World leaders in 1951

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1951, 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 1951 →

Major powers in 1951

United StatesUnited States history

President: Harry S. Truman

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Clement Attlee, then Winston Churchill

Soviet UnionRussia history

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Nikolay Shvernik
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Joseph Stalin

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Chairman; Paramount Leader: Mao Zedong
Chairman: Mao Zedong
Premier: Zhou Enlai

French Fourth RepublicFrance history

President: Vincent Auriol
Prime minister: René Pleven, then Henri Queuille

Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history

High Commissioner: John J. McCloy, then André François-Poncet, then Ivone Kirkpatrick

East GermanyGermany history

President: Wilhelm Pieck
Chairman: Otto Grotewohl

West GermanyGermany history

President: Theodor Heuss
Chancellor: Konrad Adenauer

JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito

Republic of IndiaIndia history

President: Rajendra Prasad
Prime minister: Jawaharlal Nehru

Africa

Beylik of TunisTunisia history

Bey: Muhammad VIII al-Amin
Prime minister: Mohamed Chenik

Ethiopian EmpireEthiopia history

I, Emperor: Haile Selassie

Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history

King: Farouk I
Prime minister: Mostafa El-Nahas

Kingdom of LibyaLibya history

King: Idris

Kingdom of RwandaRwanda history

King: Mutara III Rudahigwa

LiberiaLiberia history

President: William Tubman

Sultanate of ZanzibarTanzania history

Sultan: Khalifa II

Sultanate/ Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco history

Sultan: Mohammed V

Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Daniel François Malan

Americas

ArgentinaArgentina history

President: Juan Perón

BoliviaBolivia history

President: Mamerto Urriolagoitía
Chairman of the Military Junta: Hugo Ballivián

CanadaCanada history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Louis St. Laurent

ColombiaColombia history

President: Laureano Gómez Castro

EcuadorEcuador history

President: Galo Plaza

GuatemalaGuatemala history

President: Juan José Arévalo, then Jacobo Árbenz

HondurasHonduras history

President: Juan Manuel Gálvez

MexicoMexico history

President: Miguel Alemán Valdés

NicaraguaNicaragua history

President: Anastasio Somoza García

PanamaPanama history

President: Arnulfo Arias

Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history

President: Gabriel González Videla

Republic of Costa RicaCosta Rica history

President: Otilio Ulate Blanco

Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)Cuba history

President: Carlos Prío Socarrás
Prime minister: Félix Lancís Sánchez

Republic of ParaguayParaguay history

President: Federico Chávez

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President: Manuel A. Odría
Prime Minister: Zenón Noriega Agüero

Second Brazilian RepublicBrazil history

President: Eurico Gaspar Dutra, then Getúlio Vargas

Second Haitian RepublicHaiti history

President: Paul Magloire

Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history

President: Rafael Trujillo

United StatesUnited States history

President: Harry S. Truman

United States of VenezuelaVenezuela history

Interim President: Germán Suárez Flamerich

UruguayUruguay history

President: Luis Batlle Berres, then Andrés Martínez Trueba

Asia

BhutanBhutan history

Druk Gyalpo: Jigme Wangchuck

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (1945–1976)Vietnam history

President: Ho Chi Minh
Prime minister: Ho Chi Minh

Dominion of CeylonSri Lanka history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Don Stephen Senanayake

Dominion of PakistanPakistan history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Liaquat Ali Khan, then Khawaja Nazimuddin

Emirate of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Emirate of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi III

Emirate of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum

Emirate of FujairahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

Emirate of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II, then Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi

Hakims of Bahrain/ State of BahrainBahrain history

Hakim: Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa

Imperial State of IranIran history

Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

IsraelIsrael history

President: Chaim Weizmann
Prime minister: David Ben-Gurion

JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito

Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

King: Mohammad Zahir Shah
Prime minister: Shah Mahmud Khan

Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Cambodia history

King: Norodom Sihanouk

Kingdom of IraqIraq history

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

Kingdom of JordanJordan history

King: Abdullah I, then Talal
Prime minister: Tawfik Abu al-Huda

Kingdom of LaosLaos history

King: Sisavang Vong
Prime minister: Souvanna Phouma

Kingdom of NepalNepal history

King: Gyanendra, then Tribhuvan
Prime minister: Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, then Matrika Prasad Koirala

Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history

King: Ibn Saud

LebanonLebanon history

President: Bechara El Khoury
Prime minister: Riad Al Solh, then Abdallah El-Yafi

Liberal democracy period in IndonesiaIndonesia history

President: Sukarno
Prime minister: Mohammad Natsir, then Soekiman Wirjosandjojo

Mongolian People's Republic

Prime minister: Khorloogiin Choibalsan

North KoreaNorth Korea history

Chairman: Kim Il Sung
Premier: Kim Il Sung

North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history

King: Ahmad bin Yahya

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Chairman; Paramount Leader: Mao Zedong
Chairman: Mao Zedong
Premier: Zhou Enlai

PhilippinesPhilippines history

President: Elpidio Quirino

Protectorate of Brunei / Nation of BruneiBrunei history

Sultan: Omar Ali Saifuddien III

QatarQatar history

Emir: Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani

Republic of China: TaiwanTaiwan history

President: Chiang Kai-shek
Premier: Chen Cheng

Republic of IndiaIndia history

President: Rajendra Prasad
Prime minister: Jawaharlal Nehru

Republic of South MalukuIndonesia history

President: Chris Soumokil

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

President: Celâl Bayar
Prime minister: Adnan Menderes

Second Syrian RepublicSyria history

President: Hashim al-Atassi, then Fawzi Selu
Prime minister: Khalid al-Azm, then Hassan al-Hakim, then Fawzi Selu

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh: Abdullah III

South KoreaSouth Korea history

President: Syngman Rhee
Prime minister: Chang Myon

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

President: Bảo Đại

Sultanate of Muscat and OmanOman history

Sultan: Said III

ThailandThailand history

King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Prime minister: Plaek Phibunsongkhram

Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla

Union of Burma

President: Sao Shwe Thaik
Prime minister: U Nu

Europe

Allied-occupied AustriaAustria history

High Commissioner: Harold Caccia

Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history

High Commissioner: John J. McCloy, then André François-Poncet, then Ivone Kirkpatrick

Andorra

Episcopal Co-Prince: Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
French Co-Prince: Vincent Auriol

AustriaAustria history

President: Theodor Körner
Chancellor: Leopold Figl

BelgiumBelgium history

King: Leopold III, then Baudouin
Prime minister: Joseph Pholien

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

President: Klement Gottwald
Prime minister: Antonín Zápotocký

DenmarkDenmark history

King: Frederik IX
Prime minister: Erik Eriksen

East GermanyGermany history

President: Wilhelm Pieck
Chairman: Otto Grotewohl

FinlandFinland history

President: Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Prime minister: Urho Kekkonen

Francoist SpainSpain history

Caudillo: Francisco Franco
Prime minister: Francisco Franco

French Fourth RepublicFrance history

President: Vincent Auriol
Prime minister: René Pleven, then Henri Queuille

Hungarian People's RepublicHungary history

Chairman: Sándor Rónai
Prime minister: István Dobi

IcelandIceland history

President: Sveinn Björnsson
Prime minister: Steingrímur Steinþórsson

ItalyItaly history

President: Luigi Einaudi
Prime minister: Alcide De Gasperi

Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history

King: Paul
Prime minister: Sofoklis Venizelos, then Nikolaos Plastiras

Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history

Queen: Juliana
Prime minister: Willem Drees

Liechtenstein

Prince: Franz Josef II
Prime minister: Alexander Frick

LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess: Charlotte
Prime minister: Pierre Dupong

Monaco

Prince: Rainier III
Minister of state: Pierre Voizard

NorwayNorway history

King: Haakon VII
Prime minister: Einar Gerhardsen, then Oscar Torp

People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history

General Secretary: Valko Chervenkov
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly: Georgi Damyanov
Prime minister: Vulko Chervenkov

People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history

First Secretary: Enver Hoxha
Chairman: Omer Nishani
Prime minister: Enver Hoxha

Polish People's RepublicPoland history

General Secretary: Bolesław Bierut
President: Bolesław Bierut
Prime minister: Józef Cyrankiewicz

Republic of EstoniaEstonia history

Prime minister: Otto Tief

Republic of IrelandIreland history

President: Seán T. O'Kelly
Taoiseach: John A. Costello, then Éamon de Valera

Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history

President: Óscar Carmona, then Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Acting President: António de Oliveira Salazar

Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history

General Secretary: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
President of the Presidium: Constantin Ion Parhon
Prime minister: Petru Groza

Soviet UnionRussia history

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Nikolay Shvernik
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Joseph Stalin

SwedenSweden history

King: Gustaf VI Adolf
Prime minister: Tage Erlander

SwitzerlandSwitzerland history

President of the Confederation: Eduard von Steiger

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Clement Attlee, then Winston Churchill

Vatican City

Sovereign: Pius XII

West GermanyGermany history

President: Theodor Heuss
Chancellor: Konrad Adenauer

Yugoslavia: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

General Secretary: Josip Broz Tito
Prime minister: Josip Broz Tito

Oceania

AustraliaAustralia history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Sir Robert Menzies

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history

King: Sālote Tupou III
Prime minister: Tupoutoʻa-Tungi

New ZealandNew Zealand history

King: George VI
Prime minister: Sidney Holland

Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsUnited States history

High Commissioner: Arthur W. Radford, then Elbert D. Thomas