World leaders in 1954
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1954, 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 1954 →
Major powers in 1954
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Winston Churchill
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Kliment Voroshilov
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Georgy Malenkov
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman; Paramount Leader
- Mao Zedong
- Chairman
- Mao Zedong
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai
French Fourth RepublicFrance history
- President
- Vincent Auriol, then René Coty
- Prime minister
- Joseph Laniel, then Pierre Mendès France
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- High Commissioner
- André François-Poncet, then James B. Conant, then Frederick Millar
East GermanyGermany history
- President
- Wilhelm Pieck
- Chairman
- Otto Grotewohl
West GermanyGermany history
- President
- Theodor Heuss
- Chancellor
- Konrad Adenauer
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Ichirō Hatoyama
Republic of IndiaIndia history
- President
- Rajendra Prasad
- Prime minister
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Africa
Beylik of TunisTunisia history
- Prime minister
- Mohamed Salah Mzali, then Tahar Ben Ammar
Ethiopian EmpireEthiopia history
- I, Emperor
- Haile Selassie
Kingdom of LibyaLibya history
- King
- Idris
- Prime minister
- Mustafa Ben Halim
Kingdom of RwandaRwanda history
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- William Tubman
Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)Egypt history
- President
- Mohammed Naguib, then Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Prime minister, government in rebellion
- Mohammed Naguib, then Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sultanate of ZanzibarTanzania history
- Sultan
- Khalifa II
Sultanate/ Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco history
- Sultan
- Mohammed Ben Aarafa
Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Daniel François Malan, then Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Americas
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Juan Perón
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Louis St. Laurent
ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
El Stronato: ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Alfredo Stroessner
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Jacobo Árbenz, then Carlos Castillo Armas
- Provisional President
- Carlos Enrique Díaz de León
- Chairman of Military Junta
- Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Juan Manuel Gálvez, then Julio Lozano Díaz
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Anastasio Somoza García
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Republic of Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- José Figueres Ferrer
Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)Cuba history
- President
- Fulgencio Batista
Republic of ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Federico Chávez, then Tomás Romero
Republic of PeruPeru history
- Constitutional President
- Manuel A. Odría
- Prime Minister
- Zenón Noriega Agüero, then Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat
Republic of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Second Brazilian RepublicBrazil history
- President
- Getúlio Vargas, then Café Filho
Second Haitian RepublicHaiti history
- President
- Paul Magloire
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)Suriname history
- Prime minister
- Archibald Currie
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Asia
BhutanBhutan history
- Druk Gyalpo
- 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
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- John Kotelawala
Dominion of PakistanPakistan history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Muhammad Ali Bogra
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
First Republic of Maldives
- Acting President
- Ibrahim Muhammad Didi
Hakims of Bahrain/ State of BahrainBahrain history
Imperial State of IranIran history
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
- Prime minister
- Moshe Sharett
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Ichirō Hatoyama
Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- Prime minister
- Mohammed Daoud Khan
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Cambodia history
- King
- Norodom Sihanouk
- Prime minister
- Chan Nak, then Penn Nouth
Kingdom of IraqIraq history
- King
- Faisal II
- Prime minister
- Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali, then Nuri al-Said, then Arshad al-Umari
Kingdom of JordanJordan history
- King
- Hussein
- 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
- Saud
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Camille Chamoun
Liberal democracy period in IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Sukarno
- Prime minister
- Ali Sastroamidjojo
Mongolian People's Republic
- Prime minister
- 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
- Ramon Magsaysay
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, then Yu Hung-chun
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
- Adib Shishakli, then Hashim al-Atassi
- Acting President
- Maamun al-Kuzbari
- Prime minister
- Adib Shishakli, then Sabri al-Asali
Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history
- Sheikh
- Abdullah III
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- President
- Syngman Rhee
- Prime minister
- Pyon Yong-tae
State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (1949–1955)Vietnam history
- President
- Bảo Đại
Sultanate of Muscat and OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Said III
Sultanate of the Maldive Islands: Huraa Dynasty
- Sultan
- Muhammad Fareed Didi
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Union of Burma
Europe
Allied-occupied GermanyGermany history
- High Commissioner
- André François-Poncet, then James B. Conant, then Frederick Millar
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
- French Co-Prince
- Vincent Auriol, then René Coty
AustriaAustria history
- President
- Theodor Körner
- Chancellor
- Julius Raab
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Baudouin
- Prime minister
- Jean Van Houtte, then Achille Van Acker
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- General Secretary
- Antonín Novotný
- President
- Antonín Zápotocký
- Prime minister
- Viliam Široký
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Frederik IX
- Prime minister
- Hans Hedtoft
East GermanyGermany history
- President
- Wilhelm Pieck
- Chairman
- Otto Grotewohl
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi
- Prime minister
- Sakari Tuomioja, then Ralf Törngren, then Urho Kekkonen
Francoist SpainSpain history
- Caudillo
- Francisco Franco
- Prime minister
- Francisco Franco
French Fourth RepublicFrance history
- President
- Vincent Auriol, then René Coty
- Prime minister
- Joseph Laniel, then Pierre Mendès France
Hungarian People's RepublicHungary history
- Chairman
- István Dobi
- Prime minister
- Imre Nagy
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
- Prime minister
- Ólafur Thors
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Luigi Einaudi
- Prime minister
- Giuseppe Pella, then Amintore Fanfani, then Mario Scelba
Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history
- King
- Paul
- Prime minister
- Alexander Papagos
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
- Joseph Bech
Monaco
- Prince
- Rainier III
- Minister of state
- Henry Soum
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
- Haxhi Lleshi
- Prime minister
- Enver Hoxha, then Mehmet Shehu
Polish People's RepublicPoland history
- Chairman
- Aleksander Zawadzki
- Prime minister
- Bolesław Bierut, then Józef Cyrankiewicz
Republic of IrelandIreland history
- President
- Seán T. O'Kelly
- Taoiseach
- Éamon de Valera, then John A. Costello
Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history
- General Secretary
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, then Gheorghe Apostol
- Prime minister
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Kliment Voroshilov
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Georgy Malenkov
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf VI Adolf
- Prime minister
- Tage Erlander
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Rodolphe Rubattel
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- 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
- President
- Josip Broz Tito
- Prime minister
- Josip Broz Tito
Oceania
AustraliaAustralia history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Sir Robert Menzies
Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70)Tonga history
- King
- Sālote Tupou III
- Prime minister
- Tupoutoʻa-Tungi
Kings of Uvea (Wallis)
- King (née Tautuu), King (fem.)
- Aloisia Brial
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Sidney Holland
Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsUnited States history
- High Commissioner
- Frank E. Midkiff
- Acting High Commissioner
- Delmas H. Nucker