List of state leaders in 1937

1936 state leaders – Events of 1937 – 1938 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Egypt – Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
• Liberia – Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
• South Africa
  • Monarch – George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General –
    1. Earl of Clarendon, Governor-General of South Africa, (1931-1937)
    2. Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa, (1937-1943)
  • Prime Minister – Barry Herzog, Prime Minister of South Africa (1924-1939)
• Zanzibar – Sayyid Khalifa bin Harub Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1911-1960)

Asia

• Afghanistan
  • Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1933-1973)
  • Prime Minister – Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1929-1946)
• Brunei – Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • President – Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
  • Premier – Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1935-1938)
• India -
  • Monarch – George VI, Emperor of India (1936-1947)
  • Viceroy – The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
• Japan –
  • Monarch – Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
  • Prime Minister
    1. Koki Hirota, Prime Minister of Japan (1936 – 1937)
    2. Senjuro Hayashi, Prime Minister of Japan (1937)
    3. Fumimaro Konoe, Prime Minister of Japan (1937 – 1939)
• Manchukuo – Aisin-Gioro Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
• Oman – Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman (1932-1970)

Australia and Oceania

• Australia –
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939)

Europe

• Albania – Zog, King of Albania (1928-1939)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
• Finland -
  • President -
    1. Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (1931-1937)
    2. Kyösti Kallio, President of Finland (1937-1940)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Kyösti Kallio, Prime Minister of Finland (1936-1937)
    2. Aimo Cajander, Prime Minister of Finland (1937-1939)
• France -
  • President – Albert Lebrun, President of France (1932-1940)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Léon Blum, President of the Council (1936-1937)
    2. Camille Chautemps, President of the Council (1937-1938)
• Germany –
  • Head of State – Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
  • Chancellor – Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
• Ireland
  • Irish Free State -
    • Monarch – George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
    • Governor-General – vacancy (1936-1937)
    • Prime Minister – Eamon de Valera, President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (1932-1937)
  • Éire -
    • Monarch – George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
    • President – Presidential Commission (1937-1938)
    • Prime Minister – Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• Italy -
  • Monarch -Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
• Latvia
  • President – Kārlis Ulmanis, President of Latvia (1936-1940)
  • Prime Minister – Kārlis Ulmanis, Prime Minister of Latvia (1934-1940)
• Poland
  • President – Ignacy Mościcki, President of Poland (1926-1939)
  • Prime Minister – Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski, President of the Council of Ministers (1936-1939)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1935-1937)
    2. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937-1940)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Pius XI, Bishop of Rome (1929-1939)
  • Secretary of State – Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1930-1939)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Governor-General of Canada (1935-1940)
  • Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• United States – Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

South America

• Argentina – Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina (1932-1938)
• Brazil – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
• Paraguay –
  1. Rafael Franco, President of Paraguay (1936-1937)
  2. Félix Paiva, President of Paraguay (1937-1939)
• Peru – Oscar R. Benavides, President of Peru (1933-1939)