List of state leaders in 1959 - Definition

1958 state leaders - Events of 1959 - 1960 state leaders - State leaders by year

See also:

List of religious leaders in 1959
List of international organization leaders in 1959

Contents

1 Africa

2 Asia

3 Australia and Oceania

4 Europe

5 Middle East

6 North America and the Caribbean

7 South America

Africa

Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
- Prime Minister - Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1957-1960)
Ghana
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ghana (1957-1960)
- Governor-General - The Earl of Listowel, Governor-General of Ghana (1957-1960)
- Prime Minister - Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-1960)
Guinea - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
Libya -
- Monarch - Idris I, King of Libya (1951-1969)
- Prime Minister - Abdul Majid Kubar, Prime Minister of Libya (1957-1960)
South Africa
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
- Governor-General -
- Prime Minister - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (1958-1966)
Tunisia - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957-1987)

Asia

Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
People's Republic of China
- Head of State -
  1. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
  2. Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968)
- Premier - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the State Council (1949-1976)
- Head of Communist Party - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
India -
- President - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
- Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
Japan -
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan (1957-1960)
South Korea - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
Malaya -
- Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Muhammad, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1957-1960)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-1970)
Pakistan - Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (1958-1969)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1947-1975)
- Premier - Chen Cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (1958-1963)

Australia and Oceania

Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth (1952-present)
- Governor-General - Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
- Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)

New Zealand
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
- Governor-General - Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957-1962)
- Prime Minister - Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957-1960)

Europe

Denmark
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister - Hans Christian Hansen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1955-1960)
Finland
- President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Karl-August Fagerholm (1948-1950, 1956-1957, 1958-1959)
  2. Jussi Sukselainen (1959-1961)
France -
- President -
  1. René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
  2. Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Charles de Gaulle, President of the Council (1958-1959)
  2. Michel Debré, Prime Minister of France (1959-1962)
Federal Republic of Germany -
- President -
  1. Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
  2. Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969)
- Chancellor - Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
- President - Wilhelm Pieck, President of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1960)
- Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
Ireland -
- President -
  1. Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
  2. Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1957-1959)
  2. Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
Italy -
- President - Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
- Prime Minister -
  1. Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1958-1959)
  2. Antonio Segni, Prime Minister of Italy (1959-1960)
Sweden -
- Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
- Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963)
Vatican City
- Pope - John XXIII, Bishop of Rome (1958-1963)
- Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

Middle East

Israel
- President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
- Prime Minister - David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
United Arab Republic
- President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970)
- Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1958-1962)

North America and the Caribbean

Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
- Governor General -
  1. Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
  2. Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
- Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

South America

Bolivia - Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1956-1960)
Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (1956-1961)
Ecuador - Camilo Ponce Enríquez, President of Ecuador (1956-1960)
Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956-1962)

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