List of state leaders in 1917

1916 state leaders – Events of 1917 – 1918 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ethiopia – Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930)
• Liberia – Daniel E. Howard, President of Liberia (1912-1920)
• South Africa
  • Monarch – King George V, King of South Africa (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General – Viscount Buxton, Governor-General of South Africa (1914-1920)
  • Prime Minister – Louis Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa (1910-1919)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Habibullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1901-1919)
• Brunei – Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Sultan of Brunei (1906–1924)
• China
  • President –
    1. Li Yüan-hung, President of the Republic of China (1916-1917)
    2. Feng Kuo-Chang, President of the Republic of China (1917-1918)
  • Premier –
    1. Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China (1916-1917)
    2. Wu Tingfang, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
    3. Li Jingxi, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
    4. Xu Shichang, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
    5. Jiang Zhaozong, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
    6. Li Jingxi, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
    7. Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China (1917)
    8. Weng Shizhen, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1917-1918)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Taisho Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1912-1926)
  • Prime Minister – Terauchi Masatake, Prime Minister of Japan (1916-1918)
• Oman – Taimur Bin Faisal, Sultan of Oman (1913-1932)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General – Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia (1914-1920)
  • Prime Minister – Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (1915-1923)

Europe

• Albania – National government collapsed (1916-1918)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Carl Theodor Zahle, Prime Minister of Denmark (1913-1920)
• Finland – (newly independent)
  • Prime Minister – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Prime Minister of Finland (1917-1918)
• France -
  • President – Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913-1920)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Aristide Briand, President of the Council (1915-1917)
    2. Alexandre Ribot, President of the Council (1917)
    3. Paul Painlevé, President of the Council (1917)
    4. Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council (1917-1920)
• Germany –
  • Monarch – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888-1918)
  • Chancellor –
    1. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (1909-1917)
    2. Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (1917)
    3. Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (1917-1918)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Paolo Boselli, Prime Minister of Italy (1916-1917)
    2. Vittorio Orlando, Prime Minister of Italy (1917-1919)
• Romania – King Ferdinand (1914-1927)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
  • Prime Minister – David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-1922)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – King George V, King of Canada (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General – Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada (1916-1921)
  • Prime Minister – Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920)
• Newfoundland
  • Monarch – King George V, King of Newfoundland {1910-1936}
  • Governor –
    1. Walter Edward Davidson, Governor of Newfoundland (1913-1917)
    2. Charles A. Harris, Governor of Newfoundland (1917-1922)
  • Prime Minister – Edward Patrick Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909-1917)
• United States – Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States (1913-1921)

South America

• Brazil – Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes, President of Brazil (1914-1918)
• Paraguay – Manuel Franco, President of Paraguay (1916-1919)
• Peru – José Pardo y Barreda, President of Peru (1915-1919)