List of state leaders in 1942

1941 state leaders – Events of 1942 – 1943 state leaders – State leaders by year

Africa

• Egypt -
  • Monarch – Farouk I, King of Egypt (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hussein Sirri Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1940-1942)
    2. Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1942-1944)
• Ethiopia -
  • Monarch – Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974)
  • Prime Minister – Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1942-1957)
• Liberia – Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia (1930-1944)
• South Africa –
  • Monarch – George VI, King of South Africa (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of South Africa (1937-1943)
  • Prime Minister – Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939 – 1948)
• 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)
• Bhutan
  • Monarch – Jigme Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (1926-1952)
  • Chief Minister – Raja Sonam Tobgay Dorji, Chief Minister of Bhutan (1917-1952)
• Brunei – Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (1924–1950)
• Republic of China
  • Chongqing Government (Nationalist China, pro-Allies)
    • Head of State – Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government (1932-1943)
    • Premier – Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Executive Yuan (1939-1945)
  • Nanjing Government (pro-Japan)
    • Head of State – Wang Jingwei, Chairman of the National Government (1940-1944)
• 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 – Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (1941-1944)
• Manchukuo (Japanese puppet state)
  • Monarch – Kangde (Henry Puyi), Emperor of Manchukuo (1934-1945)
  • Premier – Zhang Jinghui, Premier of Manchukuo (1935-1945)
• 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 – John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia (1941-1945)

Europe

• Albania (in personal union with, and occupied by, Italy)
  • Monarch – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Albania (1939-1943)
  • Prime Minister – Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, Prime Minister of Albania (1941-1943)

• Andorra
  • Co-Princes -
    • French Head of State – Philippe Pétain, Co-Prince of Andorra (1940-1944)
    • Bishop of Urgel – Ricardo Fornesa, acting Co-Prince of Andorra (1940-1943)
  • First Syndic – Francesc Cairat Freixes, First Syndic of Andorra (1937-1960)
• Belgium (under German occupation)
  • Monarch – Leopold III, King of the Belgians (1934-1951)
  • Military Governor – Alexander von Falkenhausen, German Military Governor of Belgium and Northern France (1940-1944)
  • Prime Minister – Hubert Pierlot, Prime Minister of Belgium (1939-1945, in exile in London)
• Bohemia and Moravia (German puppet state, not recognized by the Allies, who continue to recognize the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London)
  • President – Emil Hácha, President of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1945)
  • Protector – Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath, Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1943)
  • Acting Protector -
    1. Reinhard Heydrich, acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1941-1942)
    2. Kurt Daluege, acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1942-1943)
  • Prime Minister – Jaroslav Krejcí, Prime Minister of Bohemia and Moravia (1942-1945)
• Bulgaria
  • Monarch – Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (1918-1943)
  • Prime Minister – Bogdan Filov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1940-1943)
• Croatia (Axis puppet state not recognized by rest of the world, which continues to recognize the government-in-exile of Yugoslavia)
  • Leader – Ante Pavelic, Leader of Croatia (1941-1945)
• Czechoslovakia (Government-in-Exile in London. The area of Czechoslovakia was at this time divided between Germany, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and Slovakia, the latter two German puppet states)
  • President – Edvard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia (1940-1945, in exile)
  • Prime Minister – Jan Srámek, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1940-1945, in exile)
• Denmark
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-1947)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
    2. Vilhelm Buhl, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942)
    3. Erik Scavenius, Prime Minister of Denmark (1942-1945)
• Éire (Ireland) -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Ireland (1936-1949)
  • President – Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (1938-1945)
  • Prime Minister – Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach (1937-1948)
• Finland -
  • President – Risto Heikki Ryti, President of Finland (1940-1944)
  • Prime Minister – Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Prime Minister of Finland (1941-1943)
• France (Northern half under German occupation, Southern half also from November)
  • Vichy France
    • Head of State – Philippe Pétain, Head of State (1940-1944)
    • Prime Minister –
      1. Philippe Pétain, President of the Council (1940-1942)
      2. Pierre Laval, President of the Council (1942-1944)
  • National Committee of the Free French – Charles de Gaulle, Chairman (1941-1943)
  • France in Africa (pro-allied government of former Vichyists established in North Africa following the Torch landings in November)
    1. François Darlan, High Commissioner of France in Africa (1942)
    2. Henri Giraud, High Commissioner of France in Africa (1942-1943)
• Germany –
  • Head of State – Adolf Hitler, Führer (1934-1945)
  • Chancellor – Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
• Greece (under German occupation) -
  • Government in Exile (in Cairo)
    • Monarch – George II, King of the Hellenes (1935-1947)
    • Prime Minister – Emmanouil Tsouderos, Prime Minister of Greece (1941-1944)
  • Quisling Government in Athens
    • Monarch – George II, King of the Hellenes (1935-1947 (in theory)0
    • Prime Minister -
      1. Georgios Tsolakoglu, Prime Minister of Greece (1941-1942)
      2. Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (1942-1943)
• Hungary -
  • Regent – Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (1920-1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. László Bárdossy, Prime Minister of Hungary (1941-1942)
    2. Miklós Kállay, Prime Minister of Hungary (1942-1944)
• Iceland -
  • Monarch – Christian X, King of Iceland (1918-1944)
  • Regent – Sveinn Björnsson, Regent of Iceland (1941-1944)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Hermann Jónasson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1934-1942)
    2. Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (1942)
    3. Björn Thórdarson, Prime Minister of Iceland (1942-1944)
• Italy -
  • Monarch – Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1900-1946)
  • Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1922-1943)
• Liechtenstein
  • Monarch – Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-1989)
  • Head of Government – Franz Josef Hoop, Head of Government of Liechtenstein (1928-1945)
• Luxembourg (occupied by Germany, Government in Exile)
  • Monarch – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-1964)
  • Prime Minister – Pierre Dupong, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1937-1953)
• Monaco
  • Monarch – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1922-1949)
  • Minister of State – Émile Roblot, Minister of State (1937-1944)
• Montenegro (under Italian occupation and administration; not recognized by the Allies, who continue to recognize the Yugoslav government in exile) – Blazo Djukanovic, President of the National Committee (1941-1943)
• The Netherlands (occupied by Germany, government-in-exile in London)
  • Monarch – Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
  • Prime Minister – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-1945)
• Norway (occupied by Germany)
  • Government in Exile (in London)
    • Monarch – Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-1957)
    • Prime Minister – Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935-1945)
  • German Puppet Government in Oslo
    1. Acting Ministers of State (1941-1942)
    2. Vidkun Quisling, Minister-President (1942-1945)
• Poland (Government in exile)
  • President – Władysław Raczkiewicz, President of Poland (1939-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Władysław Sikorski, President of the Council of Ministers (1939-1943)
• Portugal
  • President – António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona, President of Portugal (1926-1951)
  • Prime Minister – António de Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal (1932-1968)
• Romania
  • Monarch – Michael I, King of Romania (1940-1947)
  • Prime Minister – Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania and Leader of the State (1940-1944)
• San Marino
  • Captains-General
    1. Giuliano Gozi and Giovanni Lonfernini, Captains-General of San Marino (1941-1942)
    2. Settimio Belluzzi and Celio Gozi, Captains-General of San Marino (1942)
    3. Carlo Balsimelli and Renato Martelli, Captains-General of San Marino (1942-1943)
• Serbia (German-occupied puppet state; not recognized by the Allies, who continue to recognize the government-in-exile of Yugoslavia, in London)
  • Monarch – Peter II, King of Serbia (1941-1944, he was the King of Yugoslavia in exile, and did not consent to his role as theoretical head of the puppet Serb state)
  • Prime Minister – Milan Nedic, President of the Ministerial Council of the Serbian Government of National Salvation (1941-1944)
• Slovakia (German puppet regime, not recognized by the Allies, who recognize the Czechoslovak government-in-exile)
  • President – Jozef Tiso, President of Slovakia (1939-1945)
  • Prime Minister – Vojtech Tuka, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1939-1944)
• Soviet Union -
  • Communist Party Leader – Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953)
  • Head of State – Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-1946)
  • Premier – Joseph Stalin, Chairman of the Council of People's Comissars (1941-1953)
• Spain –
  • Head of State – Francisco Franco, Head of state (1939-1975)
  • Prime Minister – Francisco Franco, Prime Minister of Spain (1938-1973)
• Sweden -
  • Monarch – Gustav V, King of Sweden (1907-1950)
  • Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1936-1946)
• Switzerland – Philipp Etter, President of the Swiss Confederation (1942)
• Turkey
  • President – Ismet Inönü, President of Turkey (1938-1950)
  • Prime Minister -
    1. Refik Saydam, Prime Minister of Turkey (1939-1942)
    2. Sükrü Saracoglu, Prime Minister of Turkey (1942-1946)
• United Kingdom -
  • Monarch – George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952)
  • Prime Minister – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945)
• Vatican City
  • Pope – Pius XII, Bishop of Rome (1939-1958)
  • Secretary of State – Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944)
• Yugoslavia (occupied by the Germans and Italians, who split it into various puppet states; this is the London government in exile, recognized by the Allies)
  • Monarch – Peter II, King of Yugoslavia (1934-1945)
  • Prime Minister –
    1. Dusan Simovic, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1941-1942)
    2. Slobodan Jovanovic, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1942-1943)

North America and the Caribbean

• Canada
  • Monarch – George VI, King of Canada (1936-1952)
  • Governor-General – The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada (1940-1946)
  • Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1935-1948)
• Costa Rica – Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, President of Costa Rica (1940-1944)
• Cuba –
  • President – Fulguencia Batista, President of Cuba (1940-1944)
  • Premier -
    1. Carlos Saladrigas, Premier of Cuba (1940-1942)
    2. Ramón Zaydín, Premier of Cuba (1942-1944)
• Dominican Republic -
  1. Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha, President of the Dominican Republic (1940-1942)
  2. Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (1942-1952)
• El Salvador – Maximilian Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador (1935-1944)
• United States – Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States (1933-1945)

South America

• Argentina -
  1. Roberto Ortiz, President of Argentina (1938-1942)
  2. Ramón Castillo, President of Argentina (1942-1943, acting president 1940-1942)
• Bolivia – Enrique Peñaranda – President of Bolivia (1940-1943)
• Brazil – Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-1945)
• Chile -
  1. Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia, acting President of Chile (1941-1942)
  2. Juan Antonio Ríos Morales, President of Chile (1942-1946)
• Colombia -
  1. Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (1938-1942)
  2. Alfonso López Pumarejo, President of Colombia (1942-1945)
• Ecuador – Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Acting President of Ecuador (1939-1944)
• Paraguay – Higinio Moriñigo, President of Paraguay (1940-1948)
• Peru – Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, President of Peru (1939-1945)
• Uruguay – Alfredo Baldomir, President of Uruguay (1938-1943)