List of state leaders in 1955
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- List of religious leaders in 1955
- List of international organization leaders in 1955
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Africa
- Egypt - President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President (1954-1970) and Prime Minister (1954-1962)
- Ethiopia
- Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1941-1974)
- Prime Minister - Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942-1957)
- Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
- Libya -
- Monarch- Idris I, King of Libya (1951-1969)
- Prime Minister - Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister of Libya (1954-1957)
- Union of South Africa
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa (1952-1961)
- Governor-General - Ernest George Jansen, Governor-General of South Africa (1951-1959)
- Prime Minister - Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, Prime Minister of South Africa (1954-1958)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Monarch - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
- Prime Minister - Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
- Bhutan
- Monarch - Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (1952-1972)
- Prime Minister - Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952-1964)
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Monarch -
- Prime Minister -
- Samdech Penn Nouth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1954-1955)
- Leng Ngeth, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1955)
- Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1955-1956)
- Ceylon
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952-1972)
- Governor-General - Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, Governor-General of Ceylon (1954-1962)
- Prime Minister - John Lionel Kotalawela, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953-1956)
- People's Republic of China
- Head of State - Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959)
- 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)
- Republic of China
- President - Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China (1948-1975)
- Premier - Yü Hung-chün, President of the Executive Yuan (1954-1958)
- India -
- President - Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
- Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
- Indonesia -
- Iran
- Monarch - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
- Prime Minister -
- Iraq
- Monarch - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
- Prime Minister - Nuri as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1954-1957)
- Israel -
- President - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
- Prime Minister -
- Japan -
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Ichirō Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan (1954 - 1956)
- Jordan -
- Monarch - Hussein, King of Jordan (1952-1999)
- Prime Minister -
- Tawfik Abu al-Huda, Prime Minister of Jordan (1954-1955)
- Sa`id al-Mufti Pasha, Prime Minister of Jordan (1955)
- Hazza al-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan (1955)
- Ibrahim Hashim, Prime Minister of Jordan (1955-1956)
- Democratic People´s Republic of Korea
- Head of State - Kim Du Bong, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1957)
- Premier - Kim Il Sung, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1948-1972)
- Head of Communist Party - Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea (1948-1994)
- Republic of Korea - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
- Laos
- Monarch - Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1949-1959)
- Prime Minister - Katay Don Sasorith, Prime Minister of Laos (1954-1956)
- Lebanon
- President- Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon (1952-1958)
- Prime Minister -
- Mongolia
- Head of State - Jamtsarangiyn Sambuu, Chairman of the State Great Hural (1954-1972)
- Premier - Yumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952-1974)
- Head of Communist Party - Dashiyn Damba, First Secretary of the People´s Revolutionary Party (1954-1958)
- Nepal
- Monarch -
- Prime Minister -
- Matrika Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal (1953-1955)
- Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah, Prime Minister of Nepal (1955-1956)
- Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
- Pakistan -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Pakistan (1952-1956)
- Governor-General -
- Prime Minister -
- Philippines - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (1953-1957)
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Faris al-Khuri, Prime Minister of Syria (1954-1955)
- Sabri al-Assali, Prime Minister of Syria (1955)
- Said al-Ghazzi, Prime Minister of Syria (1955-1956)
- Thailand
- Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), (1946 -)
- Prime Minister - Luang Phibunsongkhram, Prime Minister of Thailand {1948 - 1957}
- Turkey
- President- Mahmud Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
- Prime Minister - Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)
- State of Vietnam/Republic of Vietnam
- Head of State -
- Prime Minister - Ngo Dinh Diem, Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (1954-1955)
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Head of State - Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1946-1969)
- Prrime Minister -
- Head of Communist Party - Ho Chi Minh, President of the Vietnam Workers Party (1930-1969)
- Yemen
- Monarch - Ahmad bin Yahya, King of Yemen (1948-1962)
- Prime Minister - Prince Hassan ibn Yahya, Prime Minister of Yemen (1948-1955)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia -
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, and of Australia (1953-1973)
- Governor-General - Sir. William Joseph Slim, Governor-General of Australia (1953-1960)
- Prime Minister - Sir. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (1949-1966)
- New Zealand -
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, and of Queen of New Zealand|New Zealand (1953-1986)
- Governor-General - Charles Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952-1957)
- Prime Minister - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949-1957)
- Tonga
- Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
- Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)
Europe
- People's Republic of Albania -
- Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour (1945-1985)
- Head of State - Chairman of the Presidium of the National People´s Assembly - Haxhi Lleshi (1953-1982)
- Prime Minister - Mehmet Shehu, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1954-1981)
- Andorra -
- Coprinces - Ramon Iglésias Navarri, Bishop of Urgell (1937-1960) and René Coty, President of France (1954-1959).
- Austria -
- President - Theodor Körner, President of Austria (1951-1957)
- Chancellor - Julius Raab, Chancellor of Austria (1953-1961)
- Belgium -
- Monarch - Baudouin, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
- Prime Minister - Achille Van Acker, Prime Minister of Belgium (1954-1958)
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Communist Party Leader - Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1954-1989)
- Head of State - Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly - Georgi Damyanov (1950-1958)
- Prime Minister - Vulko Chervenkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1950-1956)
- Czechoslovakia
- Communist Party Leader - Antonín Novotný, First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1953-1968)
- Head of State - Antonín Zápotocký, President of Czechoslovakia (1953-1957)
- Prime Minister - Viliam Široký, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1953-1963)
- Denmark -
- Monarch - Frederick IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
- Prime Minister -
- Finland -
- President - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President of Finland (1946-1956)
- Prime Minister - Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland (1954-1956)
- France -
- President - René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
- Prime Minister -
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1959)
- 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)
- Kingdom of Greece -
- Monarch - Paul, King of the Hellenes (1947-1964)
- Prime Minister -
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Communist Party Leader - Mátyás Rákosi, General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party (1945-1956)
- Head of State - Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council - István Dobi (1952-1967)
- Prime Minister -
- Iceland -
- President - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952-1968)
- Prime Minister - Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1953-1956)
- Ireland -
- President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
- Prime Minister - John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1954-1957)
- Italy -
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Liechtenstein -
- Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
- Head of Government - Alexander Frick, Head of Government (1945-1962)
- Luxembourg -
- Monarch - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
- Prime Minister - Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1953-1958)
- Monaco -
- Monarch - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005)
- Head of Government - Henry Soum, Minister of State of Monaco (1953-1959)
- Netherlands
- Monarch - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-1980)
- Prime Minister - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958)
- Norway -
- Monarch - Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-1957)
- Prime Minister -
- Polish People's Republic
- Communist Party Leader - Bolesław Bierut, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1956)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Aleksander Zawadzki (1952-1964)
- Premier - Józef Cyrankiewicz, President of the Council of Ministers (1954-1970)
- Portugal -
- President - Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1951-1958)
- Prime Minister - António de Oliveira Salazar, President of the Council of Ministers (1932-1968)
- Romanian People's Republic
- Communist Party Leader - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1945-1965)
- Head of State - President of Romania - Petru Groza (1952-1958)
- Prime Minister -
- San Marino -
- Agostino Giacomini & Luigi Montironi, Captains Regent of San Marino {1954-1955}
- Domenico Forcellini & Vittorio Meloni, Captains Regent of San Marino {1955}
- Primo Bugli & Giuseppe Maiani, Captains Regent of San Marino {1955-1956}
- Soviet Union -
- Head of Communist Party - Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964)
- Head of State - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet - Kliment Voroshilov (1953-1960)
- Prime Minister -
- Spain -
- Generalísimo - Francisco Franco, Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939-1975), (1939-1973)
- Sweden -
- Monarch - Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
- Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
- Switzerland -
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister -
- Vatican City -
- Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
- Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)
- Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
- Head of State - President of Yugoslavia - Josip Broz Tito (1953-1980)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
- Governor General - Vincent Massey, Governor General (1952-1959)
- Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister (1948-1957)
- Costa Rica - José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953-1958)
- Cuba
- President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
- Premier
- Position vacant since 1952
- Jorge García Montes, Premier of Cuba (1955-1957)
- Dominican Republic - Hector Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic {1952-1960}
- El Salvador - Óscar Osorio, President of El Salvador {1950-1956}
- Guatemala - Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala {1954-1957}
- Haiti - Paul Magloire, President of Haiti {1950-1956}
- Honduras - Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras {1954-1956}
- Mexico - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (1952-1958)
- Nicaragua - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua {1937-1956}
- Panama
- United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)
South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (1952-1956)
- Brazil - João Café Filho, President of Brazil (1954-1956)
- Chile - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President of Chile (1952-1958)
- Colombia - Gustavo Pinilla, President of Colombia (1953-1957)
- Ecuador - José Maria Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (1952-1956)
- Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner Mattianda , President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
- Peru - Manuel A. Odría, President of Peru (1948-1956)
- Uruguay
- Andrés Martínez Trueba, President of Uruguay (1951-1955)
- Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1955-1956)
- Venezuela - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)
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