World leaders in 1952
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1952, 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 1952 →
Major powers in 1952
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Harry S. Truman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George VI
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- 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 Edgar Faure, then Antoine Pinay
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- High Commissioner
- John J. McCloy, then André François-Poncet, then Ivone Kirkpatrick, then Samuel Reber
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
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Chenik, then Slaheddine Baccouche
Ethiopian EmpireEthiopia history
- I, Emperor
- Haile Selassie
Kingdom of EgyptEgypt history
- Prime minister
- Mostafa El-Nahas, then Aly Maher Pasha, then Ahmed Naguib el-Hilaly, then Hussein Serry Pasha
- Prime minister, government in rebellion
- Mohammed Naguib
Kingdom of LibyaLibya history
- King
- Idris
Kingdom of RwandaRwanda history
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
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Daniel François Malan
Americas
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Juan Perón
BoliviaBolivia history
- Chairman of the Military Junta
- Hugo Ballivián
- President
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro
CanadaCanada history
- King
- George VI
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Louis St. Laurent
EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- Galo Plaza
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Jacobo Árbenz
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Manuel Gálvez
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Miguel Alemán Valdés, then Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Anastasio Somoza García
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Gabriel González Videla, then Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Republic of Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- Otilio Ulate Blanco
Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)Cuba history
- President
- Carlos Prío Socarrás, then Fulgencio Batista
- Prime minister
- Fulgencio Batista
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
- 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
- Andrés Martínez Trueba
Asia
BhutanBhutan history
- Druk Gyalpo
- Jigme Wangchuck, then Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
- Prime minister
- Jigme Palden Dorji
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
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Don Stephen Senanayake, then Dudley Senanayake
Dominion of PakistanPakistan history
- King
- George VI
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Khawaja Nazimuddin
Emirate of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history
Emirate of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history
Emirate of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history
Emirate of FujairahUnited Arab Emirates history
Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates history
Emirate of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history
Hakims of Bahrain/ State of BahrainBahrain history
Imperial State of IranIran history
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Chaim Weizmann, then Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
- Prime minister
- David Ben-Gurion
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- 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, then Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari, then Nureddin Mahmud
Kingdom of JordanJordan history
- Prime minister
- Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Kingdom of LaosLaos history
- King
- Sisavang Vong
- Prime minister
- Souvanna Phouma
Kingdom of NepalNepal history
- King
- Tribhuvan
- Prime minister
- Matrika Prasad Koirala
Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- King
- Ibn Saud
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Bechara El Khoury, then Camille Chamoun
- Prime minister
- Abdallah El-Yafi, then Nazem Akkari
Liberal democracy period in IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Sukarno
- Prime minister
- Soekiman Wirjosandjojo, then Wilopo
Mongolian People's Republic
- Prime minister
- Khorloogiin Choibalsan, then Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
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
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
- Fawzi Selu
- Prime minister
- Fawzi Selu
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Abdullah III
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- President
- Syngman Rhee
- Prime minister
- Chang Myon
- Acting Prime minister
- Ho Chong
State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (1949–1955)Vietnam history
- President
- Bảo Đại
Sultanate of Muscat and OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Said III
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Union of Burma
- President
- Sao Shwe Thaik, then Ba U
- Prime minister
- U Nu
Europe
Allied-occupied AustriaAustria history
- High Commissioner
- Walter J. Donnelly, then Harold Caccia
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- High Commissioner
- John J. McCloy, then André François-Poncet, then Ivone Kirkpatrick, then Samuel Reber
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
- French Co-Prince
- Vincent Auriol
AustriaAustria history
- President
- Theodor Körner
- Chancellor
- Leopold Figl
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Baudouin
- Prime minister
- Joseph Pholien, then Jean Van Houtte
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 Edgar Faure, then Antoine Pinay
Hungarian People's RepublicHungary history
- Chairman
- Sándor Rónai, then István Dobi
- Prime minister
- István Dobi, then Mátyás Rákosi
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Sveinn Björnsson, then Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
- 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
- Nikolaos Plastiras, then Alexander Papagos
- caretaker Prime minister
- Dimitrios Kiousopoulos
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
- 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
- Chairman
- Aleksander Zawadzki
- Prime minister
- Józef Cyrankiewicz, then Bolesław Bierut
Republic of EstoniaEstonia history
- Prime minister
- Otto Tief
Republic of IrelandIreland history
- President
- Seán T. O'Kelly
- Taoiseach
- Éamon de Valera
Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history
- General Secretary
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
- President of the Presidium
- Constantin Ion Parhon
- Prime minister
- Petru Groza, then Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
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
- Karl Kobelt
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- King
- George VI
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- 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
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- 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
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Sidney Holland
Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsUnited States history
- High Commissioner
- Elbert D. Thomas