minister
- Charles de Gaulle, then Félix Gouin, then Georges Bidault, then Léon Blum
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- Military governor
- Joseph T. McNarney
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Kijūrō Shidehara, then Shigeru Yoshida
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
- Prime minister
- Slaheddine Baccouche
Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor
- Haile Selassie I
Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history
- King
- Farouk I
- Prime minister
- Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, then Ismail Sedky
Kingdom of Rwanda
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- William Tubman
Sultanate of Morocco: Alaouite dynasty
- Sultan
- Mohammed V
Sultanate of Zanzibar
- Sultan
- Khalifa II
Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history
Americas
Argentine RepublicArgentina history
- de facto President
- Edelmiro Julián Farrell
- President
- Juan Perón
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Gualberto Villarroel
- Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta
- Néstor Guillén, then Tomás Monje
CanadaCanada history
- King
- George VI
- Prime minister
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rica history
- President
- Teodoro Picado Michalski
Fourth Brazilian RepublicBrazil history
- President
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Juan José Arévalo
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Tiburcio Carías Andino
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Manuel Ávila Camacho, then Miguel Alemán Valdés
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Anastasio Somoza García
PanamaPanama history
- Provisional President
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Juan Antonio Ríos, then Gabriel González Videla
Republic of ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Alfonso López Pumarejo, then Mariano Ospina Pérez
Republic of CubaCuba history
- Prime minister
- Carlos Prío Socarrás
Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history
- President
- Élie Lescot, then Dumarsais Estimé
- Chairman of the Military Executive Committee
- Franck Lavaud
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Higinio Moríñigo
Republic of PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- José Bustamante y Rivero
Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- President
- Rafael Trujillo
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Harry S. Truman
United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Rómulo Betancourt
UruguayUruguay history
- President
- Juan José de Amézaga
Vargas Era BrazilBrazil history
- President
- José Linhares
Asia
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam, 1945–1976)Vietnam history
- President
- Ho Chi Minh
- Prime minister
- Ho Chi Minh
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
- Kijūrō Shidehara, then Shigeru Yoshida
First Syrian RepublicSyria history
- President
- Shukri al-Quwatli
- Prime minister
- Saadallah al-Jabiri
French Protectorate of CambodiaCambodia history
- King
- Norodom Sihanouk
- Prime minister
- Sisowath Monireth, then Sisowath Youtevong
Hakims of BahrainBahrain history
Imperial State of Iran: Pahlavi dynastyIran history
Kedah SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Badlishah Shah
Kelantan Sultanate: Patani dynastyMalaysia history
Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- Prime minister
- Mohammad Hashim Khan, then Shah Mahmud Khan
Kingdom of IraqIraq history
- Regent
- 'Abd al-Ilah
- King
- Faisal II
- Prime minister
- Hamdi al-Pachachi, then Nuri al-Said, then Tawfeeq Al-Suwaidi, then Arshad al-Umari
Kingdom of JordanJordan history
- King
- Abdullah I
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Bechara El Khoury
- Prime minister
- Riad Al Solh
Mongolian People's RepublicMongolia history
- Prime minister
- Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Negeri SembilanMalaysia history
- Yamtuan
- Abdul Rahman
North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history
PakualamanIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Pakualam VIII
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman
- Mao Zedong
Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history
PerlisMalaysia history
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Sergio Osmeña, then Manuel Roxas
Pontianak SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Syarif Hamid II
Protectorate of BruneiBrunei history
- Sultan
- Ahmad Tajuddin
QatarQatar history
Republic of China (1916–1949)China history
- Chairmen
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Premier
- T. V. Soong
Republic of Indonesia (1945–1949) / United States of IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Sukarno
- Prime minister
- Sutan Sjahrir
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- İsmet İnönü
- Prime minister
- Şükrü Saracoğlu, then Recep Peker
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Hisamuddin
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Ahmad I
Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history
- King
- Ananda Mahidol, then Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Prime minister
- Khuang Aphaiwong, then Pridi Banomyong, then Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
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
- Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Umm Al QuwainTurkey history
Yogyakarta SultanateIndonesia history
- Sultan
- Hamengkubuwono IX
Europe
Allied-occupied AustriaAustria history
- High Commissioner
- Antoine Béthouart
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- Military governor
- Joseph T. McNarney
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
- French Co-Prince
- Charles de Gaulle, then Félix Gouin, then Georges Bidault, then Léon Blum
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold III
- Prime minister
- Achille Van Acker, then Paul-Henri Spaak, then Camille Huysmans
Czechoslovakia: Third Republic
- President
- Edvard Beneš
- Prime Minister
- Zdeněk Fierlinger, then Klement Gottwald
Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Italy history
Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Charlotte
- Prime minister
- Pierre Dupong
Kingdom of BulgariaBulgaria history
- Tsar
- Simeon II
- Prime minister
- Kimon Georgiev
Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian X
- Prime minister
- Knud Kristensen
Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history
- King
- George II
- Regent
- Damaskinos
- Prime minister
- Themistoklis Sofoulis, then Konstantinos Tsaldaris
- Interim Prime minister
- Panagiotis Poulitsas
Kingdom of ItalyItaly history
- King
- Victor Emmanuel III, then Umberto II
- Prime minister
- Alcide De Gasperi
Kingdom of NorwayNorway history
- King
- Haakon VII
- Prime minister
- Einar Gerhardsen
Kingdom of RomaniaRomania history
- King
- Michael I
- Prime minister
- Petru Groza
Kingdom of SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf V
- Prime minister
- Per Albin Hansson, then Tage Erlander
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Franz Josef II
- Prime Minister
- Alexander Frick
Monaco
- Prince
- Louis II
- Minister of state
- Pierre de Witasse
NetherlandsNetherlands history
- Queen
- Wilhelmina
- Prime minister
- Willem Schermerhorn, then Louis Beel
People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history
- General Secretary
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Chairman of the Provisional Presidency of Bulgaria
- Vasil Kolarov
- Prime Minister
- Georgi Dimitrov
People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history
- First Secretary; Democratic Government of Albania
- Enver Hoxha
- Chairman
- Omer Nishani
- Prime minister; Democratic Government of Albania
- Enver Hoxha
Provisional Government of the French RepublicFrance history
- Chairmen
- Charles de Gaulle, then Félix Gouin, then Georges Bidault, then Léon Blum
- Prime minister
- Charles de Gaulle, then Félix Gouin, then Georges Bidault, then Léon Blum
Republic of AustriaAustria history
- President
- Karl Renner
- Chancellor
- Leopold Figl
Republic of EstoniaEstonia history
- Prime minister
- Otto Tief
Republic of FinlandFinland history
- President
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, then Juho Kusti Paasikivi
- Prime minister
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi, then Mauno Pekkala
Republic of IcelandIceland history
- President
- Sveinn Björnsson
- Prime minister
- Ólafur Thors
Republic of IrelandIreland history
- President
- Seán T. O'Kelly
- Taoiseach
- Éamon de Valera
Republic of ItalyItaly history
- Provisional Head of State
- Enrico De Nicola
- Prime minister
- Alcide De Gasperi
Second Hungarian RepublicHungary history
- President
- Zoltán Tildy
- Prime minister
- Ferenc Nagy
Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Óscar Carmona
- President of the Council of Minister
- António de Oliveira Salazar
Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history
- General Secretary
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Mikhail Kalinin, then Nikolay Shvernik
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars; Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Joseph Stalin
Spanish State (Francoist Spain)Spain history
- Caudillo
- Francisco Franco
- Prime minister
- Francisco Franco
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Karl Kobelt
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George VI
- Prime minister
- Clement Attlee
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Pius XII
Yugoslavia: Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
- Prime minister
- Josip Broz Tito
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- King
- George VI
- Prime minister
- Ben Chifley
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