List of state leaders in 1940 - Definition

1939 state leaders - Events of 1940 - 1941 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Liberia - Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
• South Africa -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937-1943)
  • Prime Minister - Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (5 September 1939 - 1948)
• Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
• Brunei - Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • Chongqing Government (pro-Allies)
    • President - Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
    • Premier - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japanese)
    • proclaimed on March 30
    • President - Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
• India -
  • Monarch - George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
  • Viceroy - The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Nobuyuki Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (1939-1940)
    2. Mitsumasa Yonai, Prime Minister of Japan (1940)
    3. Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1940-1941)
• Manchukuo - Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister - Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941)

Europe

• Albania - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Albania (1939-1946)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
  • Prime Minister - Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• France -
  • Head of State -
    1. Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-1940)
    2. Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Édouard Daladier, President of the Council (1938-1940)
    2. Paul Reynaud, President of the Council (1940)
    3. Philippe Pétain, President of the Council (1940-1942)
• Germany -
  • Head of State - Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
  • Chancellor - Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
• Italy -
  • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
• Latvia
  • President - Kārlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936-1940)
  • Prime Minister - Kārlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934-1940)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch - George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937-1940)
    2. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
• Vatican City
  • Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State - Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General -
    1. Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Governor-General of Canada (1935-1940)
    2. Sir Lyman Poore Duff, Governor-General of Canada (1940) acting
    3. The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada (1940-1946)
  • Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• United States - Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

South America

• Argentina - Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
• Bolivia
  1. Carlos Quintanilla, Provisional President of Bolivia (1939-1940)
  2. Enrique Peñaranda - President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
• Brazil - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
• Chile - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile (1938-1941)
• Colombia - Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938-1942)
• Ecuador -
  1. Andrés Córdova Nieto, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1940)
  2. Julio E. Moreno, Interim President of Ecuador (1940)
  3. Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
• Paraguay -
  1. José Félix Estigarribia, President of Paraguay (1939-1940)
  2. Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
• Uruguay - Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)
• Venezuela - Eleazar López Contreras, President of Venezuela (1936-1941)