World leaders in 1963
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1963, 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 1963 →
Major powers in 1963
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- John F. Kennedy, then Lyndon B. Johnson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Harold Macmillan, then Alec Douglas-Home
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Nikita Khrushchev
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman; Paramount Leader
- Mao Zedong
- President
- Liu Shaoqi
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai
FranceFrance history
- President
- Charles de Gaulle
- Prime minister
- Georges Pompidou
East GermanyGermany history
- Chairmen of the State Council
- Walter Ulbricht
- Chairman
- Otto Grotewohl
West GermanyGermany history
- President
- Heinrich Lübke
- Chancellor
- Konrad Adenauer, then Ludwig Erhard
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
Republic of IndiaIndia history
- President
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime minister
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Africa
Arab Republic of EgyptEgypt history
- President
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Prime minister
- Ali Sabri
Central African Republic
- President
- David Dacko
Ethiopian EmpireEthiopia history
- I, Emperor
- Haile Selassie
Federal Republic of Nigeria: Fourth RepublicNigeria history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- President of the First Republic
- Nnamdi Azikiwe
French Upper Volta/ Republic of Upper VoltaBurkina Faso history
- President
- Maurice Yaméogo
GabonGabon history
- President
- Léon M'ba
Islamic Republic of MauritaniaMauritania history
- Acting Head of State; President
- Moktar Ould Daddah
KenyaKenya history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Jomo Kenyatta
Kingdom of BurundiBurundi history
- Prime minister
- André Muhirwa, then Pierre Ngendandumwe
Kingdom of LibyaLibya history
- King
- Idris
- Prime minister
- Muhammad Osman Said, then Mohieddin Fikini
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- William Tubman
Malagasy RepublicMadagascar history
- President
- Philibert Tsiranana
People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaAlgeria history
- President
- Ferhat Abbas, then Ahmed Ben Bella
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Ben Bella
Republic of CameroonCameroon history
- President
- Ahmadou Ahidjo
- Prime minister
- Charles Assalé, then John Ngu Foncha
Republic of ChadChad history
- President
- François Tombalbaye
Republic of DahomeyBenin history
- President
- Hubert Maga
- Head of the Provisional Government
- Christophe Soglo
Republic of GhanaGhana history
- President of the First Republic
- Kwame Nkrumah
Republic of GuineaGuinea history
- President
- Ahmed Sékou Touré
Republic of Ivory CoastIvory Coast history
- President
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Republic of MaliMali history
- Head of State
- Modibo Keïta
- Prime minister
- Modibo Keïta
Republic of RwandaRwanda history
- President
- Grégoire Kayibanda
Republic of SenegalSenegal history
- President
- Léopold Sédar Senghor
Republic of South AfricaSouth Africa history
- State President
- Charles Robberts Swart
- Prime minister
- Hendrik Verwoerd
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville)
- President
- Fulbert Youlou, then Alphonse Massamba-Débat
- Prime minister
- Alphonse Massamba-Débat, then Pascal Lissouba
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
- President
- Joseph Kasa-Vubu
- Prime minister
- Cyrille Adoula
Republic of the NigerNiger history
- President of the Republic
- Hamani Diori
Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969)Sudan history
- President
- Ibrahim Abboud
- Prime minister
- Ibrahim Abboud
Republic of TunisiaTunisia history
- President
- Habib Bourguiba
Republic of Uganda
- President
- Mutesa II
- Prime minister
- Milton Obote
Sierra Leone (Commonwealth realm)Sierra Leone history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
Somali RepublicSomalia history
- President
- Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
- Prime minister
- Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
Sultanate of ZanzibarTanzania history
Sultanate/ Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco history
- King
- Hassan II
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Bahnini
Tanganyika (1961–1964)Tanzania history
- President
- Julius Nyerere
Togolese RepublicTogo history
- President
- Nicolas Grunitzky
Americas
ArgentinaArgentina history
- Interim President
- José María Guido
- President
- Arturo Umberto Illia
BoliviaBolivia history
- President
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- John Diefenbaker, then Lester B. Pearson
ColombiaColombia history
- President
- Guillermo León Valencia
Dominion of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Eric Williams
Duvalier dynasty, HaitiHaiti history
- President
- François Duvalier
EcuadorEcuador history
- President
- C.J. Arosemena Monroy
El Stronato: ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Alfredo Stroessner
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, then Enrique Peralta Azurdia
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Ramón Villeda Morales, then Oswaldo López Arellano
JamaicaJamaica history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Alexander Bustamante
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Adolfo López Mateos
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- Luis Somoza Debayle, then René Schick
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Jorge Alessandri
Republic of Costa RicaCosta Rica history
- President
- Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
Republic of CubaCuba history
- President
- Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
- Prime minister
- Fidel Castro
Republic of PeruPeru history
- President of the Military Junta
- Ricardo Pérez Godoy, then Nicolás Lindley López
- Constitutional President
- Fernando Belaúnde Terry
- Prime Minister
- Nicolás Lindley López, then Julio Óscar Trelles Montes, then Fernando Schwalb López Aldana
Republic of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Rómulo Betancourt
Second Brazilian RepublicBrazil history
- President
- João Goulart
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)Suriname history
- Prime minister
- Severinus Desiré Emanuels, then Johan Adolf Pengel
Third Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- President
- Juan Bosch
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- John F. Kennedy, then Lyndon B. Johnson
UruguayUruguay history
- President (National Council of Government)
- Faustino Harrison, then Daniel Fernández Crespo
Asia
BhutanBhutan history
- Druk Gyalpo
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
- Prime minister
- Jigme Palden Dorji
Democratic KampucheaCambodia history
- General Secretary
- Pol Pot
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (1945–1976)Vietnam history
- President
- Ho Chi Minh
- Prime minister
- Phạm Văn Đồng
Dominion of CeylonSri Lanka history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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
Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)Iraq history
- President
- Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, then Abdul Salam Arif
- Prime minister
- Abd al-Karim Qasim, then Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, then Tahir Yahya
Islamic Republic of PakistanPakistan history
- President
- Ayub Khan
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, then Zalman Shazar
- Prime minister
- David Ben-Gurion, then Levi Eshkol
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- Prime minister
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, then Mohammad Yusuf
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Cambodia history
- Prime minister
- Norodom Kantol
Kingdom of JordanJordan history
- King
- Hussein
- Prime minister
- Wasfi al-Tal, then Hussein ibn Nasser
Kingdom of LaosLaos history
- Prime minister
- Souvanna Phouma
Kingdom of NepalNepal history
- King
- Mahendra
- Prime minister
- Tulsi Giri
Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history
- King
- Saud
Lao People's Democratic RepublicLaos history
- General Secretary
- Kaysone Phomvihane
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Fuad Chehab
- Prime minister
- Rashid Karami
Liberal democracy period in IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Sukarno
MalaysiaMalaysia history
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- Putra of Perlis
- Prime minister
- Tunku Abdul Rahman
Mongolian People's Republic
- Prime minister
- Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
North KoreaNorth Korea history
- Chairman
- Kim Il Sung
- Premier
- Kim Il Sung
North Yemen: Yemen Arab RepublicYemen history
- President
- Abdullah al-Sallal
- Prime minister
- Abdullah al-Sallal
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman; Paramount Leader
- Mao Zedong
- President
- Liu Shaoqi
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Diosdado Macapagal
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 Yen Chia-kan
- Acting Premier
- Wang Yun-wu
Republic of CyprusCyprus history
- President
- Makarios III
Republic of IndiaIndia history
- President
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime minister
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Republic of South MalukuIndonesia history
- President
- Chris Soumokil
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Cemal Gürsel
- Prime minister
- İsmet İnönü
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (1955–1975)Vietnam history
- President
- Ngo Dinh Diem
SingaporeSingapore history
- Prime minister
- Lee Kuan Yew
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
- Chairman
- Ne Win
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)Vietnam history
- General Secretary
- Lê Duẩn
South KoreaSouth Korea history
- Acting President
- Park Chung Hee
State of KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Abdullah III
- Prime minister
- Abdullah Al-Salim, then Sabah Al-Salim
Sultanate of Muscat and OmanOman history
- Sultan
- Said III
Sultanate of the Maldive Islands: Huraa Dynasty
- Sultan
- Muhammad Fareed Didi
Syrian Arab RepublicSyria history
- President
- Nazim al-Kudsi, then Lu'ay al-Atassi, then Amin al-Hafiz
- Prime minister
- Khalid al-Azm
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- Sarit Thanarat, then Thanom Kittikachorn
Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history
Europe
Andorra
- Episcopal Co-Prince
- Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
- French Co-Prince
- Charles de Gaulle
AustriaAustria history
- President
- Adolf Schärf
- Chancellor
- Alfons Gorbach
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Baudouin
- Prime minister
- Théo Lefèvre
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- General Secretary
- Antonín Novotný
- President
- Antonín Novotný
- Prime minister
- Viliam Široký, then Jozef Lenárt
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Frederik IX
- Prime minister
- Jens Otto Krag
East GermanyGermany history
- Chairmen of the State Council
- Walter Ulbricht
- Chairman
- Otto Grotewohl
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Urho Kekkonen
- Prime minister
- Ahti Karjalainen, then Reino Ragnar Lehto
France: Fifth RepublicFrance history
- President
- Charles de Gaulle
- Prime minister
- Georges Pompidou
Francoist SpainSpain history
- Caudillo
- Francisco Franco
- Prime minister
- Francisco Franco
Hungarian People's RepublicHungary history
- Chairman
- István Dobi
- Prime minister
- János Kádár
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
- Prime minister
- Ólafur Thors, then Bjarni Benediktsson
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Antonio Segni
- Prime minister
- Amintore Fanfani, then Giovanni Leone, then Aldo Moro
Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history
- King
- Paul
- Prime minister
- Konstantinos Karamanlis, then Panagiotis Pipinelis, then Georgios Papandreou
- caretaker Prime minister
- Stylianos Mavromichalis, then Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history
- Queen
- Juliana
- Prime minister
- Jan de Quay, then Victor Marijnen
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Franz Josef II
- Prime minister
- Gerard Batliner
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duchess
- Charlotte
- Prime minister
- Pierre Werner
Monaco
- Prince
- Rainier III
- Acting Minister of state
- Pierre Blanchy
- Minister of state
- Jean Reymond
NorwayNorway history
- King
- Olav V
- Prime minister
- Einar Gerhardsen, then John Lyng
People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history
- Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly
- Dimitar Ganev
- Prime minister
- Todor Zhivkov
People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history
- First Secretary
- Enver Hoxha
- Chairman
- Haxhi Lleshi
- Prime minister
- Mehmet Shehu
Polish People's RepublicPoland history
- Chairman
- Aleksander Zawadzki
- Prime minister
- Józef Cyrankiewicz
Republic of IrelandIreland history
- President
- Éamon de Valera
- Taoiseach
- Seán Lemass
Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history
- President
- Américo Thomaz
Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history
- General Secretary
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
- Prime minister
- Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Soviet UnionRussia history
- General Secretary
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Nikita Khrushchev
State of MaltaMalta history
- Prime minister
- Giorgio Borġ Olivier
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf VI Adolf
- Prime minister
- Tage Erlander
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Willy Spühler
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Harold Macmillan, then Alec Douglas-Home
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- John XXIII, then Paul VI
West GermanyGermany history
- President
- Heinrich Lübke
- Chancellor
- Konrad Adenauer, then Ludwig Erhard
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
New ZealandNew Zealand history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Keith Holyoake
Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsUnited States history
- High Commissioner
- Maurice W. Goding
Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa/ Independent State of Samoa
- O le Ao o le Malo
- Malietoa Tanumafili II
- Prime Minister
- Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II