List of state leaders in 1957

Africa

• Ethiopia
• Monarch - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
• Prime Minister -
1. Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942 - 1 November 1957)
2. Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (27 November 1957 - 1960)
• Ghana independent 6 March 1957, previously the colony of Gold Coast
• Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Ghana (1957-1960)
• Governor-General -
1. Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, Governor-General of Ghana (6 March 1957 - 24 June 1957)
2. The Earl of Listowel, Governor-General of Ghana (24 June 1957 - 1960)
• Prime Minister - Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-1960)
• Liberia - William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-1971)
• Libya -
• Monarch - Idris I, King of Libya (1951-1969)
• Prime Minister -
1. Mustafa Ben Halim, Prime Minister of Libya (1954 - 26 May 1957)
2. Abdul Majid Kubar, Prime Minister of Libya (26 May 1957 - 1960)
• Morocco -
• Monarch - Muhammad V, Sultan (from 14 August King) of Morocco (1955-1961)
• Prime Minister - M'barek Bekkai, Prime Minister of Morocco (1955-1958)
• 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)
• Sudan
• Sovereignty Council (1956-1958)
• Prime Minister - Abdullah Khalil, Prime Minister of Sudan (1956-1958)
• Tunisia
• Monarch - Muhammad VIII al-Amin, King of Tunisia (1956-1957; Bey 1943 - 1956)
• Prime Minister - Habib Bourguiba, Prime Minister of Tunisia (1956-1957)
• President - Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (1957-1987)

Asia

• Afghanistan
• Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
• Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-1963)
• Bhutan
• Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1952-1972)
• Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan (1952-1964)
• Brunei - Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)
• Burma
• President -
1. Ba U, President of Burma (1952- 13 March 1957)
2. Win Maung, President of Burma (13 March 1957 - 1962
• Prime Minister
1. Ba Swe, Prime Minister of Burma (1956 - 1 March 1957)
2. U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1 March 1957 - 1958)
• Cambodia
• Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia (1955-1960)
• Prime Minister
1. Sam Yun, Prime Minister of Cambodia (1956 - 9 April 1957
2. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia (9 April - 7 July 1957
3. Sim Var, Prime Minister of Cambodia (7 July 1957 - 1958)
• Ceylon
• Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon (1952-1972)
• Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, Governor-General of Ceylon
• S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956-1959)
• People's Republic of China -
• Mao Zedong, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1949-1959) and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1935-1976)
• Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1949-1976)
• India -
• Rajendra Prasad, President of India (1950-1962)
• Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1947-1964)
• Indonesia -
• President - Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1945–1967)
• Prime Minister -
1. Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1956-1957)
2. Raden Djuanda Kartawidjaja, Prime Minister of Indonesia (1957-1959)
• Japan -
• Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
• Prime Minister -
1. Tanzan Ishibashi, Prime Minister of Japan (1956 - 25 February 1957)
2. Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister of Japan (25 February 1957 - 1960)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea -
• 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)
1. Kim Du Bong (1948 - 20 September 1957)
2. Choi Yong Kun (20 September 1957 - 1972)
• Republic of Korea - Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea (1948-1960)
• Laos -
• Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1946-1959)
• Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos (1956-1958)
• 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 -
1. Ibrahim Ali Didi, Prime Minister of the Maldives (1953 - 12 December 1957)
2. Ibrahim Nasir, Prime Minister of the Maldives (12 December 1957 - 1968)
• Mongolia
• Dashiin Damba, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (1954-1958)
• Jamtsarangiin Sambuu, Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural (1954-1972)
• Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1952-1974)
• Nepal -
• Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1955-1972)
• Prime Minister
1. Tanka Prasad Acharya, Prime Minister of Nepal (1956 - 26 July 1957)
2. Kunwar Indrajit Singh, Prime Minister of Nepal (26 July - 15 November 1957)
• Oman - Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)
• Pakistan -
• Iskandar Ali Mirza, President of Pakistan (1956-1958)
• Prime Minister
1. Husayn Sahid Suhrawardi, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1956 - 17 October 1957)
2. Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar, Prime Minister of Pakistan (17 October - 16 December 1957
3. Malik Firoz Khan Nun, Prime Minister of Pakistan (16 December 1957 - 1958)
• Philippines -
1. Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (1953 - 17 March 1957)
2. Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines (17 March 1957 - 1961)
• Taiwan (Republic of China)
• Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China (1950-1975)
• Yü Hung-chün, President of the Executive Yuan (1954-1958)
• Thailand
• King - Rama IX, King of Thailand (1946-present)
• Prime Minister
1. Plaek Pibulsongkram, Prime Minister of Thailand (1948-17 September 1957)
2. Pote Sarasin, Prime Minister of Thailand (21 September - 24 December 1957)
• 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 of Australia (1953–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
1. Sir Willoughby Norrie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1952-1957)
2. The Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand (1957 - 1962)
• Prime Minister -
1. Sir Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1949 - 20 September 1957)
2. Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand] (20 September - 12 December 1957)
3. Sir Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–1960)
• Tonga
• Monarch - Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1918 – 1965)
• Prime Minister - Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupoulahi, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1949 – 1965)

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 -
• René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
• Ramon Iglésias Navarri, Bishop of Urgell (1943-1969)
• First Syndic - Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra
• Austria -
• President -
1. Theodor Körner, President of Austria (1951–1957)
2. Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (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 - Antonín Novotný, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1953-1968)
• President -
1. Antonín Zápotocký, President of Czechoslovakia (1953-13 November 1957)
2. Viliam Široký, Acting President of Czechoslovakia (13 November - 19 November 1957)
3. Antonín Novotný, President of Czechoslovakia (19 November 1957 - 1968)
• Prime Minister - Viliam Široký, 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 Kaleva Kekkonen, President of Finland (1956-1982)
• Prime Minister -
1. Karl August Fagerholm, Prime Minister of Finland (1956 - 27 May 1957)
2. Vieno Johannes Sukselainen, Prime Minister of Finland (27 May - 29 November 1957
3. Rainer von Fieandt, Prime Minister of Finland (29 November 1957 - 1958)
• France
• President - René Coty, President of France (1954-1959)
• Prime Minister -
1. Guy Mollet, President of the Council (1956 - 12 June 1957)
2. Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, President of the Council (12 June - 6 November 1957)
3. Félix 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 - János Kádár, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956-1988)
• Head of State - István Dobi, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1952-1967)
• Premier - János Kádár, President of the Hungarian Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Government (1956-1958)
• Iceland
• President - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, President of Iceland (1952-1968)
• Prime Minister - Hermann Jónasson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1956-1958)
• Ireland -
• President - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (1945-1959)
• Prime Minister -
1. John A. Costello, Taoiseach (1954 - 20 March 1957)
2. Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach (20 March 1957 - 1959)
• Italy -
• President - Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic (1955-1962)
• Prime Minister -
1. Antonio Segni, Prime Minister of Italy (1955 - 19 May 1957)
2. Adone Zoli, Prime Minister of Italy (19 May 1957 - 1958)
• 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 -
1. Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-21 September 1957)
2. 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 - Władysław Gomułka, 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 - Józef Cyrankiewicz, Prime Minister of Poland (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)
• 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)
• San Marino
• Captains Regent -
1. Mariano Ceccoli and Eugenio Bernardini (October 1956–March 1957)
2. Giordano Giacomini and Primo Marani (April 1957–)
3. Marino Valdes Franciosi and Federico Micheloni (27 October 1957–March 1958)
• Provisional Government: Federico Bigi, Alvaro Casali, Pietro Giancecchi, Zaccaria Giovanni Savoretti (10 October-27 October)
• Spain
• Generalísimo - Francisco Franco, Head of the Spanish State and President of the Government (1939-1975), (1939-1973)
• Sweden -
• Monarch - Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-1973)
• Prime Minister - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (1946-1969)
• Switzerland
• Swiss Federal Council: Philipp Etter, Max Petitpierre, Markus Feldmann, Hans Streuli, Thomas Holenstein, Paul Chaudet, Giuseppe Lepori; members of the Swiss Federal Council
• Turkey
• President - 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 -
1. Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1955 - 10 January 1957)
2. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (10 January 1957 - 1963)
• 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
1. Hossein Ala, Prime Minister of Iran (1955 - 3 April 1957)
2. Manuchehr Ekbal, Prime Minister of Iran (3 April 1957 - 1960)
• Iraq -
• Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-1958)
• Prime Minister
1. Nuri Pasha as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq (1954 - 20 June 1957)
2. Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, Prime Minister of Iraq (20 June - 15 December 1957)
3. Abdul-Wahab Mirjan, Prime Minister of Iraq (15 December 1957 - 1958)
• Israel -
• Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (1952-1963)
• David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1955-1963)
• Jordan -
• Hussein, King of Jordan (1952-1999)
• Prime Minister -
1. Suleiman an-Nabulsi, Prime Minister of Jordan (1956 - 13 April 1957)
2. Abd al-Halim an-Nimr, Prime Minister of Jordan (13 April - 15 April 1957)
3. Hussein Khalidi, Prime Minister of Jordan (15 April - 24 April 1957)
4. Ibrahim Hashm, Prime Minister of Jordan (24 April 1957 - 1958)
• Lebanon -
• Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon (1952-1958)
• Sami as-Solh, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1956-1958)
• Muscat and Oman - Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1932-1970)
• Saudi Arabia -
• Sa'ud, King of Saudi Arabia (1953-1964
• Crown Prince Faisal, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1954-1960)
• Syria
• Shukri al-Kuwatli, President of Syria (1955-1958)
• Sabri al-Assali, Prime Minister of Syria (1956-1958)
• 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 -
1. Louis St. Laurent (1948 - 21 June 1957)
2. John George Diefenbaker (21 June 1957 - 1963)
• Costa Rica - José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (1953–1958)
• Cuba
• President - Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba (1952-1959)
• Premier
1. Jorge García Montes, Premier of Cuba (1955 - 26 March 1957)
2. Andrés Rivero Agüero, Premier of Cuba (26 March 1957 - 1958)
• Dominican Republic - Héctor Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1952–1960)
• El Salvador - José María Lemus, President of El Salvador (1956-1960)
• Guatemala -
1. Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (1954 - 26 July 1957)
2. Luis Arturo González López, Acting President of Guatemala (27 July - 24 October 1957)
3. Óscar Mendoza Azurdia, Chairman of the Military Junta (24 October - 26 October 1957)
4. Guillermo Flores Avendaño, Acting President of Guatemala (27 October 1957 - 1958)
• Haiti -
1. Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis, Provisional President of Haiti (1956 - 4 February 1957)
2. Franck Sylvain, Provisional President of Haiti (7 February - 1 April 1957)
3. Léon Cantave, Chief of the General Staff of the Haitian Army, acting Head of State (1 April - 6 April 1957)
4. Executive Government Council (6 April - 20 May 1957)
5. Léon Cantave, Chief of the General Staff of the Haitian Army, acting Head of State (20 May - 25 May 1957)
6. Daniel Fignolé, Provisional President of Haiti (25 May - 14 June 1957)
7. Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau, Chairman of the Military Council of Haiti (14 June - 22 October 1957
8. François Duvalier, President of Haiti (22 October 1957 - 1971)
• Honduras -
1. Military Government Council (1956 - 21 December 1957)
2. Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras (21 December 1957 - 1963)
• Mexico - Adolfo Ruíz 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 - Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1956-1960)
• Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (1956-1961)
• Chile - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, President of Chile (1952-1958)
• Colombia -
1. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, President of Colombia (1953 - 10 May 1957)
2. Gabriel París Gordillo,, Chairman of the Military Junta of Government (10 May 1957 - 1958)
• 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)
• Uruguay -
1. Alberto Fermín Zubiría, President of Uruguay (1956-1957)
2. Arturo Lezama, President of Uruguay (1957-1958)
• Venezuela - Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1952-1958)