List of state leaders in 1962 - Definition and Overview

1961 state leaders - Events of 1962 - 1963 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Algeria -
  1. Independence from France, 3 July 1962
  • President - Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria (1962-1965)
  • Prime Minister - Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister of Algeria (1962-1963)
• Burundi Burundi gained its independence on July 1
  • Monarch - Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King of Burundi (1915-1966)
  • Prime Minister - André Muhirwa, Prime Minister of Burundi (1961-1963)
• Guinea
  • President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
• Rwanda Rwanda gained its independence on July 1
  • President - Grégoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda (1961-1973)
• Uganda Uganda gained its independence on October 9
  • President - Sir Edward Mutesa, President of Uganda (1962-1966)
  • Prime Minister - Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda (1962-1971)

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 - 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 -
    1. Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
    2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India (1962-1967)
  • Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
• Japan -
  • Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-1964)
• South Korea -
  • President - Yun Boseon, President of the Republic of Korea (1960-1962)
  • Chief Cabinet Minister -
    1. Song Yo-ch'an, Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1961-1962)
    2. Park Chunghee, Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1962)
    3. Kim Hyun-chul, Chief Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Korea (1962-1963)
• Malaya -
  • Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1960-1965)
  • 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 - William Sidney, Governor-General of Australia (1961-1965)
  • Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1939-1941, 1949-1966)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Viggo Kampmann, Prime Minister of Denmark (1960-3 September 1962)
    2. Jens Otto Krag, Prime Minister of Denmark (3 September 1962-1968)
• Finland
  • President - Urho Kekkonen (1956-1981)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Martti Miettunen (1961-1962, 1975-1977)
    2. Ahti Karjalainen (1962-1963, 1970-1971)
• France -
  • President - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1959-1969)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Michel Debré, Prime Minister of France (1959-1962)
    2. Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France (1962-1968)
• Federal Republic of Germany -
  • President - 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)
  • Head of State - Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
  • Premier - Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1949-1964)
• Ireland -
  • President - Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (1959-1973)
  • Prime Minister - Seán Lemass, Taoiseach (1957-1966)
• Italy -
  • President -
    1. Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
    2. Antonio Segni, President of Italy (1962-1964)
  • Prime Minister - Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (1960-1963)
• 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 - Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Cardinal Secretary of State (1961-1969)

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 -
    1. Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1958-1962)
    2. Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of the United Arab Republic (1962-1965)
• Yemen Arab Republic
  • Yemen Arab Republic declared and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen exiled, 27 September
  • President - Abdullah as-Sallal, President of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1967)
  • Prime Minister - Abdullah as-Sallal, Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1963)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
  • Governor General - Georges Vanier, Governor General (1959-1967)
  • Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister (1957-1963)
• United States - John Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963)

South America

• Brazil - João Goulart, President of Brazil (1961-1964)
• Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
• Peru -
  1. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956-1962)
  2. Ricardo Pérez Godoy, President of Peru (1962-1963)