list of state leaders in 1957

Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (1948-1994) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1948-1972)
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Head of State)

Kim Du Bong (1948 - 20 September 1957)
Choi Yong Kun (20 September 1957 - 1972)

Republic of Korea - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
Laos -

Malaya

independent from 31 August 1957
Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Muhammad, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (31 August 1957-1960)
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Prime Minister of Malaya (1955-1959)

Maldives

Muhammad Farid Didi, Sultan of the Maldives (1954-1968)
Prime Minister -

Mongolia

Dashiyn Damba, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1954-1958)
Jamtsarangiyn Sambuu, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Hural (1954-1972)
Yumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952-1974)

Nepal -

Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1955-1972)
Prime Minister

Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
Pakistan -

Iskandar Ali Mirza, President of Pakistan (1956-1958)
Prime Minister

Philippines -

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Thailand

King - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946-present)
Prime Minister

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh, Chairman of the Vietnam Workers' Party (1930-1969) and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1969)
Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1955-1976)

Republic of Vietnam - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1963)

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 -

Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)
Governor-General

Sir Willoughby Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952-25 July 1957)
Sir Harold Barrowclough, Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand (25 July - 5 September 1957)
The Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (5 September 1957 - 1962)

Prime Minister

Europe

Albania

Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour (1948-1985)
Head of State - Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly (1953-1982)
Premier - Mehmet Shehu, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1954-1981)

Andorra

Co-Princes - Ren Coty, President of France (1954-1959) and Ramon Iglsias Navarri, Bishop of Urgel (1943-1969)
First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra

Austria

President -

Theodor Krner, President of Austria (1951 - 4 January 1957
Julius Raab, Acting President of Austria (4 January - 21 May 1957)
Adolf Schrf, President of Austria (22 May 1957 - 1965)

Chancellor - Julius Raab, Chancellor of Austria (1953-1961)

Belgium

Monarch - Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (1951-1993)
Prime Minister - Achille Van Acker, Prime Minister of Belgium (1954-1958)

Bulgaria

Communist Party Leader - Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1954-1989)
Head of State - Georgi Purvanov Damyanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1950-1958)
Premier - Anton Yugov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria (1956-1962)

Czechoslovakia

Communist Party Leader - Antonn Novotny, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1953-1968)
President -

Antonn Zpotocky, President of Czechoslovakia (1953-13 November 1957)
Viliam Siroky, Acting President of Czechoslovakia (13 November - 19 November 1957)
Antonn Novotny, President of Czechoslovakia (19 November 1957 - 1968)

Prime Minister - Viliam Siroky, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1953-1963)

Denmark

Monarch - Frederik IX, King of Denmark (1947-1972)
Prime Minister - Hans Christian Hansen, Prime Minister of Denmark (1955-1960)

Finland

President - Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (1956-1981)
Prime Minister -

France

President - Ren Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
Prime Minister -

Guy Mollet, President of the Council (1956 - 12 June 1957)
Maurice Bourgs-Maunoury, President of the Council (12 June - 6 November 1957
Flix Gaillard, President of the Council (6 November 1957 - 1958)

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 of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1964)

Greece

Monarch - Paul, King of the Hellenes (1947-1964)
Prime Minister - Konstantinos Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece (1955-1958)

Hungary

Communist Party Leader - Jnos Kdr, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956-1988)
Head of State - Istvn Dobi, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952-1967)
Premier - Jnos Kdr, President of the Hungarian Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Government (1956-1958)

Iceland

President - sgeir sgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952-1968)
Prime Minister - Hermann Jnasson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1956-1958)

Ireland -

President - Sean T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
Prime Minister -

John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1954 - 20 March 1957)
amon de Valera, Taoiseach (20 March 1957 - 1959)

Italy -

President - Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1955-1962)
Prime Minister -

Antonio Segni, Prime Minister of Italy (1955 - 19 May 1957)
Adone Zoli, Prime Minister of Italy (19 May 1957 - 1958)

Liechtenstein -

Monarch - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
Head of Government - Alexander Fric, 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-present)
Head of Government - Henry Soum, Minister of State (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 (1905-21 September 1957)
Olav V, King of Norway (21 September 1957 - 1991; Regent from 1955)

Prime Minister - Einar Henry Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (1955-1963)

Poland

Communist Party Leader - Wladyslaw Gomulka, Secretary-General of the Polish United Workers' Party (1956-1970)
Head of State - Aleksander Zawadzki, Chairman of the Council of State of Poland (1952-1964)
Prime Minister - Jzef Cyrankiewicz, Prime Minister of Poland (1954-1970)

Portugal

President - Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1951-1958)
Prime Minister - Antnio de Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal (1932-1968)

Romania

Communist Party Leader - Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, First Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party (1955-1965)
Head of State - Petru Groza, Chairman of the Presidium of the Grand National Assembly of Romania (1952-1958)
Premier - Chivu Stoica, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania (1955-1961)

Spain

Head of State - Francisco Franco, Head of State (1939-1975)
Prime Minister - Francisco Franco, Prime Minister of Spain (1939-1973)

Sweden -

Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)

Switzerland - Hans Streuli, President of the Swiss Confederation (1957)
Turkey

President - Mahmud Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (1950-1960)
Prime Minister - Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (1950-1960)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Communist Party Leader - Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964)
Head of State - Kliment Voroshilov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1953-1960)
Premier - Nikolai Bulganin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1955-1958)

United Kingdom

Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952-present)
Prime Minister -

Vatican City - Pope Pius XII (1939-1958)
Yugoslavia -

Communist Party Leader - Josip Broz Tito, Secretary-General of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1937-1980)
President - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (1953-1980)
Premier - Joseip Broz Tito, President of the Federal Executive Council (1945-1963)

Vatican City

Pope - Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
Secretary of State - Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Cardinal Secretary of State (1952-1961)

Middle East

Egypt

President - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1958)
Prime Minister - Gamal Abdel Nasser, Prime Minister of Egypt (1954-1958)

Iran -

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1941-1979)
Prime Minister

Hossein Ala, Prime Minister of Iran (1955 - 3 April 1957)
Manuchehr Ekbal, Prime Minister of Iran (3 April 1957 - 1960)

Iraq -

Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
Prime Minister

Israel -

Jordan -

Hussein, King of Jordan (1952-1999)
Prime Minister -

Suleiman an-Nabulsi, Prime Minister of Jordan (1956 - 13 April 1957)
Abd al-Halim an-Nimr, Prime Minister of Jordan (13 April - 15 April 1957)
Hussein Khalidi, Prime Minister of Jordan (15 April - 24 April 1957)
Ibrahim Hashm, Prime Minister of Jordan (24 April 1957 - 1958)

Lebanon -

Muscat and Oman - Sa'id ibn Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932-1970)
Saudi Arabia -

Syria

Yemen - Ahmad ash-Shams, King of Yemen (1955-1962)

North America and Caribbean

Canada

Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1952-present)
Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (1952-1959)
Prime Minister -

Louis St. Laurent (1948 - 21 June 1957)
John George Diefenbaker (21 June 1957 - 1963)

Costa Rica - Jos Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953-1958)
Cuba

Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
Premier

Jorge Garca Montes, Premier of Cuba (1955 - 26 March 1957)
Andrs Rivero Agero, Premier of Cuba (26 March 1957 - 1958)

Dominican Republic

Rafael Trujillo, de facto ruler (1930-1961)
Hctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952-1960)

El Salvador - Jos Mara Lemus, President of El Salvador (1956-1960)
Guatemala -

Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (1954 - 26 July 1957)
Luis Arturo Gonzlez Lpez, Acting President of Guatemala (27 July - 24 October 1957)
scar Mendoza Azurdia, Chairman of the Military Junta (24 October - 26 October 1957)
Guillermo Flores Avendao, Acting President of Guatemala (27 October 1957 - 1958)

Haiti -

Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis, Provisional President of Haiti (1956 - 4 February 1957)
Franck Sylvain, Provisional President of Haiti (7 February - 1 April 1957)
Lon Cantave, Chief of the General Staff of the Haitian Army, acting Head of State (1 April - 6 April 1957)
Executive Government Council (6 April - 20 May 1957)
Lon Cantave, Chief of the General Staff of the Haitian Army, acting Head of State (20 May - 25 May 1957)
Daniel Fignol, Provisional President of Haiti (25 May - 14 June 1957)
Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau, Chairman of the Military Council of Haiti (14 June - 22 October 1957
Franois Duvalier, President of Haiti (22 October 1957 - 1971)

Honduras -

Military Government Council (1956 - 21 December 1957)
Ramn Villeda Morales, President of Honduras (21 December 1957 - 1963)

Mexico - Adolfo Ruz Cortines, President of Mexico (1952-1958)
Nicaragua - Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-1963)
Panama - Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro, President of Panama (1956-1960)
United States - Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

South America

Argentina - Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Provisional President of Argentina (1955-1958)
Bolivia - Hernn Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1956-1960)
Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (1956-1961)
Chile - Carlos Ibez del Campo, President of Chile (1952-1958)
Colombia -

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, President of Colombia (1953 - 10 May 1957)
Gabriel Pars Gordillo,, Chairman of the Military Junta of Government (10 May 1957 - 1958)

Ecuador - Camilo Ponce Enrquez, President of Ecuador (1956-1960)
Paraguay - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)
Peru - Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1956-1962)
Uruguay -

Alberto Fermn Zubira, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1956 - 1 March 1957)
Arturo Lezama, President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay (1 March 1957 - 1958)

Venezuela - Marco Prez Jimnez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)

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