World leaders in 1947
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1947, 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 1947 →
Major powers in 1947
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
- Nikolay Shvernik
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Joseph Stalin
Republic of China (1916–1949)China history
- Chairmen
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Premier
- T. V. Soong, then Chiang Kai-shek, then Chang Ch'ün
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman
- Mao Zedong
French Fourth RepublicFrance history
- President
- Vincent Auriol
- Prime minister
- Paul Ramadier, then Robert Schuman
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- Military governor
- Joseph T. McNarney, then Lucius D. Clay
Empire of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Shigeru Yoshida
State of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Tetsu Katayama
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
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
- President
- Juan Perón
BoliviaBolivia history
- Chairman of the Provisional Government Junta
- Tomás Monje
- President
- Enrique Hertzog
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
- Miguel Alemán Valdés
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Anastasio Somoza García, then Leonardo Argüello Barreto, then Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes
- Acting President
- Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa
PanamaPanama history
- Provisional President
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Gabriel González Videla
Republic of ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Mariano Ospina Pérez
Republic of CubaCuba history
- Prime minister
- Carlos Prío Socarrás, then Raúl López del Castillo
Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)Haiti history
- President
- Dumarsais Estimé
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, then Tomás Berreta, then Luis Batlle Berres
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
- Shigeru Yoshida
First Syrian RepublicSyria history
- President
- Shukri al-Quwatli
French Protectorate of CambodiaCambodia history
- King
- Norodom Sihanouk
- Prime minister
- Sisowath Youtevong, then Sisowath Watchayavong
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
- Shah Mahmud Khan
Kingdom of IraqIraq history
- Regent
- 'Abd al-Ilah
- King
- Faisal II
- Prime minister
- Nuri al-Said, then Salih Jabr
Kingdom of JordanJordan history
- King
- Abdullah I
- Prime minister
- Tawfik Abu al-Huda
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
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman
- Mao Zedong
Perak Sultanate: Siak dynastyMalaysia history
PerlisMalaysia history
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- 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, then Chiang Kai-shek, then Chang Ch'ün
Republic of Indonesia (1945–1949) / United States of IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Sukarno
- Prime minister
- Sutan Sjahrir, then Amir Sjarifuddin
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- İsmet İnönü
- Prime minister
- Recep Peker, then Hasan Saka
Selangor SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Hisamuddin
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Ahmad I
Siam/Thailand: Rattanakosin KingdomThailand history
- Prime minister
- Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, then Khuang Aphaiwong
State of JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Tetsu Katayama
State of Vietnam (South Vietnam, 1949–1955)Vietnam history
- General Secretary
- Trường Chinh
Sultanate/ State of Muscat and OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Said III
Terengganu SultanateMalaysia history
- Sultan
- Ismail Nasiruddin Shah
Umm Al QuwainTurkey history
Europe
Allied-occupied AustriaAustria history
- High Commissioner
- Antoine Béthouart
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- Military governor
- Joseph T. McNarney, then Lucius D. Clay
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
- French Co-Prince
- Léon Blum, then Vincent Auriol
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Leopold III
- Prime minister
- Camille Huysmans, then Paul-Henri Spaak
Czechoslovakia: Third Republic
- President
- Edvard Beneš
- Prime Minister
- Klement Gottwald
French Fourth RepublicFrance history
- President
- Vincent Auriol
- Prime minister
- Paul Ramadier, then Robert Schuman
Grand Duchy of LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Charlotte
- Prime minister
- Pierre Dupong
Kingdom of DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Christian X, then Frederik IX
- Prime minister
- Knud Kristensen, then Hans Hedtoft
Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history
- Prime minister
- Konstantinos Tsaldaris, then Dimitrios Maximos, then Themistoklis Sofoulis
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
- 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
- Louis Beel
People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history
- General Secretary
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Chairman of the Provisional Presidency of Bulgaria
- Vasil Kolarov
- Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly
- Mincho Neychev
- Prime Minister
- Georgi Dimitrov
People's Republic of PolandPoland history
- President
- Bolesław Bierut
- Prime minister
- Józef Cyrankiewicz
People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history
- First Secretary
- Enver Hoxha
- Chairman
- Omer Nishani
- Prime minister
- Enver Hoxha
Republic of AustriaAustria history
- President
- Karl Renner
- Chancellor
- Leopold Figl
Republic of EstoniaEstonia history
- Prime minister
- Otto Tief
Republic of FinlandFinland history
- President
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi
- Prime minister
- Mauno Pekkala
Republic of IcelandIceland history
- President
- Sveinn Björnsson
- Prime minister
- Ólafur Thors, then Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson
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, then Lajos Dinnyés
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
- President of the Provisional Presidium
- Constantin Ion Parhon
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Joseph Stalin
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Nikolay Shvernik
- 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
- Philipp Etter
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
Kings of Uvea (Wallis)
- "Pulufegu", King
- Pelenato Fuluhea