World leaders in 1965
Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1965, 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 1965 →
Major powers in 1965
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Lyndon B. Johnson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Harold Wilson
Soviet UnionRussia history
- First Secretary
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Anastas Mikoyan, then Nikolai Podgorny
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Alexei Kosygin
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
- Willi Stoph
West GermanyGermany history
- President
- Heinrich Lübke
- Chancellor
- Ludwig Erhard
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Eisaku Satō
Republic of IndiaIndia history
- President
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime minister
- Lal Bahadur Shastri
Africa
Arab Republic of EgyptEgypt history
- President
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Prime minister
- Ali Sabri, then Zakaria Mohieddin
Central African Republic
- President
- David Dacko
Ethiopian EmpireEthiopia history
- I, Emperor
- Haile Selassie
Federal Republic of Nigeria: Fourth RepublicNigeria history
- 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
- President
- Jomo Kenyatta
Kingdom of BurundiBurundi history
- Prime minister
- Albin Nyamoya, then Pierre Ngendandumwe, then Pié Masumbuko, then Joseph Bamina, then Léopold Biha
Kingdom of LibyaLibya history
- King
- Idris
- Prime minister
- Hussein Maziq
LiberiaLiberia history
- President
- William Tubman
Malagasy RepublicMadagascar history
- President
- Philibert Tsiranana
Malawi (Commonwealth realm)Malawi history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Hastings Banda
People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaAlgeria history
- President
- Ahmed Ben Bella
- Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
- Houari Boumediene
Republic of BotswanaBotswana history
- Prime minister
- Seretse Khama
Republic of CameroonCameroon history
- President
- Ahmadou Ahidjo
- Prime minister
- Charles Assalé, then John Ngu Foncha, then Vincent de Paul Ahanda
Republic of ChadChad history
- President
- François Tombalbaye
Republic of DahomeyBenin history
- President
- Sourou-Migan Apithy, then Christophe Soglo
- Acting President
- Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, then Tahirou Congacou
- Prime minister
- Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, then 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; President
- 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
- Alphonse Massamba-Débat
- Prime minister
- Pascal Lissouba
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
- President
- Joseph Kasa-Vubu, then Mobutu Sese Seko
- Prime minister
- Moise Tshombe, then Évariste Kimba, then Léonard Mulamba
Republic of the NigerNiger history
- President of the Republic
- Hamani Diori
Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969)Sudan history
- President
- Ismail al-Azhari
Republic of TunisiaTunisia history
- President
- Habib Bourguiba
Republic of Uganda
- President
- Mutesa II
- Prime minister
- Milton Obote
Republic of ZambiaZambia history
- President
- Kenneth Kaunda
Rhodesia, unrecognised state
- Prime minister
- Ian Smith
Sierra Leone (Commonwealth realm)Sierra Leone history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
Somali RepublicSomalia history
- President
- Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
- Prime minister
- Abdirizak Haji Hussein
Sultanate/ Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco history
- King
- Hassan II
- Prime minister
- Ahmed Bahnini
The Gambia (1965–1970)Gambia history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Dawda Jawara
Togolese RepublicTogo history
- President
- Nicolas Grunitzky
United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania history
- President
- Julius Nyerere
Americas
ArgentinaArgentina history
- President
- Arturo Umberto Illia
BoliviaBolivia history
- Co-Chairmen of the Military Junta
- Alfredo Ovando Candía
Brazilian Military regimeBrazil history
- President
- Humberto Castello Branco
CanadaCanada history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- 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 for Life
- François Duvalier
El Stronato: ParaguayParaguay history
- President
- Alfredo Stroessner
Fourth Dominican RepublicDominican Republic history
- Provisional President
- Pedro Bartolomé Benoit
- President
- Antonio Imbert Barrera
GuatemalaGuatemala history
- President
- Enrique Peralta Azurdia
HondurasHonduras history
- President
- Oswaldo López Arellano
JamaicaJamaica history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Alexander Bustamante
MexicoMexico history
- President
- Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
NicaraguaNicaragua history
- President
- René Schick
Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history
- President
- Eduardo Frei Montalva
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
- Constitutional President
- Fernando Belaúnde Terry
- Prime Minister
- Fernando Schwalb López Aldana
Republic of VenezuelaVenezuela history
- President
- Raúl Leoni
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)Suriname history
- Prime minister
- Johan Adolf Pengel
United StatesUnited States history
- President
- Lyndon B. Johnson
UruguayUruguay history
- President (National Council of Government)
- Luis Giannattasio, then Washington Beltrán
Asia
BhutanBhutan history
- Druk Gyalpo
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
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, then Dudley Senanayake
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
- Abdul Salam Arif
- Prime minister
- Tahir Yahya, then Arif Abd ar-Razzaq, then Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Islamic Republic of PakistanPakistan history
- President
- Ayub Khan
IsraelIsrael history
- President
- Zalman Shazar
- Prime minister
- Levi Eshkol
JapanJapan history
- Emperor
- Hirohito
- Prime minister
- Eisaku Satō
Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history
- Prime minister
- Mohammad Yusuf, then Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Cambodia history
- Prime minister
- Norodom Kantol
Kingdom of JordanJordan history
- King
- Hussein
- Prime minister
- Wasfi al-Tal
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
- Faisal
Lao People's Democratic RepublicLaos history
- General Secretary
- Kaysone Phomvihane
LebanonLebanon history
- President
- Charles Helou
- Prime minister
- Rashid Karami
Liberal democracy period in IndonesiaIndonesia history
- President
- Sukarno
MalaysiaMalaysia history
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- Putra of Perlis, then Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
- 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
People's Republic of ChinaChina history
- Chairman; Paramount Leader
- Mao Zedong
- President
- Liu Shaoqi
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai
PhilippinesPhilippines history
- President
- Diosdado Macapagal, then Ferdinand Marcos
Protectorate of Brunei / Nation of BruneiBrunei history
- Sultan
- Omar Ali Saifuddien III
QatarQatar history
Republic of China: TaiwanTaiwan history
- President
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Premier
- Yen Chia-kan
Republic of CyprusCyprus history
- President
- Makarios III
Republic of IndiaIndia history
- President
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime minister
- Lal Bahadur Shastri
Republic of South MalukuIndonesia history
- President
- Chris Soumokil
Republic of TurkeyTurkey history
- President
- Cemal Gürsel
- Prime minister
- İsmet İnönü, then Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, then Süleyman Demirel
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (1955–1975)Vietnam history
- President
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- Prime minister
- Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
SingaporeSingapore history
- President
- Yusof Ishak
- 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
- President
- Park Chung Hee
- Prime minister
- Chung Il-kwon
State of KuwaitKuwait history
- Emir
- Abdullah III, then Sabah III
- Prime minister
- Sabah Al-Salim, then Jaber Al-Ahmad
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
- Amin al-Hafiz
- Prime minister
- Amin al-Hafiz
ThailandThailand history
- Prime minister
- 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, then Franz Jonas
- Chancellor
- Josef Klaus
BelgiumBelgium history
- King
- Baudouin
- Prime minister
- Théo Lefèvre, then Pierre Harmel
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- General Secretary
- Antonín Novotný
- President
- Antonín Novotný
- Prime minister
- Jozef Lenárt
DenmarkDenmark history
- King
- Frederik IX
- Prime minister
- Jens Otto Krag
East GermanyGermany history
- Chairmen of the State Council
- Walter Ulbricht
- Chairman
- Willi Stoph
FinlandFinland history
- President
- Urho Kekkonen
- Prime minister
- Johannes Virolainen
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, then Gyula Kállai
IcelandIceland history
- President
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
- Prime minister
- Bjarni Benediktsson
ItalyItaly history
- President
- Giuseppe Saragat
- Prime minister
- Aldo Moro
Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history
- King
- Constantine II
- Prime minister
- Georgios Papandreou, then Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, then Ilias Tsirimokos, then Stefanos Stefanopoulos
Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history
- Queen
- Juliana
- Prime minister
- Victor Marijnen, then Jo Cals
Liechtenstein
- Prince
- Franz Josef II
- Prime minister
- Gerard Batliner
LuxembourgLuxembourg history
- Grand Duke
- Jean
- Prime minister
- Pierre Werner
Monaco
- Prince
- Rainier III
- Minister of state
- Jean Reymond
NorwayNorway history
- King
- Olav V
- Prime minister
- Einar Gerhardsen, then Per Borten
People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history
- Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly
- Georgi Traykov
- 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
- Edward Ochab
- 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, then Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Prime minister
- Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Soviet UnionRussia history
- First Secretary
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
- Anastas Mikoyan, then Nikolai Podgorny
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Alexei Kosygin
State of MaltaMalta history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Giorgio Borġ Olivier
SwedenSweden history
- King
- Gustaf VI Adolf
- Prime minister
- Tage Erlander
SwitzerlandSwitzerland history
- President of the Confederation
- Hans-Peter Tschudi
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom history
- Queen
- Elizabeth II
- Prime minister
- Harold Wilson
Vatican City
- Sovereign
- Paul VI
West GermanyGermany history
- President
- Heinrich Lübke
- Chancellor
- Ludwig Erhard
Yugoslavia: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- President of the Presidium
- Josip Broz Tito
- President
- 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
TongaTonga history
- Prime minister
- Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake
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