List of state leaders in 1920

1919 state leaders – Events of 1920 – 1921 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Ethiopia – Zauditu, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1930)
• Liberia –
  1. Daniel E. Howard, President of Liberia (1912-1920)
  2. Charles D.B. King, President of Liberia (1920-1930)
• South Africa
  • Monarch – King George V, King of South Africa (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Viscount Buxton, Governor-General of South Africa (1914-1920)
    2. Prince Arthur of Connaught, Governor-General of South Africa, (1920-1924)
  • Prime Minister – Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa 1919-1924)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan – Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1919-1926)
• Brunei – Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Sultan of Brunei (1906–1924)
• China
  • President – Hsu Shih-Chang, President of the Republic of China (1918-1922)
  • Premier –
    1. Jin Yunpeng, Premier of the Republic of China (1919-1920)
    2. Sa Zhenbing, Acting Premier of the Republic of China (1920)
    3. Jin Yunpeng, Premier of the Republic of China (1920-1921)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Taisho Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1912-1926)
  • Prime Minister – Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-1921)
• 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 –
    1. Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia (1914-1920)
    2. Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe, Governor-General of Australia (1920-1925)
  • Prime Minister – Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (1915-1923)

Europe

• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Carl Theodor Zahle, Prime Minister of Denmark (1913-1920)
    2. Carl Julius Otto Liebe, Prime Minister of Denmark (30 March-5 April 1920)
    3. Michael Petersen Friis, Prime Minister of Denmark (5 April-5 May 1920)
    4. Niels Thomasius Neergaard, Prime Minister of Denmark (1920-1924)
• Finland -
  • President – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, President of Finland (1919-1925)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Juho Vennola, Prime Minister of Finland (1919-1920)
    2. Rafael Erich, Prime Minister of Finland (1920-1921)
• France -
  • President –
    1. Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913-1920)
    2. Paul Deschanel, President of France (1920)
    3. Alexandre Millerand, President of France (1920-1924)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council (1917-1920)
    2. Alexandre Millerand, President of the Council (1920)
• Germany –
  • President – Friedrich Ebert, President of Germany (1919-1925)
  • Chancellor –
    1. Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920)
    2. Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (1920)
    3. Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (1920-1921)
• Italy
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Francesco Saverio Nitti, Prime Minister of Italy (1919-1920)
    2. Giovanni Giolitti, Prime Minister of Italy (1920-1921)
• Poland
  • Head of State – Józef Piłsudzki, Chief of State (1919-1922)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Leopold Skulski, President of the Ministers (1919-1920)
    2. Władysław Grabski, President of the Ministers (1920)
    3. Wincenty Witos, President of the Ministers (1920-1921)
• Romania –
  • Monarch – Ferdinand, King of Romania (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)

Middle East and North Africa

• Syria – briefly independent from March to July
  1. Monarch – Faisal, King of Syria (1920)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – George V, King of Canada (1910-1936)
  • Governor-General – Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada (1916-1921)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920)
    2. Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada (1920-1921)
• Newfoundland
  • Monarch – King George V, King of Newfoundland {1910-1936}
  • Governor – Charles A. Harris, Governor of Newfoundland (1917-1922)
  • Prime Minister – Richard Squires, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1919-1923)
• United States – Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States (1913-1921)

South America

• Brazil – Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa, President of Brazil (1919-1922)
• Paraguay –
  1. José P. Montero, President of Paraguay (1919-1920)
  2. Manuel Gondra, President of Paraguay (1920-1921)
• Peru – Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo, President of Peru (1919-1930)